March 09 2016 SPEAKER OF THE WEEK Nancy Lueck Bloomingdales MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

President Rhodora Pagay thanked Thomas Hall a member of our club and speaker for a very excellent presentation on Angel Flights . Angel Flights is free air transportation for those who need to travel to access medical care and is manned by over 1900 pilots and their planes volunteering their planes and time.

HAWAII CLUB 30 | DISTRICT 5000 CHARTERED JUNE 20, 1939 President Elect Joseph Gedeon RI PRESIDENT— K.R. RAVINDRAN welcomed visiting Rotarians from DISTRICT GOVERNOR—DEL GREEN out of State before he hops on a plane tonight for his PETS SPEAKERS training. They are Kenji Asai from the Rotary Club of Tsushima, March 16, 2016 Aichi, Japan and Kuniko Mayor Caldwell Tatamitani from the Rotary Club City Update of Suita Osaka, Japan. Banners were also exchanged.

March 23, 2016 Rotary on the Road We had a full house in a small City Hall function room but Thomas Hall managed to give his presentation March 30, 2016 without any problems. There was Kristina Lockwood a 6 min clip on a medical KHON2 TV transportation by one of Angel Flights pilot and plane which gave April 6, 2016 a good idea of what happens on Fidelity these flights. He mentioned Angel Flight in needs more pilots Tentative and is looking for volunteers. www.waikikirotar y. or g 1 WEEKLY REPORT : WEDNESDAY - MARCH 02, 2016

President Rhodora Pagay called the meeting to the first Wednesday of each month and all order at 12:15. Faye Masada inspired us, but the Rotarians are invited to participate. She also scribe was in the back of the room and could not talked about the recent book giveaway at Kuhio here. Thanks, Faye! Elementary School. Pictures will be placed on our Web Site for all to see. Alvin Goo led us in the Pledge to our American flag. Nick Buechel introduced our guest speaker. Thomas Hall has been a member of our Club for Unfortunately, the scribe minutes were deleted two years. He volunteers all of the time and has from the IPad! Really! So sorry!! The scribe will been helping Nick set up the room for our share what she remembers. meetings!

Ron Sauder facilitated the introduction of our Thomas began by telling us that he grew up in guests. Past District Governor Roy King was New York and then moved to . He has introduced. Past Presidents were asked to stand. always wanted to volunteer and help people. That Bob Wu, and Shoky Kaleel Calabash members is why he joined Rotary! He works in solar energy visiting Rotary were introduced. Shell lei guests and is a pilot. He now spends a great deal of his were called to the front of the room. PP Gayle time educating people about Angel Flight, a Warshawsky was the leader in our song service of free air transportation for those who “Welcome to Rotary.” President-Elect Joe need to travel to access medical care. Thomas is Gedeon said hello to our guests. a pilot, but he is not flying now.

Announcements: Angel Flight West (AFW) Service provides travel for patients requiring non-emergency care at major 1. Past President Bob T ellander reported on research hospitals, children’s hospitals, and the selection of the Hawaii Rotary Foundation specialized treatment centers. Services are Scholarship winners. He said the four provided to students attending special needs candidates all deserved to win. They all had camps, domestic violence survivors needing grade point averages of As or A-s. One of the relocation, veterans and active duty military candidates was from Korea and one was from personnel and people with other compelling needs. China. Their parents brought them to the U.S. so they could get good educations and lead Services are free. They include the flight, the fuel, productive lives. PP Bob thanked members of and the time of the pilot. AFW missions are flown his committee. He also shared that there was a by private volunteer pilots in aircraft that they own problem with one of the winners. He is 17 or rent. Angel Flight West Service needs more years old and is not yet a citizen of our Country. pilots. PP Dick Matti a pilot himself said that if he The scholarships are for citizens. Bob is were younger he would volunteer! Thousands of recommending the qualifications be changed to flights are made each year. stipulate potential citizens. 2. Steven Morgan shared that the date of our Here are some statistics from Angel flight: 11 painting project at Next Step Shelter has been Flights a day. 1432 Passengers flown, pilot in kind changed to a date in April because we will be donations $2,217,820. They have helping a boy earn his Eagle Scout designation. 1900+Volunteers with 1340 flights donated by The date had been scheduled for March, but Alaska Airlines. we are making this change. 3. PP Gloria King thanked today’s Rotary At the end of the meeting Nora Chen had her Readers at Waikiki Elementary School. They ticket drawn. Sorry. It was red! Better luck next read to kindergarten students. This happens time!

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Alumna Honoree creates opportunities for the poor President Rhodora thanked PP Carol Riley for serving as Scribe, Nick Buechel for setting up the room, and PP Bob Tellander for his work with Hawaii Youth Foundation.

The meeting was adjourned on time. Good job President Rhodora.

Respectfully submitted, PP Carol Riley For her work to mitigate extreme poverty around the world, Susan Davis has received many honors. But the 2015-16 Rotary Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award has

special significance. “It feels like a circle of completion,” says Davis, who was a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar in 1980-81, doing graduate studies in international relations at Oxford University in England. “Rotary invested in me when I was young, and now is celebrating the harvest.” A decade ago, Davis co-founded BRAC USA to advance the mission of BRAC -- Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee -- the world's largest nongovernmental development organization, which was founded after Bangladesh’s partition from Pakistan in the 1970s. The U.S. branch is dedicated to fighting poverty and to creating opportunities for the poor in Africa and elsewhere. Fulfilling that mission hasn’t been easy. Davis’ work has been disrupted by floods, cyclones, earthquakes, and war. Even worse was the sudden and deadly Ebola epidemic in 2014 in West Africa. “I wasn't sure how to protect our staff and clients and accompany these vulnerable communities out of this tragic situation,” says Davis, who served as BRAC USA’s president and chief executive officer until her departure this month. She quickly contacted Ebola experts and connected them with BRAC USA’s representatives in affected countries. “I lost sleep and cried with each death,” she says. Two of those deaths were particularly painful. Ophilia Dede, a BRAC credit officer in Liberia, and her husband succumbed to the virus, leaving behind a little girl. Davis helped set up a scholarship fund for her education. But she doesn’t allow such painful experiences to deter her. “The urgency of the need and the tangible opportunities to make a difference keep me going,” she says. “And I have been blessed by seeing two big ideas — microfinance and social entrepreneurship — take root globally.”

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OFFICERS Nancy Lueck is the Director of Public President 224-5262 Relations for Bloomingdale’s Ala Moana. She Rhodora Pagay [email protected] supports the first Bloomingdale’s to enter the VP / President-Elect 386-6985 Hawaiian market, engaging with community Joseph Gedeon [email protected] partners and visitors to experience a true Vice President 737-1991 premiere retail destination. Nancy develops PDG Roy King [email protected] an exciting slate of special events that create Secretary 735-2872 a store like no other in the Hawaii market. Previously she Bill Amigone bamigone@vothicom held the Regional Public Relations position for the Treasurer 239-9014 Bloomingdale’s West Coast region. PP David Hamil [email protected] Sgt-at-Arms 425 941-1201 Nancy began her retail career as a buyer for Joseph Magnin Nicholas Buechel; [email protected] in 1978 and subsequently led the Public Relations for Anne Klein & Co nationwide until 1994. Nancy joined Immediate Past President 352-0352 PP Chad Adams [email protected] Bloomingdale’s in 1996 opening the first Bloomingdale’s store in the Bay Area in Palo during DIRECTORS Bloomingdale’s entre to the California market. Nancy’s th Peter Ehrhorn [email protected] career with Bloomingdale’s is in its 19 year. Vocational Service 779-5411 PP Chuck Braden [email protected] Nancy’s family roots in Hawaii are as deep as her passion Youth Service 265-6955 for the island of Oahu. Her mother and maternal Stephen Morgan [email protected] grandparents lived in during the golden years of Community Service 352-8383 the 1920’s-1940’s. Her grandfather led the restaurant and catering departments at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, her Adrienne King [email protected] International Service 384-6326 grandmother was the head housekeeper at the Moana Hotel and her great grandmother was the hat check girl at the Ikko Tomita [email protected] International Service-Japan 286-3248 Waialae Country Club during special events. Nancy’s father was stationed at Pearl Harbor during WWII and met her Nora Chen [email protected] mother at the commissary during a chance encounter. International Service-Taiwan 382-9515 Nancy’s life-long dream of living in Hawaii is now a reality. Karen Smith [email protected] Major Fundraising Chair 927-9021 Nancy is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of University of PP Dave Livingston [email protected] Southern California, Los Angeles and holds a Bachelor of Program Chair 542-4945 Arts degree. Steve Koyama [email protected] At Large 265-4092

SERVICE CHAIRS Program Chair PP Dave Livingston

Membership Chair PP Chad Adams

Community Service Chair Stephen Morgan PO Box 8622 Literacy Chair PP Gloria King Honolulu, HI 96830

International Service Chair Adrienne King Executive Administrator Public Relations Chair PP Janet Scheffer Linda Collard 395-2290 [email protected] Rotary Foundation Chair Bill Amigone Bulletin Editor/ Publisher & Web Coordinator Sister Club Liaison, Japan Ikko Tomita, PP Dick Matti Sister Club Liaison, Taiwan Flora Lu, Nora Chen 396 3268 | [email protected]

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