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OCTOBER 2014
Hawaii Region US Area
Bulletin Year 2014-2015
Bulletin Editor: Phyllis Sakane Popovich  Email: [email protected]
President’s
Message
Greetings fellow
Y’s Men & Women,
Thank you for all that you do in Y’sdom,
especially for our youth because they are
our future and for our kupuna because
they are our legacy!
Club News
The Nuuanu Y's Men and Women's Club
50th Anniversary
Celebration
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Natsunoya Tea House (Alewa Heights)
11:00am - 1:30pm
(check-in 10:30 - 11:00am)
Our most immediate event coming up is
our Nuuanu Y’s Men and Women’s Club’s
50th Anniversary Celebration, to be held
on Sunday, November 16th, at Natsunoya
Tea House. The planning committee is
working hard to make this luncheon
worthy of the club’s and its members’ 50
years of dedicated service. To make this
milestone even more special is the
attendance of our Osaka Brother Club
member Kan Tanikawa and his wife Yumi
from Japan!
The following Sunday on the 23rd is our
Seniors Thanksgiving Dinner chaired by
Harold Kuwahara (please see his article).
Also included are highlights of past
activities, the Teen Bowling at Fort
Shafter, and our annual Chicken and Sushi
Sale at the Nuuanu Y.
These first 50 years have so far been very
exciting. We look forward to another 50
years and more of continued service in
Y’sdom!
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Nuuanu Y Service Club Bulletin
Please contact Albert Lee for questions
or if you need to make a last minute reservation.
Dear all,
Let’s all welcome Kan and Yumi Tanikawa as they come from OsakaKyoto to help celebrate our club’s 50th anniversary. They will be here
November 14 and leaving on Nov 17. Kan and Larry were instrumental in
forming the brother club affiliation Osaka Centennial and Nuuanu. Kan
has made a special effort to come and attend the celebration! Let’s think
of ways we can help enjoy his stay here.
Aloha,
Maurice
God Bless,
Gary Higashionna
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2014
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
OCTOBER
Focus: Alexander Scholarship Fund
06 Business Meeting
28 Metro District Meeting
Leeward YMCA
NOVEMBER
Focus: Brotherhood Fund
03 Business Meeting
08 Regional Mid-Year Cabinet Meeting
Ilima Hotel, 10am
50th
16 NUUANU
Anniversary Lunch
Natsunoya Tea House, 11am-1:30pm
23 Seniors Thanksgiving Dinner
Kalanihuia Senior Housing,
2:30-6pm
DECEMBER
Focus: Christian Emphasis
04 Club Christmas Dinner & Bus.Mtg
Maple Garden
HAWAII REGION Emphasis
OCTOBER SERVICE EMPHASIS:
ALEXANDER SCHOLARSHIP FUND /
DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS
Regional Service Director
MAURICE SHIMONISHI
NUUANU
CLUB BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
DR. KRISTI ADACHI
JOAN MATSUKAWA
JOE CROFFORD
OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES
ISAAC & BARILYNE SAKAMOTO
Club News
OCTOBER 2014
Nuuanu Y Service Club Bulletin
Thanksgiving Dinner for the Elderly – 2014
By Harold Kuwahara
Sunday, November 23, is the day set for this year’s
Thanksgiving Dinner for the Eldery at Kalanihuia. We can expect
about 150 seniors from Kalanihuia and Kukui Gardens.
Entertainment will be provided by Tina and her group of hula dancers
and, something new this year, a group of Chinese women who will provide
us with Chinese music played on Chinese instruments. This group was
formed by our newest member, Abi Chong, wife of member James
Chong. We look forward to an entertaining afternoon.
Since we have been doing this continually for over 40 years, many of us
expect things to turn out fine, but we still need the wholehearted
participation of all club members, relatives and friends to make it work.
Please make every effort to attend this very rewarding annual event.
METRO News
A Metro District Meeting was held on Thursday, October 28, 2014, at
Leeward YMCA, hosted by the West Oahu Y’s Men’s Club, with District
Governor Albert Lee presiding.
The next Metro District meeting is planned for January 19, 2015,
6:30pm at the Kaimuki YMCA.
HAWAII REGION News
The formation of a new Leeward Y’s Mens Club is reported to be going
very well.
The 79th Hawaii Region Convention will be held on May 13-14, 2015 at
the Main Street Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
US AREA News
The next US Area Convention will be on July 9-11, 2015, in Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
~ Albert Einstein ~
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CHRISTIAN EMPHASIS
Galatians 5:22-23
New Living Translation (NLT)
the Holy Spirit produces this
kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy,
peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, and self-control.
There is no law against these
things!
CLUB NEWS
OCTOBER 2014
Nuuanu Y Service Club Bulletin
2014 Teen Bowling
By Harold Kuwahara
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There were 21 students from Central Middle School who came to this year’s
bowling at Fort Shafter on Friday, September 26. For most of them, it seemed
that this was the first time they stepped into a bowling alley. All of them had a great
time, in spite of their inexperience, as shown in the photos. They also “devoured”
the pizzas and other snacks we bought for them. Tiffany from Nuuanu Y had to
make two trips on the Y’s bus because it could accommodate only 14 passengers
per trip.
It was heart-warming to see all of them having such a good time. Tiffany was
From:
http://www.ymca.int/resources
/ymcaywca-week-of-prayer/
YMCA/YWCA
Week of Prayer
accompanied by another Y staff member, Devin Presley. We look forward to
sponsor this activity again next year.
Thanks to those members who came to help and encourage the teens: Gary
Higashionna, Albert Lee, Jimmy Ouchi, Larry Hiranaka and Maurice
Shimonishi.
The Week of Prayer starts on the
2nd Sunday of November, and
runs up to, and including, the
following Saturday.
The theme for this year’s Week
of Prayer is “Bold and
Transformative Leadership"
and it will take place from
November 9 to 15 - 2014.
Peace Day is on the Saturday at
the end of that week: November
15 - 2014.
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OCTOBER 2014
INTERNATIONAL News
Beautiful Pictures
from Itoh-san
Keisuke Itoh is from the Osaka
Kawachi Y’s Men’s club in Japan.
Photos can be found at:
http://itosan.justhpbs.jp/nove2014/
CLUB NEWS
Nuuanu Y Service Club Bulletin
BBQ CHICKEN & SUSHI SALE
The Nuuanu Y’s Men and Women’s Club held its annual BBQ Chicken and Sushi
Sale on Sunday, September 28, 2014. Picture highlights below courtesy of Russ
Lynch (Y Service Clubs Hawaii on Facebook).
INTERNATIONAL News
Brother Club News from BAUHINIA
The Joint Installation Y’s Men International ~ Hong Kong District (2014-2015) was held
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on 5 July 2014 at the Crystal Hall, City View Hotel. The President, Ms. Margaret Lo and 7
Club members and guests had attended the Joint Installation.
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The social service trip to Dongguang was held on 4 July 2014 (Fri). The President Ms.
Margaret Lo and 3 Club members and guests had attended. We had visited the elderly
home and a birthday party was organized.
Congratulations! Club President, Ms. Margaret Lo had been awarded “The Most
Distinguished Club President Award of The Year 2014.” The services spring tea party for
single elderly had been awarded “The Best Social Service Programme Award of The Year
2014.”
A LITTLE HUMOR:
Question: What is smarter than a talking bird?
Answer: A spelling bee
Ha Ha!
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International News
OCTOBER 2014
BROTHER CLUB NEWS FROM OSAKA
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OCTOBER 2014
Nu’uanu Y’s Men and Women’s Club
c/o Nu’uanu YMCA
1441 Pali Hwy
Honolulu, HI 96813
Welcome to the world of Y's Men's
International.
We are a worldwide association of
Christ-centered service clubs with a
common loyalty to the YMCA.
This worldwide Christian fellowship
includes men and women of all ages,
races, nationalities, religions and
socio-economic levels.
Together, with mutual respect and
affection, we believe that we can put
Christ teachings into action through
active service.
During this process, we hope to
make our communities, and
ultimately the world, a better place
to live and raise our children.
Nu’uanu Y’s Men & Women’s Club
Officers:
Hawaii RegionUS Area
Chartered May 29, 1964
GARY HIGASHIONNA
President
CHERYL DACUS
Vice President
CELINE ALLOUCHERY
Secretary
STEPHEN WONG
Treasurer
Members:
KATHY AHLO
NAOMI AIMOTO
TINA ALFRED
JAMES CHONG
LARRY HIRANAKA
HAROLD KUWAHARA
ANALEE KINNEY
ALBERT LEE
GLENN MATSUKAWA
JORDAN ODO
JAMES OUCHI
ISAAC SAKAMOTO
PHYLLIS SAKANE POPOVICH
MAURICE SHIMONISHI
International Members:
Nu’uanu YMCA
1441 PALI HIGHWAY
HONOLULU, HI 96813
phone: 808-536-3556
KOUSEI WATANABE
HIDETOSHI YAJI
RANDALL IKEDA
Branch Executive
OMAR ZALDANA
Aquatics Director
Honorary Members:
KATHY AHLO
Office Manager
PAULA GRAY
Associate Membership
Director
JOE CROFFORD
GEORGIA NIIMOTO
HELENA WALLIN MILLER
Brother Clubs:
Y’s Men’s Club of Osaka Centennial
Y’s Men’s Club of Bauhinia
RON OKIMOTO
Associate Executive
Director
KIMBERLY KONO
A+ Program Director
TIFFANY UNDEM
Teen Program Director
ERIN BERHMAN
Healthy Lifestyles Director
CHERYL TANG
Assoc Resident Program
Director
DAVID POORE
Facility Director
NADIA IBARRA
Youth Program Director
STEPHANIE COLLEY
Associate Healthy
Lifestyles Director
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