Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

Volume 8 Issue 22 – March 25th, 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 KnaackMarch is Rotary Clean Water andSanitation Month

How Rotary Makes HelpHappen”
On December 1992, the United Nations General
Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 by which
22 March of each year was declared World Day forWater. In 1993, the first World Water Day wasobserved.

MonthlyBoard Meeting
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

Editor – PP Geoff Horvath$24
is all it takes to provide one person with safe water110
Schools in Ghana have better sanitation and hygiene due
to Rotary-USAIDPartnership2030
is the year Rotary hopes to finish providing everyone withsafe water, sanitation and hygiene

OUR IMPACT ON CLEAN WATER AND
SANITATIONThe Rotary Foundation is changing the world byproviding grants for projects and activities around theglobe and in your own backyard:
Rotary-USAID Partnership: Rotary has partnered with
the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) in Ghana, Madagascar, andUganda to implement sustainable, long-term programs
to improve water supplies, sanitation, and hygiene.
WASH in Schools Target Challenge: Rotary
has challenged our members to develop sustainable
water, sanitation, and hygiene education projects infive countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, India, andKenya.
WASH projects: Since 2013, The Rotary Foundation
has invested in more than 1,000 WASH projects inmore than 100 countries. Through grants from The
Rotary Foundation and fundraising by Rotary clubs, ourvolunteers have supported water purification, hygiene
education, latrine construction, and waste management.

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Working lunch – No Invocation

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is ensuring that economic growth reaches the poorer
communities.

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)

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The 2021 final HYRF interviews will be held thisSaturday, March 27th, via Zoom. This will be the firsttime in-person interviews will be held! The Panel ismade up of Rotarians from the 4 major islands. The
Panel will be interviewing 10 candidates from allislands.
The final selection will be announced on March 30, at
which time Clubs may contact their Club Top Scholarsof the results.
Recognitions for the week ending March 28, 2021

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Turning Waste into Profit forPhilippine Coconut Farmers
With the aid of a Rotary Foundation grant, theLivelihood Project gives local farmers the supplies andlabor to turn wasted coconut husks into “coconuts”,
which have environmental and economic benefits forthe community. The project increased employmentlevels for women and out of school youth while reviving
the local coconut industry. Coconut husks, which are ahuge source of agricultural waste, are now used tomake coconuts which help provide an environmentallyfriendly solution to land erosion and degradation.
Another husk byproduct, coconut dust is used as a soil
enhancer and organic fertilizer.
This is an example of how The Rotary Foundation is
helping smaller communities throughout the world andRI President: Holger KnaackDistrict: Naomi Masuno
Asst. Dist. Govt: Wesley Mun
Club President: Keoni Ahlo
PP: Alex Kanamu
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Vacant
Recording Secretary: Kate Butts
Treasurer: Paulette Kitchell
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox

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Anniversaries

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AgsaldaKappan, Science of Mind, The Methodist Layman,Sunshine, and Ideals.
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ROTARY MINUTE

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Rotary Peace Centers

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In 1999, Rotary Peace Centers were founded. The
Rotary Peace Centers program develops leaders who
become catalysts for peace and conflict prevention
and resolution in their communities and around theglobe. Each year, up to 100 Rotary Peace Fellows arechosen to participate in a master’s degree or certificate
program at one of the Rotary centers at universities
around the world. Members of the inaugural class ofRotary Peace Fellows begin studies in the fall of 2002.

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None“The pessimist complains about thewind; the optimist expects it to change;
the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Ward

April 1 – Cathy Nearman – Community Outreach
Coordinator – Legacy of Life Hawaii

William Arthur Ward

William Arthur Ward (1921–March 30, 1994), is oneof America's most quoted writers of inspirationalmaxims.
More than 100 articles, poems and meditations written
by Ward have been published in such magazines as
Reader's Digest, This Week, The Upper Room,Together, The Christian Advocate, The Adult Student,The Adult Teacher, The Christian Home, The Phi Delta

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Legacy of Life Hawaii is an organ donation program,with a goal to save and enhance lives throughrecovering organs and tissue for transplant.
Legacy of Life has a program where teams, such as a
Rotary Club, launches a successful enrollment for organ
donations. Our Club will be launching a challenge toall Rotary Clubs in District 5000. The club that gets themost enrollments will win $100 for PolioPlus. TheThe Rotary Club ofWahiawa-Waialua

money will be donated to the PolioPlus program under
the winning clubs name. We invite all to join us for apresentation on how the program works!
April 8 – Brett Morey – Surfers Unit Rotarians
Fellowship
April 15 Roger Breisch – Suicide Prevent Hotline
April 22 – Board Meetings

greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields
such as electric power generation, mass communication,
sound recording, and motion pictures

What grain makes up more than 1/5 of all the calories
consumed by humans?

Mar 27 – Tree planting at Gunstock Ranch – Due towet conditions at the Gunstock Ranch, this event will berescheduled for some time in May 2021. It will be heldon the North Shore, around 12:00 pm 0 4:00 pm. See
Kate Butts for more information. Liability forms mustbe submitted 3 days prior the event. Kate has theforms if you need one.
April 24 – “Ridge (Mauka) to Reef (Makai)”Rotarians at Work Day, Waialua, near PP Doc
McKenzie’s home. Bring a dish to share with members.
Bar-B-Q – See Kate Butts for more information.

Today, we had a working lunch-board meeting at theGreat Wall of China Restaurant at their new buildingon California Ave., Wahiawa. It was great seeing eachother in person.
The meeting was called to order, by President Ahlo,at 12:30 pm.

None“Everything comes to him(her) who
hustles while he(she) waits.”
Thomas A. Edison•

Minutes approval. Minutes from February
25th, were approved.

•Membership update. PP Doc McKenzie hasa prospective member who is egger andexcited to join Rotary! He has received anapplication.

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Scholarships – PP Geoff gave an update on
this HRYF’s program.

•Community Service Projects.
• Tree planting. Postponed until May• Legacy of Life scheduled for April 8th

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor andbusinessman who has been described as America's

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• Ridge to Reef (Makua to Makai) schedule
for April 24. We will have a Waikiki churchgroup assist us. They participated in theHale’Iwa clean-up.

President Keoni commented on the success of ourInstagram postings. Within 2 weeks, we have 114 daily
followers, world-wide! We received responses from
Brazil and India, as well as other countries.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:28 pm.

2021 Updated Meeting Schedule(Thursday, Hawaii Standard Timeand(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/96286297
3749303/ to view all pictures.)

Time

April 1 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
April 8 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
April 15 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
April 22 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
April 29 – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/91954669065?pwd=d1dHTGwzUkJYVDhaWGNwRlQ3zddTUFmdz09
Inside the new Great Wall of China Restaurant

Answer to the Quiz of the Week. Rice!
More than 1/5 of all the calories consumed by humans
worldwide is provided by rice alone.

Regular portion plate!

Rice is the third out of the 10 most important corps in
the world! In 2008, the last statistical report, the annual
production of rice was 685,013,374 tons with anaverage yield of 4.3 tons.
Rice may be even more important than corn as a foodcrop, since corn is used for other purposes outside
consumption. It may also be the thirstiest crop:
according to the U.N., farmers need at least 2,000liters (528 gals) of water to make one kilogram (2+pounds) of rice!
Back corner seating

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Kate Butts with a box of goodies from the Kanamu’s

Paulette FukumotoMarie Abatayo

PP Doc McKenzie

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President Keoni Ahlo

A very serious Aaron AgsaldaPP Doc McKenzie and Marie Abatayo enjoying their lunch

Paulette Fukumoto’ special plate lunchAaron Agsalda going over the Agenda

Aaron’s miniature takeout box!

PP Doc McKenzie and Marie Abatayo going over thefinancial report

Aaron Agsalda checking for messages at meetings end

Kate Butts and Paulette Fukumoto reviewing the Slate ofOfficers

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Wahiawa-Waialua

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