I felt that this week's Club Meeting with Senator Brian Schatz's as speaker was one of my favorite meetings this year. Thank you, Speaker Committee, for doing a great job.
Next week's meeting will be a "Rotary Assembly" which means that we will not have a speaker however we will have plenty of presentations from or fellow members and plenty of fellowship.
AGENDA
A presentation from our Club Foundation outlining all our Service Funds, how they are used, and where we have used them.
A presentation on the Coke and Lawrence Operations Fund. Why do we need this and where will this be used.
Update on Centennial Park.
Sibonga, Cebu, Philippines service project presentation.
Presentation of Service Projects in 2024/25 Rotary year.
Continuing our tradition of a spring work project weekend that has drawn more than 100 participants by involving Rotarians plus inviting the broader community to join us.
Our fall international service project will be from September 21-26 (arrive no later than Sept 20 in Hue). Please refer to the map. The project is located outside of Dong Ha. We will be building playgrounds and other improvements at rural elementary schools. The work will include installing equipment sets, planting trees and plants, and making a fences and benches.
The post project will run from Sept 27-October 4 (departing October 5 from Saigon). We will start in Dong Hai and visit Hue and Hoi An.
Those wanting to attend the Kyoto Rotary Club’s anniversary celebration in Kyoto from October 7-9 will be "almost there" at the end of the post project tour.
Participation is limited to 20 due to transportation restrictions. More information, including participants’ costs, will be forthcoming.
If interested, and if you have any questions., contact Nancy Youngren at nancy.youngren@gmail.com
LITERACY VOLUNTEERS!
Saturday Story Hours at KPT. One Saturday per month, for 2 hours, to provide fun activities and stories to the kids who live at KPT.
Get in on the fun every second Saturday of the month.
For more details on how you can participate, contact Community Services Chair Nancy Youngren HERE. Mahalo!
Mahalo to members and friends who came out to join the Rotary Club of Honolulu Team, led by member Kandie George!
Do you have a speaker recommendation? If so, please complete theSpeaker Recommendation Form and send it to RCOH Administrator, Lee HERE. She will submit all forms to the Speaker Committee.
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
If you have a project you'd like to present, please complete the Project Recommendation Form and email to our Director of Community Services, Nancy HERE.
If you would like to help, watch for the signup sheet!
Volunteers -
Apr. 29, 2025
Registration -
Lee LaBrash & Julia Allen
Greeters - Nancy Grekin & Bub Wo
Pledge - Lee LaBrash
Music - Reese Liggett
Inspiration -Terry George
Volunteers -
May 06, 2025
Registration -
Lee LaBrash & Julia Allen
Greeters - Oliver Bartlmae & Mitch D'Olier
Pledge - Bob Sumpf
Music - Rich Proctor
Inspiration -
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Taro Fujisawa
April 4
Christopher Johnson
April 6
Tammy Lee LaBrash
April 6
Sax Barrett
April 13
Kerri Van Duyne
April 16
Jim Harrow
April 20
Bob Robinson
April 24
Sid Snyder Jr.
April 25
Hiroko Dewitz
April 26
Join Date
Reed Myers
April 2, 2019
6 years
Reese Liggett
April 2, 1996
29 years
Greg Waibel
April 5, 2022
3 years
Gwen Yamamoto Lau
April 16, 2013
12 years
Taro Fujisawa
April 18, 2017
8 years
Clif Purkiser
April 19, 2022
3 years
Ken Kaneshiro
April 19, 2016
9 years
Travis Saito
April 19, 2022
3 years
Phil Wright
April 20, 2004
21 years
Takamasa Yamamura
April 24, 2012
13 years
Carol Sakata
April 25, 1989
36 years
Bob Sumpf
April 28, 2009
16 years
A MESSAGE FROM ROSALYNN COOPER
Good morning,
Our District Conference is fast approaching. If you have not yet registered - now is the time to do so. And yes, that includes registering for our 'End Polio Now Walk to create awareness'.
We have 54 clubs in our District including Rotaract Clubs. Each club is challenged to contribute at least $1,500 toward ‘Ending Polio’. Let’s meet this challenge. We can do this.
Despite what's going on in the world today - Rotary is neither stopping nor slowing down in fulfilling the promise made to the world’s children of a polio free world.
Let's walk to show our support. Let's walk to show our commitment. Let’s walk to solidify our resolve to stay the course and keep that promise.
The upcoming District conference is coming up and we will once again have an amazing House of Friendship. We want and need you to share some of your projects and initiatives in a booth so we can learn from each other. You have worked hard this last year and having a booth is a wonderful way of exhibiting your Club's successes. Please discuss how you can share at your next meeting and complete the attached form.
You are not required to be in the House of Friendship the entire time during the district conference, but it is always a fun and informative place to be! Come be with us. Find out more information on the website and please get the form back to me asap. FORM HERE
Looking forward to seeing you at the Ala Moana Hotel from May 30th - June 1st. See you at the celebration of our District 500.
Aloha and Mahalo, Kathleen
House of Friendship Chair
K.merriam@live.com/808-561-4806
As a humanitarian organization, Rotary makes peace a cornerstone of our mission. And so, Promoting Peace is one of our seven Areas of Focus. The Rotary Peace Fellowship and its Peace Centers train leaders to prevent and mediate conflict through fully-funded fellowships for a Master’s Degree or Professional (post-graduate) Certificate in Peace and Conflict Resolution.
Applications for the new academic year, Fall of 2026, are now available. I serve as the D5000 main point of contact and support for the Rotary Peace Fellowship, and I ask for your help in finding qualified candidates. If you or your suggested candidate have questions or seek more information, please contact me directly.
Alan Kusunoki
Rotary Peace Fellowship, D5000 Chair
808-938-6771
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