This will be my last message as I will officially become your “out‐going” President as of July 1, 2019. I hope you all feel that I have served you well; I have given it my best!! All of us on the Board have tried to make sure that we offer you what you want/need in terms of speakers, education and opportunities to learn about orchids.
This past month was busy for me personally as well, giving some time to the community to promote the Windward Orchid Society. I had two opportunities that were very FUN! One was a lecture to a women’s group at Ho’omaluhia Botanical Gardens in Kaneohe. It was a beautiful setting to give a lecture about the culture of orchids and the 20+ ladies had lots of questions about Orchid culture. They even donated $25 to the Windward Orchid Society as a Thank You!!! I also spoke at UH Manoa as part of its “Library Treasures” series on rare books in the University’s collections. I talked about orchid history and culture, and we looked at many beautiful old botanical books, often with hand-painted illustrations of the plants and flowers. We are being offered a chance to look at the UH Hamilton Library Rare Orchid books on Sunday, July 28th – time to be determined as we get closer to the date. Sign up! It was really something to see these old books, a truly once in a lifetime, and very awe-inspiring knowing that this ‘hobby’ or addiction has been around for more than a 180+ years. Anyway, I digress – it has been my honor and privilege to serve as your President and I plan on supporting our new leadership as best I can in the coming months. Please give support to your new President – Craig “See me at Break for Orientation” Nakahara. He has been our one man ‘Welcoming Committee’ for new members. He has ideas and plans that I hope come to fruition. Aloha and I’ll be seeing you around. ~Sheron |
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