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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset (RCKS)!

Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 35,000 clubs world wide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.

Thanksgiving Feast for Kunia Farmers!

West side Rotary Clubs combined efforts to provide a Thanksgiving Feast to the farmers at the Pacific Gateway Center (PGC) farms in Kunia. PGC empowers Hawaii's low-income residents, immigrants, refugees, and other vulnerable populations in rebuilding their lives with hope, respect, and dignity.

Adopt-A-Highway had an awesome crew!

Mahalo to all of the volunteers who came out bright and early to help collect trash along Farrington Highway. A whopping 33 bags of garbage was collected along with mounds of large items like tires, car parts, etc! Thank you for taking care of our aina! Our next Adopt-A-Highway will be in January.

"Cupcakes for a Cause" was a GREAT success!

In honor of World Polio Day, our Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset and our Island Pacific Academy Interact Club (Rotary for high school) held our 3rd annual "Cupcakes for a Cause" on Saturday, October 22, 2022 to raise funds to help End Polio Now! Rotary has been working to help eradicate polio for more than 35 years, and has made incredible progress in the fight to rid the world of it forever! Cases have been reduced by 99%, but until we end polio forever, every child is at risk. New cases have been reported in New York, Jerusalem, and London. We must stop the spread now! $1 from each cupcake sold was donated to the PolioPlus Foundation to help vaccinate vulnerable populations. Mahalo to all of our volunteers!

Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up!

Posted on Sep 22, 2022

Our September Adopt-A-Highway was an amazing success thanks to our awesome volunteers! We collected 40 bags of trash, numerous tires, a couple of oil barrels, many hazardous tanks, and much more. It's unfortunate that people use our roads as a dumping ground so an extra mahalo to our volunteers that take time out from their busy schedules to clean our aina. You da best!!!

Installation Dinner! - June 27, 2022

We have a new President! Rotary District Governor Randy Hart installed our new RCKS Board and new President, Sandra Manley aboard the Kai 'Oli'Oli catamaran!

6K for Water - May 21, 2022- Team "ROTARY4H20"

On May 21, 2022 our Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset (RCKS) helped change lives by bringing clean water to those who need it most. We raised $1,125.00 and helped to provide 43,865 people with life-changing access to water. This Global 6K is great because you can do it anywhere, anytime before the actual date! Some of us walked the Ko Olina lagoons. Some of us walked our own neighborhood. We even had a RCKS member trekking 70 miles in Italy!

Rotary-At-Work Day Beach Clean-Up - April 23, 2022

Our "Rotary-At-Work" day at Kahe Point Beach Park was a great success! Rotary Clubs from across the islands participated in clean-ups from the mountain ridges to the reefs on April 23, 2022. We collected trash and data to help beautify our aina! We had a bento breakfast to follow with some fun social time while enjoying the breathtaking view!

Genki Balls Project - April 2, 2022

Rotary Clubs are helping clean the Ala Wai canal!

Can you imagine a fishable/swimmable Ala Wai? We can!

Women In Need (WIN) home gets a new reading nook for kids! - March 16, 2022

WIN gets a reading nook in honor of Maternal and Child Health month!

The "Before" photo.

Putting it all together to include a handmade rug!

All done! All we need are kids!

If you build it, they will come! Kids LOVE books!

Kahe Point Beach Clean Up - February 19, 2022

RCKS members and "Friends of Rotary" gathered together to clean up Kahe Point (Electric) Beach Park over the holiday weekend. We collected and properly disposed of more than 20 large bags of trash plus lots of misc items. Afterwards we enjoyed breakfast bento meals as we relaxed and admired the amazing views! This event was so popular that we plan to hold it every other month and hope to connect with other groups with similar goals of keeping west side beaches free of trash. Mahalo to everyone!

Adopt-A-Highway - January 22, 2022

Members of our Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset, along with a few of our "Friends of Rotary" enjoyed a beautiful sunrise as we picked up trash for our bi-monthly Adopt-A-Highway on Farrington Highway. Breakfast and fellowship at Kalapawai Cafe in Kapolei afterwards made for a great way to start our Saturday! Mahalo to all of our volunteers!

Holiday Gifts for US Vets, Women In Need, and Ho'omalu Children's Shelter - December 2021

Members of the Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset (RCKS) and our RKCS "Friends of Rotary" members teamed up to spread holiday cheer to the U.S. VETS, Women In Need (WIN) home, and the Ho'omalu Children's Shelter. We worked with our IPA Interactors (Rotary for high school) to assemble gift bags, toiletries, and many other needed items for each facility!

Drive-Thru Holiday Party for Hawaii's Keiki! - December 5, 2021

Drive-thru Holiday Party for Hawaii's Keiki

Wrapped gifts assembled into bags for the big day!

Set-up the morning of the party!

Signs ready for waving!

Let it snow!

Rotary Gives Thanks! - November 24, 2021

The Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset and other west side Rotary Clubs partnered with the Pacific Gateway Center to provide Thanksgiving meals the day before Thanksgiving! Mahalo to all of the donors and volunteers!

"Cupcakes for a Cause" - World Polio Day Fundraiser! - October 24, 2021

"Cupcakes for a Cause" - PolioPlus Fundraiser - October 23, 2021!

The Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset ready to sell cupcakes!

IPA Interact members waving signs to help raise awareness of World Polio Day!

IPA Interact members collecting donations for PolioPlus!

Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset members filling cupcake orders in partnership with Cupcake and Things Bakery in Kapolei.

Back to School - August 2021!

Our Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset members RULE! We purchased backpacks and school supplies to help lift the SCHOOL SPIRIT of needy youth. Our CLASS act members helped pack backpacks at the Salvation Army. We hit the HONOR ROLL when we purchased and delivered school supplies to the Ho'omalu Children's Shelter. And we get an A+ for supporting the Rotary Club of Ewa Beach at their "Back to School" drive at Walmart. You can COUNT on Rotarians to help where there is a need!

Adopt-A-Highway July 24, 2021!

Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset and Friends of Rotary teamed up to clean up our aina! We hit the pavement at 6:00AM - bright and early to beat the summer heat! We collected 26 bags of trash, countless tires, and even a shopping cart along Farrington Highway between Kapolei and Ko Olina. Then we enjoyed the sweet reward of social time together at Kalapawai for breakfast!

6K for Water - May 22, 2021!

RCKS helped bring life-changing clean water to children in communities around the world and had fun at the same time! We joined World Vision's 6K for Water on May 22nd and had friends and family participate all over the country. We helped provide access to clean, healthy water to more than 46,200 people worldwide. Mahalo to all that participated!

RCKS supports Women In Need (WIN)!

All year long, the Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset provides welcome kits for the Women In Need (WIN) home. Kits include brand new sheet sets, full size toiletries, reusable shopping bags, and more! WIN believes in holistic healing to serve women with a history of domestic violence, substance abuse and incarceration. Thank you to our Rotarian shoppers who keep the shelves stocked!

Walk for Polio May 1, 2021 and May 3, 2021!

Our RCKS members and friends walked to help "End Polio Now"! This walk was to raise awareness of Rotary's efforts to help eradicate polio from the world. See this inspiring video: https://cdn2.webdamdb.com/md_ATxV56VXabE1.mp4?1616510175 We walked for those who can't! We gathered together with our friends on May 1st and May 3rd and took to the pavement to spread the word about Rotary's efforts across the globe.

Ridge to Reef Clean-up and Data Collection - April 24, 2021

Our Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset and our Island Pacific Academy Interact Club (Rotary for high school age) teamed up to join the island-wide "Ridge to Reef Clean-up and Data Collection" for "Rotary At Work Day". We did a clean-up right here in the city of Kapolei.

Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation Scholarship Presentaion!

We were very excited to present the RCKS Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation Scholarship to our winner, Makoa, on Monday! Makoa plans to attend the University of Hawaii where he will study pharmaceutical sciences.