The Hawaii Kai Lions Club and our sister club in Japan, the Nagoya Joto Lions, have a long history of supporting the Hawaii Kai Library. Our Club’s annual donation of $500.00 has typically been matched by the Nagoya club with their monetary donations. On April 9, 2024, our members were Read more…
Students at Koko Head Elementary School are learning digital skills using BBC micro:bit kits in their computer science program. Hawaii Kai Lions donated 4 such kits. These little devices are pocket-sized computers that can sense, measure, and log such things as sound, movement, and magnetism. They can be programmed to Read more…
On April 5, 2024, two Hawaii Kai Lions participated in Kamiloiki Elementary School’s Sight is Beautiful Award Ceremony, which was held in conjunction with their Jump 4 Heart Assembly. Twenty Long’s Drugs gift cards were given as awards to students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 (except for Grade 1, whose Read more…
It happens only once every five years, and this year was the year! Our sister club, the Nagoya Joto Lions, had their 55th Charter Anniversary Celebration on March 27, 2024, in Nagoya, Japan. It was a fabulous banquet night, with a program that included singing, speeches, a gourmet meal, and Read more…
The annual Parks & Recreation Easter Eggstravaganza was held at Koko Head District Park on Saturday, March 30 from 8:00a to 11:00a. Lions Jeanne Alices, Joni Fukuji, Marty Jorgensen, Marja Leivo, Susan Uehara, Allen Umeda, Kerry Yoon, and Ellsworth Fujii and CISs Herb (Joni) and Lyn (Rick) assisted with registration Read more…
On March 15, 2024, five Hawaii Kai Lions, one CIS, one potential member, and one volunteer, participated in Koko Head Elementary School’s annual Keiki Karnival. The Lions were tasked with bagging and selling popcorn, being cashiers for the toy sale, and assisting at the raffle tables. As expected, the popcorn Read more…
The D50 Lions marched in the Honolulu Festival Grand parade along Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki on Sunday, March 10. The Lions were among the 61 groups that participated in this annual cultural event, promoting mutual understanding, economic cooperation, and ethnic harmony between the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Rim Read more…
The Dirty Dozen! What a great turnout with 11 Hawaii Kai Lions and one CIS participating in the Club’s inaugural Adopt-a-Highway (AAH) project on Saturday, February 24. The weather cooperated with comfortable temperatures, overcast skies, and no rain. Four teams were formed to pick up trash along Kalanianaole Highway from Read more…
On August 8, 2023, the wildfires on Maui devastated Lahaina city. The aftermath of thousands of people without homes or food was heartbreaking; such that by August 11, an e-mail went out from our club, spearheaded by Lion Eric Kvick, to fundraise for the Maui Food Bank. A total of Read more…
Six Lions and a CIS were up to their ankles in more glass bottles, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles than you can count on February 7, 2024 at Koko Head Elementary School. Throughout the year, the school receives donations of recyclable cans and bottles (and some trash) in large cages Read more…