President's MessageAloha Rotary E-Club Ohana, Our Holiday Party is just around the corner :) This year, we will be joining several other clubs from the East Honolulu area to hold a joint Christmas party at the Waialae Nui Rec Center on Friday, December 15th from 5-10 pm (details below), we will be contributing desserts to the party. November has been a busy month. Our Dictionary Project on the North Shore was a great success. We handed out over 200 dictionaries to 3rd graders from Laie Elementary, Kahuku Elementary, Hauula Elementary Kaaawa Elementary. Thanks Susan, Joann, Anne Marie, Laine and Carol for helping out this year! As far as highlights go, everyone in the group was touched when one of the 3rd grade girls asked how many children she could help vaccinate with the $8 in her backpack (the answer is 16). The teachers were surprised at how engaged the students were in the dictionary trivia competition and Q&A sessions, even the students that rarely speak up in class were excited to participate thanks to Laine’s enthusiasm! Club Officer elections for the 2018-2019 year are coming up fast. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for a club officer position, please let me know. Thanks! AnnouncementsRotary Joint Holiday Party 12/15 with Kahala Sunrise, East Honolulu, Hawaii Kai and Diamond Head Rotary Clubs When: Dec 15, Friday Time: 5-10pm Where: Waialae Nui Rec Center 2203 Halekoa Drive Please RSVP to Courtlin if you can go and plan to bring a dessert. Club Officers Elections to be held by 12/31/2017 It’s that time of year again :) If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else for a club officer position, please let me know. The District asks us to complete our elections for the upcoming July 1st change in leadership by December 31st. Our goal is to rotate every officer position at least once every 2 years so that everyone has a chance to hold a Rotary leadership position, if they want to do so. Speaker / Article of the WeekThe Rotarian Magazine - The fun in fundraising https://www.rotary.org/en/columnist-shares-tips-helping-small-clubs-raise-big-funds President's MessageAloha Rotary E-Club Ohana, Rotary Gives Thanks Day is just around the corner and we have a terrific, multi-club project planned for the day on Saturday, November 18th. We will be planting trees in Hamakua Marsh as part of a project to restore habitat for endangered Hawaiian birds (details below). Our Literacy Project dictionaries have also arrived so we are coordinating with our four chosen schools on the North Shore to determine when we can go and distribute the dictionaries to 3rd graders. For many members in our club, this annual event is the highlight of their year and often their “Rotary moment”, i.e. the experience that makes them truly understand what is means to be a Rotarian and Rotary makes a positive difference in the world. I hope you can go to either, or both :) events! Rotary Gives Thanks Day - Tree Planting Project at Hamakua Marsh (via Healthy Climate Communities) on Saturday, November 18, 2017 Rotary International President Ian Riseley has challenged every Rotarian to plant a tree this year in support of global climate conservation. We have teamed up with several other clubs in the East Honolulu area to do a community service project at Hamakua Marsh in Kailua in the morning and then move to a park in Enchanted Lakes for a lunchtime picnic. If you would like to participate in this project, please let me know by Friday, November 10th. Dictionary Project - Date TBD Our dictionaries have arrived and we are coordinating with our four schools on the North Shore to visit and distribute the dictionaries to 3rd graders. If you would like to go this year, please let me know by Friday, November 10th. Rotary Gives Thanks Day Project - Hamakua Marsh Tree Planting & Weeding Saturday 11/18, 9-11 amRotary Gives Thanks Day – Weeding and Tree Planting at Hamakua Marsh Project Site Gate Located Next to: 268 Hamakua Drive, Kailua, HI 96734 Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/rtJ4fPbJAmk Saturday, November 18th Time: 9am- 11am Potluck Lunch: 11:30am to 1pm (Location for Potluck TBD – most likely in the Enchanted Lakes area) What we will be doing We will be joining with Enchanted Lakes Elementary 2nd grade families to weed and plant trees. This project is being run through an NPO called Healthy Climate Communities that conducts projects in Hamakua Marsh. Please bring: Water Bottle (they have a refill station) Sun Protection Covered Shoes Long Pants / Long Sleeves Recommended Healthy Climate Communities works in collaboration with Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) , elementary schools in Kailua and other community groups to restore the watershed for Hamakua Marsh, called Pu'u o Ehu Hillside. Last year we planted and cared for around 570 native plants. Hamakua Marsh and the adjacent Kawainui Marsh make up the largest remaining wetland habitat in the State. It is a wildlife sanctuary owned by DLNR and home to four species of endemic and endangered waterbirds. The area has a rich cultural and geographical history. The area supported a large native Hawaiian population who managed the resource for both inland fishponds and wetland taro production. For more info about the organization and area: www.healthyclimatecommunities.org End Polio Now - Ride So They Can Walk Challenge November 11th - 18thRide So They Can Walk – A Biking Event State Wide Rides – November 11 – 18, 2017 Help Rotary - End Polio Now http://rotaryd5000.org/60108/Page/ShowSitePage?ClassCode=SitePage&Slug=ride-for-polio To register to rider for $20, Sponsor a rider or Donate now, go to the payment page ----> Click here to Register or Donate Ride So They Can Walk – biking event State Wide Rides – November 11 – 18, 2017 Help Rotary - End Polio Now During the week of November 11 – 18, 2017 there will be Rotarians, individual community members, biking groups and clubs riding bikes, motorcycles and those on stationary bikes in health clubs and gyms all riding in the support of eradicating polio. This ride is different in that no roads need be closed as everyone will ride on their own schedule and desired distance. Each rider will pay a $20.00 registration fee and have friends and family sponsor their ride with 100% of those donations going to Rotary’s Polio Plus program and being matched 2 to 1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. When Rotary started the campaign to eradicate polio in 1988 there were 350,000 cases a year in the world. As of the date of this writing there are 11 cases worldwide – 6 in Afghanistan and 5 in Pakistan. This isn’t good enough - Zero is the magic number. Each rider will receive a commemorative cooling towel with the specially designed logo once they complete their ride and bring in a minimum of $100.00 in sponsor donations. Do even more by challenging another rider to see how many sponsor dollars you can bring in…. Join in the fun by becoming a rider and/or sponsoring a rider to help Rotary End Polio Now. You do not have to wait till November 11 to ride – ride anytime from now till the 18th of November and it will count toward the polio ride. To register/donate go to Rotary D5000 website and click on Ride for Polio in the right hand column. It will take you to the necessary pages. Yours in Rotary, PDG Laura Steelquest Email: laura@himed.cc Phone: 808-221-0126 PDG Phil Sammer Email: philsammer@gmail.com Charlene M. Meyers, PHF D5000 Polio Plus Chair 2015 - 2018 Email: Charlene.Rotary@gmail.com Rotary Club of Kahal Sunrise Foundation Dinner Friday November 10th @ 6 pmThe Rotary Club of Kahala Sunrise is holding their annual Rotary Foundation dinner this Friday, November 10th at Leahi Concept Kitchen in Waikiki at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $100 each. Bring your own beer, wine, anything alcoholic you’d like to drink! Find out more and register here: http://kahalasunriserotary.org/ The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Newsletter for District 5000 - November IssueThanks Ray for forwarding The Rotary Foundation’s November newsletter :) 
This Week's "Speaker" Take a street and build a community: Shani Graham at TEDxPerth President's Message Aloha Rotary E-Club Ohana, We had a terrific time at the Children & Youth Day event at the State Capitol this past weekend. Tens of thousands of people came to celebrate our community's keiki and enjoy the day's festivities and food (Slush Puppies!) Thanks to Laine, Susan, Capsun, Dick, Kathleen and guests (Naz and Larry) our information booth was fully staffed and we handed out hundreds of goodie bags to the children. We met several Rotarians from other clubs and even a few from Taiwan and Japan that were visiting Hawaii :) Upcoming Workshops: 1) Membership & Foundation Grants Training on Saturday 10/7 from 8-12 at Chaminade University. Please email me if you would like to attend. The cost is $10 Upcoming Projects: 1) Hoola Napua Pearl Gala Fundraising Dinner on Saturday 10/14 (mandatory training on 10/5 for those who would like to attend) 2) Tree Planting Project at Hamakua Marsh (via Healthy Climate Communities) on Saturday, November 18, 2017 to support RI President Ian Riseley's challenge to every Rotarian to plant a tree this year.  Prizes for goodie bags Service Project YWCA Fernhurst with Rotary Club of Honolulu Laine and Courtlin helping to make the YWCA facility a better place A Life Lesson From a Volunteer FirefighterDon't wait. If you have a gift to give, don't wait until "someday" to share it. President's MessageAloha Rotary E-Club of Hawaii Ohana,
We're only one week away from our club's annual meeting with District Govenor Nalani Flinn :) DG Nalani will be visiting our club (in-person) at our next meeting, which will be held on Monday, September 18th at EAT Hasr Bistro in Honolulu. If you haven't had a chance to attend our monthly in-person lunch meeting, come along and bring a friend! At the meeting, we will discuss our club's objectives for the remainder of the Rotary year and find out how we can help DG Nalani achieve her goals as District Governor in 2017-2018. The monthly in-person meetings are also a great time to enjoy some good food and fellowship with your fellow E-Club Rotarians so don't wait, RSVP today (details below). Service Projects
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President's MessageAloha Rotary E-Club of Hawaii Ohana, The annual Children & Youth Day is right around the corner. Please join us downtown for a day of fun-filled volunteering on Saturday, October 1st. We need 8 people from our club to help us man the information booth throughout the day. The following Saturday, October 7th, we need at least two of our members to attend a Membership and Grants workshop at Chaminade University so our club can continue to receive and spend Rotary district grants. Please see the flyer below and contact Laine if you can attend, the cost is $10. Lastly, be on the lookout for an email invite to our private, Rotary E-Club of Hawaii Facebook discussion group. Hawaii's Children & Youth Day Service Project coming up on Oct. 1st8 Volunteers needed from our E-Club Please come help us staff an information booth at the annual Children & Youth Day downtown on Saturday, October 1st. There are two shifts available, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The first shift runs from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm and the second shift runs from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Please consider volunteering for one, or two :) , shifts! Our group will have 8 parking passes to use on the day of the event. More details about what our club will be doing will be provided in a few days. http://www.hawaiicyd.org/event.html About Children & Youth Day In 1994, the Hawai‘i State Legislature and Governor established Children and Youth Day (CYD) in Hawai‘i as the first Sunday of every October to celebrate and honor our children and youth and the special contributions they make to our community. After much community discussion, Act 30 of 1997 was passed to dedicate the entire month of October as Children and Youth Month in Hawai‘i. Children & Youth Day happens on the first Sunday of October, each year. This year is the 24th Annual Event which falls on Sunday, October 1, 2017 from 10:00am-3:00pm. CYD is a time to recognize the potential and special gifts of our keiki (children) and ‘opio (youth). It is a time for them to shine and share their bountiful energy with their community. Membership and Foundation Grants Seminar Saturday, October 7th, 8am - 12 pmOur Assistant Governor (and E-Club member) Laine sent around the following message. We need at least two people from our club to attend a Membership & Grants workshop on Saturday, October 7th in order to qualify for Rotary district grants, which we use to fund our annual dictionary project. Please email Laine if you are able to attend. A Word doc flyer is attached below. ********************************************************************************************************** Aloha All, Attached is the Membership and Foundation/Grants Seminar on October 7th at 8am - 12pm at Chaminade University of Honolulu. It is at the Hale Hoaloha Room 103. There should be Rotary signs pointing where to drive and park. Each club is required to send 2 people in order to qualify for grants and it's preferred to have your President Election, Foundation, and Membership Chair attend. Please fill out the form and send it back to me (Laine Kohama). It is $10 per person. Mahalo again everyone and keep up the great work! *********************************************************************************************************** 
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