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ROTARY DISTRICT 5000, Hawaii Awards Submissions Form 2014-2015 COMMUNITY SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS Community Needs Assessment - Committee of Avenue of Service leads and Past Presidents evaluated submitted community service projects and selected the ones we would support this Rotary year. Rotary Days/Rotarians at Work US VETS Facility Upgrade - Rotarians were the lead in developing the scope and executing this homeless shelter project for 110 US VETS living in the US VETS Kalaeloa facility on March 28, 2015. Results were 70 Rotarians from 7 Oahu Rotary Clubs participated in hosting the clothing drive, upgrading day rooms and learning centers, and providing a luncheon. $3,500 of new items purchased, 650 clothing items collected, and 120 fed. A true joint D5000 Rotary homeless effort! Women in Need Assistance Project (NEW) - A $1,745 District Grant used to assist 2 Hawaii Women In Need halfway homes on Oahu. Provided items to upgrade living conditions for the occupants and supplies for personal hygiene and activities. Additionally, provided 14 Hygiene kits separately donated by our members. JABSOM H.O.M.E. Project - A $7,038 District Matching Grant presented as a continuation of the project our club started last year. Provided needed medical equipment and vaccines for the H.O.M.E. Project Medical Van from the UH John Burns School of Medicine that services eight Oahu Homeless communities on Oahu. Veterans Engaged in transition VET House Project (NEW) - A $1,690 D5000 MG that provided bedding and equipment to the VET House. This facility provides a halfway house option for homeless VETS in transition to self-sustainment. February 27th our members held a joint dinner at the facility with the VETS. Christmas Shopping with Families - Our club hosted three families in need recommended by HUGGS to a Christmas Shopping event at Walmart. We spent $1,300 on personal items for the family members. Serving the Homeless - (twenty) served lunch to the Oahu Women's and Children Shelter November 1st and breakfast to the Men's shelter on November 15th, 2014. Ability to React to a Crisis - Members made on the spot donations of $830 to Puna Relief August 2014. Money donated to D5000 total effort to help needy families after the storm. Support to Local Charities - Members participated and made cash donations to the Hawaii Humane Society PETWALK 2014 on October 12, 2014. Giving Blood - participated in the State of Hawaii annual Blood drive August 27, 2014. Supported US Army Programs - Our club presented $400 to the Audie Murphy Association for the purchase of their annual trophy passed year to year to their annual US Army winner of the Audie Murphy Award. Holiday Giving - Participated in the H.O.M.E. Christmas Lunch Project and Halloween Party, gave Toys for Tots to the US Marines, and supported the Angel Tree Project that presented toys for Homeless Youth. Supported Literacy In Hawaii Elementary Schools - Provided $1,200 worth of new Library Books to Thomas Jefferson and Noelani Elementary School Libraries. Support to STEM in Hawaii Schools - Provided volunteers to the UH Manoa Regional Hawaii State Science Fair February 21, 2015 and to the finals March 14th at Leeward Community College.
ROTARY DISTRICT 5000, Hawaii Awards Submissions Form 2014-2015
Rotary Club of:
Club Division: _X__ Large Club Medium Club Small Club Division determined by club membership as of 1 July 2014 SAR, exclusive of honorary members. Award Category: Community Service Check for each item completed:
X Performed at least one new Community Service project this year (Please describe in narrative)
! Conducted a Community Needs Assessment Survey (Please describe findings in narrative)
! Participated in a project to positively affect the lives of the homeless (Please describe in narrative)
X Participated in Rotary Days (Project/Event: Merrie Monarch Festival Parade march by all five East Hawaii clubs and UHH Rotaract)
X Participated in Rotarians at Work Day (Project: Rotary Centennial Park Clean-up (two weekends)
! Involved an Interact Club in one of your Community Service projects (Project date or name ______________________________)
X Involved a Rotaract Club in one of your Community Service projects (Project date or name _Keiki Vision Screening___________________)
! Listed service projects and activities on Rotary Club Central/Rotary Showcase (Please describe in narrative)
! Organized or maintained a Rotary Community Corps (https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/document/582) (Please describe in narrative)
X Participated in a community project which includes the beneficiaries as partners (Please describe in narrative)
! Participated in a local community project in one of the six areas of focus (Please describe in narrative)
X Conducted at least one literacy project in the local community (Please describe in narrative)
! Participated in an adult literacy project in the local community (Please describe in narrative)
X Other (Please describe in narrative)
List your 2 best Community Service Projects for this Rotary year, starting with the most important: 1. Rotary Centennial Park clean-up Club members participating: 40 %
2. Hurricane Iselle Recovery Club members participating 50 % Total number of Community Service projects accomplished this Rotary year is 16 . Please provide a narrative description of your Community Service projects including the best projects listed above and any detail supporting your checked items above. Limit your response to ONE 8½”x11” page. (No letterhead, pictures, or graphics and print in Times New Roman 12pt size). A narrative follows: _X_ Yes ___ No Submission Deadline: 20 April 2015
ROTARY DISTRICT 5000, Hawaii Awards Submissions Form 2014-2015
Rotary Club of Community Service Narrative Service Projects:
1. Rotary Centennial Park clean-up: two Saturdays working with other East Hawaii clubs to continue the clean-up of a county park that was initially created by East Hawaii Rotary clubs during RI Centennial.
2. Hurricane Iselle Recovery: Many members supported recovery efforts individually, as well as members of the club, which provided ice, meals, and tree cutting support.
3. Dictionary distribution to third-grade students of seven schools. 4. Keiki vision screening for third grade students at three schools (Rotaract supported) 5. Salvation Army bell-ringing support 6. Hospice of Hilo Light up a Life support 7. Hospice of Hilo Keiki Bereavement Party donation 8. Project Kokua 2.0 support for Puna Lava Relief 9. Placement and maintenance of county beach rescue tubes 10. Hilo Triathlon parking support 11. Kona Ironman special needs bags distribution (Rotaract supported) 12. YWCA Walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes support (Rotaract supported) 13. Big Island Substance Abuse Council (BISAC) Summer Jam support/tents 14. BISAC Keiki Christmas gifts 15. BISAC Splash Bash support/sponsorship 16. Hawaii Medical Center Foundation Rural Physicians Residency Program
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ROTARY DISTRICT 5000, Hawaii Awards Submissions Form 2014-2015
Rotary Club of:
Club Division: X Large Club Medium Club Small Club Division determined by club membership as of 1 July 2014 SAR, exclusive of honorary members. Award Category: Community Service Check for each item completed:
X Performed at least one new Community Service project this year (Please describe in narrative)
! Conducted a Community Needs Assessment Survey (Please describe findings in narrative)
X Participated in a project to positively affect the lives of the homeless (Please describe in narrative)
X Participated in Rotary Days (Project/Event________________________________)
X Participated in Rotarians at Work Day (Project ______________________________)
! Involved an Interact Club in one of your Community Service projects (Project date or name ______________________________)
! Involved a Rotaract Club in one of your Community Service projects (Project date or name _______________________________)
! Listed service projects and activities on Rotary Club Central/Rotary Showcase (Please describe in narrative)
! Organized or maintained a Rotary Community Corps (https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/document/582) (Please describe in narrative)
! Participated in a community project which includes the beneficiaries as partners (Please describe in narrative)
X Participated in a local community project in one of the six areas of focus (Please describe in narrative)
! Conducted at least one literacy project in the local community (Please describe in narrative)
! Participated in an adult literacy project in the local community (Please describe in narrative)
! Other (Please describe in narrative)
List your 2 best Community Service Projects for this Rotary year, starting with the most important: 1. Princess Kaiulani School Club members participating: 19 %
2. Barber’s Point VETS Project Club members participating 23 % Total number of Community Service projects accomplished this Rotary year is 9. Please provide a narrative description of your Community Service projects including the best projects listed above and any detail supporting your checked items above. Limit your response to ONE 8½”x11” page. (No letterhead, pictures, or graphics and print in Times New Roman 12pt size). A narrative follows: X Yes ___ No Submission Deadline: 20 April 2015
ROTARY DISTRICT 5000, Hawaii Awards Submissions Form 2014-2015
Community Service Committee:
! has a long standing relationship with Princess Kaiulani School. This year’s work day
was attended by 15 club members who worked on multiple projects at the school including:
o Painting the exterior of a shipping container
o Cleaning the area around the school’s banyan tree (planted in honor of Princess Kaiulani)
o Planting new trees in the schoolyard
o Stablizing and fertilizing existing trees in the schoolyard
o Redesigning chairs for use as emergency bathroom facilities
! The Barber’s Point VETS project was carried out by multiple Rotary clubs as well as various members of the D5000 leadership. made a monetary contribution to the overall project, and members stayed to have lunch with the veterans living in the program. had 18 members in attendance who worked on projects including:
o Building/assembling cabinets
o Installing fans
o Installing appliances (microwaves, toasters, etc.)
o Installing drapes
o Arranging furniture
! Keiki Backpack Program: This program is sponsored by the Hawaii Foodbank. donated funds for the purchase of food and backpacks. The club received a District matching grant for this project. Members met at the Foodbank on two separate occasions to sort food and fill backpack size plastic bags for insertion into backpacks bound for the Princess Kaiulani School. Eighteen members participated in the first effort followed by fifteen members in the second effort.
ROTARY DISTRICT 5000, Hawaii Awards Submissions Form 2014-2015 COMMUNITY SERVICE This year has been an excellent year for service to our community with a myriad and variety of projects within our club, in partnership with other Rotary Clubs and with various community organizations. All of our projects were listed in Rotary Central. New Community Projects: Puna Kokua 2 (lava damage relief), Puna Hurricane Relief, Homeless Shelter AED and the Big Island International Marathon Aid Station are excellent examples of new projects this year. Project to Positively Impact the Lives of Homeless: Working with Hope Services Hawaii, our club donated $1,300 towards the purchase of an automated external defibrillator (AED) to be installed in the Hope Services homeless shelter. Homeless people often have health problems and the AED can provide life saving on-site emergency care for people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. Projects with Beneficiaries as Partners: Our Brewfest fund raiser provides significant donations to the Hilo Medical Center Foundation (HMCF) in support of the Medical Residency Program and to Friends of the Children’s Justice Center (FCJC) in support of toys and learning materials for child victims. In turn, HMCF and FCJC participate in the Brewfest by providing volunteers to work the event and also to provide an information booth for their organization at the event. Projects in the 6 Areas of Focus: We have one or more projects in each of the areas of focus. Examples are: Peace – YWCA “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” regarding domestic violence. Disease: Heart and Stroke Walk promoting heart health. Mother and Children: Operation Keki ID supporting missing children. Education: Kindergarten Read Out Loud Program promoting early reading skills. Growing Local Communities: Project Kokua 2 providing relief for lava damage in the Puna area. Literacy Projects: Our literacy projects include the Read Out Loud program where club members read books to kindergarten classes and donate books to the school and to the kindergartners. We also distributed dictionaries to 3rd grade students. Other Community Projects: Ten years ago the East Hawaii Rotary clubs build the Kuhio Kalanianaole Rotary Centennial Park for Hawaii County. This year in partnership with the E. Hawaii clubs and the County Parks Department we expanded the park. Our club provided the overall coordination of the project, donated $7,000 for professional tree trimming services and 120 hours of sweat equity to clear brush to expand the usable area of the park. The two work days that were held were our Rotarians at Work Days. The Puna District of our island was hard hit by a hurricane followed by lava flow threatening Pahoa town. In partnership with the other E. Hawaii clubs as well as other community organizations, our club raised $2,500 and donated these funds to provide relief to farmers with damage from the hurricane and to property owners and businesses that had damage from the lava flow. During the Christmas season we held our annual Kaimana Senior Center Lunch for senior citizens and we provided bell ringers and donations to the Salvation Army’s Bell Ringing project. We participated in the multi-club Ironman Triathlon Aid Station for the 3rd year. Our club had an aid station in the inaugural Hilo Triathlon event and this will become a recurring project for us. We also manned an aid station at the Big Island International Marathon. Together with the other E. Hawaii Rotary clubs, we marched together as part of the Merrie Monarch Parade and this was our Rotary Days event.
ROTARY DISTRICT 5000, Hawaii
Awards Submissions Form
2014-2015 COMMUNITY SERVICE NARRATIVE
Two Best Projects
Friends of the Library (July 2014 – January 2015)—The Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i is a nonprofit organization whose primary objective is to maintain free public libraries, promote extension of library services, and to increase the facilities of the public library system in the State of Hawai‘i, by securing materials beyond the command of the ordinary library budget. Thirty RCOH members put in over 800 hours to repaint interior and exterior walls and replace the flooring of the Friends’ office and book sorting space that was suffering from rot, termites, etc. The project also involved 50 youth from local high schools who participated in last year’s NFL Pro Bowl volunteer program. The end result is a healthier and safer space from which the Friends can continue to promote literacy in the islands.
YWCA Camp Kokokahi (Rotary Gives Thanks / Weinberg Friends Project, January 24, 2015)— Camp Kokokahi had deteriorating cabin floors and structural walls. For 6 hours, over 40 Club members worked on the project to complete it alongside team members and volunteers from the YWCA—and two mainland Rotarians. The work has enabled the Camp to provide a safe, peaceful, and community-centered place for clients to participate in activities designed to inspire, mentor, and guide them through their struggles. The resulting Weinberg grant of $10,000 was awarded to Waikiki Health and their YO (Youth Outreach) Program which serves homeless youth in Waikiki.
Other Projects
Susannah Wesley Community Center Community-Based Diploma Program—our Club provides enrichment activities for the participants (high school dropouts pursuing their equivalency diplomas). Support includes: 8-12 career fair speakers; speakers for occupational knowledge and health classes on topics such as making a good first impression, fitness, and drug and alcohol abuse; 20 ± “scholarships” to the Hawaii Foster Youth Coalitions Real World Seminar where students learn the realities of making their way in the Real World; 12 Rotarian mentors on budgeting and ways to live within ones means; refreshments and leis for the graduation ceremony and $100 cash prizes for the Perseverance Award and Outstanding Academic Achievement Award winners. At Christmas, the Club supported the SWCC food pantry with food and cash donations.
Peacemaker Video Contest—students (K-12) create 3-minute videos on what peace means to them. By the submission deadline in April, we anticipate approximately 85 entries from 60 schools. The Video contest is an ongoing partnership with ‘Olelo Community Television and the goal is to create a dialogue about peace and peace struggles. The most common video themes are bullying, family violence/abuse, and racism. Each year 20+ RCOH members participate in judging and/or presenting awards to the winners at the awards program (held during a regular Club meeting in May, at which winning videos are shown).
Literacy Project—our Club has an ongoing project of donating books to public elementary schools serving many underprivileged students. This year, Linapuni and Honowai Elementary Schools received books in the name of our Club and meeting speakers—and signed by the speakers.
Environmental Cleanups—this year, the Club’s Environmental Committee has organized quarterly shoreline cleanups to pick up trash littering many of our beaches. The goal is to create cleaner/healthier beaches, while also preventing those items from eventually finding their way into the ocean.
Benefitting Homeless and Other At-Risk Veterans (Rotarians at Work Day, April 25, 2015)—twenty Club members will participate in painting, wood cutting and assembly of a gazebo plus light landscaping at the US VETS facility at Kalaeloa (Barbers Point). The gazebo will provide shade over their fishpond to prevent heavy algae growth. Roughly 300,000 returning troops currently suffer from PTSD, major depression and/or anxiety. The koi pond provides a relaxing and serene setting where homeless or at-risk vets dealing with trauma, poverty, mental illness, etc. can relax and interact/socialize with others.
