Volunteers from the Pearl City Lions Club, Aiea Lions Club and Mana Loa-Nimitz Lions Club came together to help plant two Kou trees at Rainbow Bay Park (Onishi Pavilion) in Aiea on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The trees were planted to honor the memory and contributions that Shizuo Onishi made to the community as the Hawaii Lions Eye Foundation Founding President, Aiea Lions Charter Member, Lions District 50 Governor, and Lions International Director. Shizuo Onishi passed away in 2001.
Mrs. Umeno Onishi (wife), daughter Charlotte Murakami and husband Arthur Murakami attending the special tree planting ceremony on Tuesday. The Rainbow Bay Park/Onishi Pavilion sits in a former fishing village and the very same spot that Shizuo Onishi grew up as the son of a fisherman along the Pearl Harbor Shore in Aiea.
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