Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

Volume 7 Issue 7 – August 22nd, 2019

PP Bill Paty entered into

District Governor
Eric Kaler“Making a Difference in our Local and Global Communities”

President
Alexander “Alex” Kanamu

The strength of our Club lies in its members

World Peaceand Rotary – Kahauiki Village
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

Editor – PP Geoff Horvath#77199Give Aloha!
September 1 – 30 is Give Aloha Month atFoodland!
Give Aloha, Foodland's Annual Community
Matching Gifts Program, was created in 1999 tohonor Foodland’s founder, Maurice J. "Sully" Sullivan,and continue his legacy of giving back to thecommunity. Each year, during Sept.1 – 30 at all
Foodland and Sack N Save stores statewide, customers
are encouraged to donate at the checkout to theirfavorite Hawaii non-profit organization. This year,
Foodland and the Western Union Foundation will match
each donation with more than $300,000 for allorganizations combined. Since the program began in
1999, a grand total of more than $$29.1 million has
been raised for Hawaii’s charities.
Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation (HRYF) is participatingin this year’s Give Aloha, Foodland’s Annual Community
Matching Gifts Program. This program

mainland United States. This coming year 2017, HRYF
is awarding all 48 regular Rotary clubs a $5,000
scholarship.

How It Works
From September 1-30, customers are invited to makedonations up to $249 (per organization, per person) toparticipating Hawaii non-profit organizations atcheckout. Individuals must use their own Maika'i card
to make a donation. Foodland and the Western Union
Foundation will match a portion of each donation madewith a Maika'i card. Donations made without a Maika'icard will not be matched.

Foodland Employees with a BIG check!

HRYF was founded by Mr. Sullivan during his year as
Rotary’s District Governor in Hawaii, 1976-77. It was
Sully’s desire to assist Hawaii’s high school graduates
realize their potential by attending a college oruniversity of their choice here in Hawaii or on theRotary – 114 Years of Service to the World!

Matching Gift
The Western Union Foundation has generously donated$50,000 to add to Foodland’s gift of $250,000 toHawaii non-profit organizations participating in Give
Aloha this year. Therefore, the total gift that will be

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given to all participating organizations combined is$300,000!
How to Donate• At checkout, present your Maika'i card (or giveyour 10-digit number) and inform the cashier thatyou would like to make a donation to Hawaii
Rotary Youth Foundation. If you do not have aMaika'i account, you may establish one by tellingthe cashier you would like to do so; you will needto give a unique 10-digit number (such as yourphone number).
• Tell the cashier our organization’s 5-digit code:77199.
• You may donate up to $249 per organization
over the course of several store visits. You may
make donations to more than one organization.
• Tell the cashier how much you would like to donate.
Your donation will be added to your grocery
purchase total. You may donate up to $249 perorganization (any amount in excess of $249 perorganization will not be matched).
• Be sure the cashier reaffirms our organization’sname and amount that you are donating.
• Any donation must be made payable to Foodland,
Sack N Save or Foodland Farms.
• The name of our organization and the amount you
donate will appear on your receipt. Please ask
cashier for a duplicate receipt.
• Donor names will not be released to ourorganization. Give your duplicate receipt to yourHRYF club coordinator so they can mail it to ouroffice for credit to your individual account.
Acknowledgement of your gift will be mailed
for tax purposes.
Are These Donations Tax Deductible?
Give Aloha donations are tax deductible to the full extentof the law.
How Will My Donations Be Matched?
Every year, the matching gift percentage varies and cannotbe pre-determined. For the past 5 years, the matching
percentage has been between 20%-25%. Thus, if a
RI President: Barry Rassin
District: Win Schoneman
Asst Dist Govr: Doreen Higa
Club President: Alex Kanamu
PP: Lilette Subedi
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Dela Pena
Recording Secretary: Rene Mansho
Treasurer: Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin Kanamu

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customer donated $100 to an organization, Foodland andthe Western Union Foundation’s matching gift was $20$25. The actual matching gifts will be calculated at theend of the program. Organizations will receive 100% of all
customer donations given to their organization, plus their %of Foodland and the Western Union Foundation's $300,000
matching gift.
Your gift will be matched so that a $20 donation becomesapproximately $24, a $40 gift would increase to around$48. The match comes from Foodland and Western Union(up to at least $250,000). Based on past years, the matches
have provided at least an additional 20%!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQBE8VaPsLM&featu
re=youtu.beWhen will our organization receive our donations andmatching gift? All checks are disbursed by October 31,2017.
Our Club provides HRYF Scholarships to high schools in theWahiawa-Waialua-North Shore areas.
Club members are encouraged to participate in thisworthwhile program. Friends of our Club are more thanwelcome to participate. If you do and have receipts, youcan drop the off each Thursday at Dot’s Wahiawa between
11:45 am to 1:00 pm, or e-mail them togjhorvath1@hawaiiantel.net.
Thanks to all in advance!

Kate Butts

Recognitions for the week ending August 25th, 2019.

PP Geoff Horvath

Kate Butts celebrated her birthday on Wednesday,
August 21stOli – PP Lilette Subedi

Outside D5K

Spouse’s Birthday

None

None

Anniversaries
Within D5K

None

None

Alexi “Lexi” Kanamu – Guest of Alison Kanamu
Ashton Kanamu – Guest of Austin Kanamu

None
HINo Report

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)
See Main Program below.

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Alison Kanamu gave a HI $5 for all the Rotary Crew
that sets up for the meeting.
President Alex gave a HI $5 in recognition of PP
Lilette Subedi running the meeting last week and doinga great job!
PP Lilette Subedi gave a HI $5 everyone in our Cluband Kate Butts for shopping at Walmart Mililani for
our Kahauiki Village contribution for one new houseand family, in the second building phase. RC Mililani
Sunrise will be providing supplies for another unit.
Kate Butts gave a HI $5 in recognition of PP Lilette
Subedi working with her at the Going Green” event

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held last Saturday at Ka’ala Elementary. It was a lotof fun! The Principal is always grateful for ourparticipation.
Derek Conselva gave a HI $5 for the successful
gathering with all community organizations and Sen.
Donovan Dela Cruz. Members from our Clubparticipated.

ROTARY MINUTE

Alison Kanamu gave a HI $5 for her hubby always
saying, “Let’s go traveling!” Well, they did just that!
They went to Seattle to visit their Grandparents.
While there she ran into an old classmate of hers, whofell in love with dōTERRA, and has ordered lots ofproduct.
President Alex told of a harrowing trip down a small
alley in a large SUV, with his Dad driving, to get toPikes Place. He and the family had an opportunity ofwalking down Chewing Gum Wall, Pikes Place Market!
People stick their gum to the wall, then stretch it, so it
looks like hanabada!

The Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts
into service projects that change lives bothclose to home and around the world.
Since it was founded more than 100 years ago, theFoundation has spent more than $4 billion on lifechanging, sustainable projects.
With your help, we can make lives better in yourcommunity and around the world.
Our mission
The mission of The Rotary Foundation of RotaryInternational is to enable Rotarians to advance world
understanding, goodwill, and peace through theimprovement of health, the support of education, andthe alleviation of poverty.
What impact can one donation have?
•For as little as 60 cents, a child can beprotected from polio.

•$50 can provide clean water to help fightwaterborne illness.

Chewing Gum Wall, Pikes Place Market, Seattle, WAAlex told us that he and his family lived in that area
when he was young.
Alex and Lexi took the opportunity of going indoor
skydiving! It was a great experience. Lexi had a bit oftrouble starting off because of her size, but once theattendant assisted her, she did fine. Alex told us thatthe attendant assisted him in reaching an altitude of20’, then spinning Alex around!
All in all, it was great spending time with the grandkids,
watching them play and shop.

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•$500 can launch an antibullying campaign
and create a safe environment for children.
Donate today, https://my.rotary.org/en/donate!

Site Improvements Underway at theWahiawa Terrace
District 22 NewsAloha,
This past session I was able to work with my collogues
and the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) tosecure $20 million in much needed Capital
Improvement Program funds. These funds are to
support the repair, maintenance, and modernization ofpublic housing units throughout the State of Hawaii.
Some of these funds have been allocated for site
improvements at Wahiawa Terrace on Palm Street.
Construction and site improvements are well underway
and on schedule to be completed by this November.
So far HPHA has been working on the modernizationof 45 one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom dwelling
units across 8 three-story buildings. This includes interiormodernization; converting some units to ADA mobility,
hearing or visually impaired compliant; building andaccessibility improvements to the community
maintenance building; repaving of driveways andparking stalls; exterior painting of all buildings andinstallation of solar hot water heating system with a hotwater heating back up system.
The newly modernized units now feature replaced
kitchen cabinets, all new appliances, new windows, newpaint and dry wall, replacement tub/shower surroundswith solid surface material, and new flooringthroughout.
Mahalo HPHA for all your hard work across the Stateof Hawaii, especially in Senate District 22. I lookforward to touring the site once the construction iscompleted.

New solar panels installed

Typical bathroom modernization

No report

To Be Determined – Looking for speakers!
Typical kitchen modernization

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Sep 28 – District 5000 Foundation Seminar. Free forclub members! Watch for information on D5000
website and our own Club Runner as it becomes
available.
Oct 5 – Monster Mash Bingo Nite – Scholarship
Fundraiser – Hosted by the Rotary Club of Kapolei.
Event starts at 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Cost is $25, $30
at the door, which includes 10 games and a lightmeal. The event will be held at Kapolei High School
Cafeteria, 91-500 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei, HI. If
interested, go to https://kapoleirotary.org/.
Oct 13-18 – Bali International Service ProjectDec 12 – Al Wonder Christmas party

District Vacancies. District 5000 is looking forfolks to fill vacancies at the District level. If anyone isinterested, please see President Alex.

IC2020 Aloha Shirts – are still available!

The meeting was called to order at 12:24 pm
President’s Report. “Connecting the Dots” at Dots,
led by Wahiawa Community Business Association(WCBA) is still gaining momentum and is going strong.
PP Lilette Subedi gave a brief report on the lastmeeting. Representing our Club, Lilette told the group
what Rotary was and how our Club works within thecommunity; that we were always looking for membersthat had an interest in serving within their community.
At the last meeting, a representative from theRotary – 114 Years of Service to the World!

Governor’s office commented that this is the first time
he has seen anything like this, multiple community
organizations coming together, working for a common
goal and reducing the duplicity of work. It has the rightleader, PE Keoni Ahlo, President of WCBA.
Community Collaboration at its finest!
Treasurer’s Report. Good news by our Treasurer, Kate
Butts. By the efforts and hard work of our Club
members working multiple community events, we are so
far in the BLACK, that we are off the scales!
Unfinished Business. Update and status of current
Kahauiki Village Project Club participation. Kate Butswent shopping and purchased household items for thekitchen and bathroom. PP Lilette will drop off thecontributions this Saturday, August 24.
Membership Report/ClubRunner Report. No report.
PE Keoni Ahlo was unable to make our meeting today.
2019-2020 Third Grade Dictionary Project. Update
and current project status. Good news! Kate Butts told
us that the cost of the dictionaries are the same priceas last year! We just have to order the labels. Ifordered in early September, we should receive themmid to late October. President Alex suggested that weinvite our friends or prospective members. Participationin this fun and rewarding project may make themRotarians.
Scholarship News / Project Grants / Fundraising.
Scholarship flyer (Dr. Lynn Goya). Dr. Lynn has beenworking hard on finishing up our Scholarship flyer. She
is in the process of uploading our Club’s participationin HYRF, pictures, and testimonies of past Club Scholars
to our ClubRunner website. A lot of hard work went
into putting this together. Dr. Lynn suggested that we
invite past Scholars and their families to our meetings,
so we can keep that special connection going, andhopefully, making Rotarians of these Scholars and theirfamily members. Jackie Barns and Dr. Lynn arerequesting more information on past Scholars.
Members will dig into the scholarship program
background/history. Someone mentioned that PP Bob
Pang may have that information. PP Geoff Horvathsaid he would contact Bob to see if he has any
additional background information.
HRYF. PP Geoff reminded club members of thesuggested contribution of $40 for this Rotary Year.
That contributions can be made online, and Give Aloha
is coming in September. This will be a good way ofmaking your $40 contribution! President Alexsuggested that we have a bowl so members cancontribute a dollar each meeting to meet this goal.
PP Geoff also informed the Club of the upcoming
Foodland’s Give Aloha in the month of September,and gave a brief description of how the program
works. Geoff also advised the Club that this week’s
newsletter’s feature article covers the Give Aloha
Program, history, etc.

The Rotary Foundation (TRF). Doing great with ourcontributions.
New Business.
REMINDER – Fall Foundation
Seminar, Sept. 28, 2019. Watch for information on
D5000 website and our own ClubRunner as it becomes
available.
Other Business. None
Announcements. None
Adjournment, President Kanamu at 1:14 pm.

(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/96286297
3749303/ to view all pictures.)Ace of Hearts

PP Lilette Subedi and Kate Butts with Walmart purchasefor Kahauiki Village Project

Hooooo! Our pot is up to $240! We had a lot oftakers today, once everyone found out how muchmoney is in the pot!

PP Lilette Subedi and Jackie Barnes setting up for the meeting

Marie Abatayo and the Three of Diamonds

The first number, XXX519, was not claimed (you haveto be present to win!! We had a second drawing andMarie Abatayo had the winning ticket. However, she
didn’t pick the Ace of Hearts, but the Three ofDiamonds!

Future HI $5

New menu item for those with dogs

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PP Lilette Subedi getting ready for her HI $5

Says it all!

Pineapple byKate Butts and Dr. Lynn Goya fellowshipping

Alison Kanamu with soothing, calming dōTERRA oil

Guest Lexi Kanamu

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President Alex treating early birds to lunch

Jackie Barnes and President Alex Fellowshipping

As I was saying….!

Guest Ashton Kanamu

Alison Kanamu getting lunch

Future HI $5

Derek Conselva getting ready for lunch

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A happy President!

The Doctor of Kool (Doc Carver Wilcox)

Sergeant-at-Arms

PP Doc McKenzie arriving

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PP Lilette preparing for our Oli

Austin Kanamu ready to collect HI $5s

Alison Kanamu with her HI $5

PP Lilette Subedi with her HI $5

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The Board meeting will come to order!

Derek Conselva with his HI $5

Alison Kanamu giving her Trip Report with a contribution

President Alex with his HI $5

Lexi Kanamu and Chewing Gum Wall!

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Ace of Hearts pot for the day

PP Lilette giving her report on the Connecting theDots meeting she attended

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Kate Butts giving the Treasurer’s report

Jackie Barnes taking meeting notes

Austin Kanamu bringing the Birthday Day Girl, Kate Butts,
her cake, while the Club sang “Happy Birthday.”

Kate’s wish will come true!

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