The Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor is one of 48 Rotary clubs in the State of Hawaii and part of District 5000. Rotary is a worldwide organization of business, professional and community leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. Over 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 33,000 Rotary clubs located in over 200 countries.

The Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor celebrated 61 years of service on June 14, 2011! Our primary focus is the Pearl Harbor community as well as service projects through Rotary International, which reaches around the globe.

RI Strategic Plan:

Vision: We will be the service organization of choice with dynamic, action-oriented clubs whose contributions improves lives in communities worldwide.

Strategic Priorities: Support and Strengthen Clubs, Focus and Increase Humanitarian Service, Enhance Public Image and Awareness.

Mission: We provide service to others; promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

“Reach within to Embrace Humanity”: “Look within yourselves, to understand that all of humanity has the same dreams, similar hopes, the same aspirations and similar problems”. RI President Kalyan Banerjee

Since 1985, we have supported Rotary International’s Polio Plus to eradicate polio from the world, only four countries left to reach our goal!

For several years, our food drive “YES I CAN” project has resulted in weekly food donations for the Hawaii Food Bank.

In perpetuating the ideals of Peace through Rotary, this coming Rotary year we will celebrate 32 years of Sister Club Affiliation with the Rotary Club of Hiroshima South East. In February 2011, Pearl Harbor members welcomed members of our sister club from Hiroshima to Hawaii. During their visit, in remembrance and respect for our special friendship, we planted a tree in the Neil Blasdell Park and Hiroshima members laid a wreath at the Arizona Memorial in honor of our fallen servicemen. In 2012, we plan a return visit to Hiroshima, Japan.

In literacy, we have adopted Aiea Elementary School and sponsor several projects, including their Literacy Club Program, Keiki Vision, and Families and Children Read to Each Other, Slippers for Keiki, Dr. Seuss Read Aloud.

Our participation in District 5000’s Dictionary Project will provide dictionaries to third graders in elementary schools in the Aiea/Moanalua/Radford Complexes and surrounding area.

We sponsor four Interact Clubs at Aiea, Farrington, Moanalua, and Radford High Schools and involve their members in service projects and Rotary leadership programs. We also sponsor and participate in Rotary youth programs: Youth Leadership Conference, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), and the Interact Convention; as well as provide scholarships for high school seniors.

Our fundraisers include Pearl Harbor SWIRLS in October and the Harmony of the Pacific in June. We also work with the Wounded Warriors and support the USO and Pacific Aviation Museum.

If you would like to learn more about Rotary and our club, please call or email me!

Aloha!

Connie Kraus
President 2011-2012
Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor
Oahu Country Club
150 Oahu Country Club Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
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