Welcome to the Hawaii Region of
Y Service Clubs International
Welcome to our Web pages. We are a non-profit organization of men, women and youth, dedicated to providing service to the YMCA and Hawaii's communities. Membership is very rewarding.
Sharon Ishida, Regional Director 2012-2014
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Convention Video. Check out the YouTube video of the fun we had playing slots tournaments in the mornings before our convention business May 4 and 5 at the Main Street Station, Las Vegas. And now there is also a photo gallery. Some more-serious reporting from the convention will appear here soon.

Annual Support Campaign Success -- Oahu Y Service Clubs generated a whopping 12 percent of all the contributions pledged for the 2012 YMCA of Honolulu Annual Support Campaign, $124,797 out of the total of $1.04 million, earning a big “thank you” from Y President and CEO Mike Broderick.

New Facebook Page. Check out the early beginnings of a Facebook group page for Y Service Clubs Hawaii. Many more “friends” will soon be added. Hawaii members: To make our group an effective means of communication, please join Facebook and join our group. It is an “open” group, which means all Facebook members can read all the items posted and see all the pictures but only members of our group can post items and photos.

Endowment Dinner. The Metropolitan District of Y Service Clubs Hawaii, made up of the six clubs on Oahu, will celebrate those members and friends who are in the Golden Book of Y Service Clubs International, honored for their service to Y’sdom. The event will be the Manoa Grand Ballroom at the Japanese Cultural Center on May 24, starting at 6 p.m. See the invitation flyer for details of the cost and so on. Donations in their names have been made to the International Endowment Fund, whose proceeds are used to help Y’sdom. (Click here for more information on Endowment.) To see pictures from last year’s endowment dinner click here.

New Hawaii Club Bulletins. Kaimuki May. Central May. Nuuanu April. Windward April. Kalihi March. West Oahu January. Club bulletins as far back as 2006 are available via Club Bulletins in the menu at left.

New Regional Director. At our Hawaii Region convention in Las Vegas, Sharon Ishida, a longtime Y Service Clubs member (Kaimuki), became Regional Director to serve for the next two years.

May “Family Letter.” Monthly publication from the great people at Y Service Clubs International in Geneva.

News: Hilo’s Toshi Kawasaki passes. Toshi Kawasaki, a true Y's Men member for nearly 56 years, died March 14th at the age of 79. Services and a celebration of his life were held in Hilo on March 23rd. This link takes you to the Hilo club’s page, where you can read what President Lance Niimi had to say about this great and much-loved Y’s Man.

New U.S. Area Bulletin. There’s a new “Y’s Alliance” out for January-March 2012 with some good information from the Y Service Clubs International U.S. Area and a number of its regions and clubs. There’s an article on Hawaii clubs’ efforts in support of Meals on Wheels.

New Area President Elect. Debbie Redmond of St. Louis has been voted President Elect of the U.S. Area of Y Service Clubs International.

Acronyms Used in Y’sdom Our organization’s documents and reports are full of acronyms and some of them can be pronounced as words like “ape” and “why sigh.” Don’t know what they all mean? Click here for a list.

U.S. Area Picks Las Vegas for 2013. Annual meeting in St. Louis also votes dues increase, opts to seek hosting an International Convention in Hawaii in 2016.