Aloha! After an extremely busy month of May, we launch into June with intensity, as two major events, the Pancake Breakfast and the Lions Clubs International Convention, rapidly approach. We also need to wrap up the fiscal year and transition into the new one. I look forward to David Iwana’s Read more…
Konnichiwa! Arigato to Kaz Nakano, the Charter Night Committee, plus everyone else who contributed to the Hawaii Kai Charter Night April 17th at the New Otani Hotel! As outgoing president, I was pleased to announce the Lion of the Year award recipients, Eric Kvick (Treasurer) and Alvin Hayashibara (Secretary), for Read more…
Aloha, Lions! As we enter the third and final quarter of our fiscal year, the activity levels and momentum are accelerating at an incredible rate! In addition to the upcoming District 50 Convention in May and the International Convention in June, our club’s and zone’s activities seem to be increasing Read more…
Aloha Hawaii Kai! I’m back, and thankful to the great Hawaii Kai Lions Club Board of Directors and members for your support, sympathy, and koden after the passing of my mother last month. You are a wonderful club, and my family and I wish to thank you for your messages Read more…
On behalf of our President Peggy Oyama, let me say aloha to our Lions and friends. Lion Peggy is in Vancouver, British Columbia, taking care of family matters following the passing of her mother on January 22, 2015. Services were held for Mitsu Oyama on January 30, 2015 at the Read more…
Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed Christmas day with your family and friends, or if you are a Grinch, enjoyed the day on your own! Every year, my family gets together to make sure we start the year off right, cooking and eating traditional Japanese foods, with their massive Read more…
Hello Lions and friends, Our fiscal year is almost half over, and I’d again like to take this opportunity to thank our hard-working 2014-15 Board, and all the members and CISes of the Hawaii Kai Lions Club! With another successful Hawaii Kai Holiday Parade behind us, I’d like to thank Read more…
Hello Lions and friends, Thanks for being such a great club, Hawaii Kai! I am thankful for a very hard-working Board and membership that show up for an array of volunteer projects, and who are pushing the envelope with new ideas and perspectives. To recap, October has been quite a Read more…
Hello Lions and friends, It’s hard to believe a quarter of the year is over for the 2014-15 board! So much has happened already, and we have so much still to do! We have four new members, conducted new member orientation, and have new member inductions to look forward to! Read more…
Aloha Lions and friends, I hope everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend! Your Hawaii Kai Lions Club Board members have been busy coordinating many activities coming up this and next month, and we hope you will participate in as many activities as you can! I would like to take Read more…