07/18/14 Newsletter - Waianae Coast Rotary Club

Waianae coast
Rotary
Club
Weekly Bulletin
2014 – 2015
Waianae Rotary Club
www.waianaecoastrotary.org
[email protected]
Chartered April 22, 1969
Officers
President…. Don Arakaki
Vice Pres.… Frances Ah-Nee
Pres. Elect………Inga Yoon
Secretary………Nalani Flinn
Treasurer ….Dennis Miyashiro
Directors
Gail Gomes
Joanna Miranda
Rose Restrivera
Joseph Lapilio
----------------------------------------Sgt. of Arms……… D.J. DeTomaso
Program Chair… Frances Ah-Nee
Club Bulletin... Joanna Miranda
President Don Arakaki
This bulletin will be e-mailed
and distributed at our weekly
meetings.
Aloha fellow
Rotarians
A message from President
Don “Rock” Arakaki:
Aloha Fellow Rotarians,
This past Wednesday Margaret,
Gail, Fran, Albert, Joyce and I
assisted the Ready to Learn
Program at Ma’ili Elementary
School we sorted and packed
school supplies for students in
Waianae. Mahalo to Gail and
Fran for coordinating this project
with Rita Grilho from the
Waianae High School Alumni
Association.
Our activities for this month are:
On July 22, 2014, we are having
the Larry Hatfield Scholarship
Golf Tournament at Makaha
Valley Country Club after our
meeting and we ask you to invite
your friends to participate in this
very worthy scholarship
fundraiser. Please let me know
if you are available on July 26,
2014 to assist with the Youth
Sports Physical Exams at
Waianae Intermediate School.
No.385–07/18/14
At our last meeting on July 15,
2014, our guest speaker was
John Cummings from the
Department of Emergency
Management, C&C of Honolulu
and he spoke about disaster
preparedness and response. As
a matter of fact on July 18, a
tropical storm name Wali formed
in the Central Pacific and is
expected to hit Hawaii this
weekend with rain and strong
winds that could cause floods,
power outage, etc. Please take
precaution and be prepared.
Hurricane Season is from June to
November and we must be
prepared in the event the
“Makani” hits Hawaii.
At our next week’s meeting,
Corporal Joe Tabarejo from the
HPD Community Policing will
be speaking about criminal
activities on the Waianae Coast
and also an effort to organize a
Disaster Preparedness
Committee in Waianae. The
Waianae Military Civilian
Advisory Council (WMCAC)
will take the lead in this program
and the objective is to
consolidate organizations in
Waianae that have disaster
preparedness programs. The
Waianae Disaster Preparedness
program will be part of the
Cross-Island Resilience Program
made up of many districts on
Oahu which is supported by the
Department of Emergency
Management, Red Cross, and
other emergency agencies.
Thank you for your Service
Above Self and your dedication
to our rotary club as we “Light
Up Rotary” this year.
Aloha, Don
and Sunny, for picking-up and
transporting the supplies from
Sand Island to Ma'ili
Elementary School.
WCRC members left to right Bob
Sullivan, Fran Ah-Nee, Inga Yoon, DJ
DeTomaso, and Gail Gomes (taking
picture) with members of the Wai'anae
High School Alumni & Community
Foundation and other volunteers ready
to unload those supplies.
Pres. Don Arakai doing the
final inspection
“Ready to Learn”
Mahalo to Margaret
O'Connell, Gail Gomes, Fran
Ah-Nee, Albert Silva, Inga
Yoon, DJ. De Tomaso, Don
Arakaki and Joyce
Arakaki for supporting the
Ready to Learn program at
Ma'ili Elementary School.
New concrete slab
WCRC volunteers along with Waianae
High School Alumni & Community
Foundation and other volunteers joined
in to help sort and bag school supplies
for students here on our Westside.
Our member’s support of this
project is a prime example of
"Service Above Self".
Waianae Elementary
School New Eating
area & Beautification
concrete project
They sorted and placed school
supplies in bags for
distribution to students in
Waianae. A great Mahalo
goes out to Bob Sullivan and
his two employees - Daniel
Preparing the area for the
concrete pouring of the slab
Mahalo once again to the
WCRC members that turned
out to help with this project,
next steps the installation of
the tables.
96792 Pride Photo
Contest.
The committee which consists
of Gail Gomes Chair,
committee members Joanna
Miranda, D.J. DeTomaso,
Frances Ah Nee and Inga
Yoon has their work cut out
for them. They will be
meeting on July 21st.
We are very fortunate to have
our judges from our 2014
96792 Pride calendar agree to
be our official judges again
this year. They are Brittany
Gomes, Eric Uptegrove and
Guy Sibilla.
REMINDER!
WCRC
Semi-Annual Dues
meeting at 1:00 pm. The cost
is $90 per player 3-4-somes
only. Organizers for this event
are Interact Advisor Brad
Hatfield and Rotarian Dennis
Miyashiro.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
WE HAVE A MOBILE
LIBRARY…?
District and internationally,
not to mention the great
friendships and ideas you can
gain. We'd like to ask a few
questions to help us plan the
May 2015 Conference.
Please copy and paste this link
to access the survey: on
educational programs, and
$2.1 million on other
programs.
https://www.surveymonkey.c
om/s/Rotaryd5000 Thank you
for your help and for
supporting Rotary in Hawaii.
Aloha my fellow Rotarians,
You should all have received
your semi- annual dues
invoice, which is for the
period of July 1st through
December 31st. Remember
the club has already paid
Rotary International so please
send in your payment as soon
as you receive the bill. You
will need to pay your dues no
later than September 30,
2014.
Mahalo for your cooperation
Bob Sullivan and Dennis
Miyashiro, Treasurer
WCRC SCHOLARSHIP
GOLF TOURAMENT
nd
JULY 22 .
The Waianae Coast Rotary
Club Scholarship Golf
Tournament in Memory of
Larry Hatfield is scheduled
for Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at
the Makaha Valley Country
Club (Makaha East Course);
following our Rotary Club
Aloha, Laura Steelquist
District Governor 2014-2015
[email protected]
Created by Secretary Nalani
Flinn we now have a mobile
club library with training
manuals available for check
out. This was created to help
our members who wish to
learn more about their
committee which they
selected to work on or a
committee they are interested
in but need more information.
In addition to being able to
check out these manuals our
secretary Nalani Flinn will be
happy to assist if the members
need help or clarification etc.
The mobile library is with
Nalani and brought to each
meeting. So if you need a
book, manual or just
information contact Secretary
Nalani Flinn.
Interact
We are very
fortunate to
sponsor an
Interact Club
which is the Waianae High
School Seariders Interact
Club. Bradley Hatfield
advisor of the Waianae High
School Interact Club.
Rotary Foundation
Aloha District 5000
Rotarians,
Through the generosity of
people like you, our work has
made a difference in the lives
of millions around the world.
Your gift to The Rotary
Foundation allows us to
improve communities by
promoting peace, preventing
disease, bolstering economic
development, and providing
clean water and sanitation.
The District Conference is a
great place to learn about
what's happening in the
Your support to the Annual
Fund is crucial to sustain the
thousands of projects that are
WE NEED YOUR
HELP!
being conducted in your
community and around the
world.
Information taken from Rotary
International’s website © Rotary
International
07/22/14 – Speaker HPD
Corporal Joe Tabarejo –
Disaster Preparedness Plan
and Update on community
policing along the Waianae
Coast.
07/29/14- Speaker Tanya
Kearns – Manila Extract Bags
Give now
Rotary Foundation
Annual Giving
Mahalo to those members
who have already contributed
to the Rotary Foundation for
this year. The annual giving
is $160.00.
Members are:
Jere Baxter
Nalani Flinn
Rose Restrivera
Willie Au
Inga Yoon
Rocky Naeole
Bob Sullivan
Don Arakaki
Dennis Miyashiro
Joanna L. Miranda
D.J. DeTomaso
Gail Gomes
Ted Pond
Frances Ah-Nee
Donna Files
Suzanne Leonida
Albert Silva
Rawlen Smith
Joe Lapilio
Bill O’Connell
Margaret O’Connell
Program Chair Frances AhNee is asking all members to
help out by letting her know if
you have an interesting
speaker that you would like to
speak at our club.
07/22/14 – Golf Tournament
07/26/14 – WCRC
participation in Sports
Physicals at Waianae
Intermediate School
08/12/14 - District
08/12/14 – Our District
Governor Laura Steelquist
will be visiting our club on
August 12th. We encourage
all members to attend the
meeting
LUCKY POT
FUNDRAISER
The lucky pot starts up again
we now have $ 2076.
The Lucky Card is the:
Ace of Heart
Remember you may be the
next lucky winner, you just
never know. So the next time
you join us for lunch, buy
those tickets, $3.00 each or 4
for $10.00. You might just be
the lucky one!!!
If you are a winner …Half
(1/2) the money will go to the
WCRC Community
Foundation and the Waianae
Coast Rotary
Club Scholarship Foundation.
If you are a visiting Rotarian
or guest and you participate,
and are lucky enough to win,
you will win half (1/2) the
money that we collect for the
day. So join the fun and
donate to a good cause.
Celebration Time
There are no birthdays or
anniversaries to celebrate this
week. Is it the truth?
Thought of the
Week….
“A room without books is like
a body without a soul.”
Cicero
A’ohe hana nui ke alu’ia
No task is too great
when done together by
All
Community
Calendar
Free Kidney
Health Screening
08/14/14-
Kidney disease kills over
90,000 Americans every year
1 in 7 people in Hawaii have
kidney disease.
Get your kidneys Tested
today!
Where: Waianae District
Park Behind the public library
85-601 Farrington Hwy
Waianae HI 96792
For more information:
www.kidneyhi.org -or- 808589-5903
What: Free comprehensive
Kidney Early Detection
Screening (KEDS) event
testing kidney function, open
to any 18 years and older. The
screening usually takes 25-60
minutes and we ask
participants to pre-register.
The screening stations
include:
• Blood pressure •Weight &
Height •Waist circumference
• BMI • Blood glucose test
•Urinalysis
Followed by a brief
consultation with a qualified
medical professional. Results
are available
immediately and provide a
snapshot of your current
kidney health.
When: Thursday August 14,
2014 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Since Kidney Disease is very
prevalent in the
Islands, space for this event is
limited. Please
register at:
http://bit.ly/1oCIRbL or call.
Email [email protected]
for questions.
08/16/14- Waianae
Comprehensive Health Center
will be having a Health Ohana
Fair from 9:00AM to 1:00PM.
THE FOUR - WAY TEST
Of the things we think, say
or do:
1. Is it the Truth?
He ‘oia ‘i’o kēia?
2. Is it Fair to all
Concerned?
He kūpono iā kākoku?
3. Will it Build Good
Will and Better
friendship?
He kūkului ka lokomaikai’i a
me ka pilialoha ma waiena
o kākou?
4. Will it be Beneficial
to all Concerned?
He pōno ia kākou?
Hope you have a great
weekend
Aloha
Joanna