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NEWS - What's Happening in Our Region
Metro District’s Great Christmas Party:
The Metropolitan District of Y’s Men Hawaii, made up of the six clubs on Oahu, had a great joint Christmas party at the Kalihi YMCA on December 5. It was well attended, the food was great and the fellowship was tremendous. We had games and songs, lots of laughs and a wonderful time. Metro District Governor Phil Chun has expressed his desire to see the Oahu clubs do more things together and this was a very successful start in that direction. Click on the food-line picture below to be taken to an online gallery of pictures from the Metro party.
Mid-Year Meeting Minutes & Reports:
The minutes of the November 15 Hawaii Region Mid-Year Cabinet Meeting can now be viewed online. Also available are all the reports from the top Hawaii Region officers, the various service directors, the club presidents and other leaders of Ysdom in Hawaii. The midyear
Lots of Activity on Kauai:
The East Kauai Y’s Men’s Club is a very active body and, to share that activity with the rest of us, they have chosen to take advantage of the opportunity to have a page in this website. To go to it, click on the club’s name in the list of clubs at left. Here is just one example -- East Kauai member Gaetano Vasta is Santa Claus at the club’s Christmas party. Gaetano drove 45 minutes each way to be Santa and couldn’t even stay for dinner because he had to be back for a prior commitment. Click on the Christmas party photo to go direct to a gallery of East Kauai Y’s Men’s Club photos.
Club Bulletins:
Kalihi got a new bulletin, for December, out late last month and “FYI” is included in our Club Bulletins section. Others out recently include Central’s “Y’s Observer”, Nuuanu’s “Y’s Up.” November issues of Kalihi’s “FYI,” East Kauai’s “The Y’s Informer,” Hilo’s “Y’s Cracks” and Nuuanu’s “Y’s Up,” as well as Kaimuki’s “Lima Hana” for October and Windward’s “Windward Y’er” for September/October. There are a lot of earlier club bulletins in our files. You can find them in "Club Bulletins" The most recent ones have their titles in bold type. Check the Club Bulletins page often. The editors are doing a great job and it’s good to read about what the other clubs are doing.
New Name for Hilo Club
It is now the Hilo Y’s Men & Women Service Club. No apostrophes except the one after the “Y” and the women, always a strong component of Hilo and the other clubs, now get recognition in the new, longer, name for what was the Hilo Y’s Men’s Cub. The club, by the way, still has 22 regular members and one honorary member.
New Picture Gallery:
We’ve put together a collection of pictures of our Hawaii Y’s Men and Women in action serving their YMCAs and their communities and decided to share them. You can pick individual pictures to enlarge or you can run a slideshow. Find the Web Gallery here.
See the RD’s Blog:
On the menu at left you’ll find “RD’s Blog,” a page for Regional Director Rick Lau. Keep an eye on it, as it will be topped often with a new item.
Debbie Redmond Speech:
U.S. Area Corporate Secretary Debbie Redmond did some deep thinking about the present and future states of Y'sdom and prepared a strong speech for her May visit to Hawaii. She used excerpts, but you can read the whole speech here.
A gallery of photos from the 72nd Hawaii Region Convention on Maui is available on the Internet. The photo at right shows Nuuanu President James Chong, left, receiving the “Club of the Year” award from then-Regional Director Phil Sammer. To go to the convention photo gallery, just click on the photo.
Metro Endowment Dinner:
The Kaimuki Y's Men's Club ran its Endowment and New Member Induction Dinner for the six Metro District clubs on May 22nd and, as usual, it was an enjoyable and rewarding experience. To see a photo gallery, click here.
Rosters:
Rosters of all officers and members of the Hawaii Region of Y's Men International and its clubs are available on the Internet. Go to the "Members Only" page. The rosters are being updated so if you spot an error let your webmaster know. You need a password to see the rosters. If you don't know it, email the webmaster.