Saturday Workshops Feature US Jaycees Vice President and Starwood Hotels Regional Director
The speakers are set for this weekend’s Hawaii Jaycees State Convention Training workshops. United States Jaycees National Vice President Brian Kavanaugh will lead the Empowering Me workshop, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Regional Human Resources Director Nona Tamanaha will head the Keeping the Momentum workshop. You can read more about the speakers after the jump, courtesy of 2009 Hawaii Jaycees Executive Vice President Stan Fichtman via Facebook. This convention will be held April 24-25 at the Pagoda Hotel. Please leave a comment on the blog or email risingphoenixjaycees@yahoo.com if you would like to attend. As always, RPJ pays the delegate fee for any member who wants to go.
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Convention Workshops
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Rewarding Good Marks
Each teacher is given five of these tokens to hand out during the week to reward the children when they are caught doing something kind or helpful, listening well, or trying hard, etc. Kids can then redeem them at the store on Fridays. Thanks Pat for the copy and pics.
Ala Wai Elementary’s School Store is Now Open
US Jaycees National Vice President Patrick Tomiyasu and 2009 RPJ Director-at-Large Anthony Higa visited Ala Wai Elementary’s new school store Friday, April 17. They snapped off several pictures, and met with students and school counselor Steve Yim. The school store started as the brainchild of Ala Wai Elementary parents and teachers and RPJ members who met last year for the Hawaii Jaycees Adopt-A-School statewide project.
The relationship between RPJ and Ala Wai Elementary began simply as a Hopscotch and Four Square painting party, and it evolved into a mentorship program that resulted in the establishment of the school store. RPJ appropriated $500 for the school store to purchase school supplies and other prizes, with additional donations from parents and RPJ’s own Anthony Higa and Alan Kajiyama. Mahalo to Alan, Anthony, and Carolyn Oakley for spearheading the project. More pics after the jump.
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Great Turnout for Flag Football
Anthony Higa warming up his arm.
Successful Game (for some) at Keehi Lagoon
While there were no pro football scouts in attendance, the Saturday, April 18 RPJ Coed Flag Football game at Keehi Lagoon drew 17 members and friends. If any scouts did show, they would’ve been impressed with the play of RPJ’s Joy Awakuni, who was the concensus choice for game MVP. Joy’s team walloped the aptly-colored yellow team by the score of too many to nearly not enough. All in all, everyone had a great time that morning. There was even an Anson Gutierrez sighting, and yes he can throw something other than a volleyball around. Stay tuned for the next game, and check out more pics after the jump.
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Impress Those NFL Scouts
Next week is the NFL Draft, so with football on the mind again it’s time for another coed flag football game. The chapter’s last game was in February, and 21 people made it out to that one. We’ll have a tent up, a cooler of ice cold water and fruits and snacks. So stretch those hammies, warm up those arms, and let’s get ready for some football.
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Good Times at the Living Room
Wednesday’s Membership Meeting Draws Large Turnout
Normally deals done down at a wharf involve the heavy-handed likes of a Tony Soprano, so leave it to the RPJ do-gooders to buck that stereotype and hold a get-together there. The April 8th General Membership Meeting at the Living Room on Fisherman’s Wharf drew 30 RPJ members and guests, including 2009 Hawaii Jaycees President Bobby Agpaoa, US Jaycees National Vice President Patrick Tomiyasu, and US Jaycees Ambassadors Irwin Nakasone and Lori “Kaj” Morikami. 2010 RPJ Board members reported on the Ala Wai Elementary School Store (a project born from last year’s Adopt-a-School event), the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawai‘i’s Rubber Duckie Race, and the Kaimuki Easter Egg Hunt.
New rules for the volleyball leagues were also discussed (which will be posted shortly), and two upcoming sports events were promoted: a New Member Volleyball League at Halawa, starting Wednesday, April 22nd, and a Coed Flag Football Game at Keehi Lagoon, 9:00 am, Saturday April 18th. Four members were also sworn in: Summer Duarte, Alex Chang, Roger Gumeran and Ryan Murabayashi. Thanks to the folks at the Living Room for the cool drinks, good food and for putting up with us. Check out more pics after the jump.
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