Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

Volume 7 Issue 34 – May 7th, 2020

Hulali“The Reflector”
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

What’s My
Vocation?
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

May is Youth Service Month
May is Youth Service Month. Rotary International's
Structured Programs for Youth Service are: Interact,
Rotaract, Rotary
Youth LeadershipAwards,and Youth Exchange.
The month of May isdesignated as “Youth Service Month” to focus on
all Rotary activities that support the development ofyoung people up to the age of 30.

Rotary believes in developing the next
generation of leaders. Our programs
help younger leaders build leadershipskills, expand education and learn thevalue of service.
Rotaract

Editor – PP Geoff Horvath

Join the global movement of young
leaders who are developing innovative
solutions to the world’s most pressing
challenges.
Rotaract clubs bring together people ages 18-30 toexchange ideas with leaders in the community, develop
leadership and professional skills, and have funthrough service.
In communities worldwide, Rotary and Rotaract
members work side by side to take action throughservice. From big cities to rural villages, Rotaract ischanging communities like yours.
What’s involved?
Rotaract members decide how to organize and run
their clubs, manage their own funds, and plan andcarry out activities and service projects. Rotary clubsponsors offer guidance and support and work withyour club as partners in service.
How do I join?
Check with your university or contact a local Rotaryclub to find out if there’s a Rotaract club in your area.
Contact the Rotaract club to find out how you can join
its next meeting, service project, or social event.

10,904
Rotaract clubs
250,792
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Rotaractors
184
countries with Rotaract clubs

Interact

Check with your school or contact a local Rotaryclub to find out if there’s an Interact club in yourarea. Contact the Interact club to find out how you
can join its next meeting, service project, or
community event.
20,372
Interact clubs
468,556
Interactors
159
countries with Interact clubs

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards(RYLA)
RFPD meeting the local community

Take action, build international
understanding, and make new friendsaround the world.
Interact clubs bring together young people ages 1218 to develop leadership skills while discovering thepower of Service Above Self. Find out how serious
leadership can be seriously fun.
What are the benefits?
Connect with leaders in your community and aroundthe world to:•Take action to make a difference in yourschool and community•

Discover new cultures and promoteinternational understanding•

Become a leader in your school andcommunity•

Have fun and make new friends from aroundthe world
What’s involved?
Interact clubs organize at least two projects every
year, one that helps their school or community and onethat promotes international understanding. Rotary clubsponsors mentor and guide Interactors as they carry out
projects and develop leadership skills.
Celebrate the global impact of Interact by getting
involved in:•World Interact Week•

Interact Video Awards•

Rotary Youth Day at the United Nations• Global Youth Service Day
How do I join?

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Do you have what it takes to become adynamic leader and change yourself andthe world?
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is an intensive
leadership experience organized by Rotary clubs anddistricts where you develop your skills as a leader while
having fun and making connections.
What are the benefits?
Connect with leaders in your community and around theworld to:•

Build communication and problem-solving
skills•Discover strategies for becoming a dynamic
leader in your school or community•

Learn from community leaders, inspirational
speakers, and peer mentors•

Unlock your potential to turn motivation into
action• Have fun and form lasting friendships
What’s involved?
RYLA events are organized locally by Rotary clubs anddistricts for participants ages 14-30. Depending on
community needs, RYLA may take the form of a one-day seminar, a three-day retreat, or a weeklong
camp. Typically, events last 3-10 days and include
presentations, activities, and workshops covering avariety of topics.

Your community might host a RYLA event for secondary
school students to hone their leadership potential, foruniversity students to develop creative problem-solving
strategies, or for young professionals to learn ethicalbusiness practices.
How can I participate?
RYLA participants are nominated by local Rotary
clubs. Contact your local Rotary club to find out more
about RYLA events in your area, how to apply, and any
costs of getting involved.

Rotary Youth Exchange

Rotary Youth Exchange builds peace
one young person at a time.
Students learn a new language, discover anotherculture, and truly become global citizens. Exchanges forstudents ages 15-19 are sponsored by Rotary clubs inmore than 100 countries.
What are the benefits?
Exchange students unlock their true potential to:•

Develop lifelong leadership skills•

Learn a new language and culture•

Build lasting friendships with young people
from around the world• Become a global citizen
How long do exchanges last?
Long-term exchanges last a full academic year, andstudents attend local schools and live with multiple hostfamilies.
Short-term exchanges last from several days to threemonths and are often structured as camps, tours, orhomestays that take place when school is not in session.
What are the costs?
RI President: Mark Daniel MaloneyDistrict: Eric Kaler
Asst. Dist. Govt: Sonya Mendez
Club President: Alex Kanamu
PP: Lilette Subedi
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Kanamu
Recording Secretary: Jackie Barnes
Treasurer: Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin
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Room and board are provided, as well as any school
fees. Each program varies, but students are usually
responsible for:•Round-trip airfare•

Travel insurance•

Travel documents (such as passports andvisas)•

Spending money and any additional travelor tours
How can I apply?
Candidates are ages 15-19 and are leaders in theirschools and communities. Contact your local Rotaryclub to see what exchange opportunities are available
and what the application process involves.

New Generations Service Exchange•

Last from a few weeks to six months•

Can be arranged for individuals or groups• Need not be reciprocal
How much does it cost?
Costs vary by Rotary club or district. To reduce
expenses, Rotary members often provide homestay
options, arrange no-cost internship or job-shadowing
programs, and offer other financial assistance.
Find a Rotary club near you that works with New
Generations Service Exchange to find out what it would
cost.
How do I apply?
University students and professionals up to age 30 —including current and former Rotaractors and former
Interactors, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
participants, and Youth Exchange students — areencouraged to apply. You don’t have to be a memberof Rotary to participate in an exchange.
Although each Rotary club determines its own eligibility
criteria, all participants should demonstrate a strong
commitment
toserviceandthe ideals of
Rotary. Contact your local Rotary club to see what
exchange opportunities are available and what theapplication process involves.

New Generations Service Exchange is a
short-term, customizable program foruniversity students and professionals up
to age 30.
Participants can design exchanges that combine theirprofessional goals with a humanitarian project.
What are the benefits?
•

Make connections with service-minded
community leaders in another country•

Learn another language•

Build your professional skills and gaininternational experience

PP Geoff Horvath – PP Geoff provided the flag•

Travel and explore a new culture while
giving back through service
What is an exchange like?
With your host Rotary district, you’ll plan activities that
can include networking, relationship building,humanitarian service, professional development, andleadership training. Exchanges:

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PP Geoff – For every uphill, there is a downhill. While
going up, there is only one set of footprints; coming
down, there are two sets of footprints. The LORD
carries us through hard and difficult times and walks
beside us during good and normal times.

Over the next three years, Skarabis-Querfeld would
build and run a network that, at peak times, would
include more than 100 volunteers helping thousands ofrefugees at community centers, tent camps, and othershelters across the city.
in need.

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)

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HRYF President, Geoff Horvath, signed 53 HRYF
Scholarship certificates for all students, which includes
all students that will be receiving $5,000 scholarships
and two $10,000 scholarships (The Sullly Sullivan –Mainland university/colleges and Joanna Sullivan –Local universities/colleges). The certificates will be sent
to each club so they can present them via Zoom or othercreative ways.
We will not have the HRYF Luncheon in July, so will beplanning a Zoom celebration with all the scholars thatcan make it!

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Former member and past Hulali Editor, Jim Frommcelebrated his 80th birthday. Jim left hard shoes tofollow, because the Hulali was published and sent out
the afternoon of our meeting! Happy Birthday, Jim!

Spouses’

HEALING THOUSANDSAs thousands of refugees streamed into Berlin,
they strained the health care system. Rotarianand physician Pia Skarabis-Querfeld spent thelast three years building a network ofvolunteer doctors to help those in need.

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Anniversaries

By Rhea WesselProduced by Andrew Chudzinski

On the nightly news and around her city, Pia SkarabisQuerfeld saw the refugees arriving in Berlin after
fleeing war, persecution, and poverty in their homecountries.
Wanting to help, she gathered a bag of clothes todonate and headed to a nearby gym filled withrefugees.
What began as a single act of charity eventually
evolved into an all-encompassing volunteer project:

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PE Keoni and Nahoku Ahlo (the stars) celebrated
their Anniversary today, May 7th!

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virus. District 5000 hands out masks each week at
different locations with the local Rotary Clubs assisting.
This mask distribution was held Saturday, May 9th atthe Wahiawa District Park. The event was let by District
Governor Elect, Naomi Masuno.

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ROTARY MINUTE
The Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua
The Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua has served theCentral and North Shore Oahu for more than 83 years.
Our Club is the third oldest Club in Hawaii, charted on
March 9th, 1937. Each year The Rotary Club of
Wahiawa-Waialua participates in service projects
that benefit the local community, the State of Hawaii,
and several international locations. In past years theclub has provided Christmas cheer to the mentallychallenged, college scholarships to area High School
students, dictionaries to Elementary Third Gradestudents, wheelchairs to Thailand, plastic surgery in the
Marshall Islands, an ambulance to India, and medical
equipment to Russia.

Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua
Supports Rotary District 5000 With
Mask Distributions

I wish all you loving Mom’s a very special Mother’s Day!
Thank for your unselfish love and devotion to us throughthe years. We are who we are today, because of eachone of you! Blessings for a wonderful Mother’s Day!
For an example of the perfect, loving Wife andMother, see Proverbs 31:10-31!

OUR ANIMALSNEED YOUR HELP!!

Received from our Friends at Oahu SPCA in
Wahiawa:

Won't You Please Foster
A Rescued Animal?

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Aloha,
More than anything, the health and safety of you our
supporters, your pets, and our staff are our primaryconcerns. Though the information and status of COVID19 in Hawaii remains fluid, the Oahu SPCA is taking
steps to ensure our companion animals and our rescued
animals continue to be well taken care of, even as weface this time of uncertainty…..

During this state of emergency, the Oahu SPCA is trying
to prepare for the worst. We are seeking the public’s
help to foster our shelter animals in the event thefacility must temporarily close its doors. Fostering a pet
is rewarding as you are caring for one of our rescued
animals while we actively search for a permanenthome. During this time of crisis, our Foster Care
Program is crucial to safeguarding our rescues andsaving more lives.
As we practice social distancing or are being told towork from home, having a pet by your side can beespecially rewarding and therapeutic. Pets always
help us humans be a little more thoughtful – they
inherently lead us to think beyond ourselves. And
they’re engagingly fun!
If you’re not in a position to foster but want to help ouranimals, consider making a much-needed monetary
donation or a donation of food and supplies. As manymembers of our community are forced out of work, thenumber of animals surrendered or abandoned to ourcare intensifies. Adoption events are being cancelledwhich translates to fewer pets being adopted, yet moreanimals continue to need emergency care.
Your help has never been needed more.
Please contact our Foster coordinator at
info@oahuspca.org, or make a donation here, andhelp save the life of an animal.
Gratefully,
Lucy Ahn

May 14 – OK – Our Kupuna – Speaker TBD

May 28 – Hawaii Blood Bank blood drive – Tentative– Dot’s parking lot. If interested in giving blood, you
can sign up utilizing Blood Bank Hawaii’s eDonor
program. You have three options. The most direct
option is to go to www.BBHdonor.org/SC andregister. These two options give you more information
and will allow you to sign up. These two links are,www.BBH.org and www.BBHdonor.org. May becancelled.

Blood Bank of Hawaii develops bold newplan to address COVID-19
Received from our Friends at the Blood Bank of
Hawaii, April 6th, 2020.
Aloha Lifesaver Club Coordinators,
We always consider the safety of our donors, staff andblood supply our number one priority. We have beenmonitoring updates from the CDC relating to COVID19 very closely and adhering to safety and healthrecommendations. As a result, we have decided tocancel all lifesaver club blood drives through themonth of May and extend our new operational hours
at the six locations we’re currently utilizing. All donors
who were scheduled for your blood drive for May will
be notified. Should anything change, you will be
informed. All donations will continue to be made byappointment only during this time.
To make an appointment, visit our website:www.bbhdonor.org or call (808) 848-4770
What can you do as a LifeSaver Club coordinator?
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We need your help!

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Your drive may be cancelled, but your group
can still save lives and you can lead the way•

Ask your members to make appointments at adonation center.

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Hold your members accountable by calling,
texting, emailing or posting social media
reminders about appointments already made.

•Discuss with your account manager ways topartner in order to help each other•

Remind everyone to give the appropriate
Group ID at registration.

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Ask them to pledge to help us save lives not only
now but over the next few months
To make an appointment, visit our website:www.bloodbanktough.org or call (808) 8484770.

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PP Geoff joined late because of other commitments, but
did enjoyed the Peace session.
Kate Butts also shared joining a Rotary Webinar thathad 12 interesting speakers from around the globe,
from Africa, Australia, etc. Kate really enjoyedhearing from these interesting speakers and topics.

Ace of Hearts

No announcements“Every dream begins with a Dreamer.
Remember, you have within you thestrength, the patience. And the P A S
S I O N to reach for the stars to change
the world.” Harriet Tubman

Answer to this week’s Quiz: 1884

Harriet Tubman

Rotary Egg beater. Invented by Willis Johnson, the egg
beater was patented in 1884. Originally, he indented
the device as a mixing machine not intended to whisk
the eggs only. The rotary beater transfers the action of
whisking into gears, which saves a lot of effort.

When was the rotary egg beater invented?

All members are still healthy and well.
Kate Butts and Dr. Lynn Goya attended the Spring
Training via Zoom and enjoyed all sessions. They
enjoyed the Membership session and learned that oneof the main reasons Rotarians are leaving Rotary is,they don’t feel involved with projects and other events.

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African-American, Willis Johnson, of Cincinnati, Ohio,patented and improved the mechanical egg beater(U.S. pat# 292,821) on February 5, 1884. The beater
was made up of a handle attached to a series ofspring-like whisk wires used to help mix ingredients.

Prior to his eggbeater, all mixing of ingredients wasdone by hand and was quite labor-intensive and timeconsuming.

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In fact, what Willis Johnson had really intervened was
the early mixing machine and not just an egg beater.
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District 5000 ends the Rotary International Covid-19
telethon ends with a YouTube presentation, of a songsung by a local artist, Nichole Lemas, titled “TheSinging Agent”, on the windward side, Laniki, Oahu!
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Masks waiting for distribution

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masks

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Rotarians

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