Hello Lions, Hope everyone is well and following CDC and State/Oahu shelter-in-place and social-distancing guidelines to stay safe and avoid COVID-19 infection. Who would have thought something like this could happen again with all the medical and technical advancements since Spanish influenza about 100 years ago? It feels like one of those ‘aliens invading the… Read more March 2020 President’s Message
Although February is a short month but it seemed long due to the projects and activities which we had. We had 2 great speakers in Doug Park, American Diabetes Association and John Mau & Rob Holden of HPD. Doug gave an educational presentation about nutrition and exercise to prevent diabetes. And, things you can do… Read more March 2020 President’s Message
Well, think I’m settling back into the routine again, preparing for meetings, writing bulletins, and working on projects. Thank you to Kelan Yoshioka for providing the Year of the Rat post-it notes and Tommy Chun for the calendars. Please see me at the next meeting if you didn’t get one. Thank you for providing great… Read more February 2020 President’s Message
Wow, I made it half way through what seems to have been a long but successful year! Thank you to club members for your support and giving your precious time to provide services to schools, vision and hearing screening, Lunalilo Home, e-Waste, pancake breakfast, Holiday Parade, and the community. It took me several months to… Read more January 2020 President’s Message
Happy Holidays, Lions! We had a very interesting speaker in Jacce Mikulanec of JCCH whose mission is to share the history and heritage of the Japanese American experience and preserve Japanese culture. His presentation on the Honouliuli internment camp was educational. Roy Aoki and Eric Kimura shared that their parents were at the Jerome… Read more December 2019 President’s Message
Aloha Lions! Well, it doesn’t seem like 4 months have gone by. And, holiday season are coming soon, so not much time left in the year. We are reminded earlier and earlier by commercials and Macy’s Christmas decorations already on display. At the October 3 meeting, during the New Member Orientation Refresher, I was asked… Read more November 2019 President’s Message
I guess September is the traveling month. Several Board members are traveling, including myself so grateful to have Lions who stepped up to take over for us while we were enjoying ourselves. September is also a busy month with projects, e-Waste Recycling, Storm Drain Labeling, 6 Vision Screenings, and Huki Seaweed pull. The e-Waste Recycling… Read more October 2019 President’s Message
Two months in and seems like 6 months. And, having to write the monthly bulletins are coming too fast. As I kept telling Sandy when she was president, I don’t know how she did it while still working. With the beginning of the new school year, several Hawaii Kai Lions assisted HPD and Kamiloiki Elementary… Read more September 2019 President’s Message
Talk about “hitting the ground running”, Kendrick Chang arranged a meeting with Councilman Tommy Waters on July 1 at his Honolulu Hale office. Along with Kendrick, Eric Kvick (rescue tube), Ken Nishibun (Holiday Christmas parade), David Iwana, and I had a great discussion with Councilman Waters about the 2 HK Lion topics. Eric presented him… Read more August 2019 President’s Message
It is my honor and privilege to be your new President. I will need all of your help, as Immediate Past President Sandy has done such a wonderful job! A BIG Mahalo to everyone who contributed their time and service to make our 46th Annual Benefit Breakfast such a fantastic success. It was great… Read more July 2019 President’s Message