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ROTARY CLUB COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS FOR 2013 – 2014
1) School Supply Drive – August 11th – 8:30 – 5:00pm – was held at Walmart and 18 total people participated
2) Student Dictionary Project – 5 schools – to be distributed weeks of 4/7 – 4/14
3) Hawaii Food Bank Drive during November – done – donated food and money to the
foodbank in November 2013
4) Christmas time – we did Angel Tree, donations to Kahala Nui for Palama Settlement
We participated by donating 22 Angel Tree gifts to the Salvation Army and had the Major come to pick them up at our December meeting. Also donated funds to the Kahala Nui for the Palama Settlement elderly Christmas baskets.
5) Rice Rally – 1/11/14 – collected over 4,000 lbs of rice with East Honolulu Rotary club
6) Hero’s Breakfast –Feb. 26 honored 4 participants at our February breakfast – Bob Lee, WWII Veteran and Volunteer at Pearl Harbor, Betty White, Sacred Hearts Headmistress Educator, SPC Courtney Wiggins National Guard, and Bob Lee volunteer at Alzheimer’s Association
7) Rotarians at Work Day – we can determine as a club what we want to do – April –
probably will be doing a project with the ARC on Diamond Head, either painting or cleaning.
Rotary Club of:
Club Division: Large Club Medium Club Small Club XX Division determined by club membership as of 1 July 2013 SAR, exclusive of honorary members. Award Category: Community Service (G)
Check for each item completed:
Performed at least one new community service project this year
Conducted a Community Needs Assessment Survey and used it to meet a need
Participated in Rotary Gives Thanks Day
Participated in Rotarians at Work Day
Involved an Interact Club in one of your community service projects
Involved a Rotaract Club in one of your community service projects (no active Rotaract club on Maui after 11/13)
Publicized club activities in media (either traditional or social)
Organized or maintained a Rotary Community Corps (Rotary.org/RIDocuments/en_pdf/769en.pdf)
Participated with another service organization (Blood Bank, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc.) on a joint project meeting a community need
Participated in a local community health, hunger, literacy, or water management project
Other (describe in narrative)
List your 4 best Projects for this Rotary year, starting with the most important:
1. Christmas Angels Program Club members participating: 100 %
2. Fundraiser for UH Maui Dept. of Hawai`ian Music Club members participating 100 %
3. Financial Support for Hale Kau Kau Feed the Homeless Club members participating 100 %
4. Two Food Drives for Maui Food Bank Club members participating 100 %
Total number of Community Service projects accomplished this Rotary year is 15 . 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: 1 April 2014
TWO FOOD DRIVES FOR THE MAUI FOOD BANK: Along with the other 8 Maui Rotary Clubs our club holds two Food Drives for this organization – one in November and the second in April during “Rotary at Work Day”. Along with another Kihei club we man entrances to the doors of the Kihei Safeway. In November at our door alone we collected over $1200 in donations and 700 lbs. of food. CHRISTMAS ANGELS PROGRAM: Members and friends of our club purchased Christmas gifts for children in need at St. Theresa’s Church. St. Theresa’s Church provided the club with names and ages of children in need and members purchased and wrapped each individual gift. 21 gifts valued at over $600 were presented to the St. Theresa’s Church staff so that children will have the opportunity to have a present personally delivered to them by Santa at an upcoming holiday event. This is a new project for our club. HALE KAU KAU FEED THE HOMELESS PROGRAM: Our club has a close working relationship with this group who serves a hot nutritious evening meal unconditionally to anyone who comes to their kitchen (100+ each evening) and they take meals to 70+ home-bound people every day. In the past we held a Spaghetti Dinner for this group. This year we decided to surprise them and have them come to a meeting to be the speaker and then awarded them a check for $500. FUNDRAISER FOR UH MAUI DEPARTMENT OF HAWAI`IAN MUSIC: For the second year we are holding “Kukuna Kaiao” Fundriaser for this newest department at UH Maui. This department gave us the special name for our fundraiser and now our newsletter- it means “the rays of the sunrise that lift and provide for other’s above one’s self.” The afternoon event features three groups of student musicians playing Hawai`ian music, a silent and live auction and a wonderful “all you can eat” BBQ lunch with no host bar at Beach Bums Restaurant. It is priced below $50 per person yet, we contributed $600 to the department that is being used for scholarships our first year. This year’s event is scheduled for May 24, 2014. Multiple Grammy Award winner George Kahumoku, Jr. is the Master of Ceremonies. TRICK OR TREAT FOR POLIO PLUS: All nine Maui Rotary Clubs held this event on October 26th. One of our members is the ADG and she orchestrated students from 10 Maui high schools’ Interact Clubs and RYLA grads to come IN COSTUME and work at tables at 9 different locations. As a result of this overwhelming student support over $4000 was collected island wide at this one-day event. “BE MONEY SMART” WORKSHOP FOR TEENS : The college-aged son of one of our members approached us to sponsor this 2-hour workshop that he wanted to present to teens during the Christmas break. We sprung into action with the Kihei Youth Center and press releases were submitted and published in 2 print media. Over 20 teens attended and were empowered with life skills in financial literacy provided to them by this college student who is studying at Loyola University, New Orleans. READ ALOUD AMERICA SUPPORT: Our club has provided support for the Maui Read Aloud America (RAA) programs since they began at public schools on Maui in 2009. RAA is a 501c3 that serves public schools with evening family literacy programs. Two of our members are the Program Directors for this organization. Our club has continually provided support in the form of Volunteer Readers at schools, even traveling great distances to be readers. Members also assist at many of the Community Outreach programs this group offers such as Story Times at Barnes and Noble, Whole Foods and Savers. WHALE DAY PARADE: Members of our club served as the organizers of the all-island Maui Rotary Marching Unit in this annual parade. Marching unit members wore Whale Hats and marched behind each club’s banner tossing candy to children – a great public awareness activity for all nine Maui Rotary clubs. OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS:
• Two fundraisers held for future projects: Sunset/Moonlight Cruise (October) and Whale Watch/Snorkel/BBQ Sail (February)
• International Day of Peace Event held at Queen Ka`ahumanu Mall - manned Rotary info. Table • Joint project with Kihei Wailea Club to help build Lokelani Int. School Library book collection. • School Supplies Drive for Keiki Cupboard to support supplies at two Kihei elementary schools • Participated in all-island Weinberg Project – renovation of Tutu’s Café in Wailuku
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014 Rotary Club of:
Club Division: Large Club Medium Club XX Small Club Division determined by club membership as of 1 July 2013 SAR, exclusive of honorary members. Award Category: Community Service (G)
Check for each item completed:
X Performed at least one new community service project this year
! Conducted a Community Needs Assessment Survey and used it to meet a need
! Participated in Rotary Gives Thanks Day
X Participated in Rotarians at Work Day
X Involved an Interact Club in one of your community service projects
X Involved a Rotaract Club in one of your community service projects
X Publicized club activities in media (either traditional or social)
! Organized or maintained a Rotary Community Corps (Rotary.org/RIDocuments/en_pdf/769en.pdf)
X Participated with another service organization (Blood Bank, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc.) on a joint project meeting a community need
X Participated in a local community health, hunger, literacy, or water management project
! Other (describe in narrative)
List your 4 best Projects for this Rotary year, starting with the most important:
1. Ramping Up Rotary District Grant Project Club members participating: 70 %
2. Domestic Abuse Shelter Renovation-Rotary at Work Day Club members participating 80 %
3. Menehune Holiday Food Drive Club members participating 70 %
4. Independence Day and Community Christmas Parades Club members participating 80 %
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014 [Kona Sunrise: Community Service] Total number of Community Service projects accomplished this Rotary year is 8 . 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: 1 April 2014
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014
Rotary Club of - Community Service Narrative 2013-14 This is another very busy year for the Kona Sunrise when it comes to Service Above Self in the areas of hunger, housing, domestic abuse, disability, and community parades, just to name a few. 1 – Ramping Up Rotary: Our largest effort has been our District Grant project Ramping Up Rotary. This year, we committed to 4 disability projects, and have already completed 3. These projects involve anything needed to improve the accessibility into and within the home of our beneficiaries providing them improved independence and life quality. Those selected have conditions that include stroke, diabetic neuropathy, spinal injury, war related injury, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, and others. We construct extensive wooden ramps, pour concrete walks, install welded steel and/or wood railings, bathroom grab bars, etc. Of the 6 projects we have done since May, 2013, 5 have been in Kona, and one in Hilo, and our final project scheduled for June will take the club to Ocean View, 90 minutes away, to construct a ramp for the ARC of Kona, at its new activity home for mentally disabled people. We do not by any means do this work alone. We have partnered with HPM Building Supply, Kona Home Depot, Hilo Home Depot, Kona Adult Day Center, Hilo Adult Day Care, Adult Protective and Community Services, as well as local general contractors. Our two most recent projects, in Kona and Hilo, were filmed by local Na Leo O Hawai’i television and aired on local TV as well as on demand on the world wide web the entire month of March. 2- Domestic Abuse Shelter Indoor Renovation on Rotary at Work Day. The shelter needs everything; moms and children have no personal items, no dressers, holes in the walls, horrible paint. In one fell swoop, we will literally re-do the shelter--six rooms in one day—by partnering with the Rotary Club of Kona Mauka, Home Depot, Royal Hawaiian Movers, Starbird Construction Company, West Hawaii Crime Stoppers, and about 15 other companies and foundations. The 1-day project will include two complete room renovations including windows, privacy wall, flooring, paint, and four additional rooms will get new painted. About 15 new/slightly used pieces of furniture will be installed to replace broken down existing furniture. These changes will promote a calm, bright and cared for feeling to help keep all those in need feeling cherished. To heal, one needs to believe one is valued by someone. We offer this to each of the residents. 3- 2nd Annual Menehune Holiday Food Drive – The Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise coordinated a one-day, four club, 11 supermarket effort which, in concert with the Kailua-Kona Community Christmas Parade, raised cash ($9,700.00) and food (5,450 lbs), the equivalent of over 54,000 pounds of food. In addition to this project being a 4-club effort, it was also supported by community entities such as Windermere Realty and Royal Hawaiian Movers. This project had promotion on television, radio, and newsprint (front page coverage), along with Facebook, etc. Most importantly, it is sustainable, and will occur again next year. 4 – Parades: Our club provides leadership, membership support, and financial support to two of the largest parades in W. Hawaii, Rotary’s Kona Independence Day Parade and Kona Community Christmas Parade. 1- Ramping Up Rotary! A total of four disability work projects. 2- Domestic Abuse Shelter Face Lift. We also provided Santa Claus and gifts for all residents at Christmas. 3- 2nd Annual Menehune Holiday Food Drive to support The Food Basket, Hawaii Island’s Food Bank 4- Led coordination and volunteer support of the Kona Christmas and Independence Day Parades 5- Led coordination and volunteer support of the newly built Kapilina Brick Garden project at the West Hawaii Civic Center, a $100,000 three-year effort, benefitting seven local community serving non-profits. 6- Led coordination of the Kailua-Kona Independence Day Fireworks Extravaganza. 7- Meet ‘n Eat: Feeding 150+ lower income people a nourishing dinner as part of a weekly program at Kealakehe Middle School, partnering with the Kealakehe High School Interact Club. 8- Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise Community Grant Program: Based on the success of our fundraisers, this program will identify and assist up to ten small, overlooked local non-profits with $300 - $500 grants. The subcommittee is comprised of a blend of senior Rotarians and our newest members. 9-Christmas.. With Salvation Army help, we identified 20 families to whom we delivered Christmas food boxes. Rotary Santa made a special delivery of gifts to all kids and parents at the Domestic Abuse Shelter.
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014 Rotary Club of:
Club Division: Large Club Medium Club X Small Club Division determined by club membership as of 1 July 2013 SAR, exclusive of honorary members. Award Category: Community Service (G)
Check for each item completed:
! Performed at least one new community service project this year
! Conducted a Community Needs Assessment Survey and used it to meet a need
! Participated in Rotary Gives Thanks Day
X Participated in Rotarians at Work Day
X Involved an Interact Club in one of your community service projects
X Involved a Rotaract Club in one of your community service projects
X Publicized club activities in media (either traditional or social)
! Organized or maintained a Rotary Community Corps (Rotary.org/RIDocuments/en_pdf/769en.pdf)
X Participated with another service organization (Blood Bank, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc.) on a joint project meeting a community need
X Participated in a local community health, hunger, literacy, or water management project
! Other (describe in narrative)
List your 4 best Projects for this Rotary year, starting with the most important:
1. Annual RCMS Dictionary Distribution Club members participating: 60 %
2. Annual Keiki Vision Screening Club members participating 60 %
3. Holiday at the Plaza of Mililani Club members participating 60 %
4. Annual School Supply Drive Club members participating 60 %
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014 Total number of Community Service projects accomplished this Rotary year is . 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: 1 April 2014
Award Category: Community Service (G)
We have been distributing and delivering dictionaries to all third grade students at all Mililani elementary schools annually. We were able to also assist a club in the North Central Oahu District with their deliveries. We continue to educate our keikis about the importance of learning how to read, spell, and understand the meaning of words in the dictionaries. For many students this is the first book that is theirs to keep and use. This is one of the most gratifying projects our club will continue to pursue because education is key here in our community and around the world.
Keiki Vision Eye Screening Testing is conducted annually to all 6 Mililani elementary schools with the help of an optometrist to administer the test property. The test helps us to detect if professional eye testing is needed. We conduct this test with the help of the schools, parent and Rotary volunteers. The Pearlridge Club joined us this year to learn how we conduct the project. This also gave them the experience on how to conduct needed vision screening in their neighborhood. The eye testing helps to improve a student’s educations performance and to be successful citizens.
Holiday at the Plaza of Mililani Every year the purchases a beautiful Christmas tree from the Mililani High School Athletic Booster Club, purchase foam ornament craft supplies, and tree lights. The Mililani High School Interact Club and Tri-‐M honorary music society volunteered to help celebrate the season with our seniors who reside at the Plaza and provide them with holiday fun and cheer.
School Supply Drive we continue with this worthy annual project because we have received overwhelming community support each time we set up a table in front of Long Drugs Mililani Town Center. We have raised over $1,500 in cash donations and 9 box full of needed school supplies for schools in the area. The Mililani High School Interact Club, , with family and friends volunteer in shifts on a Sunday to ask the community for their help.
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014 Rotary Club of:
Club Division: Large Club Medium Club ___x___ Small Club Division determined by club membership as of 1 July 2013 SAR, exclusive of honorary members. Award Category: Community Service (G)
Check for each item completed:
X Performed at least one new community service project this year
! Conducted a Community Needs Assessment Survey and used it to meet a need
! Participated in Rotary Gives Thanks Day
X Participated in Rotarians at Work Day
! Involved an Interact Club in one of your community service projects
! Involved a Rotaract Club in one of your community service projects
X Publicized club activities in media (either traditional or social)
! Organized or maintained a Rotary Community Corps (Rotary.org/RIDocuments/en_pdf/769en.pdf)
X Participated with another service organization (Blood Bank, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc.) on a joint project meeting a community need
X Participated in a local community health, hunger, literacy, or water management project
X Other (describe in narrative)
List your 4 best Projects for this Rotary year, starting with the most important:
1. Read Aloud America Literacy at KOKL Charter School Club members participating: 12 %
2. Puna Community Medical Center Clean and Paint-Up Club members participating 50 %
3. Mauna Kea Weed Eradication Club members participating 70 %
4. Student Recognition Awards program Club members participating 100 %
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014 Total number of Community Service projects accomplished this Rotary year is 10. 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: 1 April 2014
District 5000, Hawaii AWARDS SUBMISSION FORM 2013-2014 Community Service (G) Narrative for The four projects listed above are all new service projects for this Club this year. The total list of local Community Service projects done by this Club includes: Keiki Vision, Rotary Dictionary, Volcanos Rainforest Run Support, Mauna Kea Fireweed Eradication and Silversword plant watering, Puna Community Medical Center cleanup, Adopt a Highway, Read Aloud America, Community Bus Stop Shelter Project, Student Recognition Awards, RYLA Training Weekend, Holiday parade, Puna School Supplies Distribution, Centennial Park Joint Club Picnic, the Holiday Parade, the Merry Monarch Parade (Apr), and the Rotarians at Work Day (Apr). This is a total of 16 projects. The Read Aloud America program was offered this year by Kua O KaLa Charter School. It meets 6 times in this term and attracts from 200 to 300 students and their parents. The principal of the school is a member of our club and helps provide strong support from our volunteer members and non-members. Needless to say this activity is great publicity for our Club and for literacy. The Puna Community Medical Center at Malama Market area provides essential health services to low income residents and is championing a new badly needed Emergency Room in Puna. This will be a six or seven million dollar project which our Club and this community will no doubt support over the next few years. Our project, this past fall, was to thoroughly clean and paint the interior of the present medical office. A fun social outing was combined with community service with a visit to the Mauna Kea Astronomy Center (at 9000 foot level). The Club members (9) and guests (8) attended a Cultural presentation and introduction to Astronomy and had a great meal in the cafeteria. As a service, the Club members pulled invasive Fireweed plants and watered Silver Sword plants from around the Center for over two hours. We highly recommend this Astronomy/Cultural/Service project to other Rotary Clubs even though we sorely missed Richard Crowe’s support. As a new approach to encouraging good students, our club funded a matching grant to recognize 6 students from the local schools. Our selection committee took advice from principals and Club members to acknowledge improved schoolwork, excellent schoolwork and leadership. A spinoff of this program was that large extended families came to our club award meetings to support their relatives—by this I mean dozens of family members and friends came! This no doubt promoted Rotary in our community both from the personal contacts with family members and newspaper publicity the Club received. The recruitment of three new members have been assisted through accessing information on the Club website this year. The website has been updated regularly each month and updates Club activities through photos and narrative. Its’ coverage is very similar to a “newsletter” although not called that. Also interclub communication and new member recruitment has increased using social media (Facebook). Our club has continued to support joint club projects (Centennial Park upgrade, Merry Monarch Parade, Rotary Work Day). Our Club is always involved in literacy projects such as Keiki Vision, and Rotary Dictionary Project and the RAA Program (described above).
Community Service One of our favorite projects is providing and serving meals at the local homeless shelter. We get to plan, shop, prepare and serve meals to those who are either in emergency housing or transitioning from the programs back into the real world. It’s heartwarming to connect with people who need hope, or are moving forward with their lives. Our clubs participation lets them know they live in a community that cares. Working with the Food Bank, we twice a year we staff a food drive. While this is a simple activity, our club goes all out and “Super Spam” (aka superman in disguise) always shows up and helps increase the smiles and donations. The school supply drive is rewarding. Over and over again we get thanked for helping our local keiki. Under development this year is a new outreach program, and I’m including it under community service. As we’ve been exploring the resources and needs of our community, we realized that when families graduate from a rehab program, or leave a shelter, they often step back into the world with few supports. Believing that everyone – no matter their circumstances – has the capacity to give back, our club has offered to wrap our arms around a few of these folks and their children. (We are particularly looking at single parents with teen aged children.) They will actually come to the table as ‘Friends of Rotary’ and participate in all our events and activities. This will allow them an opportunity to give back, while becoming part of a group of great mentors and friends. Even better, it will help their children learn not only how to serve, but how to lead.
