Follow Your Dreams

On April 4, we were pleased to present guest speaker Dr. Christine Andrus, who urged Honolulu Sunrise members to enrich their lives through their dreams. Dr. Andrus current facilitates three groups on dreamwork and can be reached at christineandrus@gmail.com.

Mark your calendar: Weinberg Project, April 23

Two weeks ago, we met Momi Akana (with Vernon Wong and Charlie Du Boyce), Executive Director of Keiki O Ka Aina Learning Centers, this year's Weinberg Project work recipient. We'll need all hands on deck as we build a natural playground for their preschool in Palolo Valley.



We also met Walt Dulaney and George Kon (with Rebecca Akina, Jay Jurick and Jan Taketa), founders of the Alliance for Drama Education which uses drama to help students "rehearse for life." Their T-Shirt Theater based at Farrington High School will be our $10,000 Weinberg project recipient.

Paul Harris Fellows

Donors of $1,000 or more to Rotary's Annual Programs Fund, PolioPlus or the Humanitarian Grants program are recognized as Paul Harris Fellows. Honolulu Sunrise is proud to recognize Vernon Wong (Paul Harris + 4), Bettie Bernie (PH + 1), Nolan Pong (Paul Harris + 1) and Alan Kamemoto (PH + PH for his son, Ryan).

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

While it's great fun to quote one of our favorite Toy Story characters, detecting asteroids is serious business, as we learned from guest speaker Dr. John Tonry of UH IfA. Mahalo John for keeping a telescopic eye out for us.



Ciao! Chao! Chow! April 9, 6pm, Pacific Club.
Purchase your tickets for our biggest fundraiser of the year! Tickets: $75. See Bill Gaeth. Silent auction donations needed. See Jerry Hofwolt.

Support eGlobal Family, April 17
Celebrate the Khmer New Year and support Future Light Orphanage. Food and entertainment will be provided by Hawaii's local Khmer community. Tickets: $50 adults, $30 children. See Rob Hail.

Weinberg Project: April 23
We're building a natural playground! Put on your Honolulu Sunrise T-shirt for our project at Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool. We'll need 25 Rotarians to volunteer from 8am - noon. Sign up with Jan Taketa or Charlie Du Boyce.

EGYPT: AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE

Mahalo to guest speaker Past District 5000 Governor Ayman El-Dakhakhni of the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset. Ayman was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He provided insight on Egypt's pivotal role in the Middle East.




Honolulu Sunrise was pleased to welcome prospective members Danielle Sagun and Gideon Naiditch sitting with Joe Rice; Joe Wolf from Rotary Club of Diamond Head; Paul Juresak of Honolulu Sunset; and Girl Scouts Anna Archibald, Grace Schnetzler and Julia Schnetzler with John Ball.







Mahalo to front desk dynamic duo Ed Cassella and Allen Kamemoto.

Coming up March 21
Dr. John Tonry, UH Institute of Astronomy, ATLAS: Detection and warning for small asteroid impacts.

Japan today, Egypt tomorrow

Honolulu Sunrise wants to send our aloha and best wishes to the people of Japan, and the Rotary Clubs in Tokyo and Fukushima.

Last week, we were pleased to once again present guest speaker Richard Halloran who provided insight into Japan's leadership today. What a great meeting!









Next week we have a special speaker, Ayman El-Dakhakni, Past District 5000 Governor. He will provide our club with real perspective on the recent changes on Egypt and other regional countries.

See you on Monday. Bring a friend.

Moving Forward

From left: PP Carolyn Hiatt, Kelly McCanlies, President Paul Sibley, Palama Settlement Exec. Director Jean Evans.

Mahalo to this week's guest speaker, Jean Evans of Palama Settlement. Established in 1896, Palama Settlement has been providing children and families in the Kalihi–Palama area with dental care, after school care and family support for over 100 years.



This week, we welcomed potential member Douglas "Kalani" Akiu, an agent with New York Life, and Liz Kane, District 5000 Assistant Governor of Central Oahu Clubs. Mei Nakamoto inspired us with a story about the dedication of Special Olympics coaches, and the exciting potential shown by candidates for the Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation Scholarship.

Guided Tour and Tea at Lyon Arboretum, This Saturday March 5, 9 - 11 am

President Paul Sibley arranged a guided tour by Christopher Dunn, followed by tea at one of our local gems, Lyon Arboretum.

Cost: $5
Where: Lyon Arboretum at the end of Manoa Road
Level: Easy
RSVP: Paul 497-3911

Ciao! Chao! Chow! April 9, 6pm

Benvenuto! Come one, come all to Honolulu Sunrise's grand fundraiser featuring an Italian and Chinese dinner and silent auction.

Location: Pacific Club
Date: April 9
Time: 6pm
Tickets: $75, contact Nolan Pong or Allen Kamemoto
Silent auction donations: contact Mei Nakamoto or June Nakamura

Khmer Cultural Show & New Year Celebration

Honolulu Sunrise Rotarian Rob Hail founded eGlobal Family, an email foster parent program that began with Future Light Orphanage in Cambodia and is now expanding to help children in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Although it is not a Rotary program, many of our club members are email foster parents and have developed close relationships with our children. We invite you to support Hawaii's Khmer community as they raise funds to help the children of Future Light Orphanage.

Cultural Show & Khmer New Year Celebration
A cultural show by the Cambodian Hawaii Friendship Association and dinner featuring delicious Khmer food

Date: April 17, 4pm
Location: Mid-Pacific Institute Auditorium, 2445 Ka‘ala Street
Reservations: Angela Ung angelaung1974@yahoo.com (808) 428-3395

It's All in the Telling

Last week, guest speaker Willie Jones mesmerized his Sunrise audience with the story of his life—from a world-traveling army brat who didn't realize he was "Black" until his family moved to the South and tackling the challenges of race relations for the U.S. Air Force to becoming a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and being named Toastmasters International's 1997 World Champion of Public Speaking.

Helping Children in Need


Rob Hail presented a banner from a new up and coming Rotary Club in Cambodia who will partner with Honolulu Sunrise and eGlobal Family on behalf of Future Light Orphanage, Cambodia. To become an email foster parent or learn more, contact Rob Hail or visit eGlobalFamily.org.

Hawaii Literacy Family Library Milk & Bookies, upcoming events April 1 & 8






On February 11, we participated in our second Milk & Bookies event at Kuhio Park Terrace. Next events will be held on April 1 and 8. To volunteer, please contact Carolyn Fujioka or Jay Jurick.

The Old Pali Road

Thanks to ultra trail runner President Paul Sibley for leading Sunrisers and friends on a fun hike on the old Pali Road. The view was great and the company, even better. Can't wait till the next one! For more on Paul's longer treks, visit cancerrunner.org

Let Them Eat King Cake!

Catching up from February 7... President Paul Sibley treated the club to King Cake, flown in from his home town of N'Orleans just in time for Mardis Gras.





We welcomed visiting Rotarian Linda Kling from Grand Manan in New Brunswick, Canada (top right), and also prospective member Eric Mondi (bottom left), guest of Kim Green.



Boo (Uncle) Rob Hail provided an update on Future Light Orphanage, including how he and Madame Phaly filled a bus with children from the poorest villages. To become an e-foster parent, visit eGlobalfamily.org.



Joe Rice, President of Mid-Pacific Institute gave today's vocational talk titled, "Do you want to be President of a private school?" After hearing his typical day, we all felt like a bunch of slackers.

New Horizons for Business

Honolulu Sunrise welcomed guest speaker, David Chang, Chairman and CEO of Chang Holding Company, shown with Nancy Walden, Programs co-chair. To contact David, visit changholding.com. 





Congratulations to our newest Rotarian, Rebecca Ahina of Imageteq Technologies. If you haven't already welcomed her, please say hello at rebecca@imageteq.com.



President Paul Sibley welcomed a Past District Governor from Little Rock Arkansas.

With literacy so close to our hearts, it was a pleasure to feature Tamara Martinez, Hawaii Literacy's Family Literacy Program Manager, who talked about our upcoming reading projects at Kalihi Park Terrace and Mayor Wright Housing.



You know you're a great teacher when your former students still want to hang out with you. PP Carolyn Hiatt and PP Jerry Hofwolt greeted Carolyn's former 3rd grade student, Paul Michio (left).

Why can't we all just get along?

This week, Honolulu Sunrise was honored to have Frances I. Mossman, JD, AICP, Brig/General, USAF (Ret) as our speaker. She is President of the Hawaii International Dispute Resolution Group LLC. The company helps businesses from different countries maintain successful relationships and avoid cross-border litigation by providing multicultural dispute prevention. Their current emphasis is on the Asia-Pacific region. To learn more, contact her at Hawaii.IDR.group@earthlink.net





We welcomed guests Frank Alexich, Helena von Sydow and Rebecca Akina--who will be inducted as a new member next Monday!

Dawn Soderquist-Okano presented the day's inspiration about the positive effect of Rotary on our children, and shared how it opened new doors for her son, Danny.

Nancy Walden presented an update on eGlobal Family. Phearun, a former student at Future Life Orphanage, didn't think he had a future until he went to FLO. Now, he is pursuing his dream at the University of Hawaii. Nancy will be leaving for Indonesia and Cambodia next week and can take small gifts for your foster children.

President Amin gave a brief report on last week's ethnic dinner at Himalayan Cafe. Stay tuned for the next dinner!

Event Update
This Sunday: Hike Maunawili Demonstration Trail. Contact President Paul Sibley at outdoorsmile@yahoo.com for details.

Reading project with Hawaii Literacy in February and April. To sign up, contact janicehtaketa@mac.com.

Remember to bring in your Polio Plus boxes.

Rotarian of the Week: Mei Nakamoto

MEI NAKAMOTO has been practicing law for over 25 years. She worked in San Francisco for five years as an attorney with business litigation and insurance defense law firms, and then returned to Hawaii in 1989. She continued her work in the area of business litigation with the Hawaii law firm of Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing until 1998, when she became a staff attorney at Domestic Violence Clearinghouse & Legal Hotline (now Domestic Violence Action Center) and began her career as a family law practitioner. In 2001, Ms. Nakamoto started her private practice and has continued working with clients who have child custody, alimony, domestic violence and property division issues in divorce and other family law-related cases.

A graduate of Farrington High School (1975), University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.Ed. with distinction and B.S. 1980 with distinction) and Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago) (J.D. 1984), Ms. Nakamoto is a member of the Hawaii and California bar associations (inactive in California), Hawaii Women Lawyers, and the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunrise (President 2005-06)). Married with two teenaged daughters, Ms. Nakamoto is a certified USA Swimming official and a volunteer at Hawaiian Swimming age-group meets, a volunteer with the Special Olympics aquatics competitions, and a volunteer with the First Circuit Court’s Kids First Program and as an appointed master in the Volunteer Settlement Master Program.

Rotarian of the week: Jo Archibald

Jo Archibald is a senior copywriter at MVNP (formerly known as Milici Valenti Ng Pack), Hawaii' largest advertising agency. She was hired to write for former client Ala Moana Center and is currently the lead writer for First Hawaiian Bank. Jo also assists with HVCB’s online site, gohawaii.com; Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Hawaii, McDonald’s of Hawaii and Hawaiian Telcom.

Her 20-year career has taken her from a UH graphic design degree to production art in LA, a sobering (horrible pay) reality returning to Hawaii, then exciting twists and turns as she became a jr. art director, broadcast producer and finally a writer.

She describes advertising as the best field for anyone who loves constant learning. Drawing on her numerous college jobs and life experiences, Jo has written on topics as diverse as health care, financial planning, workers' compensation, executive security, fashion, jewelry-making, luxury real estate, sustainable energy, fundraising and how to choose the perfect steak.

Her latest interests are taking her into editorial writing, blogging and social media. Last year, Jo got her toes wet with two articles in Pacific Edge Magazine. She also blogs for MVNP at naturallyhi.com and for rotaryhonolulusunrise.org.

Jo’s freelance company is BluFish LLC. You can view her print portfolio at issuu.com/joarch. Her favorite things are chasing her children, cooking, eating, and camping with Honolulu Sunrise.

WE ARE CREATING THE FUTURE

Today's topic was "The Challenges of Organizational Change," presented by Dr. Tod Outlaw of Wayland Baptist University (WBA). He provided examples of major companies that recreated their own future, including WBA which transformed its campus from a traditional classroom-based school to having a strong online program. Click here to learn more about Dr. Outlaw at WBA, or email him at outlawm001@hawaii.rr.com

A touching morning
PP Dave Erdman started the morning with a quote from "Life is Like an Artichoke," a book by former Sunrise PP Linda Wheeler. We also observed a moment of silence for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the victims of the Arizona shooting.


Honolulu Sunrise was pleased to welcome guests Liz Kane, District 5000 Assistant Governor for Central Oahu Clubs; Jack Ballentine from San Francisco, and Rebecca Ahina of ImageTeQ (with Jay Jurick) and Rotarian Bob from Huntsville, Ohio.

Nolan Pong announced that we will be working on a Weinberg Foundation project this spring.

Reading project with Hawaii Literacy
Take up a book and inspire a child as we partner with Hawaii Literacy from 3-5pm on the dates below. Sign up with janicehtaketa@mac.com

February 4 & April 1 – Kalihi Park Terrace
February 11 & April 8 – Mayor Wright Family Library

Hawaii Youth Scholarship Foundation Search
Mei Nakamoto announced the search has begun for outstanding seniors to receive $5,000 or $2,000 scholarships sponsored by our club.

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS

A Tongan professor once told guest speaker Ian Masterson, "Follow your bliss." And he did. Bringing together his interest in archeology and his passion for surfing, Ian shared insights into the Hawaiian cultural and historical aspects of surfing. To learn more visit www.thesurfprofessor.com

"Make it a great 2011!"
That was Monday's inspirational message by PP Dave Mozdren. One night while reflecting on a challenging 2010, he peeked in on his son who was sleeping peacefully without a care in the world. It reminded Dave that he--and we--have it pretty good after all. Here's to a great New Year!

Best wishes to Lennie Carlson 
Doug Carlson's wife, Lennie, is in a wheelchair following a leg injury several months ago. You can send good wishes to: doug@commaaina.com.

Mahalo from Voyager School 
Students from Voyager Public Charter School wrote thank you notes for the dictionaries donated by our club. Thanks for helping students succeed in school!

Polio Plus Reminder
President Paul Sibly said to remember to bring in your Polio Plus box filled with loose change! Every penny counts.