Windward Y Service Club
1200 Kailua Rd., Kailua, HI 96744
We meet at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of each month, at the Windward YMCA, 1200 Kailua Rd.
Anyone is welcome to join us at our meetings or at any of our activities.
Aside from our steady service to our local YMCA branch, we are involved in a number of community activities with organizations such as Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii, the Boys & Girls Club of Kailua, Kahaluu Elementary School and a spouse abuse center.
We raise money for all of them but we are particularly good at producing and serving food, which we do at a number of functions.
We are a serious financial contributor to the YMCA's Annual Support Campaign and our liaison with the "Y" is close. Two of our members serve on the local YMCA Board of Managers and the executive director of Windward YMCA, as well as a senior staffer, are fully active members of our club.
Currently we have 18 members –– 15 adults representing a wide cross-section of our community, plus three youth members.
Please call me at 235-3619 and I will be glad to tell you more about us.
Our dues are $80 a year, but the first year is free for any new member.
Thank you for your interest in our club.
Aloha,
Joe-Ann McCarthy
President, 2010-2012
New: A gallery of photos from the blessing of our newly
renovated YMCA branch in Kailua is here.
Also: A gallery of photos from the October 22 “Hallo-Wine” fund raiser for Windward YMCA is here.
From the latest “Windward Y’er,”
our club bulletin:
January 2012
To get a PDF copy of the whole four-page issue click here.
President’s Message
from Joe-Ann McCarthy
As a reminder, we will not be having a meeting in February due to the Annual Support Campaign. However, we are still hosting the Metro District meeting and Convention meeting on Saturday, January 28th, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Windward YMCA’s newly renovated meeting room.
Lunch will be served for those who attend the meetings.
At our next meeting on March 5th, please don’t forget to bring all the toiletry items you’ve collected so we can complete packaging our toiletry kits for the Windward women’s shelters.
To date, ten members and five of their guests will be attending the Hawaii Region Convention in Las Vegas. Please sign up early for the convention!
Gung Hee Fat Choy, the Year of the Dragon begins January 23rd, 2012.
Our condolences to Phil Chun (Kalihi) and his family at the passing of Mei-Chih. I recall Mei-Chih beaming with pride at one of our district Christmas parties as she was the winner of the Jun Ken A Po game and she proudly showed off her winnings.
God bless you Mei-Chih, you were an inspiration of strength for all of us.
Mei-Chih and Phil at the 2010 Metro District Christmas Party.
Open House Shows Y’s Bright New Look
By Jim Kanehira
Windward YMCA held an open house on Saturday, January 14th, to celebrate the completion of the renovations to the building. It was great to enter the YMCA again from the front entrance which had been closed for several months.
People saw a bright office, a newly renovated enclosed wh
ite roof with bright lights, a real cheerful atmosphere.
People were greeted by many staff who manned tables and stations with printed materials and information, and also healthful snacks.
Ongoing programs were in full swing, along with demonstrations conducted by volunteers in hula, tai-chi, slow movement senior exercises and Zumba.
In the back, swim classes were held with parents viewing their children in progress. Flying Eagle and several parent/child program children played with their cars on the fast wooden track.
Also available was child care services for parents who were doing exercises.
Visitors learned what the Y stood for and programs offered.
Many people were sold and signed up that day.
As a Y supporter, it made me proud to be a part of Windward YMCA.
YMCA ASC Launches on February 9
The Annual Support Campaign for the Y starts with a kickoff dinner on Thursday, February 9th, in the Castle Medical Center’s Healthy Lifestyles Center. Please be there for this important, but fun, event to kick off the campaign to raise $70,000 for our branch’s help for branch users who can’t afford their needed programs.
For those who haven’t participated before, or those who could use a brush up on how to solicit donations, there will be two coaching rallies, one in the evening of Thursday, February 2nd, and the other Saturday morning, February 4th.
You will be hearing from campaign leaders about these events.
There are report nights at the Windward Branch on Thursdays, February 16th and 23rd and March 1st, followed by the Victory Dinner on March 16th.
These will all be at the branch and the big final event will be in the newly covered and lit courtyard, now dubbed the “Great Room.”
Our club’s Marion Liu and Jim Kanehira are the co-chairs for the campaign and as of this writing, Russ Lynch and Ken Kadomoto have agreed to serve as team captains.
The Y needs all of our help and we’ll make sure it’s there.
Our Young Members Are Doing Well
By Marion Liu
Our youth members are now young adults, all in college and doing well.
Lindsey, now 22 years young, graduated from University of Washington this past June. She’s earning a few more credits from Kapiolani Community College before enrolling at UH Hilo Pharmacy School.
Makena is enjoying his sophomore year at UH Manoa. He just celebrated his 20th birthday. College and dorm life suits suits him fine. He can also fend for himself. Aunty Joe-Ann taught him at a younger age to cook.
Ryan is now 6’ 1” tall. He is presently enrolled at Feather River Community College in Quincy, CA. It’s a very new experience for him –– the cold winter, cooking his own dinners etc. and experiencing dorm life. He seems to have acclimated himself quite well.
Popo Marion is praying that he gets picked by a Division 1 college so she could see him play baseball professionally.
Windward YMCA Renovations
Work began finally on October 3rd on the long awaited renovations at our YMCA Windward Branch. In spite of procedural changes and some inconveniences, work has not deterred members from attending and enjoying the on-going programs.
On a morning visit made by Jim on October 7th, he observed a full class of adult fitness class being conducted in the group exercise room, a senior tai-chi class being conducted in the backyard along with a group of youngsters being supervised by a YMCA leader.
The project consists of a roof over the courtyard and walls around it, to create one large room. The branch hopes the work will all be done by Christmas.
Inspiration –– Christian Emphasis
Whether we are poets or
parents or teachers
or artists or gardeners,
we must start where we are and use what we have.
In the process of creation and relationship, what seems
mundane and trivial may show itself to
be holy, precious, part of
a pattern.
by Luci Shaw
We all have gifts to offer to help others.
All we have to do is use them.
Karel Ling
Club Service Director for Christian Emphasis
Live for the Day
Yesterday is but a dream.
Tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore to this day.
To live well today, we must make every effort to be healthy. To do this, we should eat right, gently move our body (exercise), sleep well.
We must move our mind, body and bowel. Living long can only be meaningful when we can enjoy each day with wellness.
Club Events Dates Shifted
The regular club meeting for February has been canceled because we’ll all be too busy with the Y’s Annual Support Campaign.
We’ll meet instead on Monday, March 5th, at the Y. We’ll make this a sort-and-package night for those toiletry items you’ve collected as gifts for the women in the Windward abuse shelters.
At our January meeting, it was decided to postpones a social get-together we had been considering for February, again because of ASC. The plan now is to hold that even in April, maybe for the Mongolian barbecue on Marine Corps Base Hawaii or perhaps at Mid Pacific Country Club, where they also have a Mongolian barbecue.
As of press time for this edition, it’s hoped to use that April occasion for bring in Yoshi Tsukayama so she can be presented with a special medal honoring her late husband Conrad’s service in the 442nd Battalion in Europe in World War II.
Dis -n-Dat
Deepest condolences to Kalihi Club’s Philip Chun and family for the loss of Mei-Chih. She was a staunch and loving supporter of Phil in every effort of service to the community and her children. She will be missed by all.
Congratulations to Jen Townsend on being promoted to be Executive Director and
CEO of Leeward YMCA.
And congratulations to birthday “kid” Marion who had a birthday (we’re not saying which one) on January 25th.
Club Calendar
January 28, Saturday
11:45 a.m. We host Metro
District meeting at
Windward Y. Lunch served.
(Follows Convention mtg.)
February 9, Thursday
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Annual Support Campaign
Kickoff. Castle Medical
Center.
February is ASC
See story in this issue for
Annual Support Campaign
dates and times.
March 5,Monday
6 p.m. Club meeting.
Windward YMCA. Bring
toiletries to sort and pack
for women’s abuse centers
May 4 & 5, Friday/Saturday
76th Hawaii Region
Convention, Las Vegas
August 2-5, 2012
International Convention
Stavanger, Norway.
Y’sdom Acronyms
The latest one sounds like “Why sigh.” It’s the acronym YSCI, standing for Y Service Clubs International, and it’s just one of those many sets of initials our
organization uses every day.
Old-timers got to know most of them over the years but they can be confusing to newcomers hearing what seem like words such as ape.” (Ray Seto and Phil Sammer have each been an “ape.”)
So here’s a list to help:
AP Area President
APE Area President Elect
AS Area Secretary
ASD Area Service Director
ASD Alexander Scholarship Fund
ATC Area Travel Coordinator
BC Brother Club
BF Brotherhood Fund
BFEC Brotherhood Fund Expenditure Committee
CE Christian Emphasis
CS Community Service
DG District Governor
EF Endowment Fund
EMC Extension/Membership Committee
IBC International Brother Clubs
IC International Council
IC International Convention
ICM International Council Member
IEO International Exec.Officer
IHQ International Headquarters
IP International President
IPE International Pres. Elect
IPIP Immediate Past IP
IPRD Immediate Past Regional Director
ISD International Service Director
ISG International Secretary General
IT International Treasurer
ITC International Travel Coordinator
LDP Leadership Development Program
LTOD Leadership Training & Organizational Development
M/C Membership/Conservation
PIP Past International President
RD Regional Director
RDE Regional Director Elect
RSD Regional Service Director
RTC Regional Travel Coordinator
STEP Short-term Exchange Program
TOF Time of Fast Global Projects
YA Youth Activities
YL Y Service Clubs Liaison to YMCA
YMI Y’s Men International
YMC Y’s Men’s Clubs
YSC Y Service Club
YSCI Y Service Clubs International
If at the beginning:
I = International
A = Area
R = Region
D = District
P = Past
Windward Y Service Club
2011/2012
Chartered April, 1980
President: Joe-Ann McCarthy
Vice president: James Kanehira
Secretary: Bill Stone
Treasurer: Marion Liu
Members: Kenneth Kadomoto,
Karel A. Ling, Russ Lynch,
Jack McCarthy, Freda Nakamoto.
Karla Redding, Donna Saito, Donald Scott, Osamu Shoji,
Emma Thomas, Wendy Tupper.
Youth Members:
Makena Liu, Ryan McMonigle
Young-Adult Member:
Lindsey McMonigle
Bulletin Editor: James Kanehira
Email: jkjimini@gmail.com
Production by Russ Lynch
Email: russlynch@mac.com
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