Thanked Mary for organizing the club social last week.
We will be dark April 17 th
On April 17, Rotary International President Gordon McInally will speak at luncheon at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. Tickets are $45. Lunch to be followed by a Genki ball toss at Lili`uoukalani Park and a peace ceremony. Interested attendees should RSVP to District 5000, and submit their payment.
The YWCA Remarkable People Luncheon will be on Thurs, April 18 th ; 11:30-1:30 at Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Moku`ola Ballroom. Our member Irene Nagao will be honored. Bryan would like the club to purchase a Silver Table.
Art Taniguchi is being honored as a Distinguished Alumni from Hilo High School
Dale. Tomorrow, April 4, our club will be packing Food Baskets from 9-12 followed by lunch
Anniversaries
Richard & Michelle Cunningham celebrated 51 years of marriage
HRYF Scholarship
Branson Takinaka, graduating senior from Hilo High School, is our club’s 2024 HRYF Scholarship recipient
Program Wallace Wong spoke about his voyages aboard the Hokule`a
Lorraine won the drawing from the incentive box carved by Richard
Door Prize In addition to the primary prize of a $50 gift card to Ken’s Pancake House, Janell donated three bags of fresh vegetables. Chester won the gift card. Bob, Dale, and Kim each won a bag of fresh veggies.
Today's Inspiration
“There is no exercise better for your heart than reaching down and lifting people up."
- John Holmes
Misaki Saito - Thank you for joining us for the second time!
Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker, Miyuki Lee, Owner Kayama, LLC
Today Miyuki discussed her company, Kayama Coffee, LLC. In 2016 a friend in Japan asked for help in sending Hawaii Coffee to Japan for her coffee shop. After visiting several coffee farms on the Island, they finally found Ka'u Ocean Vista Coffee Estate who was willing to sell to them. In order to ship the coffee, Miyuki created the export company. Currently she exports wholesale green beans to Japan, supports her clients with personal branding and offers weekly Zoom meetings. In Hawaii, Miyuki direct sells roasted and ground coffee wholesale to Honolulu clients and holds a booth on Saturday mornings at the Kino'ole Farmer’s Market. Looking to the future, she would like to introduce more items from the Big Island, establish a Kayama branch in Japan and begin importing items to Hawaii, expand the business to Taiwan, negotiate a better rate for international shipping, and hire part-time or full-time employees.
At our last meeting Miyuki invited Rotarians to visit her booth at the Kino'ole Farmer’s Market and pick up a sample of coffee that we could make together at today’s meeting. She demonstrated how to use the bags and mentioned the key to using the drip bag is having a little patience while pouring the hot water into the bag. The sample bags are available for sale at her booth. One pack contains 4 coffees; one each from Ka'u, Kona, Kauai, and Oahu.
Lorraine Davis - ($10) Happy for the support she received from club Rotarians in either mentoring her or getting her back on track.
Virginia Juettner - ($10) Happy for the fellowship opportunity with Mary Begier
Bob Juettner - ($10) Happy because he didn't have to sing the Birthday song as he claims he can't carry a tune.
Alan Okinaka - ($10) Happy he found fountain pens and were able to fill them with ink and they worked.
Mary Begier - ($10)
Tim Hansen - ($5) Apprehensive because Naomi M. has invited him to sit on a statewide planning committee for RYLA.
Julie Hugo - ($100) Happy to celebrate July birthdays of two of her grandchildren, Elijah(11) abd Mackenzie(6). Julie is requesting that her happy dollars be earmarked for HRYF.
Sharon Scheele - ($8) Happy to celebrate Mika's eighth birthday this past Monday.
Upcoming Events
Next club meeting - 7/22 at 7am on Zoom
Guest Speaker - Rotarian Alan Okinaka about Club Classification
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