The Honolulu Sertoma Club belongs to the Wild West District of the Mountain West Region of Sertoma International. Sertoma’s primary focus is on assisting the more than 50 million people with hearing health issues and educating the public on the issues surrounding hearing health. Sertoma also sponsors Serteens, young men and women, ages 11 to 19, who are interested in the world around them and who are motivated to improve their world through SERvice TO MAnkind. The Honolulu Sertoma Club is a 501(c)(3) organization.
The Honolulu Sertoma Club was chartered on February 11, 2010 with 36 members. The charter banquet was held at the Hale Koa Hotel. The ceremony was conducted by Sertoma President Julie Hejtmanek. Present at the banquet were members from the original Honolulu Sertoma Club.
Sertoma President Julie Hejtmanek and her husband Dan joined the George B. Carter Serteens Club of Hawaii and their advisors from the Honolulu Sertoma Club for a portion of their Knights Motivational Camp held at Kilauea Military Camp on the Big Island of Hawaii from February 12-16, 2010.
The Honolulu Sertoma Club is focused on the sponsorship of the George B. Carter Serteens Club of Hawaii, the community service oriented club of gifted and talented students from both public and private schools. The mission of the Serteens Club is to “provide social interaction and leadership training for gifted and talented students who wish to serve the community.” The Serteens Club of Hawaii normally holds their annual Leadership Camp at Camp H.R. Erdman in July supported by the Advisor Team from the Honolulu Sertoma Club. The Sertoma Club also supports the Serteens Club of Hawaii’s annual Knights Motivational Camp held in February of each year on the Big Island of Hawaii.
In addition to sponsorship of the Serteens program, Honolulu Sertoma Club members are working on various hearing conservation programs. Among these programs are an on-line hearing conservation course which may be found on the web site and a lesson plan and DVD entitled “ Sounds of My Life.”