The University of Hawaii Marching Band is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year. On November 9, 2023, it hosted the annual Marching Band Festival, inviting nearly twenty public and private high school bands to participate in the marching band extravaganza. This festival began in 1979 and, this year, the venue was Kaiser High School’s football… best website to hookup
Koko Head Elementary School was transformed from a proper school to one crawling with creepy creatures, superheros, princesses, and more at its Boo Bash held on October 27, 2023. Spooky and whimsically decorated trucks and vans were on hand to give out candy to the excited trick or treaters (and maybe slightly frightened little ones).… Read more October 28th – Boo Bash as Koko Head Elementary School
On the morning of Saturday, October 28, 2023, the Hawaii Kai Lions Club joined other communityvolunteers to clear the hiking trail for the annual Ka Iwi Explorations public access hikes. Volunteers walked over a half-mile into the established jeep road trail to clear hale koa wood branches and shrubs to ensure that the path is… Read more October 28th – Ka Iwi Explorations Trail Clearing
On October 20, 2023, four Lions and two CISs assisted Kamiloiki Elementary School by manning two drinkstations and watching over the upper playground area during their Keiki Carnival. This is the school’s firstcarnival since the pandemic and appeared to be a great success by the huge amount of students and parents present participating in games,… Read more October 20th – Kamiloiki Elementary Keiki Carnival
A spirited team of five Lions Club members and volunteers spent their Saturday morning on October 7,2023 to mark storm drains in the lower portion of Kalama Valley with medallions imprinted with messages to discourage the dumping of harmful chemicals. The markers help to remind residents to avoid using chemicals that can reach storm drains… Read more October 7th – Kalama Valley Storm Drain Marking
On September 22, 2023, the Hawaii Kai Lions Club supported fellow zone club, the Diamond Head LionsClub, and Kapahulu Center at the Annual Kapahulu Bon Dance. The Annual Kapahulu Bon Dance is the last major bon dance event on Oahu that concludes obon season.Proceeds from the event (i.e., ticket and food sales) benefits the Kapahulu… Read more September 22nd – Kapahulu Bon Dance
On September 16, 2023, five Hawaii Kai Lions, two CIS, and one potential member patched numerous areas on Kaeleku St. in Kalama Valley. They endured the hot Hawaii Kai morning sun with minimal breezes. Scott Goto, from the City’s Division of Road Maintenance’s Malama O Ka Aina (MOKA) community volunteer program, was present and demonstrated… Read more September 16th – Safe Sidewalks Project
Alongside Principal Jeffrey Shitaoka and a slew of Koko Head Elementary School PTSA parents, President Yolisa Ishibashi, Secretary Cynthia Chun, and Lions Eric Kimura, Appan Subramanian, and Frances Lum got down on the ground and sorted through a sea of plastic and glass bottles and aluminum cans on August 29, 2023. Sorting required recognizing which… Read more August 29th – Koko Head Elementary HI-5 Sorting
Adjacent to Hawaii Kai Drive at the two streets that enter Kalama Valley is a lawn area with two signs designating the “Kalama Valley” neighborhood. Made of several glued-together lumber boards, these two signs had fallen into disrepair over the decades of rain and full sunshine, with carpenter bees, ants of various sizes, and lizards… Read more August 23rd – Kalama Valley Sign Restoration
On July 21, 2023, President Yolisa Ishibashi and Immediate Past President Frances Lum participated in taping an episode for the local Olelo TV station on the Kaimuki High School campus. The Hawaii Kai Lions Club was front and center, with them providing information on the background of the club and discussing the numerous projects which… Read more July 21st – Hawaii Kai Lions Club Taped for an Olelo TV Episode