The Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor is one of 43 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 has continued to serve Hawaii for over 58 years! Our primary focus is the Pearl Harbor area, but our projects through Rotary International reach around the globe. The Rotary International President D.K. Lee's theme is "Make Dreams Real." We continue the great tradition of Rotary to Make Dreams Real through service projects and international relations. On October 18, 2008, we are excited to sponsor Pearl Harbor Swirls, a premiere wine tasting fundraiser, being held at the Pacific Aviation Museum, for the benefit of Operation Homefront Hawaii Chapter, the Pacific Aviation Museum-Education Fund, and other club projects such as PolioPlus. Since 1985 we have supported Rotary International’s PolioPlus to eradicate polio from the world; only four countries to reach our goal! Rotarians worldwide work hard to make this dream real! Last year we began a food drive “YES WE CAN!” in which members and guests are encouraged to bring canned food to each meeting/event. The food was donated to the Hawaii FoodBank and the Waikiki Health Center's Youth Outreach Program; we continue this effort today. 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. In perpetuating the ideals of Peace through Rotary, last year we celebrated a milestone 25th Anniversary Sister Club Affiliation with the Rotary Club of Hiroshima South East; during their visit, in remembrance and respect for our special friendship, we planted a Peace Tree in Neal Blaisdell Park. We hosted two cultural exchange students from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, the home of another Sister Club, Rotary Club of Avachinsky; strengthening bonds of world peace and international understanding through youthful bridges of cultural exchange and friendship. In support of the Myanmar Disaster, we donated a ShelterBox providing shelter and supplies. We have adopted Aiea Elementary and will sponsor several projects, including their Literacy Club Program, Keiki Vision and Slippers for Keiki; with a Rotary Foundation District Simplified Grant we sponsored Art for Academics in which member John McLaughlin taught art to 5th graders at this school. Our annual fundraiser, The Harmony of the Pacific, will be held in the spring and proceeds are used for college scholarships, feeding the hungry, literacy and other community projects, such as last year's painting of the Kalihi-Palama Health Center's Women's Clinic located at IHS Women and Families Shelter, our annual Christmas Lunch for Seniors held at Susanna Wesley Community Center, and Children's Books by Hawaii authors donated to a schools.

We would be honored if you can join us at the Oahu Country Club Monday at noon for fellowship, a program of importance to the local or international community, and to promote the goals of Rotary.

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

Aloha in Making Dreams Real!

Donna M. Fasone McLaughlin
President
Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor
Phone: 487-5304
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Meeting location: Oahu Country Club