Wednesday, June 16 -- Vocational Day, Guest Speaker TBD
Wednesday, June 16 -- Board of Director's Meeting, Immediately following the general meeting
Wednesday, June 23 -- Guest Speaker TBD
Wednesday, June 30 -- Induction of New Officers -- stay tuned for more information
Other Rotary Meetings and Invitations
District Spring Training -- April 10 https://rotaryd5000.org/event/spring-training-webinars-1/
District Spring Training -- April 17 https://rotaryd5000.org/event/spring-training-webinars-2/
District Happenings
A series of D5000 Rotary webinars is available for your viewing, either live or recorded. You can also find ton of webinars in the Learning Center at rotary.org: https://learn.rotary.org/members/learn/catalog
Will be held for the first time in Hilocommemorating 100 years of Rotary on Big Island on May 14, 15 and 16, 2021. The event is now 100% virtual. Volunteers who have skills in videotaping and virtual platforms are requested. Please contact Alan Kusunoki at aakusunoki@aol.com
District Conference 2023
Will be held in Hilo. The committee is looking for volunteers to help with the planning and a co-chair from East Hawaii.
Future Rotary International Conventions
Taipei: June 12-16, 2021 Rotary International has announced that the International Conference will be virtual due to the ongoing threat of the COVID virus. Stay tuned for further news.
Volunteer opportunity - COVID Vaccine Scheduling for DOH -- Sharon Scheele. Still looking for volunteers to support the project. Side note: Benson Medina sent an email out encouraging folks who have been trained and have already volunteered to consider volunteering more. Expected that help will be needed through the summer.
Diaper Project -- Sharon Scheele and Geoli Ng. The Diaper Drive ends March 31, so there is a final push for donations.
HRYF -- Richard Cunningham. There was a statewide interview for applicants for scholarships. There were 10 applicants and 5 interviewers. There were stellar applicants that were interviewed. To date, approximately $4700 has been raised for HRYF. Richard is still taking contributions.
April work day -- Deborah Beaver. March April 24th as a word day for all the clubs in Hawaii. Stay tuned for more information. Deborah needs you to let her know if you are able to participate in the Rotary Work Day ASAP.
Today's Inspiration
“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up."
- Isabelle Laflèche
Guests
Toby Taniguchi, prospective member
D'Andrea Pelletier, prospective members
Richard Coulson, guest speaker
Thank you for joining us!
Guest Speaker
Guest Speaker March 31 2021 Richard Courson Polio Plus
Wednesday’s Guest Speaker was Richard Courson. To begin his presentation Richard recognized Sharon Scheele as our Club’s first member of the Polio Plus Society. He asked “what is the Plus in Polio Plus?” It is the network of workers who also distribute other vaccinations, educate about sanitation, help Polio survivors get jobs and other necessary items. Two years ago, Richard volunteered to Chair the Polio Plus for 1 year because as a child he knew children who had been affected by Polio. At one time Polio was the most feared disease and the only thing Americans feared more was nuclear annihilation. Following the introduction of Dr. Jonas Salk’s vaccine Polio cases dropped dramatically in the United States. To be declared Polio free a country must verify they have no cases of Wild Polio Virus for 3 years. In 1979 Rotary International made a 5-year commitment to eradicate Polio in the Philippines. Once that goal was accomplished Rotary International decided to provide Polio Vaccines for all of the children in the world. At this time there are only 2 countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, that still have the Wild Polio Virus. So far this year there have been 2 cases of Polio reported. By contributing $100 or more annually each of us can help the Polio Plus effort.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
William Barnes
April 5
Lorraine Davis
April 6
Trevor Rodrigues
April 11
Anniversaries
Trevor Rodrigues
April 10
David De Luz
Caroline Darakjian-De Luz
April 30
Join Date
James Tyrin
April 10, 2013
8 years
Happy Dollars
Kim Keahiolalo - $10 happy because Easter is coming.
Junichi Noumaru - $10 happy. $5 for his first Zipline adventure and $5 for getting his first COVID vaccine shot.
Alan Okinaka - $10 happy. He can see the sun!
Upcoming Events
Next club meeting - 4/7 at 7am on Zoom
Guest Speaker - Maternal and Child Health Month, Guest Speaker is Terri Lum, East Hawaii Children's Justice Center
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