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Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor
The Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor meets every other Monday at noon at Mangiamo by 604 at the Navy Marine Golf Course
943 Valkenburgh Street, Honolulu, HI, 96818
PROGRAM: Karen Knudsen, Senior Fellow at the East/West Center and Chair, Board of Directors for the Japan-American Society of Hawaii (JASH); and, Reyna Kaneko, President of JASH. Karen spoke about her and her husband’s involvement with the Peace Corps in the early 1970’s and the importance of overall diplomacy to reduce risk of conflict. Reyna spoke about the mission of JASH which is to “promote understanding and friendship between the people of the U.S. and Japan through the unique perspective of Hawaii since 1976.” JASH has many programs that involve the education and nurturing young leaders, business networking events, military programming, and annual fundraisers.
Rotary Induction Ceremony led by President Elect Tina Doty and Dennis Drake to present Member Packet, Rotary Pin, and Rotary Active Member Badge to WELCOME Gordon E. Powers. His wife, Jessica, was in attendance. Congratulations!🎈🎉🎊
On Monday April 15 we had three Radford High School Students of the Quarter (SOQ) who were introduced by Bob Frija. ![]()
In attendance today were Alison Layne (Radford High School Interact Advisor) and ![]()
SOQ’s: Olena Umetsu, Jingwei Tong, and Taylor Laidlaw. Each student stood up in front of members and briefly presented their future goals, aspirations, answered questions.
Our speaker was Dan Dinell - Tree’s for Honolulu’s Future - a non-profit that connects people to resources to create a better future. ![]()
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He spoke about the importance of trees for our canopy and overall biosphere. “Honolulu is Hot, Trees are Cool.” Dan’s goal is three-fold: Educate, Advocate, and Facilitate. Honolulu is losing valuable tree canopy and therefore heat is increasing. ![]()
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Dan suggests several ways for mitigation: 1. Plant a Tree, 2. Ask City to plant it for you (duf@honolulu.gov), and 3. If you are interested in Volunteering and Organizing go to www.treesforhonlulu.org/events/.
All are welcome in Rotary.
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the community’s business and professional men and women. The world’s Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.