Rotary Club of Honolulu’s Tradewind Newsletter – January 24, 2025

A MESSAGE FROM

PRESIDENT TOM COYNE

Aloha,

If haven’t already, please sign-up for the January 28th Club meeting. President Elect Brian Dunkel will be introducing the Club to his appointed and our new Board of Director for Rotary Year 2026. The Club will need to have at least 50% of our membership to achieve quorum and vote to confirm.

Also, I am looking forward to seeing those of you who have signed up to pour beer at Saturdays Beer Festival, which is one of our Clubs most events and helps pay for operational expenses.

Our Coke & Lawrence Operations Fund is up and running. You will be receiving next week a donation Pledge Form. CLICK HERE for the 2025 Update & Announcements Addendum Letter and the Coke & Lawrence Operations Fund Pledge form!

Have a wonderful week and I will see you at the Beer Fest Jan. 25th!

Best regards,

Tom Coyne

President

The Rotary Club of Honolulu

CALL TO ACTION

VOLUNTEERS TO WATCH KIDS IN THE KEIKI ZONE

RCOH has partnered with Kids Hurt Too Hawaii. They have provided the bounce houses and keiki activities. We need volunteers to

Help keep our Keiki safe during the Chinatown Festival on January 25, 2025.

Tent at A’ala Park across from America Savings Bank

Three shifts to choose from:

9:00 am – Noon

Noon – 3:00 pm

3:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Contact Nancy Youngren Here to Volunteer!

GET YOUR YOUTH INVOLVED

THEY ARE TOMORROW’S LEADERS

Statewide

YXC VIDEO CONTEST

The Youth Xchange Statewide Student Video Competition is a premier statewide event open to all students—elementary, middle/intermediate, high school, and college. This competition empowers youth to create, produce, and promote awareness of critical community issues through video content, bringing these important topics to the forefront.

Holomua: Innovating for a Better Future

This year’s theme Holomua: Innovating for a Better Future emphasizes the fusion of tradition and technology, inspiring Hawaiʻi’s youth to harness technical innovations to tackle community challenges and build a sustainable future. It empowers students to be voices for change while celebrating the powerful synergy between cultural wisdom and cutting-edge technology.

The Rotary Club of Honolulu is proud and honored to once again sponsor the CREATING PEACE category! Click the links below to register and for more information about the upcoming video contest!

Register here: https://olelo.org/yxc2025/contest/

YXC 2025: Contest – Olelo Community Media

2025.01.25 – 5th Annual Winter Beer Fest – 2025
Bishop Museum’s Great Lawn
Jan. 25, 2025 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

2024.01.28 Hybrid Lunch Meeting – Celeste Connors
Pacific Club
Jan. 28, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2025.02.04 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Dr. Kim-Anh Nguyen
Pacific Club
Feb. 04, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2025.02.11 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Rebecca Leibowitz
Outrigger Canoe Club
Feb. 11, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2025.02.18 Hybrid Lunch Mtg – Bettina Mehnert
Pacific Club
Feb. 18, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2025.03.04 – NO MEETING

Mar. 04, 2025

2025.03.11 Hybrid Lunch Mtg: Rosana “Sanie” Weldon
Outrigger Canoe Club
Mar. 11, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

View entire list

Member Birthdays

Linda Coble

January 10

Karin Holma

January 19

Gregory Lui-Kwan

January 21

Paul Saito

January 21

Keane Santos

January 24

Mitch Weld

January 28

Join Date

Alika Mau

January 6, 2004

21 years

Nancy Youngren

January 11, 2022

3 years

Dawn Marie

January 17, 2006

19 years

Bryan Watkins

January 22, 2013

12 years

Terry George

January 28, 2003

22 years

District 5000 (Hawaii) offers really robust training and leadership development programs that are open to all Rotarians who want to improve their Rotary knowledge or engage in professional development.

All are welcome to attend these Zoom meetings. Webinar recordings are on the D5000 Webinar Recording page . CLICK HERE. Saturday Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94810456899

Jan 25, Saturday, 9am to Noon. Pre-PETS for all PEs and in-coming AGs.

Feb 1, Saturday, 9-10am. Welcome to Rotary for Prospects and New Members to learn the basics about what Rotary is all about. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94810456899

Reminders:
 District Grant Qualification forms due Jan 31 to [email protected]
 Input incoming board names into ClubRunner by Jan 31

The District Conference will be at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu May 30 to June 1, 2025. Registration fee increases on January 1. For info, go to:

https://rotaryd5000.org/sitepage/district-conference-2025-ala-moana/

The Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada will be June 21-25, 2025. For information, go to
https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/. Registration fees increase on Dec 16th

Monthly District Committees: (Check the District website for more info and Zoom links)
First Tues, 5:30pm Presidents-Elect
Third Tues, 5:30pm– Membership Chairs
Fourth Mon, 5:30pm- Youth Service
Last Fri, 5pm- Mental Health Initiative

Your District Learning Facilitators

Benson Medina

Naomi Masuno

Holomua: Innovating for a Better Future

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