Sharing with you, on March 20, 2025, West Honolulu Rotary Club members, Elvira Lo, Betty Brow, Gordon and Lana Au, when back to the Hong Linh Disabled Children Center in central Vietnam, with total donation of $9000 from their own heart to help the Disable Orphanage to furnish the new dormitory, with new enrollment to 170 boarding students, an increase of 110 kids and 100 day school students total of 270 students. Back in 2023, WHR got $10,000 funding from the Club and Foundation to purchase $10,000 supply, food and medicine, uniform etc. as the International Service Project and 11 of our Rotarians visited the school that year. Also 2024 Mar., Betty Brow, Gordon and Lana Au, donated $6000 on their own to the school to help to build additional dormitory which completed late last year.
The District Conference is May 30-June 1, 2025 at the Ala Moana Hotel. If you would like to join Rotarians from around the State, please register. It's $410 for the conference. Click here to register.
The Rotary International Convention is June 21-25, 2025 in Calgary, Canada. If you would like to register, Click here
On Saturday 3/29, was the Rotary Foundation Dinner, at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, RI Trustee-Elect Vicki Puliz will emphasize the "Why” in giving to Rotary for the great work we do.
Honolulu District DOE Elementary Speech Festival Saturday, April 5th
McKinley High School - Volunteer judges are needed
Tentative Schedule:
7am breakfast followed by instructions
8am report to assigned rooms
8:30 session 1; 10:00 session 2
Students in grades 3 through 5 participate in categories of choral reading,
group interpretation, oral interpretive reading, poetry, storytelling; all noncompetitive events.
11:15 Awards Assembly
For a bunch of years, West Honolulu Rotarians have actively participated as speech festival judges. Your participation would be greatly appreciated again. Please contact Grace Fujiyoshi if you are able to be a judge. This is a very rewarding community service project.
Speaker Bio will send during the week for your information.
There are several events coming up, we hope you can attend, and sign up at Google sheet, if you are not able to get to the sheet, please email Naomi at masuno1@aol.com. Please feel free to invite your collegues, friends, family to our meetings, but please sign up by Tuesday. We need to give Chris at The Edge the head count on Tuesdays before the meeting so he can prepare enough food for us.
Click here to sign up for our club activities: (Bookmark or add to favorites this link for easy access)
1) April 5, Speech Festival Judge volunteers needed. 8-11am, McKinley High School. Click to sign up
2) If you want to go to the Tokyo-West anniversary in Tokyo, May 22-23, please let Naomi know at masuno1@aol.com. We will have a meeting soon for participants.
Tentative service projects: Cleigh and Brittany are working on a project for Child & Family Services soon and Farrington High is working on an environmental project. Stay tuned for details coming soon.
Our regular meetings are held at The Edge at 31 North Pauahi. We need a head count by Tuesday before the meeting, please sign up on the Google form CLICK HEREor via the emailed invite. Address : 31 North Pauahi Street, between Nuuanu and Smith, private room the the back, parking at Municipal lot at 1-35 N Beretania St. Payment by credit card only. If you didn't sign up, please join us and get your food upfront in the restaurant.
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West Honolulu Sign Up sheet
