Monthly Archives: August 2009
An Outrigger Tradition – The Pa‘ani Games
By Marianne Thesken The Outrigger Kiahuna Plantation hosted the Pa‘ani Games on Wednesday, July 22. The games were part of the Koloa Plantation Days, a week-long celebration of Hawaii’s sugar industry and heritage. “From Sugar to Statehood” was the theme for this year’s festivities. Although the sugar mill and fields throughout the state are idle, many people in Hawaii are former workers or descendants of plantation workers. The Koloa Plantation Days celebration brings people to Koloa and Poipu on Kauai’s south shore to celebrate our connection to the plantation lifestyle.
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Employees of the Quarter Honored Second Quarter 2009
By The Human Resources Service Center The Outrigger ‘ohana gathered at the OHANA Waikiki East on Tuesday, July 28, to honor and recognize Employees of the Quarter for the Second Quarter of 2009. Barry Wallace, Dr. Chuck Kelley, and Department Heads extended their congratulations and offered words of praise to all of the distinguished honorees and nominees.
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Outrigger’s Company Services Expresses Their Values of the Week Spirit
By Ka‘ipo Ho For the past three months, our Ke ‘Ano Wa‘a efforts have been focused on reintroducing our company values to our Outrigger ‘ohana through our Outrigger Value of the Week program. Every other week, one of our executives kicked things off by introducing our value of the week in the Saturday Briefing, prompting our hotel and company-services Alaka‘i, or Ke ‘Ano Wa‘a leaders, to initiate special activities and Read the rest of this entry
Lifesaver Club
By Dr. Chuck Kelley and Ashley Cabradilla A big mahalo to everyone who came to the OHANA Waikiki East Blood Drive on Friday, July 24. With your help, we collected 25 pints of blood! The blood will be separated into its three main components: red blood cells, plasma, and platelets and used to treat life threatening medical problems. In total, we collected enough blood to potentially save 75 lives!
To those of you who were deferred, a big mahalo for coming out and trying. Please don’t give up on your efforts. To those of you who were unable to make it to the drive or were deferred, and would like to donate at a location most convenient for you, please contact:
Blood Bank of Hawaii
845-9966 or http://www.bbh.org
If you are interested in donating at the next Outrigger Blood Drive, please mark your calendars for Monday, September 28, at the Embassy Suites® – Waikiki Beach Walk® hotel.
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- Brian Miyamoto
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- Suzanne Doty and Mercedes Lanza
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- Michael Murakami
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- CJ Merrill and Doreen Nohara
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- Dean Nakasone and Randall Morisako
