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The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors of the 2009 Celebration of Leadership and Achievement Dinner: SHOGUN  DAIMYO Atlas Insurance Agency Bank of Hawaii Ben Franklin Crafts Central Pacific Bank First Hawaiian Bank Island Insurance Company, Ltd. KTA Super Stores Yamada Scott Family Foundation BUSHI ABC Stores aio Group Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Donn & Lynne Ariyoshi Armstrong Development, Ltd. Carlsmith Ball LLP First Insurance Company of Hawaii, Ltd. Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel LLP Grant Thornton LLP Dots Restaurant Hawaiian Host Hawaiian Telecom Charles & Helen Higa Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce Kobayashi Sugita & Goda KTA Super Stores M. Miura Store, Inc. (5 tables) Manoa Grand Ballroom Marians Catering McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP Meadow Gold Dairies Monsanto Hawaii N&K CPAs, Inc. Clay & Jean Nagao (Tasaka Guri Guri) National Mortgage Nippon Golden Network, Inc. Occidental Underwriters of Hawaii, Ltd. Schneider Tanaka Radovich Andrew & Tanaka, A Limited Liability Law Company Servco Foundation Sony Hawaii Company Tasaka Guri Guri UBS Financial Services, Inc. Mahalo for your valuable contributions to CLAD 2009! SPECIAL DONORS Alluvion (Plants) Ben Franklin Crafts (Decorations & Centerpieces) Diamond Bakery (Table Centerpieces) KTA Super Stores (Table Centerpieces) M. Miura Store (Table Centerpieces) HASR Wine Co. (Wine) Hawaiian Host, Inc. (Candies) Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu (Jadeite Bracelet Lucky Number Prize) Tasaka Guri Guri (Dessert) SERVICE PROVIDERS Akyth (Volunteer Dinner) Aloha Air Cargo (Air Freight Shipment) Bishop Shugen Komagata (Soto Mission of Hawai‘i) Cane Haul Road (Favors) Charles Nii Nursery Dan Cooke (Emcee, KGMB9) Steve R. Crocker (Silent Auction) Diamond Parking Service (Parking) Elite Services (Valet) Eric Woo Designs (Program and Silent Auction Booklet Designs) Hawaii Air Cargo (Air Freight Shipment) Hawaii Association of Insurance Professionals Hawai’i Prince Hotel Waikiki (Honoree Accommodations) Heartland Payment Services (Credit Card Processors) Mike Higgins (Show & Tell) Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Kumihimo Class (Lei) Dereck Kami (Entertainment) Kinetic Productions, Inc. (Video Production) Marians Catering New Hope Photo Ministry (Photography) Nisei Building Maintenance (Janitorial Service) Obun Hawaii (Printing) Shinnyo Taiko (Opening Number) Waynele Yu (Special Events Coordinator Consultant) VOLUNTEERS Davey Andrew • Kimi Andrew • Brandon Balangue • May Lei Barros • Leticia Buhr • Jeanette Callos • Johnson Chao • Sumako Cohn • Sarita Corn • Steven Crocker • Patrick Enriquez • Raymond Fujino • Jade Guess • Ethel Hasegawa • Reid Higashi • Jayne Hirata Epstein • Stephany Ho • Miki Iwai • Chandra Kanemaru • Michael Kawada • Sharon Kitano • Evan Knight • Edwin Koyama • Michele Koyama • Brett Kumabe • Evelyn Manabe • Barry Masuo • Leslie Menor • Jill Misawa • Millie Miura • Charlene Mizumoto • Dane Nakagawa • Dara Nakagawa • Dean Nakagawa • Joanna Nakama • Eric Nakamoto • Taylor Nishimoto • Aaron Oandasan • Nadine Ogata • David Okinishi • Lauren Okinishi • Nick O’Neill • Steven Onoue • Michael Oya • Jodi Quan • Shelby Sabate • Candace Sakamoto • Karl Sakamoto • Evan Schlach • Summer Scott • Tiffany Shigeoka • Ricky Shimokawa • Traci Shimomi • Sze Shing • Myra Shozuya • Julia Sungsakris • Julie-Ann Taniguchi • Reed Tokairin • Emi Toria • Tamilyn Toyama • Yvonne Toyoshima • Peter Tsukazaki • Erick Tsukiyama • Kali Ushijima • Christina Uyeno • Angela Washington • Teri Watanabe • Raena Woo • Charlene Yamamoto • Cathy Yamane • Minnie Yoshimori • Kariann Yoshino • Diane Young • Colin Yu CELEBRATION OF LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENT DINNER Ganbare! Generations of Success Saturday, October 3 5 p.m. Cocktails and Registration · 6 p.m. Dinner Program Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i Mānoa Grand Ballroom Join the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i at its annual gala event that will honor community businesses who have persevered and grown throughout the years, becoming household names for many families in the Islands.This year’s theme is Ganbare! Generations of Success will feature multigenerational family businesses that through passion, determination and hard work, successfully grew their businesses from scratch over generations.This year’s honorees are:
Please help us in celebrating the achievements of these honorees and their contributions to our community. By participating in this Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i event, you will be directly supporting its programs that share the history, heritage and culture of the evolving Japanese American experience in Hawai‘i. For more information, contact the Cultural Center by phone at (808) 945-7633 or email info@jcch.com. Want to get a head start on your bidding at this year's silent auction? We've got everything from art collectibles to restaurant gift certificates to golf and neighbor island travel packages. Check out our Silent Auction booklet in advance to map out what you're planning to put a bid in for on the evening of the event. Click here to download this year's CLAD Silent Auction Booklet Mahalo to Ryan Kawamoto of Kinetic Productions for putting together these videos of the CLAD 2009 honorees.  Representatives from the 2009 Celebration of Leadership and Achievement honoree businesses gathered at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i on July 10 to meet each other and tour the Cultural Center's exhibition Okage Sama De. Want the latest updates on the Celebration of Leadership and Achievement Dinner?  Become a CLAD facebook fan! Click below to check out our CLAD facebook page. 2009 Celebration of Leadership and Achievement Press Release Thank you to our 2009 Silent Auction Donors (as of 9/14/09): *Our silent auction starts at 5:00pm featuring items generously donated by the following: Aesthetica Plastic & Laser Surgery Center Lenny Andrew Anne Namba Designs Armstrong Produce Ann Asakura be... Designs Blue Hawaii LifeStyle Body Mint California Hotel & Casino Cindy S. Kubota, DMD Cinnamon Girl Dave & Buster's Diamond Head Theatre Diversified Innovations, Inc. dba pidginoverdrive.com Doubletree Alana Hotel Waikiki Down to Earth - All Vegetarian, Organic & Natural Fujikami Florist Gucci America Jean Hamakawa Hawai'i Opera Theatre Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas Hollywood Theaters Honolulu Printmakers Honolulu Theatre for Youth Honolulu Zoo Society Hotel Wailea Ice Palace Indich Collection Oriental &
Hawaiian Rugs Kazuko Inomata Island Air Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i Gift Shop John Dominis Restaurant Kaiulani Spices - Kaiulani Cowell Mary Kamiya Kissy Ko Olina Golf Club Koko Marina Center Kualoa Ranch Hawai'i Duane Kurisu Carole Kuwahara Lily Koi Restaurant and Lounge lululemon athletica Marians Catering Maui
Divers of Hawai'i, dba Maui Divers Jewelry McDonald's Restaurants of Hawai'i Michel's at the Colony Surf Miramar at Waikiki Lance Mizumoto Moonglow Carol Nagano Deborah and Dawn Nakagawa Nippon Golden Network Occidental Underwriters of Hawai'i Zale Okazaki Paul Brown Salon & Spa Pearl Country Club Rainbowtique Roberts Hawai'i Tours Roy Sakuma Ukulele Studio Sam's Club #4755 Hanayo Sasaki Sea Life Park Hawai'i Seattle Mariners Sedona at Ward Center Sergio's Italian Restaurant Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl/Diamond Head
Classic Sky Amimoto Hair @ Make-Up Star of Honolulu Cruises and Events The Contemporary Museum The Kahala Hotel and Resort the Oahu Club Today's Thought Tyler Tokioka Tori Richard, Ltd. Town Restaurant Tsukazaki & Associates Dawn Tsukazaki U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye Umbrellas Hawai'i University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Office of Intercollegiate Athletics University of Hawai'i Press Yoko Waki Watanabe Floral |
