Restaurant Week went great! Those who participated enjoyed spending time with their fellow members in a smaller setting.
This week begins our RYSE Project! RYSE is an important part of our community. They need our help, and you are being CALLED TO ACTION. If you can assist, please contact Reese!
Heads Up - we have a last-minute change in speakers for this Tuesday. Lorraine Gershun from the Kukui Center will be sharing what they do (hint: they are a non-profit who help families). I look forward to seeing you there!
Mahalo, Lee
Administrator for The Rotary Club of Honolulu
OCT. 21 - NOV. 16:Time to RYSE
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT
Something for Everyone! Let's keep making a difference!
RYSE Community Service Project
Kicking off October 21-November 16;
Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
New exterior siding is going on the RYSE Shelter; Home Depot Iwilei will be joining in for materials and its volunteers alongside us Rotarians and friends.
Plan to come weekdays if you can and Saturdays for sure.
Camaraderie guaranteed!! Jobs for every skill level.
Rotary Clubs that play and volunteer together—stay together!!
The Kukui Center: Hawaii's Only Nonprofit Collaborative
Human Services Center
The Kukui Center opened in 2009. Many members of our club have been involved over the years and we are planning to do several community service projects there in the coming months. The center houses 7 nonprofits that cooperatively serve homeless families with children, a literacy program, a legal services program for immigrants and victims of domestic violence, a program for expecting and new parents, programs for children who have lost a parent, abused teens leaving foster care, and the parents of children with disabilities. Last year they served over 25,000 statewide. Come learn about the exciting work being done and how our club can help.
Parking at the Outrigger Canoe Club: as of October 10th, parking should now be available! In case this has been delayed and we didn't get word, please remember to be kind.
This year as we approach 'World Polio Day' we are facing additional challenges. There is fighting, destruction and lives
being lost in and around the world on a daily basis...
The ongoing crisis in Gaza has contributed to reduced routine
immunization rates and increased risk of vaccine preventable
diseases, including polio. The crisis also poses a significant
challenge to fully implementing disease surveillance and vaccination campaigns.
The number of polio cases are increasing in Afghanistan and
Pakistan. In late July, the detection of variant poliovirus type
2-in environmental samples and the confirmation a 10-month
-old child who has contracted polio in Gaza is a reminder to
us that as long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat everywhere.
As a side note from your RCOH Admin - I would love to see each of us contribute at least $25 to help bring the numbers back down! We are SO close to the eradication of Polio!
Attorney & Founding Member ofCronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks
Hawaii Innocence Project and other Significant Cases
The Hawai‘i Innocence Project (HIP), founded in 2005 at the William S. Richardson School of Law, fights for the freedom of those who have been wrongfully convicted and advocates for the prevention of future injustice. HIP is a law clinic and nonprofit with a mission to free prisoners who are factually innocent but who have been wrongfully convicted. Through the work of volunteers, attorneys, and law students, HIP strives to not only exonerate the innocent but to also reform the justice system to prevent innocent people from being convicted of crimes they didn’t commit.
HIP is a member of the Innocence Network, a collection of organizations across the nation which have joined the movement for justice and freedom. For more information about HIP, visit hawaiiinnocenceproject.org.
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.
