The first Megabon Committee Meeting of 2025!

We will be going over important decisions on where Megabon 2025 will be held and more.

Please join us

Where: Todaiji Temple (426 Luakini St, Honolulu, HI 96817)

1st Quarter New Member Orientation

Come join us for a night of fun as we install our new members to our chapter and enjoy a fun night of trivia. Hosted by Vice President Sheri Komori! There are different slots on the signup sheet, if you want to just come for the social. SIGN UP HERE

New Member Orientation

When: March 8th, 2025

Time: 5pm to 6pm

Location: Todaiji Temple, 426 Luakini Street

Trivia Night Social

When: March 8th

Time: 6pm to 8pm

Location: Todaiji Temple, 426 Luakini Street

Nijikai Karaoke Social

When: March 8th

Time: 8:30pm to Midnight

Toma Karaoke, 2221 South Beretania St.

Cost: Members $30, Non-Members $40 (VENMO JCI HNL); BYOB

Please join us for our General Member Meeting to discuss upcoming projects, hang out with fellow Jaycees, and more.

Location Todaiji Temple, 426 Luakini Street

Let us support of Fellow Chapters

Save the date for our Awards & Installation (A&I) Banquet! Stay tuned for more information.

Our friends at JASH will be hosting their annual Japan Wizards on Saturday, February 22, 2025 and are asking for our assistance with volunteers.

2025 Japan Wizards Competition will be on Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 8:00am to 3:00pm at the UH Manoa Campus Center.

They are looking for volunteers to serve in the following roles (basically for every aspect of the competition):

- Moderators (English/Japanese capabilities)

- Judges (English/Japanese capabilities)

- Timers

- Scorers

- Registration

- Activity Center

- College Fair

Please click here to fill out the form and register online (both veteran and new volunteers).

Volunteers will receive a 2025 JWC T-shirt, breakfast, bento lunch, and your name will be acknowledged in the program.

Please feel free to call coordinator Cindy Oshima at 808-524-4450 or email at coshima@jashawaii.org if you have any questions or concerns.
Please feel free to share this with your friends, family, and anyone who may be interested in volunteering.

Click here to learn more about the Japan Wizards Competition!

The first Megabon Committee Meeting of 2025!

We will be going over important decisions on where Megabon 2025 will be held and more.

Please join us

Where: Todaiji Temple (426 Luakini St, Honolulu, HI 96817)

JCI Hiking Club

Due to weather conditions from January, the first hike of the year was moved to February.

Location: Hau ula Loop Trail. Meet at the entrance of the trail (Look for Sean holding the JCI Honolulu Flag)

When: February 16th, 10am to finish

Sign up here

Things to bring:

1. Water or water pack

2. Good hiking boots, or shoes

3. Slippers, Sandals, or spare shoes to change after hike

4. Hat

   Recommended items

5. Hiking sticks

6. Snacks (dried fruit, granola bars, jerky, fruit)

7. First aid kit

8. Rain Jacket

Let us Support of fellow Chapters

We’re excited to host our Awards and Installations Banquet to congratulate the 2024 Board of Directors and to welcome the new 2025 Board of Directors for the Honolulu Chinese Jaycees. 🎉

Date: Sunday, February 9, 2025
Location:  Honolulu Seafood Restaurant (1055 Alakea St)
Time: 5:00PM - 8:30PM
Parking: Across street at 1003 Bishop (validation available after 5PM)

Pricing:

• Early Bird (ends December 31): $60 for HCJ Members | $70 for non members

• Regular: $70 for HCJ Members | $80 for non members

• Table (10) - Special pricing inquire via email honoluluchinesejaycees@gmail.com

• Kids 10 and under FREE
  
  Enjoy a night filled with delicious food, great company, and inspiring leadership! Let’s come together to honor outgoing leaders and celebrate the fresh vision of our incoming board. 🥂
  
  RSVP now to secure your spot!

Mark your calendars for our 2025 Awards and Installation Banquet! Join us as we celebrate 2024 President Mimi Suemura and her Board of Directors achievements and also welcome and install incoming 2025 President Bradley Ramos and his Board of Directors!

This year’s theme will be Black & Pink. The event will be held at 3660 on the Rise.

More info coming soon!

Please join us for our General Member Meeting to discuss upcoming projects, hang out with fellow Jaycees, and more.

Location: Todaiji Hawaii Tea House (426 Luakini St, Honolulu, HI 96817)

Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE! Join us for the JCI Hawaii 2025 Year-End Convention hosted by the Filipino Jaycees of Honolulu! Register Here

This event will bring together fellow Jaycees through networking, collaboration, and sharing successful projects ensuring the continuity of JCI’s mission across the islands.

Secure your spot now for a full registration price of $125 until January 21, 2025. Don't miss out on this opportunity!

Saturday, February 1, 2024

Community Service - Details forthcoming.

Awards & Installation - 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Oahu Country Club, Honolulu - Honor the outstanding achievements of 2024, celebrate chapter successes and welcome the new 2025 state board of directors. Don’t miss this unforgettable weekend of reflection, recognition, and fresh beginnings as we set the stage for another impactful year with JCI Hawaii! 

Sunday, February 2, 2024

Breakfast Networking Social 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Hawaii Carpenters Training, Kapolei - This event brings together both current members and alumni for a morning of meaningful connections, insights, and collaboration. Whether you're looking to catch up, share ideas, or expand your professional network, this is a perfect opportunity to engage with fellow leaders and community-minded individuals.

Speaker Showcase 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Hawaii Carpenters Training, Kapolei - The Jaycees Speaker Showcase is an inspiring event where speakers deliver 3-4 minute speeches focused on impactful projects they have led or were involved in within the Jaycees organization. Each speaker shares their experience, highlighting the challenges they overcame, the successes they achieved, and the valuable lessons learned. This showcase not only demonstrates the leadership and initiative of our members but also provides an exhibition of powerful, effective speaking skills and serves as a source of inspiration for other members to take on meaningful projects within the Jaycees.

Board Meeting 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Hawaii Carpenters Training, Kapolei - Please watch for instructions from JCI Hawaii on submitting the names of your chapter delegates. Cost: A delegate fee of $20 per chapter is required. Payable by check to the Filipino Jaycees of Honolulu or cash at the door. 

ʻIke Loa Academy & Lunch - Details forthcoming (Invite Only)

Not one of our events but we want to find fun events throughout the community.

#PauHanafuda is back at Beer Lab HI's newest location, Bamboo Tiger Shop in Puck’s Alley.

Join us at the end of this month for a fun #pauhana event where you and your friends will learn how to play Hawaiʻi’s version of #hanafuda #花札 (flower cards). Enjoy 10% off beers, enter lucky draw prize giveaways, and take home your table’s deck of cards.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Bamboo Tiger Shop (Puck’s Alley)

$45 (table of four)

Register at bit.ly/pauhanafuda | This is a 21+ event.

Let’s help our fellow Jaycees

Sign up here

Come volunteer with HCJ(Honolulu Chinese Jaycees) at the 2025 Chinatown Festival & Parade. Filled with food & vendors, entertainment, and a parade, we need your help to make this community event come to life.

Date: Saturday, January 25th

Time: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM, spaced into 5-hour shifts

Where: Beretania Street & A’ala Park, Maunakea Street to A’ala Street

Please fill out our volunteer registration form (link in bio!) to see which time slots you’d like to volunteer for. We look forward to seeing you there!

Volunteer Perks:

- 1 bento and a water from Chinatown 808

- Parking at ASB Campus

The first Megabon Committee Meeting of 2025!

We will be going over important decisions on where Megabon 2025 will be held and more.

Please join us

Where: Todaiji Temple (426 Luakini St, Honolulu, HI 96817)

JCI Honolulu Kadomatsu Making Class and Fundraiser (Led by JCIHNL Member Sean Takehara)

$25 for JCI Honolulu Members $30 for Non members (Everyone is welcome) 

$20 if you would like to make another kadomatsu 

(We take cash or Venmo) 

🎉(Snacks and water bottles will be provided - Donated by Sean on both days)

Come learn how to make traditional Kadomatsu (a traditional Japanese decoration made for the New Year) from our member Sean Takehara. He is a second generation Kadomatsu maker who has been making it since he was a kid. He and his family have been making kadomatsu for many years for Todaiji Temple. 

All materials will be provided. You do not have to stay for the entire time. If you would like to purchase more kadomatsu for your family, please indicate how many you would like to purchase so we can pick enough bamboo for everyone. Everyone who participates will get one complimentary kadomatsu to take home. 

If you have any questions or need to reach out please contact Sean @ 808-428-9709 or stakehara@jcihonolulu.org

Click here to Sign Up!

Join us at our Annual Christmas Party. There will be games, prizes, food, and lots of holiday cheer!

When: December 7th from 6pm to 9pm 

Where: Capitol Place Theatre room (1200 Queen Emma St, Honolulu, HI 96813)

Parking: free street parking 

JCI Honolulu members: $15 Guest:$20 

This will be a potluck, so bring a dish that starts with the first letter of your name

We will be having an optional White Elephant game. If you are interested in playing, bring a wrapped gift. Maximum amount for your gift no more than $20. Please, no gift cards.

Click here to sign up!

Members get 50 points!

Our monthly general member meeting. Join us at Aloha Bento for our GMM! We announce the new projects and events coming up!

Parking is validated - park at Central Pacific Plaza (entrance on King Street)

We’d love for you to join us in person, but if you are unable to attend in person, please see below for Zoom credentials:

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Members get 50 points!

Our monthly general member meeting. Join us at Aloha Bento for our GMM! We announce the new projects and events coming up!

Parking is validated - park at Central Pacific Plaza (entrance on King Street)

We’d love for you to join us in person, but if you are unable to attend in person, please see below for Zoom credentials:

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Join us for JCIHNL’s first ever app based community service interactive scavenger hunt!

Game will open from 12PM - 4PM (you can start whenever you like!)

100 points per player!

Rules: You can go to any location of your choice, but you MUST stay together as a team to complete the missions given.

The missions will be community oriented, community service, or interacting with the community.

4 members along with your (VP) Team leaders, an interactive community based virtual and real-life app based scavenger hunt! 

This will replace JCI OLYMPICS for this year!

2024 is nearing the end... let's end the year strong and help the community while working as a team in this fun game! 

We hope to implement this into the future years, so please join us and experience this together

Here is the link to all of the info you need: Here are all the information for this event:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QmpixyM7ilxvZV7ZkbIg5zcxufZA6bB7nciGuYzbyZ4/edit?usp=drivesdk

Ready for a spook-tacular evening of unlimited sake tasting? Join us at Aloha Bento on Friday, November 1st from 5pm-8pm for a night of premium Japanese sakes, delicious pupus, and fun raffle prizes! 

Obake Sake Houdai

When: Friday, November 1, 2024

Time: 5pm-8pm 

Where: Aloha Bento 220 South King Street #101 Honolulu, HI 96813 

Price: $75 for members, $85 for non members 

Parking: Validated by Aloha Bento

Hope for Hero's Drive - Bring a donation of personal hygiene products for the hope for hero's drive and receive a $10 back at the door!
Sign Up Here

Suggested items for donation:

• Toothbrush/ Toothpaste

• Feminine Hygiene Kits

• Shampoo/ Conditioner

• Deodorant

• Soap/ Body Wash

• Shaving Cream

• Hairbrush/ Comb

• Wet Wipes

• Hand Sanitizer

• Facial Tissues

• Mini First- Aid Kits

When: Saturday, Oct 26th. 

Time: 8am-2pm

Location: Kapiʻolani Regional Park (pet expo and festivities located around the Bandstand) 2840 Paki Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815

Each year, PetWalk welcomes over 500 pets and their families to walk for a cause, returning this year to Kapiʻolani Regional Park.  Exciting festivities include will include:

A variety of pet- and family-friendly vendors that will be open to the public and a Howl-o-ween Costume Contest!

Humane society requires a minimum of 8 people, and a maximum of 20.  

Sign up here: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ace1wz8GNzlr2i1bcA6H16j7Jxnp_b17tidkxxHWCow/edit?usp=drivesdk

Our monthly Board of Directors Meeting. Here we plan and approve the projects and events within JCI Honolulu.

 Details to be announced.

We worked so hard for megabon and the teahouse is finally 99% clean of megabon stuff. Since we used it as a storage space and working space, it has a lot of dust, small trash, etc. Let's take care of the space Cosmo graciously let us use, it is an old building from the 1970s. Let's give it some love so we can continue to use it in the future for years to come :) 

Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024

Time: 10am-2pm

Location: Hawaii Todaiji Tea House

426 Luakini St., Honolulu, HI 96817

JCI Honolulu's 10 Year Anniversary: Decade of Honor

When: Saturday, October 12, 2024

Time: 5:00 - 10:00pm

Venue: Prince Waikiki 

100 Holomoana St., Honolulu, HI 96815

Price: Members $130/person; Non-Members $150/person

Register here

Join us at our anniversary event as we celebrate the impact that we've made together over the last decade, and look forward to the next 10 years. There will be a short program followed by networking and activities to win prizes donated by our generous donors. We look forward to a fun filled night to remember! 

If you know anyone who would be interested in sponsoring a table, I've also attached a sponsorship sheet to this email for your reference. Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me here, or directly on my mobile at 808-781-9287.

This event is fiscally sponsored by the Honolulu Junior Chamber (EIN 87-1476603), a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit corporation. Your donation is tax deductible. All donations will be used to further our tax exempt purpose. 

Members get 50 points!

Our monthly general member meeting. Join us at Aloha Bento for our GMM! We announce the new projects and events coming up!

Parking is validated - park at Central Pacific Plaza (entrance on King Street)

We’d love for you to join us in person, but if you are unable to attend in person, please see below for Zoom credentials:

Join Zoom Meeting

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KSK is having their annual sake sorting and is asking for volunteers to help them out again. As they are huge supporters of our chapter, it would be great if we could get a bunch of us to help them out! Even if you can just attend for a little bit, that is fine as they need all the help they can get! 

KSK Sake Sorting

When: Thursday, September 26, 2024

Time: 9am-6pm

Location: Hawaii Convention Center 

Parking: Will be validated 

Please sign up below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17iWmvojJoV4cniIkftmvvYs-nT7l2lzbF980xTZYlwU/edit

Our monthly Board of Directors Meeting. Here we plan and approve the projects and events within JCI Honolulu.

 Details to be announced.

JCI Honolulu is having our first Blood Drive on Sunday, September 22, 2024 at Pier 38's main parking lot from 9am-3pm. Please help us and donate as our state is having a blood shortage and this is a great way to give back to our community! Donate blood to enter for a chance to win 2 round trip coach tickets to anywhere Alaskan Airlines flies to! If possible, please help us spread the word to your friends, family and co-workers too!

JCI Honolulu Blood Drive

When: Sunday, September 22, 2024

Time: 9am-3pm

Location: Pier 38 Main Parking Lot 

1129 N. Nimitz Hwy

Honolulu, HI 96817

Sign up here: https://www.bbhdonor.org/mobile/index.cfm?group=op&step=2&opid=30547&opidh=13B4DC901EE29714F5EC88BBBD8E4CA6&idt=45518.4948495

Please join us as we have our Mental Health and Breathwork Workshop with Jamie Alden on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at the Real Estate Learning Center. This is a FREE workshop for our members and would love it if you can attend! Please feel free to invite anyone that is interested in attending!

Mental Health and Breathwork Workshop

When: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm

Location: Real Estate Learning Center

4510 Salt Lake Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96818

Price: FREE for members, $10 non-members

Light refreshment will be provided

Sign up Here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K3Ak0pzWmKT31Rb0ClqwKpd6W_ZHpGvFvUz-oaJq8W8/

✨Big Mahalo to our venue sponsor, Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc!

Monthly Megabon Planning Committee Meeting

If you would like to join the planning committee, please contact Co-Chair Jenna Nakagawa, and she will happily add you to the team!