Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

Volume 8 Issue 26 – April 22nd, 2021

The Hulali“The Reflector”
District Governor
Naomi Masuno“Making a Difference in our Communities”

Club President
Keoni Ahlo

The strength of our Club lies in its members“Rotary is not just a club that you join; it is aninvitation to endless opportunities.”
RI President Holger Knaack

April is Rotary International
Maternal and Child Health Month

Monthly
Board Meeting
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

Editor – PP Geoff Horvathstate-run hospital such as Leopoldo Bevilacqua, whichserves 24 towns.

“Linked through sister cities,Rotarians save newborns in Brazil”
LIFESAVING HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT
Clubs in Japan and Brazil used a Rotary Foundation
global grant to equip a hospital with lifesaving
neonatal equipment.
A mother is in labor, and she’s frightened. Her baby
isn’t due for three months. The closest hospital is 30
miles away, and although she makes it there in time,
the baby is born weighing barely 2 pounds.
And there’s another problem.
The hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit has only
seven incubators, and all are in use, so the baby mustbe transferred to another hospital to receive the criticalcare he needs. If he survives the transfer, his parents
will need to find a way to make trips to that hospitalfor months.
Many new mothers were facing similar situations at Dr.
Leopoldo Bevilacqua Regional Hospital, a state-run
facility in Brazil’s Ribeira Valley. Lack of equipment
meant some of the hospital’s most vulnerable newborns
had to be transferred, which was a factor in São Paulostate’s high infant mortality rate.
“There are two realities here: people who can pay fora private hospital and those who can’t,” says Lina
Shimizu, who spearheaded the project for the Rotary
Club of Registro-Ouro, Brazil. Those who can’t, shesays, often have to travel long distances to get to a

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The Rotary Club of Registro-Ouro and the Rotary Clubof Registro partnered on a Rotary Foundation global
grant with two clubs in Nakatsugawa, Japan.
Through the partnership, Brazilian Rotarians raised$172,500. They funded equipment including fiveincubators for the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit(NICU), which nearly doubled the hospital’s capacity tocare for fragile newborns. In 2013, 129 babies wereadmitted to the NICU; since the completion of theproject, the hospital has been able to care for about
220 babies per year.
By adding five incubators to the NICU, the hospitalnearly doubled the number of babies its nurses anddoctors can care for.
Other equipment provided through the grant included
five ventilators, a bilirubin meter, three heated cribs,
five vital-sign monitors, and a super LED
microprocessed phototherapy unit to treat babies with

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jaundice. The grant also funded the cost of publicity toinform residents about prenatal care workshops
conducted by area health workers. The publicity
campaign aimed to reach mothers in remote areas whomay not know what services are available to them orabout the importance of prenatal care and breastfeeding.

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The Rotary clubs also used the grant to launch apublicity campaign on importance of prenatal careand breast-feeding.
This global grant marked a turning point for Rotarians
in Nakatsugawa, who had stopped contributing tointernational projects after experiencing difficulties ona past grant. The difference this time was in therelationship between the cities of Registro andNakatsugawa, which established a “sister city”
affiliation in 1980. By Vanessa

Glavinskas Photographs

by Robert Gill

In-person Meeting

Why Did You Leave?
In 2019, Rotary International conducted a survey ofcurrent, prospective, and former members of Rotaryand Rotaract clubs as well as program participants.
22% of former members said they felt uncomfortable
at their clubs at the time they left
33% said they left because of the club environmentand culture.
35% said they did not feel included

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)
HRYF Full Board meeting is scheduled for May 7th.
Recognition for the week ending April 25, 2021.

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President Keoni

PP Geoff Horvath

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We were very surprised at the number of people inattendance. The Lanai area had around 6 long tables.
All chairs were filled, so they and a small overflow
area for the late comers. We were served a deliciousbreakfast for $10.00, which went to North Shore
Chamber of Commerce.

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Just before the meeting, I was able to talk to former
Club members, PP Bob Leinau and Honorary Member
Bill Martin. Both are looking good and doing well. PP
Bob played Uncle Sam at my first meeting as President,
coming out on stage dressed like Uncle!

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PP Bob Leinau

On Wednesday, April 21st I took a road trip toHale’Iwa to attend the quarterly meeting of the North
Shore Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was heldat Hale’Iwa Joes. Arriving early, I met up with PDG
Nalani Flinn, Chair of the District 5000 Membership
Committee to provide support.

Bill Martin

Representatives from the State and City Government
provided updates with lively discussions regarding
topics of interest on the North Sore.
Toward the end of the meeting, The North Shore
Chamber of Commerce President, Roxana Jimenez,
PDG Nalani Flinn

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also a first-rate attorney on the North Sore, introducedme and allowed me time to give a short presentation.

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Roxana Jimenez

I told the members of our support during the flood
recovery and other community projects in their area,such as Weed Circle and the traffic circle near The
Smoking Boar & Coconut, and our future commitment
to the North Shore. In addition, we would like to:•••

Become a more active member
Join in community projects
Start a Rotary Club. Provided Club options to meet
everyone’s schedule, e.g.,
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In Person Clubs – Meets in person
Online Clubs – (E-clubs) Meets primarily
onlineHybrid Clubs – Meets in Person and Online
Passport Clubs – A Rotary club that allowsmembers to attend other Rotary club meetings
as long as they attend a specified number ofmeetings in their own club each year
Satellite Clubs – A Rotary club sponsored bya traditional club but with its own meetings,
projects, bylaws, and board

No fines“You can never plan the future bythe past.” Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, economist, andphilosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a memberof parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the Houseof Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after
moving to London in 1750.

The lanai filling up with memebes

My short presentation was well received, with questions
after the meeting. One member showed interest instarting a club, “We were talking about starting a
Rotary Club here.” Following up on this lead!

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ROTARY MINUTE

Some Major Initiatives
Major initiatives of Rotary include the eradication ofpolio, the world’s largest privately held youth
exchange program, and literacy.

Received from Tracy Takehara, Blood Bank ofHawaii.
Hi Geoff!
Hope you’re doing well! Just wanted to share twodrives that are coming up in the Wahiawa andWaialua areas of the island.
Don’t forget that The Rotary Club of WahiawaWaialua group code is 2990. Your members canprovide this group code when they arrive for their
appointments so it gets credited to your group.
Please share! Thank you!
Traci Takehara
Blood Bank of Hawaii | Donor Recruitment AccountManager
2043 Dillingham Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96819
Cell: (808) 690-7772
IG (follow me J): 808lifeline
https://www.bbh.org/ | @bloodbankhawaii

Waialua High School
BLOOD DRIVE
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints Waialua66-842 Kaukonahua Road

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Donations by appointment only.
To schedule an appointment,
visit bbh.org or call (808) 848-4770

April 29 – HRYF Scholarship Awards meeting
May 8 – Last tree planting project at the Gunstock
Ranch. It will start at 8:00 am and end at 12:00 pm,weather permitting!

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Class of 2024
BLOOD DRIVE"The way to get started is to quit talking
and begin doing."
Walt Disney

Dot’s Wahiawa Pineapple Showroom
Sunday, May 23, 2021
8:00 am – 2:00 pm
appointment
May Donations
20 – April by
Bullis– April 24thonly.
Ridge to Reef
To schedule an appointment,
Results visit bbh.org or call (808) 848-4770

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Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur,animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer. A
pioneer of the American animation industry, heintroduced several developments in the production ofcartoons.

April 29 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm – HRYF ScholarshipAwards
May 6 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
May 13 – 12:00 – 1:00 pmMay 20 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
May 27 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm – Great Wall of China
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/91954669065?pwd=d1dHTGwzUkJYVDhaWGNwRlQ3zddTUFmdz09

What psychological disorder makes people believethat they are cows?

Answer to April Fool’s Quiz. Boanthropy!
People can have a psychological disorder called
Boanthropy that makes them believe that they are acow. They try to live their life as a cow.

This month’s board meeing was held at the Great Wall ofChina, We had a quorum, so the meeting was a go!
We breezed through most of the Agenda Items and spent
a lot of time on planning this week’s Community service
project, Ridge to Reef cleanup.
Ridge to Reef: We will have the RC of Pearl Harbor, with
their Interact students, and the RC of Mililani Sunrise. We
will meet at Doc’s at 8:00 am and work until 12:00 pm.
We will meet at PP Doc McKenzie’s house, 68-325 Kikou
Street, Waialua, then to the site. After the clean-up we willhead back to Doc’s house to have a BBQ featuring hot dogs,
hamburgers, and ribs, with Doc’s Grandpas secret BBQ
saucer! There will also be potato mac salad and anassortuemt of side dishes donated by our volunteers.
Tree Planting: The last tree planting project, at theGunstock Ranch will be held on May 8th. It will start at 8:00
am and end at 12:00 pm.

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King Nebuchadnezzar

One of the rarest documented psychological disorders
is called Boanthropy which is a specific type ofzoanthropy, and it sufferers of this unusual disorderbelieve that they are a cow or an ox.
They try to live their life as a cow, even walking on all
fours, eating grass, cow feed and they often stoptalking, start mooing, and join herds out at pasture.
The most famous sufferer of this condition was King
Nebuchadnezzar, who in the Book of Daniel “was driven
from men and did eat grass as oxen”. Nebuchadnezzar
was the king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire from605BC to 562BC. According to the Bible, he conquered
Judah and Jerusalem and sent the Jews into exile.
Those who suffer from the very rare — but very
terrifying — Boanthropy disorder believe they arecows, often going as far as to behave as such.
They do not seem to realize what they’re doing when
they act like a cow, which leads researchers to believethat this odd mental disorder is brought on by dreams
or by hypnotism.

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(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/96286297
3749303/ to view all pictures.)Derek Conselva has ordered!

Derek Conselva selecting lunch

President Keoni with pure clean water!

Kate Butts

Marie Abatayo

Aaron Agsalda

PP Doc McKenzie

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PP Doc McKenzie has ordered his lunch

Derek Conselva and President Keoni enjoying their lunch

President Keoni. “Eh, wheahz my lunch!”

Kate Butts, Marie Abatayo and PP Doc McKenzie getting
ready for the meeting

What, still no food?!@

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