Rotary Club of Honolulu | Tradewind Newsletter – March 14, 2025

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Tradewind Newsletter

2025 | March 14

 
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A MESSAGE FROM
PRESIDENT TOM COYNE
 
Aloha,
 
As your Board of Directors work to improve your Rotary experience we call on you all to please take the 5 minutes needed to complete the survey recently sent to you via email, thank you.
 
Also, because we expect a large turnout for the April 22nd meeting with Senator Schatz, we encourage you all to sign up early.  You will be receiving an email with details on how we are prioritizing sign-ups and note that we have a March 31st deadline for members before we open it up to other Rotary Clubs and other interested people.
 
Once again, I would like to thank President Elect Brian Dunkel for filling in for me while I am on our Philippine Project.
 
Best regards,
Tom Coyne
President
The Rotary Club of Honolulu

 

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Aloha!   
 
The Foundation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu’s Service Above Self campaign is in full swing! 
 
Please make your tax-deductible pledge and payment before March 15, 2025. Your donation is how we can Serve our communities!
 
 
 
Mahalo! 
 

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SAVE THE DATE AND THE PLACE!
Fall International Service Project in Central Vietnam.
 
Our fall international service project will be from September 21-26 (arrive no later than Sept 20 in Hue). Please refer to the map. The project is located outside of Dong Ha. We will be building playgrounds and other improvements at rural elementary schools. The work will include installing equipment sets, planting trees and plants, and making a fences and benches. 
The post project will run from Sept 27-October 4 (departing October 5 from Saigon). We will start in Dong Hai and visit Hue and Hoi An.
Those wanting to attend the Kyoto Rotary Club’s anniversary celebration in Kyoto from October 7-9 will be “almost there” at the end of the post project tour.
Participation is limited to 20 due to transportation restrictions.
More information, including participants’ costs, will be forthcoming.
If interested, and if you have any questions., contact Nancy Youngren at [email protected]

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LITERACY VOLUNTEERS!
 
Saturday Story Hours at KPT. One Saturday per month, for 2 hours, to provide fun activities and stories to the kids who live at KPT.
 
Get in on the fun every second Saturday of the month. 
 

For more details on how you can participate, contact Community Services Chair Nancy Youngren HERE.   Mahalo!

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MALAMA MAUI WEEKEND
April 25-26, 2025
To join, click the link below for more information through our District website:

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ROTARY CLUB OF HONOLULU
CAMP ERDMAN WORK WEEKEND
MAY 3 & 4, 2025
 
Continuing our tradition of a spring work project weekend that has drawn more than 100 participants by involving Rotarians plus inviting the broader community to join us.  
 
 

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As a humanitarian organization, Rotary makes peace a cornerstone of our mission. And so, Promoting Peace is one of our seven Areas of Focus. The Rotary Peace Fellowship and its Peace Centers train leaders to prevent and mediate conflict through fully-funded fellowships for a Master’s Degree or Professional (post-graduate) Certificate in Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Applications for the new academic year, Fall of 2026, are now available. I serve as the D5000 main point of contact and support for the Rotary Peace Fellowship, and I ask for your help in finding qualified candidates. If you or your suggested candidate have questions or seek more information, please contact me directly.

Alan Kusunoki
Rotary Peace Fellowship, D5000 Chair
808-938-6771

Home Page | Hawai’i Rotary District 5000

Upcoming Events

2025.03.18 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Chenoa Farnsworth
Pacific Club
Mar. 18, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
2025.03.25 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Speaker Daniel Chun
Pacific Club
Mar. 25, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
2025.04.01 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Speaker TBD
Pacific Club
Apr. 01, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
2025.04.08 RCOH Pau Hana – San Paolo Pizza & Wine!
San Paolo Pizza and Wine
Apr. 08, 2025
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
 
2025.04.15 – NO MEETING
Apr. 15, 2025
 
2025.04.22 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Senator Brian Schatz
Pacific Club
Apr. 22, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
2025.04.29 Hybrid Lunch – ALL MEMBER MEETING
Pacific Club
Apr. 29, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
2025.05.06 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Sonny S. Zhang
Outrigger Canoe Club
May 06, 2025
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
View entire list
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MAHALO TO OUR WEEKLY VOLUNTEERS! 
You are appreciated!  
 

If you would like to help, watch for the signup sheet!    

Volunteers –
Mar. 18, 2025
 
Greeters: Reese Liggett & Erik Soderholm
 
Pledge: Reese Liggett
 
Music: Lee LaBrash
 
Inspiration:
 

 

Volunteers –
Mar. 25, 2025
 
Greeters: Judy Lind & Linda Coble
 
Pledge: Sam Haas
 
Music
 
Inspiration: Rick Towill
 
 

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RCOH LUNCH MEETING REVIEW
 
Mar. 11 Meeting Photos HERE
 
MAHALO,
ROSANA WELDON
FOR SPEAKING WITH US!

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Member Birthdays
Liz Howard
March 2
 
Carol Sakata
March 6
 
Michael Marsh
March 6
 
Ken Kaneshiro
March 7
 
Bryan Watkins
March 11
 
Rick Towill
March 13
 
Rich Proctor
March 18
 
Chris Cloward
March 28
 
Brian Dunkel
March 29
 
Nancy Youngren
March 31
 
Join Date
Jini Huisinga
March 5, 2024
1 year
 
Sid Snyder Jr.
March 10, 1970
55 years
 
Susan Robinson
March 11, 1997
28 years
 
Mitch D’Olier
March 12, 1985
40 years
 
Rick Blangiardi
March 19, 2021
4 years
 
TC Gray
March 20, 2001
24 years
 
Judy Lind
March 28, 2006
19 years
 
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SERVICE ABOVE SELF
If you have a project you’d like to present, please complete the Project Recommendation Form and email to our Director of Community Services, Nancy HERE

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Do you have a speaker recommendation?   If so, please complete the Speaker Recommendation Form and send it to RCOH Administrator, Lee HERE.  She will submit all forms to the Speaker Committee.  

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Have you been to Centennial Park in Waikiki?   It really has come a long way from being an empty lot filled with garbage to the beautiful, grassy, family friendly park it is today! 
 
Stay up to date with Centennial Park: 
 

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