06-04-2015, 05:38 AM
I was at the Rotary Awards dinner on Tuesday in Pahoa and was impressed by this young man from Maui and what he did for our community.
For his efforts in raising more than $40,000 to help the people and businesses of Pahoa dealing with the ramifications of TS Iselle and Kilauea’s ongoing eruption, Lyndon Honda, a chef based in Lahaina, Maui, was honored by State Rep. Joy San Buenaventura and the Rotary Club of Pahoa Sunset at the club’s awards ceremony Tuesday.
Honda, owner/chef of Laulima Events and Catering, was applauded for his aloha spirit and fundraising efforts and presented with a resolution from the 2015 State House of Representatives at the Rotarians' banquet at the Akebono Theater in Pahoa.
Rep. San Buenaventura cited Honda’s love for "cuisine and food culture combined with his selfless desire to help others” in motivating him to organize culinary events raising $28,000 last September and $15,000 in February to benefit the Puna community.
“Lyndon not only rallied the chefs from Maui and the Big Island to help raise money for the victims,” San Buenaventura said, “but he got them to provide all the necessary supplies, food and tools needed to prepare their dishes so that 100 per cent of the funds raised went to the victims.”
Checks for $3,000 were presented Tuesday to The Neighborhood Place of Puna, Kua O Ka La and Hawaiian Academy of Arts and Sciences public charter schools, the Puna Community Medical Center fund, and Kalani Honua at the awards banquet. Earlier this year the Pahoa Rotary distributed $750 grants to 31 local farmers and $5,000 to the Hawaii Island Food Bank from the funds Honda raised on Maui last year.
For his efforts in raising more than $40,000 to help the people and businesses of Pahoa dealing with the ramifications of TS Iselle and Kilauea’s ongoing eruption, Lyndon Honda, a chef based in Lahaina, Maui, was honored by State Rep. Joy San Buenaventura and the Rotary Club of Pahoa Sunset at the club’s awards ceremony Tuesday.
Honda, owner/chef of Laulima Events and Catering, was applauded for his aloha spirit and fundraising efforts and presented with a resolution from the 2015 State House of Representatives at the Rotarians' banquet at the Akebono Theater in Pahoa.
Rep. San Buenaventura cited Honda’s love for "cuisine and food culture combined with his selfless desire to help others” in motivating him to organize culinary events raising $28,000 last September and $15,000 in February to benefit the Puna community.
“Lyndon not only rallied the chefs from Maui and the Big Island to help raise money for the victims,” San Buenaventura said, “but he got them to provide all the necessary supplies, food and tools needed to prepare their dishes so that 100 per cent of the funds raised went to the victims.”
Checks for $3,000 were presented Tuesday to The Neighborhood Place of Puna, Kua O Ka La and Hawaiian Academy of Arts and Sciences public charter schools, the Puna Community Medical Center fund, and Kalani Honua at the awards banquet. Earlier this year the Pahoa Rotary distributed $750 grants to 31 local farmers and $5,000 to the Hawaii Island Food Bank from the funds Honda raised on Maui last year.
