January 22, 2014

Meeting Number 28: 2013-2014

PRESIDING: CEDRIC MITSUI

LED PLEDGE: MARY BEGIER

INSPIRATION: RICHARD CUNNINGHAM

“I DON’T REGRET THE THINGS I’VE DONE, I REGRET THE

THINGS I DIDN’T DO WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE.”

- UNKNOWN

4-WAY TEST: JAMES LEONARD

SPEAKERS: NONE

GUESTS: KARL GUTKNECHT, RC OF MADISON

DOWNTOWN, WISCONSON

ALYXANDRA HOPKINS, GUEST OF KEVIN HOPKINS

CHARLENE IBOSHI, RC OF SOUTH HILO

ROSE ANNE NAVALTA, GUEST OF CEDRIC MITSUI

PHOTOS: CEDRIC MITSUI

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES: NONE

BIRTHDAYS: KRIS SPEEGLE– 1/18

TOMOAKI SAITO– 1/20

CLUB ANNIVERSARIES: CHESTER CABRAL– 1/18–

SPONSOR SHARON SCHEELE

ANITA CUNNINGHAM– 1/19– SPONSOR CAROL VAN

CAMP

MAHALO

RICHARD CUNNINGHAM FOR A FRAMED PICTURE OF

SNOW-CAPPED MAUNA KEA AND HILO BAY.

WON BY MARIE BOTHOF VIA FRED YAMASHIRO

WORDS OF WISDOM

“THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION IS TO TEACH ONE TO

THINK INTENSIVELY AND TO THINK CRITICALLY.

INTELLIGENCE PLUS CHARACTER– THAT IS THE GOAL OF

TRUE EDUCATION.”

- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

ROTARY

AWARENESS

MONTH

Thursday, January 23, 2014

5:30 pm

Kris Speegle Allstate Insurance

1289 Kilauea Ave Ste D

Hilo, HI 96720

*Occupancy is limited to 10-15 people!

Amazing pupus from Liko Lehua Café.

DG Phil Sammer

will be stopping by on

February 12th General

Membership Meeting

to present a

Rotary International Award

to one of our members.

Please try your best to attend!

Mahalo to

Chester Cabral, Anita Cunningham, Barbara

Hastings, Steve Jacunski, and Cedric Mitsui

for each donating $175 to sponsor 1 participant at

this year’s RYLA camp.

District 5000 Rotary Rice Day was held on January 11, 2014. We collected

130 pounds of rice in week 1. In week 2, we collected 280 pounds of rice,

totaling . We will continue to collect rice and donations until the end of

February, so please consider donating to this worthy project.

We’re going to begin the Keiki Dictionary Projects at Hilo Union on February

11 at 8:15 am. We are still trying to schedule the other three schools around

testing.

Polio in India– February 14-25, if interested, please look in this week’s

Baywatch for more information.

Rotary Foundation Dinner in Honolulu– Friday January 23 at 6:00 pm at the

Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel, 2500 Kuhio Ave. PRIP D.K. Lee will be the guest

speaker. See the invitation in this week’s newsletter for more information if

you would like to attend.

DG Phil will be coming to our February 12 GM for a special presentation,

please try to attend.

Weinberg Grant at YWCA– Saturday, February 22. Save this date on your

calendar!

District Assembly– Saturday, March 15, 8-12 pm at Kamehameha Schools

Rotarians will be walking in the Merrie Monarch Parade this year on April 26,

so please block off that date and get your walking shoes broken in!

District Conference– May 2-4, 2014 at Turtle Bay Resort– Extending the early

bird registration til January 31, for registration and meals.

RI Convention– June 1-4, 2014 in Sydney, Australia

Kris Speegle– All State will be sponsoring the next Vocational Pau Hana

Social, on Thursday, January 23, 5:30 pm at All State Insurance. Will be

sending around a sign-up sheet at the next GM. Seating capacity is

between 10-15 Rotarians and guests. Will have information on insurance

and other areas available and a lot of great pupus from Liko Lehua Café at

the event.

Richard Cunningham– Thank you to all the Rotarians who donated to HRYF

today. Each contribution of $50 will get you one entry to win the koa box.

It’s for a great cause; scholarships for graduating seniors like Alyx Hopkins.

Also as a reminder, your HRYF contributions can be used for missed meeting

fines, so it’s a great way to do both! Please let Kyle know if you would like

your HRYF contributions to double as missed meeting fines.

Sharon Scheele– As of last night, we have 9 students to participate in this

year’s RYLA event; 4 from St. Joseph, 4 through J.A., and 1 from

Kamehameha Schools Kea‘au. Liooking for corporate sponsors for the

students. Please contact me if you would like to be a sponsor.

Bettye Williams– Please save February 22 for the Weinberg Grant at the

YWCA. We need 25 Rotarians, sign up sheet will be going around today

and at future general membership meetings.

** Please show respect for the speaker and those around you– stop talking

to each other. Come earlier or stay later, if you want to visit.

PRESIDENT ’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS BY OTHERS

Karl Gutknecht of the

RC o f M ad i s on

Downtown, Wisconsin

having a conversation

with Chester Cabral.

Alyxandra Hopkins,

guest of Kevin Hopkins

grabbing her breakfast

with Art Taniguchi and

Steve Jacunski.

Charlene Iboshi of the

Rotary Club of South Hilo

sitting next to Ken

Goodenow.

Rose Anne Navalta,

member of the Rotary

Community Corps of Hilo

Bay and prospective

member.

$5– Chester Cabral– for his club

anniversary of 2 years.

$5– Bryan Lindsey– for the

passing of his dad.

$5– Alan Okinaka– Happy for

the amazing benefits of

Celebrex.

$3– Miyuki Lee– for Kris coming to SJS

and presenting the Interact Club with RI

recognit ion, welcome back to

Alyxandra Hopkins to Rotary meeting as

an alumni of SJS and thanks to Carol,

for the invitation to Nikkei Kigyo

Fundraiser as a new member of Japan

Chamber of Commerce & Industrial of

Hawaii. The event was really successful.

$5– Art Taniguchi– for Japanese

Community Association

recognizing Suisan & I. Kitagawa

for 100 years of being in business.

$5– Kyle Kawano– for the

Japanese Community

Association recognizing Suisan.

$5– Steve Jacunski– for Rose

handing out anthuriums.

$5– Dave De Luz, Jr.– for Steve

Jacunski’s joke and he

challenged him to match!

Saturday, March 15, 2014

8:00-12:00 pm

Kamehameha Kea‘au Campus

Open to all members

Incoming Board of Directors

and Committee Chairs should

attend.

Please sign up at General

Membership Meetings!

February 22, 2014

YWCA

Please mark this in your calendar!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS– SAVE THE DATE!

January is Rotary Awareness Month

January 23, 2014– Vocational Pau Hana Social at All State at 5:30 pm

Upcoming Events:

TBA– Hilo Union Dictionary Project, 8:15 am

February 22, 2014– Weinberg Grant, YWCA

February 28-March 1, 2014– RYLA at KMC

March 13-14, 2014– Hilo Union’s Rainbow Pride/High Flyer Awards

March 15, 2014– District Assembly, 8-12 pm at Kamehameha Schools

Date and Location TBA later– RCHB St. Patrick’s Day Party

April 26, 2014– Merrie Monarch Parade

Other Clubs:

January 21, 2014– RCEH General Membership Meeting, K-126

January 23, 2014– EH President/President Elect Meeting– BIVC

February 4, 2014– RCEH General Membership Meeting, K-126

March 14-15, 2014– RCEH Relay for Life, 6 pm-6 am

Please continue to bring in bags of

rice or monetary donations til

February 26.

$130 + $280 = $410

2013-2014 Goal:

$3,000

Amount collected as of 1/15/14:

$610.00

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

8:15 am

Check in at office

Sign up sheet will be going

around at the next General

Membership Meeting.

ROTARY

AWARENESS

MONTH

DVD Recycling to Yukio Okutsu

Magazine Recycling to Yukio Okutsu (Aug/Jan) VA Book Donation

HILO BAY’S

COMMUNITY

PROJECTS

Back to School Supply Donation

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

$122.00 total

# Benefitted:

216 children at Hilo

Union, Ka ‘Umeke,

Waiakea, and

Waiakeawaena

Monthly Reading Program at Joyland Preschool

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

30 DVDs

# Benefitted:

93 people

The Rotary Club of Hilo

Bay donated:

46/47 magazines

# Benefitted:

93 people

Golf Shirt Donation to BGCBI

Mary Beiger and Lyle Phillips

donated:

154 books

# Benefitted:

93 people

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

2 golf shirts, $228.00 total

# Benefitted:

2 people

* Ongoing project– every month

# Benefitted:

20 children

Volcano Art Center Rainforest Run

Get the Drift & Bag It

# Benefitted:

660 runners

ROTARY

AWARENESS

MONTH

HILO BAY’S

COMMUNITY

PROJECTS

Under His Wings Food Donation

Keiki Vision

Under His Wings Food Donation after Oktoberfest

Healthy Halloween Candy Donation to Hale Ohana

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

24 items, $250.00

# Benefitted:

130 people

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

$70.00 worth of candy

# Benefitted:

20 children

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay donated:

Leftover food from Oktoberfest

# Benefitted:

200

Hilo Union: 65 students

Ka ‘Umeke: 25 students

Waiakeawaena: 109 students

Waiakea: 125 students

Total students benefitted: 324

ROTARY

AWARENESS

MONTH

HILO BAY’S

COMMUNITY

PROJECTS

Ironman Special Needs Bag Station

Rainbow Pride at Hilo Union

Operation Christmas Child

# Benefitted:

2,200 people

Clothing Donation to Under His Wings

Toiletry Donation to Under His Wings

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

Books

# Benefitted:

90 students

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

20 items

# Benefitted:

20 people

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay

donated:

13 items

# Benefitted:

13 people

ROTARY

AWARENESS

MONTH

HILO BAY’S

COMMUNITY

PROJECTS

Clothing Donation to Goodwill

Hospice Light Up a Life

Food Donation to Under His Wings Ministry

Free Vision Services

Magazine Recycling to Hilo Medical Center

The Rotary Club of Hilo

Bay donated:

11 items

# Benefitted:

11 people

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay donated:

Food after the Family Christmas

Party

# Benefitted:

200 people

The Rotary Club of Hilo Bay donated:

16 magazines

# Benefitted:

93 people

39 individuals received free eyeglasses last

year through this new Hilo Bay community

service project.

Summary of RCHB’s Community Service Projects

New Projects: 18

Existing Projects: 5

Total Number of Individuals Helped: 5,258 people

We are planning a fun weekend filled with fellowship, stimulating speakers, workshops, and Hawaiian culture. There will also be a

special dinner on Sunday night in honor of Past International President Sakuji Tanaka and to renew bonds of friendship with our

Japanese sister district. Sign up on the conference registration page (additional charge).

I hope to see you all there and wish you Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou!

DG Phil Sammer

District 5000

“Forever Young”

Early bird registration (til January 31):

Conference/Registration Fees: $20

Food package: $195

After January 31, 2014

Conference/Registration Fees: $25

Food package: $215

Hotel:

Room reservations begin at $195 per night.

Register on district website at:

www.rotary5000.org/

May 2-4, 2013

Turtle Bay Resort

Register for the conference golf

tournament online!