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Happy Anniversary SI Honolulu! Wow, 75 years of improving the lives of women and girls. From now on, February 27th will be known as Soroptimist International of Honolulu Day in the state of Hawaii. CONGRATULATIONS.

Thank you to those who came to the Next Step Project in January to help celebrate the birthdays of the children staying at the shelter. We had a bouncer, arts and crafts, balloon animals and cake and presents for the children. There were big smiles on the children’s faces.

Congratulations to Tisha Villanueva and Jessica Lafaele, our club’s Women’s Opportunity Awardees. What a moving and awesome experience it was to hear their stories at our joint club award banquet in March. This is why we work hard to fundraise and to keep our club fiscally sound. This award betters the lives of these women in many ways. It was a proud SIH moment.

Also to our Violet Richardson Award winner Arisa Hirabayashi and our Ruby Award winner Dr. Nicole Littenberg. These women are a shining example of women helping women in our community and around the world.

I look forward to seeing you all soon. Make sure to check out our upcoming events section and don’t forget to save the date for our Soroptimist Annual Gala Fundraiser on August 24th, 2013.

As I look ahead I am excited about what we have accomplished and for the future of our club. I know we are in for 75 more wonderful years!

Sincerely,

Shawnee Hammer SI Honolulu President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: “Individually we can make a difference, together we can make an impact”

January-March 2013

Volume 7, Issue 4

Soroptimist International of Honolulu

2012-2013 LEADERSHIP TEAM

OFFICERS:

President Shawnee Hammer

Immediate Past President

Julie Arigo

Vice President Mollye Lewis

Secretary Holly Duarte

Treasurer Kim Jones

DIRECTORS:

2011-2013 Katie Yoshioka Paulette Suzuki

2012-2014 Corazon Dumlao

Thuy Nguyen-Martines

“Always striving to improve the lives of women and girls, in

local communities and throughout the world.”

Shawnee Hammer President 2012-2013


SI Honolulu, SI Central Oahu and SI Waikiki Foundation, Inc. joined forces to coordinate a service project to provide workshops to women of the Oahu domestic violence shelters focused on providing them with the necessary education and skills to lead more productive lives. The pilot program was launched in November 2012 with the Leeward Domestic Abuse Shelter. A survey was conducted of the women in the shelter to determine their requests for skills and education. Two workshops on finance and two workshops on makeup applications were provided by members of the three clubs.

The changes we hoped to instill was an uplifting of spirits and self esteem with a goal of helping these women see their self-potential and ability to move forward towards a more positive future. Workshop participants asked questions, applied themselves and thanked Soroptimist for taking the time to come out and be with them. Attendance grew at each workshop with the positive word-of-mouth sharing from participants with the rest of the women at the shelter.

Due to the successful execution of the pilot program, the three clubs plan to make this a yearly project with the hopes of growing it into a comprehensive collection of developed workshops that will fulfill the needs of the women in our Oahu shelters.

Power to the Wahine

January 23, 2013 Business and Program Meeting SIH welcomed guest speaker, Kathy Xian of Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery (PASS) to give a short presentation on slavery, what PASS does and an update on what has been happening locally. Members can help by providing testimony for hearings to support bills being considered for legislation. PASS can provide templates for testimony and notification of hears. President Shawnee Hammer presented Kathy with SIH’s $500 donation to PASS.

PASS contact: www.facebook.com/traffickjamming www.traffickjamming.org [email protected]

Members at the January meeting pose for SIH’s official club photo.

Volume 7, Issue 4

SIH is thrilled to welcome new members Anna Kidder, Bari Younce, Kathy Shiratori, Kristi Bates, Kristin Alm, and Subin Ueda!

SIH Welcomes Six New Members!

Next Step Shelter Birthday Party SIH Members coordinated and volunteered at the January Next Step Shelter Birthday Party for the Children of the shelter. Next Step is a homeless shelter for families. At the time there were 33 children at the shelter with 5 birthdays being celebrated for the month.

Thank you to the members that donated and volunteered. Bouncers and balloon making were donated by businesses through member contacts. SIH provided a cake, craft activities, birthday gifts and goodie bags.

Inducted at the January 23, 2013 Business and Program Meeting: Kristin Alm, Subin Ueda and Anna Kidder with SIH President Shawnee Hammer.

Inducted at the February 27, 2013 75th Anniversary Dinner: Kathy Shiratori, Kristi Bates and Bari Younce, with SIH President Shawnee Hammer and District Director Lorene Hopkins.

Happy Birthday!

Teri Lynn Sato Jennifer Macaraeg Barbara Paulo January 22 March 3 March 27

“There are two ways of spreading light. To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.”

- Edith Wharton


75th Anniversary Celebration


SIH celebrated it’s 75th Anniversary on February 27, 2013 at the Willow’s Restaurant with food and fellowship. The special program featured a historic presentation of SIH, new member inductions, guest speaker Iris Okawa and special proclamations and congratulatory messages.


Na Kuikawa Makana - 2013 Soroptimist International Awards Banquet The 2013 Awards Banquet on March 23 at Waialae Country Club recognized winners of the Youth Citizenship Award, Violet Richardson Award, Women’s Opportunity Award and the Soroptimist Ruby Award. SIH would like to congratulate all of the award recipients and send a special thank you to the judges and awards committee.

SIH $750 VRA Winner Arisa Hirabayashi

Organization Sendai City Volunteer Center

SIH $5,000 WOA Winner Tisha Villanueva

SIH $3,000 WOA Winner Jessica Lafaele

SIH $1,000 WOA Winner Dr. Nicole Littenberg

Organization: Pacific Survivor Center

Youth Citizenship Award

Reece Foy (SIWFI) Kimi Hashimoto (SIWFI) Emma Hathaway (SICO)

Violet Richardson Award

Layla Fidel (SIWFI) Pomaikaikealoha Nakoa (SICO)

Aria Hirabayashi (SIH)

Women’s Opportunity Award

Tanti Septianti (SICO) Amber Carlson (SIWFI) TishaVillanueva (SIH)

Summerly Botelho-Jamorabon (SIWFI)

Jessica Lafaele (SIH) Anyah Albert (SICO)

Corinthia Kapololu (SIWFI) Marleina Dee Capua (SICO)

Soroptimist Ruby Award

Nicole Littenberg, MD, MPH (SIH)

Volume 7, Issue 4

SIH Board Meeting April 4, 2013

CPB 4th Floor Conference Room

Business and Program Meeting Speaker: Pam Chambers

April 24, 2013 Waialae Country Club

Blanket Making Party April 28, 2013 Location TBA

Founder Region Conference May 3- 5, 2013

San Ramon, California

SIH Board Meeting May 7, 2013


Business and Program Meeting May 22, 2013

Nohona Kahala Community Clubhouse

High Tea Club Social May 25, 2013

Halekulani

SIH Board Meeting June 4, 2013


Business and Program Meeting 2013-2014 Officer Inductions

June 26, 2013 Waialae Country Club

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Save the Date!

President Kim Jones

President Elect Holly Duarte

Vice President Paulette Suzuki

Treasurer Thuy Nguyen-Martines

Secretary Kathy Shiratori

2013-2015 Directors Pam Cabrera Anna Kidder

Elections to be held at the April 24, 2013 Business and

Program Meeting

2013-2014 SIH Board of Director Nominations

P.O. Box 3341 Honolulu, HI 96801-3341

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Martha Stewart’s Egg Salad

9 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1 celery rib, diced into small pieces 3/4 teaspoon mustard powder or 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/4 teaspoon Madras curry powder, optional You can also add cayenne pepper instead of the mustards if you like a spicy flavor Salt and pepper 1 small radicchio leaf or 1 small arugula leaf, washed and spun dry 8-12 slices whole wheat bread In medium bowl, place eggs, mayonnaise, celery, mustard powder, curry powder, salt and pepper and gently mix until combined. You can toast the bread or leave it untoasted and spread an additional layer of mayonnaise on each half of bread. Line half of the slices with radicchio or arugula leaves. Spread with an even layer of egg salad. Top with remaining slice of bread.

Source: http://www.food.com/recipe/martha-stewarts-egg-salad-115961

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