July 'Iolani Alumni E-Newsletter - A Touch of `Iolani

Hi ‘88ers –

In case you don’t receive Mike Moses’ monthly e-newsletter, here’s the link. The focus of this edition is Saturday’s A Touch of `Iolani. With all the planning and hard work going into this event, it will be a source of pride for our class. For those who are away, please take a look at the highlights of the unbelievable silent auction assembled by Dawn and Kellie, and if any of the big ticket items interests you, let me know and I’d be happy to bid for you.

Take care,

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Moses [mailto:mmoses@iolani.org]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 2:09 PM
To: mmoses@iolani.org
Subject: July 'Iolani Alumni E-Newsletter

To view the July ‘Iolani Alumni E-Newsletter, click here.

Mike Moses '93
Director of Alumni Relations
Iolani School
563 Kamoku Street
Honolulu, HI 96826
Phone: (808) 943-2309
Fax: (808) 943-2326

"Touch" Silent Auction Needs Your Kokua

raider rooters 2018, originally uploaded by Watari Goro 渡五郎.

Hi all,

You should have received a “Touch of `Iolani” letter several months ago from our classmates Dawn (Izawa) Hirano and Kellie (Kakugawa) Saiki, who have courageously accepted the thankless jobs of Silent Auction chairs. Along with their committee members Kris (Kaneshiro) Tokioka, Mike Ching, and David Nagai (I apologize if I’ve left anyone out), our fearless co-chairs have been hunting and begging – non-stop and shamelessly – for auction donations. They’ve done an awesome job, and a number of classmates, parents, and businesses have responded generously.

10 classmates (including the Silent Auction chairs and committee themselves) have personally donated cash, gift certificates, or goods ranging from $100 to $300, 4 parents have donated gift certificates or goods valued at $100 or more, and several other classmates have used their connections to secure some fabulous items like spa treatments, neighbor island getaways, and electronics. For example, Jimmy Wong recently secured a celebrity chefs dinner for 10 at the home of Roy Yamaguchi, for which Dawn secured a starting bidder at $5000.

But with 4 weeks to go, our Class of ‘88 goal of raising $30,000 for `Iolani’s scholarship and educational programs is within reach, but the little engine that could is running out of steam. They’ve written to everyone in sight and called to follow up. If you haven’t already, please consider donating $50, $100, a nice bottle of wine from your parents’ stash, or whatever you can in support of our school and our classmates leading the charge. A donation form is attached (to e-mail); or e-mail me at iolani1988@hawaii.rr.com for the form if you are reading this on the Blog.

Mahalo for your support. Go Silent Auction! Go Raiders! `Iolani No Ka Oi!

Scott

BZ and Cindy go to Oklahoma

Beez and Cindy Zane stopped off in Redondo Beach, where Katrina and I hooked up with them for a couple of weekends. They were on their way to Oklahoma City, OK, for 1 year for Cindy's internship as part of her Psy.D. degree. Beez and Cindy were married in November of last year, and Cindy recently completed her course work for her doctorate in Hawaii. Beez, as some of you know, was a deputy prosecutor on Kauai before moving back to Oahu, and taking a position in the public defenders office, where he met Cindy. So, since they will be out in Oklahoma for Cindy's doctorate program, you might be asking, "is Beez going to take the BAR exam for OK? Where is he going to work?" Well, the short answer is that he is going to be very busy supporting Cindy in whatever she is doing, and also very busy landing a job at the best golf course that will hire him. Preferably one that has a very liberal employee play policy.

Touch of Iolani -- Great News, Last Chance

Thanks to the tireless efforts of many classmates led by Ticket Sales chair Kevin and overall event chair Lisa, all reserved tables are sold out and individual tickets are expected to sell out as early as tomorrow (definitely in the next several days). This represents a significant milestone for our class in this planning effort, but for those who haven’t purchased tickets yet and plan to attend (including the class workforce), please call Norma Maruyama in the Institutional Advancement Office @ 943-2322 and mention to her that you are a member of the class of ’88. No joke, call now!