In November 2023, Lion Virginia McMahon, Chair of the Pediatric Program at the Kapiolani Medical Center (KMC), inquired if our Club could make Valentine’s Day cards for the 32 current pediatric cancer patients at KMC. Lion Marja agreed to organize the card making, announced it to the Club, and on January 25, Read more…
The beaches and attractions along the shore of east Oahu are now a little safer for tourists and locals who visit Honolulu City and County Beach Parks with the installation of 20 new rescue tubes. What started with a meeting with then Councilmember Tommy Waters evolved into a Memorandum of Read more…
What a great turnout with 14 Hawaii Kai Lions, 13 Kaiser High School Leos (including advisor Gordon Chun) one CIS, and one potential Lion member participating in the Club’s annual Eyeglass Recycling project. For the first time in 4 years, the Lions and Leos met at the Lunalilo Senior Center Read more…
On January 20, 2024, six Hawaii Kai Lions, one CIS, and the District 50 Safe Sidewalks Chair patched 34 sites/sidewalk cracks on Kealahou Street in Kalama Valley. Scott Goto, from the City’s Division of Road Maintenance’s Malama O Ka Aina (MOKA) community volunteer program, was present and provided guidance to Read more…
Hui Nalu’s annual fundraiser is the Kaiwi Coast Run & Walk is held the Sunday before Thanksgiving each year. They gratefully thank the following Hawaii Kai Lions for their volunteer support. Lion Ellsworth Fujii arrived at Sandy Beach around 5:30am and was invaluable at the start of the event with Read more…
The University of Hawaii Marching Band is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year. On November 9, 2023, it hosted the annual Marching Band Festival, inviting nearly twenty public and private high school bands to participate in the marching band extravaganza. This festival began in 1979 and, this year, the venue Read more…
Koko Head Elementary School was transformed from a proper school to one crawling with creepy creatures, superheros, princesses, and more at its Boo Bash held on October 27, 2023. Spooky and whimsically decorated trucks and vans were on hand to give out candy to the excited trick or treaters (and Read more…
On the morning of Saturday, October 28, 2023, the Hawaii Kai Lions Club joined other communityvolunteers to clear the hiking trail for the annual Ka Iwi Explorations public access hikes. Volunteers walked over a half-mile into the established jeep road trail to clear hale koa wood branches and shrubs to Read more…
On October 20, 2023, four Lions and two CISs assisted Kamiloiki Elementary School by manning two drinkstations and watching over the upper playground area during their Keiki Carnival. This is the school’s firstcarnival since the pandemic and appeared to be a great success by the huge amount of students and Read more…
A spirited team of five Lions Club members and volunteers spent their Saturday morning on October 7,2023 to mark storm drains in the lower portion of Kalama Valley with medallions imprinted with messages to discourage the dumping of harmful chemicals. The markers help to remind residents to avoid using chemicals Read more…