Newsdragon - September 09

NewsDragon Volume 57, Issue 9 : : September 2009 The Voice of the Honolulu Chinese Jaycees

2009 HCJ Board * Jonathan Cook President

Lily Fung Chairman

Ryan Ng Executive VP

Anthony Sato 2nd Vice Pres.

Ken Sum

3rd Vice Pres.

Krystal Lee 4th Vice Pres.

Ramy So Treasurer

James Kanda Michael Valiente Ross Lee Duc Nguyen Directors

Jesse Hosaka Webmaster

HCJ Takes Top Spot Again! Our congratulations to the HCJ Board & all our members for taking the #1 slot! The Chinese Jaycees have been honored once more as the top chapter in Hawaii. All your hard work at the Fair Food Booth, Dragon Boat, Healthy Baby and all the other projects has been recognized. Let’s keep it up as we go into the last stretch of 2009. We can do it!

___________________________ Healthy Baby Contest! Just on more date to get through for Healthy Baby, but it's The Big One. Yes, the Healthy Baby Finals, hosted once again by Michael W. Perry. It’s all happening at Ala Moana Center Stage and we need you down there to see it through. Sunday, September 20, 8AM @ Ala Moana Center Stage We ‘ll be finished by 1PM at the latest. Afterward we’re heading out together for Japanese food to celebrate. See Page 7 for details.

OCTOBER GMM Next GMM is on Tuesday, October 20th. Food Served. It all starts at 7PM at the Moiliili Community Center. See you there.

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President’s Message___________________________________________ Aloha! We have some busy days ahead with the Healthy Baby Finals still to be held and then we’re doing our part in the ‘Adopt-A-School Day’ on Sunday, October 11th. But first, let’s talk about the State Convention. The Convention, run by the Filipino Jaycees was a true success. Not only in the excellent way it was run, but also for how your chapter fared. HCJ came away with many awards for both individual and chapter achievement. You can read all about it on Page 6.

Healthy Baby – The Last Lap! A big mahalo to our HCJ members and friends for the incredible work you’ve contributed to the Stuffing Party and our 2 Preliminaries. We have only the Finals to go at Ala Moana on Sunday, Sept 20th. Be there at 8AM to get us up and running. Immediately afterward we’re going to some International Dining Out (Restaurant TBA) to celebrate as well as to enjoy some good food together.

Adopt A School Day! On Saturday, September 19th @ 6PM head down to the Ala Moana Center Stage for the Adopt A School Day Kickoff Rally! People from all the participating groups – Jaycees, Lions, Rotary, Etc. – will be there to get this big project off to a great start. After the Rally we move upstairs to Pearl for a lounge party. Admission at the Pearl event goes to the ‘Adopt A School’ program: $5 for Jaycees, $10 everyone else. Then, on Sunday, October 11h, HCJ will be actually doing our part on the official Adopt A School Day! We’re painting the Hoo Cho Chinese School. It’s located at 1342 7th Avenue, off of Waialae Ave in the Kaimuki/Palolo area. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and/or paint on. We’ll probably start at about 8:30AM. We’ll see you there! Your Friend, Jonathan Cook 58h President, “Forging New Leaders” Phone: 342-2737 / Email: [email protected]

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Healthy Baby Contest

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HCJ has once again taken up the Healthy Baby Contest, these past few weeks only being the public result of months of work behind the scenes. We’re especially proud to possibly be starting a new tradition: the new member as Healthy Baby Chairman! Last year Ken Sum did us proud taking the job in his 1st year and now Allan Wu has been a big inspiration, having only joined us this January! Our chapter wide involvement began on Sunday, August 30 as members, fellow chapter friends, State Officers and even our US Jaycees President, John Weber, gathered to stuff the goodie bags that are given to all contestants. It was a great example of teamwork and Jaycee work ethic, capped off with the serving of some ono food to express our gratitude for all the help. We were now ready for next week. th

1st Preliminary, Pearlridge Uptown Saturday, September 5. 8AM, Pearlridge Mall, Uptown. At this time of the day there were just 2 kinds of people there. Healthy Baby workers and senior citizens doing their morning laps around the mall. Our group got on the job right away, setting up the registration table, the tabulation center upstairs, the goodie bag table and everything else needed to run a successful event. While Krystal Lee brought the goodie bags in her van, the most anticipated arrival was Ken Sum, since he was bringing our food. Luckily he arrived on time, heading off any mass defections or small scale rioting by the hungry. Amazing how much work a person will do for a doughnut. Chairman Allan handled our arriving judges, getting them fed and settled before showtime. Despite his being utterly new to the Healthy Baby Contest he took every job and hurdle in stride. Our team handled approximately 150 baby contestants, all the way from the registration table to the stage line to the stage steps and on to the goodie bag table that was the final stop. While that was happening downstairs, our upstairs team tabulated the scoring, put our Walk Ins into the system and printed up certificates. A pro effort all the way around. Mahalo To Our Pearlridge Crew: Lindley Low, Kevin Nitta, Randy Kim, Stan Fichtman, Leigh Ohta, Krystal Lee, Faye Nakashima, Mike Fujioka, Carrie Azama, Thayer Goya, Melyssa Ching, Deanne Morimoto, Gerald Chung, Anthony Sato, Jon Nishihara, Allan Wu, Jon Nakasone, Annette Lum, Jason Tomita, Ana Che, Ramy So, Ryan Ng, Steven Antonio and, yes, even Ken Sum

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Convention Recap!_____________________________________________ If you’ve read the front page you already know the big news – HCJ was once again honored with the #1 spot in the Parade of Chapters. That means we’re the top Jaycees chapter in Hawaii so far this year! But there’s always more to State Convention than just POC. So join us at the Ohana Airport Hotel on the morning of Saturday, August 29th. We were honored to have Honolulu City Councilman Donovan Dela Cruz give us the full benefit of his experience in a lesser-known area of his life. Before serving on the City Council, Mr. Dela Cruz was in marketing. His training centered on the basics of this area, including the marketing of our Jaycees chapters. All who attended remarked on the great points raised in the training.

Our National President Visits The Islands He was not the only notable public figure in attendance, though. We were deeply honored to also have our Nat’l Jaycees President John Weber in town. President Weber began his day by meeting with Chapter Presidents, giving them solid advice from his years in Jaycees. Your HCJ President came away much encouraged from this session, realizing that many of our challenges, though difficult, are common experiences. As everyone knows, though, the Main Event is the evening banquet, when awards are given out for projects and individual achievement. In addition to our chapter’s top placement, many HCJ projects were recognized as outstanding. In fact, our chapter almost swept the project awards completely!

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Following the final awards and the traditional Electric Slide, it was time for a little pau hana. That meant heading for Party Central, located in the hotel room of our friends in the Filipino Jaycees. Toasts were served up in honor of all the attending chapters as well as your newly elected 2010 State President, Mr. Stan Fichtman (who started his Jaycee years in HCJ). Our team finally headed home close to midnight, tired but happy.

HCJ Awards – 2nd Trimester State Convention Outstanding Chapter Members – Ana Che & Jason Tomita Outstanding Chair(wo)man – Lily Fung Outstanding Chapter VP – Krystal Lee Outstanding Chapter Projects: Beauty Or The Beast Hangin’ With The Scots 50th State Fair Food Booth Dragon Boat Races 1st Place, Hawaii Parade of Chapters

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Meet HCJ VP Anthony

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We have passed the midpoint of this year and it has been awesome! I am glad to see the continuous growth and participation with the chapter in the past year I have been involved. We have had a bunch of fun with recruiting new members and doing fun events like the Farrell’s Birthday Bashes, Dinning out, Bowling, the Crazy Fair days, and the adventurous hiking excursions! We have gained and met new friends through the Jaycees. Now here’s a little bit about myself. People always ask why I’m in the Honolulu Chinese Jaycees, since they know that I don’t have a drop of Chinese in me. I got introduced to the Jaycees through a good friend of mine and was wondering what this was all about. With the first event I came out to be the 50th state fair. I got to know a few of the members and had a bunch of fun. The rest is history. When I am not doing Jaycee things like dinning out, movie nights, hiking, karaoke, GMM’s, BOD meetings, and all the other events I am either golfing, checking out other events going on, or working. Golfing has been my recent indulgence; I started in January of 2009 and got addicted. I can’t wait to get back on the course. I also like going out to different ethnic events and learning something new as often as I can. As for what I do for a living, I take people through a process to figure out how they look at their future and help them prioritize and accomplish their goals. It has been an awesome experience being a part of the Jaycees! I have met a vast amount of different individuals through our chapter, other chapters, and events. I have made awesome new friends and contacts after becoming an active member in the board and also creating stronger ties with each other. I have learned more about how to run an event and how much work is done behind the scenes of the Honolulu Chinese Jaycees. I look forward to all the upcoming events this year has to offer and starting up my hiking adventures soon. Mahalo, Anthony Sato

2010 HCJ Board Elections! The 2010 Honolulu Chinese Jaycees Elections are around the corner.  Tentative date for election is Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm, MCC, Room TBA. We are looking for nominations for the following positions: President Executive Vice-President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Board of Directors

Please submit your nominations to HCJ President Jon Cook at [email protected]  

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Upcoming!________________________________ Saturday, September 19th

Adopt-A-School Day Kickoff & Reception! Ala Moana Center Stage / Pearl 6PM We’re having a rally together with the other chapters and groups taking part in the great Adopt A School Day program. It starts at Ala Moana Center Stage, then moving on to Pearl for a reception (Pearl reception is $5 for Jaycees / $10 Everyone else)

Sunday, September 20th

Healthy Baby Finals! Ala Moana Center Stage 8AM – 1PM It’s the big day when we crown this year’s winner! Come down, see Michael W. Perry in person and help us put on this great local tradition.

Saturday October 3rd & Sunday, October 4th

Splendor of China! Blaisdell We need help manning our booth at the Splendor of China! We’ll be working on recruiting new members at this great celebration of Chinese culture.

Sunday, October 11th

Adopt A School Day! Hoo Cho Chinese School / 1342 7th Avenue 8:30AM We’re painting this historic school, located in the Palolo/Kaimuki area. Come give this great institution a hand as part of this great statewide effort to support Hawaii schools. Saturday, October 17th – Sunday, October 18th

We’re Going Camping! Sunday, September 20th

Int’l Dining Out! Restaurant TBA Time: As soon as we’re done at Healthy Baby We’re heading out together for some good grindz to cap off the day after Healthy Baby. Join us as we dig in together!

Sunday, September 27th

Hiking With Anthony Returns! Location: Maunawili Falls Time:  10am Difficulty: Novice Length:  3 miles round trip Attire: Bring your swimming trunks if you want to take a nice dip in the waterfall!

Time/Place TBA Come out with us for some outdoor fun and festivities. Details to come.

Tuesday, October 20th

GMM MCC 7PM We’re having our October meeting to talk over our final projects for the year and get a preview of our HCJ Board elections for 2010. Don’t miss it!

Saturday, October 31st

Halloween Party! Sum’s Auto Center We’re starting the party at Sum’s Auto Center for some grindz, then moving on for some fun on the streets! Details TBA

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Pictures Page

Our Ala Moana Check-In Ladies Get Ready For The Rush Wes & Kathy Bring Brianna To Healthy Baby

Pearlridge Healthy Baby Registration Kicks Off

The (Mostly) Smiling Registration Team At Ala Moana

Krystal Lee Wins VP Award At Convention

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Healthy Baby Chairman Allan Surveys His Work

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HCJ Schedule of Events – SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER Saturday, September 19th

Adopt-A-School Day Kickoff & Reception! Ala Moana Center Stage / Pearl 6PM (NOTE: Pearl admission is $5/Jaycees, $10/Everyone Else, to Adopt A School)

Sunday, September 20th

Healthy Baby Finals! Ala Moana Center Stage 8AM – 1PM

Sunday, September 20th

Int’l Dining Out! Restaurant TBA Time: As soon as we’re done at Healthy Baby

Sunday, September 27th

Hiking With Anthony Returns! Maunawili Falls 10AM

Saturday October 3rd & Sunday, October 4th

Splendor of China! Blaisdell

Sunday, October 11th

Adopt A School Day! Hoo Cho Chinese School 1342 7th Avenue 8:30AM

Sat, October 17th – Sun, October 18th

We’re Going Camping! Time/Place TBA

Tuesday, October 20th

GMM Moiliili Community Center 7PM

Stay tuned for announcements on activities, projects & sports! Look for HCJ emails and check our website: HcjHawaii.com

Honolulu Chinese Jaycees PO Box 957 Honolulu, HI 96808