Adopt-A-School Program Meeting Minutes 8-13-08
Submitted by jr_aquino on Wed, 08/20/2008 - 10:20pm.
MEETING MINUTES Collaborate with Philippine Studies at University of Hawaii at Manoa to help in donating something to the Philippines, a school, or the school system Help out with Pearl City High School’s Filipino Club “Tribute to Youth” event Teach Filipino culture to a school(s) Pen pals between Hawaii school(s) and the Philippines Gather a bunch of schools and talk about issues, Filipino culture, or the upcoming elections Mentoring program (career shadowing) Filipino cooking demonstration (example: halo-halo) c. Questions of how massive this program could be and which schools already have been picked were asked. Janilee will ask Claire Bello and Sterling Seino about such questions. d. We will decide what to do as am Adopt-A-School Program until next meeting. Until then, everyone will keep brainstorming more ideas and present them at the next meeting and questions will be answered by next meeting. e. Melchor (JR) will contact our Webmaster about promoting more members into helping out with this project. Also, he will contact our Membership VP & Director in rallying up some more members to take part in this project. IV. Adopt-A-School Day (TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT MEETING) a. Sunday Brunch, October 12, 2008 @ 10:00am due to 2008 Inferno b. Brainstorm c. Chair? V. Announcements a. Concerns/Suggestions/Comments - NONE b. Next Meeting –Wednesday, August 27 @ 6:30pm VI. Adjournment a. Melchor (JR) and Janilee will be in touch through email regarding questions. b. Thank you for coming!
The Honolulu Filipino Junior Chamber of Commerce
in collaboration with
Hawaii Jaycees
presents
Adopt-A-School Program
Starbucks Coffee Hawaii - Airport Trade Center
550 Paiea Street, Honolulu, HI 96819
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 6:30pm
I. Introduction
a. Members present: Melchor (JR) Aquino, Randy Cortez, Brandon Dela Cruz, Rowena
Juruj, Janilee Mariano, Karen Nakagawa, Jay Raymundo, Michael Subielo, & Gabe Torno
b. Agenda passed out by co-chair Janilee Mariano
II. About Adobt-A-School Program
a. Janilee Mariano explained what Adobt-A-School Program is about, which basically, we
need to do the following:
Choose a school
Media coverage prior/on/after
Recruit at least 1 member
b. The Hawaii Jaycees who has come up with the program would be of assistance in
guidance and the liaisons are Claire Bello from HFJCC and Sterling Seino from Rising
Phoenix and the state board.
III. Brainstorm
a. According to research, Janilee presented her idea of adopting Farrington, since they are
found to be one of the worst schools in the Honolulu complex. Since our name entitles
“Honolulu,” Janilee thought that we should help one department (Career Guidance) of
which she has a contact (Jeff Obanya) where they would need 30 of a particular book
named “The Pact” to help one classroom or 6 audio CDs of the “The Pact” to help the
entire department. Jeff Obanya also gave other ideas that would help their department
which were a computer projector or a digital visual presenter (aka Elmo).
b. Co-Chairs Melchor (JR) Aquino and Janilee opened the floor to brainstorm other ideas.
The following were suggested:
Donate books & send to the Philippines
Collect and donate supplies to give to a school (similar to the program, Lokahi)