Four Avenues of Service - Vocational Service

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VOCATIONAL SERVICE is a fun category for us because we love taking Vocational tours all around the island of Maui.  Listed below are the projects and activities that we did during the 2009-10 Rotary year AND WE TOOK FIRST RUNNER-UP IN THIS CATEGORY.

• Club Program featuring 4-Way Test with description of the Andy & Elmer Ethics & 4-Way Test activity with 2nd graders
• Vocational talks by our new members
• Tours of Four Maui Businesses:  Back of the House of the Grand Wailea Resort, Pacific Whale Sancturary Education Prograns, Leilani Farms Sanctuary, Boys and Girls Club of Maui Central Club House
• Employee Recognition of the staff of The Five Palms Resturant
• Youth Mentoring Program - "What Every Waverider Should Know" for 6th graders at Lokelani Middle School
• Youth Mentoring Program - "Andy and Elmer Apple Dumpling Adventure" - 3 lessons based on the 4-Way test presented to 2nd graders at two Kihei elementary schools
• Vocational Service Awards for Excellence in Literacy Activities presented to a teacher at Kihei and Kamalii Elementary Schools
• Paul Harris Recognition presented to principals at Kihei and Kamalii Elementary Schools on as a result of contributions from Charter Member Dr. John Moore

Mischel gets kissed by a donkey at Leilani Farms Sanctuary tour	Presenting Paul Harris Recgnition to Principal Alvin Shima, Kihei School

 

YOUTH SERVICES  IS A DIVISION IN THIS CATEGORY AND WE TOOK FIRST RUNNER-UP IN THIS CATEGORY AS WELL..  These are the Youth Service projects that we organized and took part in this year: 

• Sponsored Rotaract of MCC with contributions to attend the D5000 Conference
• Camp RYLA - two of our members serve as co-directors of this 90-student camp.  15 of our members participated and some members made personal contributions to support additional camp activities and programs
• Our club sponsors the Capanash/Corbett Memorial Scholarship for a student at Kihei Charter HS.  We also support and sponsor the HRYF program; two Kahmehameha HS students received $5000 awards from this program
• Mentoring/Ethics Projects:  "Andy and Elmer Apple Dumpling Adventure" presented in 3 lessons to 350 2nd grade students at two local elementary schoolls.  "What Every Waverider Should Know" - taught by club members to 8th graders to present to 6th graders at Lokelani Intermediate School
• 550 Dictionaries presented to 3rd and 4th graders at two elementary schools
• Keiki Kupboard/School Supplies Drive - had drive and presented  collected supplies, proceeds + additional funds to stock throughout the year Kupboards at two elementary schools
• Hawaiian Humpback Whale Sanctuary Education Programs - provided financial assistance for educational materials
• Read Aloud America Program - 1/2 of club members participate as Volunteer Readers for this evening program at five local Maui elementary schools
• Newspapers In Education - provide funding for class set of newspapers for a social studies teacher at Lokelani Intermediate School
• Books to School Libraries - in lieu of speaker's gift, presented $800 of books to to local elementary school libraries
• School in Crisis Funding - Presented financial assistance to a local Maui elementary school when fire gutted three classrooms

Andy & Elmer Ethics/4-Way Test Project with 2nd graders	Books to two School Libraries