Kona Sunrise started as a breakfast club when a former member of the Rotary Club of Kona, Cynthia Hope, began asking former and current members of the Rotary Club of Kona if they might be interested in starting a new breakfast club. The usual lunch meetings made it difficult for her to leave her job; five other members had left the club for the same reason.
With full District support, Kona Sunrise Rotary was officially chartered on April 9, 2009 with 26 members.
Ms. Hope served as the first president of the club from its official charter date until the end of the 2010 Rotary year, a period of 16 months. Since its inception, the club has averages about 22 members each year, with a high in 2015 of 29 members.
What would it take to change the world? Rotary’s 1.4 million members believe it starts with a commitment to Service Above Self.
When you join the Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise, you’ll find members and friends volunteering in our community and abroad to change the world with projects that support education and job training, provide clean water, combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, and eradicate polio.
And you will be part of a fun club, providing opportunities for fellowship and networking among local professionals.
If you want to learn more, fill out our online form and we will contact you!
We meet on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wednesdays at 7:00am at Papa Kona in downtown Kailua-Kona, HI.
Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.
We are a passionate and fun club of diverse membership, focused on caring and serving our local Ohana to create lasting change.
“May Peace Prevail on Earth!”
The Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise is one of 5 clubs in the District to become a Peace Builder Club.
Peacebuilder Clubs are a Rotarian movement creating energy and momentum for peaceful conflict resolution around the world. In 2018, our RAGFP Leadership Team decided to champion this program in Rotary Clubs worldwide as an essential call to action for Rotarian peacebuilders. The Peacebuilder Club program is designed to enhance Rotary International’s mission of, “advancing world understanding, goodwill and peace” through the promotion of programs and projects that align with our organization’s Seven Areas of Focus – in particular, the first: Peace, Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution. Rotarian Peacebuilder Clubs commit to engage in dialogues and projects that promote positive peace both in their communities and across the globe.
On November 28th, 2018, the Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise became one of 5 other clubs in the District to become a Peace Builder Club. The inaugural committee members were Bernice Barnett, David Bateman, Nestorio Domingo, Mike Fraser, Al Jubitz, Bob Kabeiseman, Eve (Jing) Politz, and Dennis Rast.
As part of our Peacebuilder Club commitment, we have installed 8 Peace Poles in West Hawai’i.
Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution
Disease Prevention & Treatment
Water Sanitation & Hygiene
Maternal & Child Health
Basic Education & Literacy
Community Economic Development
Environment
Old Kona Airport Walking Path
The Object of Rotary is to “encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise.” Rotary is a service organization. Since 1910, the Rotary Motto has been “Service Above Self.” See our Club Projects.
Rotary strives to achieve it’s objective of “Service Above Self” through activities in five primary areas. These are often referred to as the Five Avenues of Service.
“May Peace Prevail on Earth!”
Papa Kona
75-5770 Ali’i Drive
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
tel: 808-300-0044
Across from St. Michael Church (parking at the church and Famers Market)
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 200 countries worldwide, over 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 34,000 Rotary clubs.
Rotary club membership represents a cross-section of the community’s business and professional men and women. The world’s Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
