Kona Sunrise started as a breakfast club in April of 2009. We meet in Kailua-Kona Wednesday mornings at 7am. Due to COVID we hold our meetings using Zoom and social distancing for those who attend in person. Our venue is open air and ocean front.
Kona Sunrise (Unofficial) Vision:
We are a passionate and fun club of diverse membership, focused on caring and serving our local Ohana to create lasting change. Kona Sunrise Rotary provides much needed services to help our communities and people in need, including:
- Scholarships for Kona area students
- Meet and Feed meal and food distribution.
- Installation of handrails, etc., in homes allowing people to safely remain there.
- Support of the Woman's Shelter
- Ding, Dong Dinner Ditch, which provides families with holiday meals and more.
- Gifts for foster children
- Support for interact students who help communities here and abroad.
- Provide clean water to Kosovo children and families (in partnership with Kosovo Rotary)
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.
Our Main Objective: Service
The main objective of Rotary is service – in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.