Edition: August10, 2008 Editor: Dan Fullenwider
Aloha and it’s another Great Day to be a Rotarian!
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Mon, 8/11: Nanakuli Interact General Membership Meeting, E8, 1:30 PM
Mon, 8/11: Kapolei Interact REGISTRATION, 2:00 PM, Mauka End, 2nd floor H Bldg Mon, 8/11: Kapolei Interact Board Meeting, after registration Tue, 8/12: Kapolei Early Act, General Membership Meeting 2:45 pm. H115 Mon, 8/18: Nanakuli Interact General Membership Meeting, E8, 1:30 PM Mon, 8/18: Kapolei Interact Board Meeting, 2:00 PM, H208 Tue, 8/19: Kapolei Early Act, Board Meeting 2:45 pm. H115 Wed, 8/20: Campbell Interact, noon, G204 Fri, 8/22: Ilima Early Act Registration, Library Mon, 8/25: Kapolei Interact General Membership Meeting, 2:00 PM, H208 Mon, 8/25: Kapolei Interact Board Meeting, 2:00 PM, H208 Tue, 8/26: Kapolei Early Act, General Membership Meeting 2:45 pm. H115 Wed, 8/27: Campbell Interact, noon, G204 Wed, 8/27: Joint Youth Meeting, KHS Interact Room, H Bldg, 2nd flloor, 4 PM Thu, 8/28: Kapolei Interact Initiation Picnic, 2 – 5 pm H bldg Fri, 8/29: Ilima Early Act General Membership meeting, A203, 1220 This is a BIG week. It is Registration week for our Kapolei Interact and Kapolei Early Act clubs. Mahalo for your support and I hope you enjoy “Leeward Youth”….. Dan
INTERACT CLUBS
CAMPBELL High School Interact
Campbell High School Interact is in the process of reorganizing their club for this
year. Currently, we are looking for an assistant advisor to fill the void left by the
departure of Karen Chun. Normally this club meets on Wednesday’s at noon. Look
to future editions of “Leeward Youth” for updates on this club.
Kapolei High School Interact
Monday, is Registration day for Kapolei High School Interact. It will go in the H
building on the 2nd floor at 2 pm. A very large turnout is expected. If you want a little excitement in your life, drop by the 2nd floor of H building in Kapolei High School at 2 pm Monday afternoon. You will see hundreds of students trying to get into the 125 slots that will be available for membership into the most popular club on campus. The Kapolei High School Interact Club. The H Bldg hallway during last Kapolei Interact is a no-nonsense club. In addition to making the meetings and participating in the many on-going projects that this club offers, all members are required to keep at least a 2.0 Grade Point Average. At mid year, all students who fail to satisfactorily participate or maintain a 2.0 GPA are dropped.
year’s “Interact Registration Day” formed a line of over 250 students!
Last year, after registration in the hall way many students were able to find seats in the classroom. Many had to stand. This club has grown so much that now they occupy the entire North End of H Building. Following registration on Monday, the elected Their secret: They do many projects, they have lots of fun and all members are required to participate.
officers of the board of directors will meet to discuss club business, the up coming General
Membership meetings, and the famous Initiation Meeting which will be held on August 28th
from 2 – 5 pm. Last year this club won almost every award that could be given to a club.
Thanks to Merry Ifuku, Diana Okamura and Caroline Lee, this is the hottest club on campus.
NANAKULI High School Interact
There will be a General Membership meeting on Monday, August 11th at 1:30 pm in room E8. Our own Rotary Advisor Bili Young has been working very hard with her alma mater in supporting both the Interact and Early Act Clubs of Nanakuli.
EARLY ACT CLUBS
Ilima Early ACT
The Ilima Early Act will be conducting their first club meeting in the next few weeks.
As Leeward Youth goes to press, plans are being made to combine a few clubs at
Ilima with our Early Act Club of Ilima Intermediate. Lydell Acosta has done an
outstanding job with this club. That is why it is so popular that others want to join.
Kapolei Early ACT
Tuesday will be the big day. On August 12th, Kapolei Early Act will have its first Registration meeting. Through signs, handouts, word of mouth, and close circuit TV announcements, Michele Bright has generated a lot of interest in this club and we are expecting a large turnout. Our Nanakuli Interact Advisor, Michelle Murray, has been working with Michele Bright at Kapolei Middle School. Michelle and Michele have been organizing and developing the Kapolei Middle School Early Act Club. This is a huge undertaking because Kapolei Middle School is on a “Track System.” Talk about dedication. The following picture was taken early Sunday morning on, July 27th as both advisors worked on the many details required to get a club started. What a beautiful example of the dedication and cooperative effort of our great advisors we have on the Leeward coast. NANAKULI Early ACT
Details will be forthcoming on our first General Membership meeting of this school year. We are still in the process of designating a new Advisor to this club.
ROTARY CLUB OF KAPOLEI
Youth Exchange
Last Monday morning when you woke up to go to work, 16-year-old Rotary Youth
Exchange student Emilia Andrea Parraguez Sanchez left her home in Volcan Osorno,
high in the Chilean Andes, for the very first time. She had never seen the inside of
an airplane. Her village does not even have an airport. She traveled some 5,000
miles due north to Atlanta, Georgia, then another 5,000 miles (6 time zones) west to
Hawaii. The journey took her 40 hours, without sleep. She landed at Honolulu
International Airport at 8:40 Tuesday night and received a warm “Kapolei Welcome”
from our Kapolei Rotary Greeting Committee.
Our gang was there early, in good spirits and ready to meet her. Every time we get
together we have a ball. Having fun is a requirement for our club.
On Thursday morning, Emilia attended her first of many meetings to come of the Rotary Club of Kapolei. from a full curriculum in the Arts and Sciences, Emilia will be joining the Kapolei Interact Club. Emilia will also be trying out for the Kapolei Girls Tennis Team. The support from our club is outstanding. Rotary Club member Sana Poma has a 16-year-old daughter who attends Kapolei High School. Sana has volunteered to pickup Emilia daily and take her to school with her daughter. Many other Rotarians will be working and visiting with Emilia to give her the greatest experience ever! While in Hawaii Emilia will be staying with the host families of Dan and Maria Fullenwider, and; Greg and Rhona Slingerland. Emilia will be attending her junior year at Kapolei and will be returning to her home town in Rancagua, Chile next summer with life time memories of Hawaii and her Ohana. The Rotary Club of Kapolei will be hosting a huge Welcoming Party for Emilia on August 23rd at the Arbors in Ewa Beach. Look for future articles on this young lady. She is
Emilia will be attending Kapolei High School beginning Monday, August 11th. Aside
quite a student. By 15 she was already in the top 1% of her class and had finished Algebra,
Biology and Physics with straight A’s. She is a very adventurous over-achiever. Her #1 goal
is to learn to speak English and she is off to a great start. Emilia represents the first Youth
Exchange student hosted by a Leeward Oahu Rotary Club and we are honored to have
Emilia in our Ohana.
Kapolei Rotarians
Kapolei Rotarians participated in the following youth projects during July 2008
Continued: Dictionary Project
Mon, 8/4: Nanakuli Interact General Membership Meeting
Mon, 8/4: Nanakuli Early Act General Membership Meeting
Mon, 8/4: Kapolei Interact Board Meeting
Tue, 8/5: Kapolei Early Act, Registration
Tue, 8/5: Reception Committee for Emilia Parraguez
Wed, 8/6: Campbell Interact
Marietta Bustamante
John Nie
Jill Federizo
Paula Ogimi
Lile Hanson
Sana Poma
Bill Hanson
Malia Schwartz
Lorraine Gershun
Claud Thompson
Zack and Anita Johnson
Dr. Stefanie Wilson
Barbara Lum Lee
Bili Young
Sonya Mendez
Dan Fullenwider
In closing, thanks again for reading this edition of Leeward Youth. Remember -
“A man never stands so tall than when he stoops to help a child!”
Dan
What a Great Day to be a Rotarian!