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Arruda is Hilo Bay Rotary Club’s 2016 youth scholarship awardee

Posted on 12:05 pm, Monday, May 2, 2016. Tags: rotary club, scholarship

Jyselle Arruda of Hilo High School has been awarded the 2016 Youth scholarship from the Hilo Bay Rotary Club. Ms. Arruda will receive a cash award of $5,000 for her planned studies at the University of Hawaii-Hilo. A member of the National Society of High School Scholars and active in community service and school clubs, […]

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Kapilina Brick Garden at West Hawaii Civic Center

Posted on 10:40 am, Sunday, April 17, 2011. Tags: hawaii island growing our own teachers, kapilina brick garden, rotary club, west hawaii civic center

MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Island Rotarians, with cooperation from the County of Hawaii, are creating a community brick garden at the new Civic Center with all the net proceeds benefiting Big Island non-profits. Kapilina, the name for the brick garden is a Hawaiian word meaning the connection of the past to the present and into the […]

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Tsunami 2011: Rotary Clubs, residents show ‘Aloha for Japan’

Posted on 7:12 am, Monday, March 28, 2011. Tags: ann goody, japan, rotary club, tsunami

More than $64,000 raised to supply stricken areas with ShelterBoxes; donations still being accepted

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Buy a brick, help ‘Grow Our Own Teachers’

Posted on 3:58 am, Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Tags: growing our own teachers, rotary club, west hawaii civic center

MEDIA RELEASE Growing Our Own Teachers’ initial fundraising effort is joint project with Rotary Clubs, other community groups and the County of Hawaii to create an everlasting tribute on the site of the new West Hawaii Civic Center. Laser engraved bricks are available for sale now through Dec. 10. These bricks will be professionally placed […]

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Project Compassion: Family Support Services

Posted on 6:58 am, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Tags: bev fraser, denny's restaurant, family support services, project compassion, rotary club

MEDIA RELEASE Family Support Services will be participating in Project Compassion this month. Everyone is invited to join in recognition of Child Abuse and Prevention Month, 4-9 p.m. Sunday, April 19 at Dennyâ€™s Restaurant in Kona. Â Â For those five hours, Dennyâ€™s has agreed to donate 20 percent of gross revenue, plus all tips, to […]

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Help wanted: Keiki playground renovations a community effort

Posted on 3:29 am, Thursday, March 12, 2009. Tags: cliff kopp, councilwoman brenda ford, higashihara county park, ironman foundation, kamakana children's playground, rotary club

If your idea of fun is hanging out 40 feet up in the air, aiming a power hose at an old wooden tower, you really need to call this guy …

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Project Compassion boosts Kealakehe Project Grad

Posted on 6:14 pm, Monday, March 2, 2009. Tags: denny's, kealakehe project grad, project compassion, rotary club

The next Project Compassion is coming up March 8. Â In addition to Big Island Toyota and HMSA, the Rotary Club of Kona is sponsoring Kealakehe Project Grad at this event. Â Former Councilman Angel Pilago and his wife Nita will be among the servers. Project Compassion is a partnership between Dennyâ€™s Restaurant, the Rotary Club […]

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