Rotary Celebrating svitE 100- Years of SERVICE Club of Hilo 100 YEARS Rotary = Service Mentoring Youth In 1920, 13 local businessmen came together to create the Rotary Club of Hilo, meeting each month in original (and classy) Hilo Hotel. For the past 100 years, the Rotary Club of Hilo has been providing Service for our community and throughout the world. How to insure our club survives for another 100 years? it's all about bringing the next generation into the idea that all should "give back"! In 100 years, our club has come a long way since then. Historically, Rotary was a men's organiza- tion, only welcoming women in 1987. Today, our club is half women, and it's no longer an "Old men meeting to write checks" organization. One quarter of our membership is under the age of 49, ono-licious lunch time meals for the residents of the with numerous young people under the age of 29. Hawaii Island Home for Recovery. Covid hasn't stopped the club from providing needed services in our community. Each Thursday, aged students. Beach and park clean-ups will re- our "Go Cook 'Em" crew prepares and packages "Interact" is like Rotary Junior for high school turn when Covid loosens its hold on all of us! Financial Support It's not all "sweat equity" in Rotary. There are a lot of local and international projects and quality non- profits that need financial support. That's where fundraising comes in. Our annual Hilo Brewfest (going virtual this year!) is our signature fundraising campaign. We annually support the Hilo Medical Foundation's Residency Training Program and the Friends of the Children's Justice Center of East Hawaii who help abused keiki right here in our community. Won't you help us help them? Support our virtual Brewfest-in-a-Box" It's hard, if not impossible, to get a photo of our entire club, but here's a photo from a February "Wear Red for Women's Health Day," a part of the American Heart Month campaign. As part of Earth Day, RC of Hilo members work at Kalanianaole Park. it's a job that never ends! by purchasing tickets at www.hilobrewfest.com! 100 "Things" 1001 Apr C an Traing DOLLAR "Se Thnd and cabral Fele e fer 100 For our 100th year, Rotary Club President Nancy Cabral sent out a challenge to members... collect Needy students in Fiji have a special place in our at least 100 of each month's project to be do- nated to the community. 100: backpacks, masks, bags of rice, packages of underwear, blankets, items for hygiene bags and much, much more! Collection continues through the end of June. Apr ary hearts. Here members provide books to the school the club helped build. Thousands of dol- lars were collected to purchase Shelter Boxes after the devastating earthquake that nearly lev- eled the island. I mua, Fiji! C i Cter f Ea H Seee Thd d Neney cabralL Want to learn more about Rotary and our Club? Leave us a note on the CONTACT page at www.hilorotary.org Rotary Celebrating svitE 100- Years of SERVICE Club of Hilo 100 YEARS Rotary = Service Mentoring Youth In 1920, 13 local businessmen came together to create the Rotary Club of Hilo, meeting each month in original (and classy) Hilo Hotel. For the past 100 years, the Rotary Club of Hilo has been providing Service for our community and throughout the world. How to insure our club survives for another 100 years? it's all about bringing the next generation into the idea that all should "give back"! In 100 years, our club has come a long way since then. Historically, Rotary was a men's organiza- tion, only welcoming women in 1987. Today, our club is half women, and it's no longer an "Old men meeting to write checks" organization. One quarter of our membership is under the age of 49, ono-licious lunch time meals for the residents of the with numerous young people under the age of 29. Hawaii Island Home for Recovery. Covid hasn't stopped the club from providing needed services in our community. Each Thursday, aged students. Beach and park clean-ups will re- our "Go Cook 'Em" crew prepares and packages "Interact" is like Rotary Junior for high school turn when Covid loosens its hold on all of us! Financial Support It's not all "sweat equity" in Rotary. There are a lot of local and international projects and quality non- profits that need financial support. That's where fundraising comes in. Our annual Hilo Brewfest (going virtual this year!) is our signature fundraising campaign. We annually support the Hilo Medical Foundation's Residency Training Program and the Friends of the Children's Justice Center of East Hawaii who help abused keiki right here in our community. Won't you help us help them? Support our virtual Brewfest-in-a-Box" It's hard, if not impossible, to get a photo of our entire club, but here's a photo from a February "Wear Red for Women's Health Day," a part of the American Heart Month campaign. As part of Earth Day, RC of Hilo members work at Kalanianaole Park. it's a job that never ends! by purchasing tickets at www.hilobrewfest.com! 100 "Things" 1001 Apr C an Traing DOLLAR "Se Thnd and cabral Fele e fer 100 For our 100th year, Rotary Club President Nancy Cabral sent out a challenge to members... collect Needy students in Fiji have a special place in our at least 100 of each month's project to be do- nated to the community. 100: backpacks, masks, bags of rice, packages of underwear, blankets, items for hygiene bags and much, much more! Collection continues through the end of June. Apr ary hearts. Here members provide books to the school the club helped build. Thousands of dol- lars were collected to purchase Shelter Boxes after the devastating earthquake that nearly lev- eled the island. I mua, Fiji! C i Cter f Ea H Seee Thd d Neney cabralL Want to learn more about Rotary and our Club? Leave us a note on the CONTACT page at www.hilorotary.org