JANUARY 15, 2020
Wailea, Maui
Today's Meeting
The meeting was called to order by the January Guest President, Barry Rosenfeld. Barry explained that the meeting would take the format of an informational and fun club assembly.
Elizabeth Kemmish led us in the pledge to the flag.
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Inspiration by Joe McDermott:
Joe, who was standing in for his wife, Alice, told of an inspirational poem which hangs in their home. “Living Life” by Bonnie L. Mohr
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Life is not a race—but indeed a journey. Be honest. Work hard. Be choosy. Say "thank you". "I love you", and "great job" to someone each day. Take time for prayer. Be thankful. Love your life and what you've been given, it's not accidental. Search for your purpose and do it as best you can. Dreaming does matter. It allows you to become that which you aspire to be. Laugh often. Appreciate the little things in life and enjoy them. Some of the best things really are free. Do not worry. Forgive, it frees the soul. Take time for yourself. Plan for longevity. Recognize the special people you've been blessed to know.
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Live for today, enjoy the moment.
Introduction of Guests:
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Stephanie Fujinami, just moved from Los Angeles to Maui.
Paul from Grand Junction, CO
Lynsey Jemmett, a dentist from Fairbanks AK
Diane McDonell from Red Deer, Alberta
Angie Tomkins, Charlesta Snyder, Annie Woodrum from the Imua Reading Program
Jodene Hawkins, wife of Kit
Pat Saterstein, wife of Jay
IMUA READERS – is a program created by Kit Hawkins with help from retired kindergarten teacher and reading remediation expert Charlesta Snyder and reading specialist Angie Tomkins.
Lokelani School.
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Kit is looking for people who would like to bring this opportunity to a kindergarten or first grader at Kamali'i Elementary School. A commitment of just 3 hours a week during the school year to coach will change a child’s life and future.
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Kit's "big ask" for club members is to simply think of people you know whom you think just might love doing this and refer them to Kit, who will do the actual recruiting
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Contact Kit Hawkins at kithawkins43@gmail.com or (808)276-6487.
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Announcements
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Members and visitors were encouraged to sign up to help with the club fundraiser on March 21, and the school dental program at Kihei Elementary on 2/7/20 and Kamali’i on 2/18/20.
Mark Harbison & Margie Flores presented a check for $1,000 to Cathy, the Lokelani Interact advisor. The funds were provided from a District Grant and will be used for transportation to take students to the MACC. The next trip will be on 2/6/20 to see “The Paniola Show”.
Members are invited to volunteer to chaperone. Cathy thanked the RCKW members for being good role models and for their help with projects.
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A Rotary Information Meeting will take place on February 12 after our regular meeting, from1:15 to 2:00. This will be a great opportunity for fellowship and information for new, returning or transferring member. But we are opening it up to current members who would like a refresher course on Rotary and The RCKW. It’ll be a lot of fun, so please join us!
Barry Hyman will start off a new season of 3-5 minute Getting to Know You talks. Anyone else interested in giving club members a mini-bio on themselves in the next five months, please contact Barry Rosenfeld at 446 0799 or brosenfeld1@gmail.com.
Heather Ballaine was thanked for her work on creating every quarter, a schedule of meeting duties. Please be sure to let her know your off-island dates. If you are unable to carry out your assigned duty it is your responsibility to find a substitute.
In a very moving talk, Annie Woodrum told us about her 6-year-old son, who was struggling with reading, and as a result suffered low self-esteem. She said that he has had an amazing response to coaching by Kit and now has much improved reading ability, as well as new curiosity and confidence.
Membership
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Mark Harbison gave a great presentation on a number of
items including membership, District5000 programs,
as well as The Rotary International Website
Rotary Foundation
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Barry Hyman reminded us that The Rotary Foundation was the greatest philanthropic group inthe world.The RCKW has been high on the list of contributing clubs in Hawaii.The Paul Harris Fellowship was originally started to honor people by donating $1,000 in theirname. In recent year members have contributed towards their PHF designation. Matching pointsare earned for each $ donated. These points can be used for other people.All members are asked to donate a minimum of $25 per year.
Magic Marble
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The pot contained $221 and the bag had 45 blue marbles and 1 gold one.
Jane Sawyer's ticket was drawn and she found a blue marble. Sorry, better luck next time.
Next week’s speaker is Mike Phillips owner of Coconuts Fish Café.
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Appreciation
Much Mahalo was given to those helping out with the meeting; Barry H, Elisa, Elizabeth,Gary, Janet, Jay, Joe, Judy, Kit, Mark, Margie and Stuart..
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The 4-way test was led by Gary Redfern
Stuart sang us out the door..