Thank you for remembering to pre-register for our meetings! It is greatly appreciated! This week we are meeting at the Pacific Club!
As you read through the upcoming events, please take a moment to register and join us! Have a fabulous week!
Mahalo, Lee
Administrator for The Rotary Club of Honolulu
SEPT. 24: Hybrid Lunch Meeting
with Guest Speaker Aileen Utterdyk
Aileen Utterdyke
President & Chief Executive of Pacific Historic Parks
"What's new at Pearl Harbor and Diamond Head"
Pacific Historic Parks (PHP) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support historically oriented parks in the Pacific. It provides financial support and education programs to the National Parks Service (NPS), primarily focusing on Pearl Harbor National Memorial (Arizona Memorial) and Diamond State Monument with the state of Hawaii. It also supports National Parks on Molokai, Guam, and Saipan.
Aileen's Bio
Aileen Utterdyke is the President and CEO of PHP. She has been with the organization for 15 years, first as a board member (she joined a few years before me). Then as the CFO and for the last 7 years in her current role. Prior to PHP, Aileen was a CPA working for Ernst & Young for 20 years. She is a graduate of the University of Hawaii
Hawaii Rotary District Conference 2025 Ala Moana is May 30 - June 1, 2025 (REGISTER TODAY)
May 30, 2025 - Jun. 01, 2025 11:59 p.m. Hawaiian Standard Time
District Governor, Ted Faigle's Reminder:
Hawai'i Rotary's annual District Conference (DISCON) for 2025 will be held from May 30 through June 1 at the Ala Moana Hotel by Mantra in Honolulu, Hawai'i. It is a time to be inspired by exciting General Session Speakers, Presenters, and House of Friendship exhibitors. It's also a time to be engaged with Rotarians across the State at a Friday Night Reception, Saturday Evening Gala, Rotary Fellowship events, Walk for PolioPlus, and a Genki Ball Toss Service Project. And, it's a time for a celebration of clubs' and members' accomplishments and a Celebration of Life.
Project Vision Hawai'i is excited to announce our latest fundraising initiative in partnership with Savers: the FUNDrive campaign! This is a fantastic opportunity to declutter your home and support our mission to improve the quality of life for Hawai'i's residents. Plus, it's tax-deductible! We are collecting NOW until September 27th. Let's make this FUNDrive a success! Happy cleaning and thank you for your generosity.
19th Annual Joint Memorial Service Call to Action Last Weekend in September
Here’s an event we could sure use your help with! This will be our 82nd year honoring our Nisei WWII Veterans. And up until last year, we’ve been short on the help needed to decorate the 2000 graves at Punchbowl. With enough help this is a fun family project. Please come join us and spread the word. Thank you.
Parking is free and open to the public, except for the reserved spaces on the Mall Drive.
On Saturday, look for the tables, under the tents, with buckets of flowers. Club 100 organizers will assign you to a section, hand you a map, bucket of flowers and flags and off you go, into history, in search of 100th Battalion soldiers. Volunteers are advised to bring sunscreen, a hat, and please stay hydrated. We’ll have water. And no worries, there will be plenty of folks available to help you, so just ask, if needed.
Sunday, September 29 there’s a 9:30am joint memorial service. The service is open to the public. It’s also televised on ‘Ōlelo.
Why September 29th?
The memorial service is held annually on the Sunday September 29 — the day in 1943 that Sgt. Shigeo “Joe” Takata of the 100th Infantry Battalion became the first Japanese American soldier killed in action in World War II. Sgt. Shigeo “Joe” Takata was hit by shrapnel and fought death long enough to point out the location of the enemy, action for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Sgt. Takata rests in eternal peace at Punchbowl.
with Guest SpeakerDr. Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP
DR. NAOTO T. UENO, MD, PhD, FACP
Director, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center
Dr. Ueno has a strong background in translational breast cancer research in cancer biology, immuno-oncology, and molecular therapeutics. He is one of the leaders in conducting clinical research and early-phase clinical trials related to aggressive breast cancer and has led more than 50 clinical trials. Dr. Ueno has extensive experience in conducting both targeted therapy-related and immunotherapy-related clinical trials in phase I and II settings. He expanded his research to include several protein enzymes, including Mitogen-activated protein, Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK), and C-JUN N-terminal kinase, among other protein enzymes to determine their role in breast cancer progression and their applications in the development of targeted therapy and immunotherapy. Over the past 10 years, Dr. Ueno has successfully managed projects in breast cancer biology related to triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), and the tumor microenvironment.
Dr. Ueno is passionate about developing innovative therapies for advanced breast cancer. He started his career developing gene therapy for breast cancer and prepared for an Investigational New Drug application to conduct a study of gene therapies for metastatic breast cancer. His focus has been on novel combination therapy, IBC, and TNBC. Currently, Dr. Ueno is the lead national PI on antibody-conjugate drugs-related clinical trials.
