During this past month, our district achieved another huge milestone.  For the first time ever, every club in this district will receive the Zone Literacy Award.  In order to qualify for the award, a club must perform at least 10 literacy projects during the year.  With 43 clubs doing at least 10 literacy projects, this translates to over 430 literacy projects locally and worldwide!  This is an incredible achievement and all of you should be very proud of this accomplishment.  I wish to thank our district literacy chair, Mrs. Gloria King, for her tremendous work this year.  Gloria spent countless hours on promoting literacy programs, organizing the district wide dictionary project, the Four Way Test essay contest… The list of her accomplishments goes on and on. The next time you see Gloria, please give her a big mahalo for everything she does for your club and the district.

Another person to thank is Mr. John Steelquist who has organized the first ever Rotarians at Work Day on April 26th.  John has been the special projects coordinator for the district this year and he has done an excellent job in obtaining 100% participation by all of the clubs in the district.  “Rotarians at Work Day” is being recognized worldwide as Rotarians conduct service projects in their communities throughout the world wearing their Rotarians and Work t-shirts.  John worked with PDG Linda Coble, Lisa Rodrigues, and others to promote this event to the media to bring attention to what we Rotarians do what we do best – Service Above Self.   Read the rest of DG George's message the latest issue of District 5000's newsletter, "Maluna Pono'i "

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Wilf Wilkinson- President, Rotary International
George Fontaine- District Governor, District 5000
Ayman El-Dakhakhni - District Governor Elect, District 5000

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May 23 - 26, 2008 - District 5000 Conference,

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June 15-18 - Rotary International Convention

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