Volume 7 Issue 5 – August 8th, 2019

Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

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

All We Ever Wanted to Know
About a 501(c)(3)Service Above Self – Making a Difference©3Editor – PP Geoff HorvathAugust is Rotary Membership andNew Club Development
August is Membership Month, which means it’s time tocelebrate your Rotary club, your members, and thegood you do in your community and around the world.
There are many ways to join in the celebration, buthere are a few activities to get you started:•••••

Say it loud, say it proud! Let everyone in yoursocial network know that you are a proud member
by changing your Twitter and Facebook profile tothe I’m a Proud Member, I’m a Proud Rotaractor,or I’m a Proud Interactor graphic. Copy and savethe graphic as your profile picture for August.
Watch and share. Download RI President Gary
C.K. Huang’s video on membership from Rotary’s
Vimeo page. Watch it at your next meeting or club
event to highlight the vital role membership plays
in maintaining a strong and active club.
Exchange ideas. Do you have successful
membership strategies that have worked well inyour community? Share them on the MembershipBest Practices Discussion Group.
We Are Rotary.
Usingthehashtag#WeAreRotary, post photos to Facebook, Twitter,Instagram, or Vine of your club members at workin your community or abroad to show how Rotary
makes a positive impact in the world.
It’s Now or Never. Join us on August 13 at 10:00
Chicago time (UTC-5) for our Membership: It’sNow or Never webinar. It will feature international
membership expert Nikki Walker discussing
innovative ways of thinking about membership.

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••Making a difference. Rotary clubs are known forthe high-impact service projects they undertake
locally and globally. Share stories about yourservice projects and how they improve lives on
Rotary Showcase. Be sure to follow us on
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see what
Rotary members around the world are doing tocelebrate Membership Month.
What does Rotary mean to you? Rotary members
have pushed polio to the brink of eradication,delivered clean water to those in need, improved
their local communities, provided scholarships tothe next generation of peacemakers, andcontinued to do good in the world.

Derek Conselva

PP Doc McKenzie

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Oli – PP Lilette Subedi

Outside D5K
None
Within D5K
NoneSuzan Forbes – 501(c)(3) Expert – Guest Speaker andGuest of PP Oran Spotts
Anna Peters – Club Scholar – Guest of PP Geoff
HorvathYu-chuan – Anna’s Mom – Guest of PP Geoff
HorvathAshton Kanamu – Highway Response - Guest ofAustin Kanamu
RI President: Mark Daniel MaloneyDistrict: Eric Kaler
Asst Dist Govr: Sonya Mendez
Club President: Alex Kanamu
PP: Lilette Subedi
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Dela Pena
Recording Secretary: Jackie Barnes
Treasurer: Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin Kanamu

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HOORAY! We asked you to step up and contribute toPolio Eradication to meet our 2018-2019 challenge
and YOU DID IT! Thank you! D5000 really camethrough - as I know you will continue to do in 20192020. Please see the following note from PRIP John
Germ.
Mahalo,Laura
Laura Steelquist
District Rotary Foundation Chair
2018-2021“August 2019
My fellow Rotarian,
As 2018-19 Trustee Chair Brenda Cressey shared,
contribution results for the 2018-19 Rotary year wereoutstanding. Thanks to each of you for your enthusiastic
support of Rotary’s priority program – the eradicationof polio. In late May, we were faced with an unusual
prospect of being considerably short of our $50 million
goal. The cash contributions and District DesignatedFund projections showed we would be approximately$5 million short of goal.
You came to the rescue and together we raised $50.8
million. This achievement truly shows the willingness anddedication of all Rotarians to fulfill our promise to thechildren of the world. Together we will end polio.

While we celebrate our success in 2018-19, we must
remember that our job is not complete. Our new
challenge is to raise $50 million for polio eradication
this Rotary year.
Thank you for all you are doing and will do to help end
polio
now.
Respectfully,John F. GermChair, End Polio Now Countdown to History Campaign
Committee
President, Rotary International, 2016-1”

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)

may change as she settles in to university life and herscholastic endeavors.
Anna will keep in contact with our club to let us know
how she is doing and will hopefully pay us a visit
whenever she is home during breaks.
Coming in the month of September is Foodland’s GiveAloha.

Give Aloha, Foodland's Annual Community

Matching Gifts Program, was created in 1999 to honor
Foodland’s founder, Maurice J. "Sully" Sullivan andcontinue his legacy of giving back to the community.
Each year during the month of September, customers
are encouraged to make a donation at Foodland totheir favorite participating Hawaii non-profit
organization. Each year, Foodland contributes morethan $250,000 to match customer donations for allorganizations combined. Since the program began in
1999, a total of more than $30.9 million has beenraised for Hawaii’s charities.
More information will be coming out in the near future.
Non-Rotarians, family members, and friends canparticipate, so get the word out. The Hawaii Rotary

Recognitions for the week ending August 11th, 2019.

Club Scholar Anna Peters

Today, we were able to present our last Club Scholar,
Anna Peters, with her certificate and check.
Anna missed the scheduled luncheon because she washeavily involved in her school’s Tennis tournament. Anna
is an avid tennis player, participating in school
tournaments as well as the United States tennis
Association (USTA) tournaments.
During the summer, Anna traveled to Taiwan with hermother and younger sister. While there, she taught aclass of elementary students for a Harvard University
sponsored program. Anna likes connecting to theseelementary students. “It’s a lot of fun!”
While in Taiwan, she spent time volunteering at ahospital, which is inspiring her to become a doctor,
returning to the North Shore and opening a practice.
In her spare time in Taiwan, Anna assisted her Mom,
Yu-chuan, with the care of her parents.
Anna will be heading to Boston to attend Harvard
University; which Anna is really excited about. Right
now, Anna is interested in becoming a doctor, but things

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Spouse’s Birthday

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Anniversaries

President Alex and Alison Kanamu celebrated their
1 year of wedding anniversary today, August 8th.

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Kate Butts joined our Club 3 years ago on August 11,
2016

While on her trip, Alison had the opportunity of visitinga farm, a farm that produced flowers and plants thatare used for producing dōTERRA essential oils.

HIKate Butts gave a HI $5 for PP Geoff Horvath comingin early, setting up, and for the Club Newsletter. She
also enjoyed her trip report, epically Mike’s selfie whilelanding!
PE Keoni Ahlo for his OBGYN doctor, PP Doc
McKenzie. Doc is always there when Keoni needs help
with Rotary business. It’s good to have a doctor thatcan call in a prescription when traveling, like theprescription he was able to fill for his daughter, Paige,
while they were in Boston.
Alison Kanamu gave a HI $10 for PP Geoff Horvath– setup and newsletter, and for one year being
married to Alex!
PP Lilette Subedi gave a HI $5 for our club being
highly regarded in D5K and for the care we have for
one another. Our Club is important and supportive toMarie Abatayo, as she takes care of her mother,Grace.
President Alex gave a HI $5 in recognition of Dr. Lynn
Goya – for all her hard work and help in keeping
things moving along.

A grower explains the process of extracting oils out offlowers and plants

Alison was impressed at how involved the process of
extracting oils out of the plants on the farms was.
Next year winners will be able to take their spouses,
so Alex will be going next year. Alison contributed $10
to the club for her trip report

Alison Kanamu gave a trip report on her recent trip
she mainland as a top 100 dōTERRA earner. This trip
was an empowerment program called Diamond
Club/Tribe, to visit two of their peppermint partners tofind out how these essential oils are made.

Alison among the essential oil flowers!

Alison, in the middle, on a farm of one of the growers

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ROTARY MINUTE
The Object of Rotary?
Observation by PP Doc McKenzie. We are very
familiar with the 4-Way Test, because we recite it at
the end of each meeting. But, what about the Object ofRotary, one of our guiding principles along with the 4Way Test? The Object of Rotary has taken a backseat,and is rarely mentioned or recited. We must always
remember just what our Objects as Rotarians are.
Purpose. These principles have been developed over
the years to provide Rotarians with a strong, common
purpose and direction. They serve as a foundation forour relationships with each other and the action we takein the world.
Object of Rotary

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster theideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, inparticular, to encourage and foster:•FIRST: The development of acquaintance as anopportunity for service;•SECOND: High ethical standards in business andprofessions; the recognition of the worthiness of all
useful occupations; and the dignifying of eachRotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to servesociety;•THIRD: The application of the ideal of service ineach Rotarian’s personal, business, and communitylife;•FOURTH: The advancement of international
understanding, goodwill, and peace through aworld fellowship of business and professional
persons united in the ideal of service.

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Received from IC2020 Liaison Point of Contact,
Charlene Meyers, to our Club IC2020 Lead, Alison
Kanamu, to share with our members.
“Aloha Club Members,
I am the Point of Contact for the 2020 RotaryInternational Convention Host Organization Committee,
HOC for short, and my job is to keep the Club up-todate on the convention and also the HOC activities.
As a recap, the 111th international convention is wellunderway with about 18,000 already registered.
Imagine Rotarians from all over the world coming toHawaii to experience the Power of Rotary and enjoy
our island hospitality!
There will be lots ofcollaboration on projects and partnerships, lots to learn
about Rotary and a lot of inspiration from awesome
speakers. The convention will take place at the Hawaii
Convention Center June 6 to 10, 2020. There will begreat speakers, maybe 100 breakout sessions andseveral hundred booths in the House of Friendship.
Rotary International is responsible for the convention
logistics, the program, speakers, breakouts and theHouse of Friendship.
The HOC is responsible for the local events, which
includes 2 lunch cruises, a windward fishpond service
project, a walk for peace in Ala Moana park, host
hospitality and a fabulous concert at the Waikiki Shell.
We have a website for registrants to sign up for theHOC events and also tours and activities. In order tocover the expenses, we need your help with donations
and sponsorships. If you would like to donate or canreach out to your company contacts, it would be muchappreciated. If the amount is $6,000 or higher, pleaselet Sonya Mendez, the Sponsorship Chair know,
because we need to get Rotary International’s
approval first.

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We also need a lot of volunteers. If you would like togreet people at the airport, provide info at theConvention Center or just want to be in the thick of theaction, sign up either on the HOC or District website.
This is an initial volunteer registration. You’ll have achance to choose your shift later this year.
This convention is an opportunity for you to see theRotary big picture without having to pay a lot for
airfare and hotel rooms. It will bring a lot of attention
to Hawaii, not to mention revenue for the State. So,
what are you waiting for, register now before the pricegoes up in December.
Here are web addresses for more information:•••The HOC website is: rotaryhonolulu2020.org
The District website is: rotaryd5000.org
The Rotary International website to register is:riconvention.org
Thank you for listening and I hope you will take action
to donate, volunteer and register for the convention.
It’s going to be a memorable opportunity for us toshare the Aloha spirit with Rotarians from around theworld, make lasting friendships - and learn more about
Rotary ourselves!”

Received from PP Bob Pang
“Aloha to all our members,
RI reached its goal for donations to support theeradication of polio this past Rotary year, please read
PRIP John F. Germ's email below. Let's all continue toensure we can eliminate this terrible disease in ourlifetime.
Much Mahalo,Bob” (see Foundation Report above for PRIP John F.
Germ's email)No report

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To Be Determined – Looking for speakers!

Aug 12 – Meet RI President Mark Maloney at theWaikele Country Club – 5:30 p
Dec 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!

•You need a name. Once your board has been
established, select a name for your nonprofit, e.g.,
RCWW Foundation.

•Articles of Incorporation. Required to receive taxexempt status from the IRS. We can probably getsample forms online.

•Bylaws. Bylaws should comply with Federal
and/or State of Hawaii laws.

•Suzan Forbes

Our guest speaker today was Suzan Forbes. Susan did
speak to our club a while back regarding becoming a501(c)(3) organization. This was a refresher for someof our members, and a first-time introduction to the501(c)(3) process to new members. By our club not
being a 501(c)(3), we lose a lot of money. To assist us
in understanding what Suzan talked about, here are a
few facts about becoming a 501(c)(3) organization.
What is a 501(c)(3) organization?
A 501(c)(3) organization is a corporation, trust,unincorporated association, or other type oforganization exempt from federal income tax undersection 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
It is one of the 29 types of 501(c) nonprofit
organizations in the US.
What qualifies as a 501(c)(3) organization?
Section 501(c)(3) is the portion of the US Internal
Revenue Code that allows for federal tax exemptionof nonprofit organizations, specifically those that areconsidered public charities, private foundations orprivate operating foundations.
The majority of nonprofit organizations are 501(c)(3)organizations, which makes them eligible for federal
and state tax exemptions. To create a 501(c)(3) taxexempt organization we have to apply for tax-exempt
status from the IRS and/or the State of Hawaii. There
are a few basic steps and requirements that have tobe followed. Here a few steps required to form a501(c)(3) organization.
•You need a Board of Directors. Choose who will
be on the board of directors. A minimum of 3 isrequired. At a minimum, the board must consist ofa President-Director, Secretary-Director, andTreasurer-Director. You can have one person fill all
three positions, or each board member can holdone of those positions. Once the 503(c)(3) us
formed and established, you may add members tothe board.
A 501(c)(3) board member can not be a clubmember on the Club board. It would beconsidered self-serving.

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Meetings. There are no set procedures on how
many meetings you must hold each year, but it wassuggested, if we move ahead, we would holdquarterly meetings
After following the steps and requirements above, wewill have to fill out an IRS Form 1023, or a 1023-EZ,
both available online, https://www.irs.gov/charitiesand-nonprofits. There may be State of Hawaii
requirements that have to be met also.
After filling out all the required forms, Suzan suggeststhat we hand deliver it to the Hawaii Federal IRS officefor processing, with the required fee, which may differ
depending on the total annual cash intake.
Then, thereafter, we must submit an annual form/reportto the IRS to maintain our status. If not, we may besubject to penalties or lose our tax-exempt status.
These annual reports are IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Susan told us to please call her should we have anyquestions.

Ace of Hearts

No ace of hearts today!
(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/962862973749303/ to view all pictures.)

The Setting up the buffet line

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PP Oran Spotts and PP Lilette Subedi setting up

Alison Kanamu getting ready for the meeting

Pineapple byRare photo of PP Oran Spotts….smiling!!
PP Oran Spotts enjoying his lunch
Guest Suzan Forbes assisting in setting up

President Alex also enjoying his lunch!
Scholar Anna Peters with Mom Yu-chuan

Anna Peters with Mom Yu-chuan getting lunch

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Doc Lynn talking to our Club Scholar, Anna Peters

Guest Speaker Suzan Forbes

Austin Kanamu, Kate Butts, and Alison Kanamu
enjoying fellowship

WHO Dat?!
President Alex is happy to be here!

Warm Aloha – PP Lilette and Doc Carver
PE Keoni Ahlo with his HI $5

Almost a full house

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Alison Kanamu with her HI $10

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Club Scholar, Anna Peters giving us her plans forthe future
PP Lilettes HI $5

Alison Kanamu’s trip report
Guest Speaker Suzan Forbes informing us about the503(c)(3) process

PP Doc McKenzie Foundation brief
Nice sox, Doc!

PP Geoff Horvath presenting Club Scholar, AnnaPeters, with her certificate and check

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Guest Yu-chuan Peters

Bali Project

Guest Speaker Suzan Forbes
PP Oran Spotts setting up for the meeting

Tiered rice paddies

Suzan has the Club’s attention

Derek Conselva and Kate Butts getting lunch
Marie Abatayo with one of her great smiles!

I love my Job!!!

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Doc Carver Wilcox arrives for the meeting

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