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Rotary Club Of Mililani Sunrise Has A Passion For Giving Back To Community
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explains. “On the internation- al level, we partnered with our sister club, Rotary Club of Manila Bay, in the Rotary Foundation Matching Grant program. The grant helped to build water systems in 27 barangays (small communi- ties within a town), including five schools in the Province of Quezon, Philippines, that provided clean and potable water.”
says. “Rotary at Work Day is scheduled for April 23, and Mililani Sunrise is collabo- rating with police officer Tim Iinuma on a graffiti paint out project in Mililani. The city is providing the paint and equip- ment, and Iinuma and several other officers will select areas where graffiti will be painted over.”
Quest for Success at Mililani High School and Keiki Vision, an eye screening process for third-graders at the six ele- mentary schools in Mililani.
Nakachi has participated with five different clubs as a Rotarian. The charter mem- ber of Mililani Sunrise retired in January 2020 from First Hawaiian Bank as a business banking officer. Nakachi and his wife, Claudia, have two adult sons, Brandon and Bar- rett, and moved to Mililani in 1975. They currently reside in Mililani Mauka.
(Above) Students and faculty from Mililani area schools pose for a photo with the Peace Pole located at Mililani High School. (Inset) A plaque is located at the base of the Peace Pole. ANTHONY CONSILLIO PHOTOS
“However, the most re- warding community service project was the golf tourna- ment hosted by RCMS. It pro- vided 226 graduating seniors with $377,000 in scholarship grants. In addition, 43 scholars sponsored by RCMS students scholarships totaling $159,000 from the Hawai‘i Rotary Youth Foundation,” Nakachi
“My advice to interested citizens of Mililani is to attend one of our community projects to get the feel of giving back,” Nakachi says. “District 5000 and Mililani Sunrise have websites that interested mem- bers of the community can visit. As president, interested volunteers can contact me di- rectly.”
According to Nakachi, Mil- ilani Sunrise was launched on
July 1, 1996, with 30 mem- bers as the 36th club in Dis- trict 5000 under the leadership of charter president Steven Orimoto.
ian service organization,” Na- kachi says. “We are a diverse global network of community, business, and professional leaders who address relevant social causes to change lives and build goodwill and peace
at home and abroad. RCMS has been involved in many community-service projects, including feeding the home- less at The Institute for Human Services, Friends of the Mili- lani Public Library book sale,
For more information, visit mililanisunriserotary.org.
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