District 5000 - Newsletter - Archive (Jul 16, 2007)

Aloha!! Paige and I would like to welcome you to the very first issue of your District 5000 newsletter, "Maluna Pono'i" (Above Self). Communication is key to successful Rotary work and this newsletter is not restricted to a once a month publication.

We encourage you to visit your District 5000 website as well. Take a look around and discover the magic of rotary in Hawaii. You'll find information about Hawaii Rotary clubs, significant projects that are on going and completed; information about our ongoing district programs, and information about the upcoming district conference on Maui and other district events. We welcome your comments and suggestions on how to improve it.

Encourage your club members to be a part of this website. They will need to submit their name, email address, and club name. Members will be able to log into the members area to see schedules, training, district members' contact information and other restricted information. They will also receive their own copy of Maluna Pono'i via email.

I am so proud to have been chosen as District Governor for Hawaii and I want to welcome all of you to this years theme -- Rotary Shares. You are now part of the team that will show the world how Rotary in Hawaii Shares. Let's Rock the Rock!!!

Yours in Rotary,

~ DG George

What's Happening?

Community Service

"Rotary District 5000 Back to School" School Supplies Drive

July 21 & July 28, 2007

Help Hawaii's underprivileged youth by donating school supplies.

Click here for more information.

Sonya Mendez,

D5000 Community Services Chair,

and

Dave Mueh, President,

Rotary Club of Hawaii Kai,

will be appearing on KHON2 TV morning news at 5:45 a.m. on Friday, July 20.

July 21st is the official day the "Rotary District 5000 Back to School" and they will be giving all of the islands a good plug about their school supplies drive and lookin' good at the same time!!!!

Please let your club members know and lets cheer them on!

NID opportunity in Nigeria coming up in November 2007! More info ....

Club Presidents, if you would like access to your page on the district site, or would like a representative from your club have access, please inform the webmaster and include your club name. Mahalo!

The Rotary Club of Lahaina share their photos from the successful year lead by PP Nancy Montoya.

Click here to see!

Clubs' newsletters are posted on their pages of the district website. Contact us to get your club's newsletter & photos listed.

2007 is Kona Mauka Rotary's 40th anniversary. They have met in Teshima's Restaurant for 35 years, and Mrs. Mary Teshima, the owner, is 100 years old this year: her birthday was June 24th. See their celebration!

Celebrating Seventy Years of Maui Rotary

In November of 1937 the Rotary Club of Maui was chartered as the first Valley Isle Rotary Club. Today there are eight Rotary clubs on Maui with a combined membership of over 300 men and women.

Save the Date! November 17, 2007

The Rotary Club of Maui will be hosting a social for the Valley Isle’s clubs at the King Kamehameha Golf Club in celebration of seventy years of “Service Above Self” on Maui.

Details to follow.

Rotary Club of Ala Moana
35th Anniversary Celebration

Club members and 41 guests from our sister Rotary clubs of Feng Yuan Taiwan, and Abiko and Hiroshima Japan, enjoyed two celebratory events – the welcome reception at the Outrigger
Canoe Club on June 29, and the combined anniversary and installation dinner at the Waialae Country Club on June 30. Read the rest of the story and see the pictures in their July 6th Tiki Waha

4th of July in Lahaina ... in Grand Rotary Style!!

submitted by Kate Bahr, RC of Lahaina Sunrise

For the seventh year in a row, Historic Lahaina Town hosted the fireworks on July 4, 2007.

The Fourth of July celebration in Lahaina was coordinated by the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise. The cost of the fireworks was funded in its entirety by the businesses, resorts and the community of West Maui.

Over 15 members of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise were involved in the event from set-up, take down, garbage duty, fundraising, planning, and running the event booths. The Club really pulled together to make the event happen.

The fireworks were visible from many vantage points throughout Lahaina Town. Great viewing was also possible from parks, beaches and mauka neighborhoods.

A 2007 commemorative limited edition 4th of July Tee Shirt was available at booths on the street. All profits from the sale of the shirt went towards Rotary scholarships and community projects.

Photo by L.Rodrigues, spectator enjoying the show. Front Street at Papalaua

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WANTED ... Your club's logo

Do you have a good scan of your club's flag? Please email a high resolution copy to Lisa, or mail one to P.O. Box 46 Wailuku, HI 96793. Thanks!

Celebrations Around the District

Does your club have a significant celebration you want to share?

Birth in the Rotary Family?

Celebration and Tribute of Life?

Milestones?

Share!!! We would love to see it listed here.

Congratulations Kahului Rotarian Colin Hanlon and his wife Erin

John Michael Hanlon
July 2, 2007
9 lbs

Today's Quote:

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."

~ Henry Ford, (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947), founder of the Ford Motor Company