LEADERSHIP: IT'S NOT ABOUT REWARDS; IT'S DOING WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE ACKNOWLEDGES YOU!

2022 MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (above) The Moanalua High School Executive Council is made up of fifteen volunteers. VOLUNTEERS! While officers are elected, they choose to run knowing that if they win, there is no physical reward, no letter grade, no incentive other than the pure satisfaction of doing a good job and representing the student body. At times, we achieve great success while at other times, we achieve somewhat less, but it is always a learning process. While we can take away much satisfaction from doing a good job, we can also learn from mistakes and try to better ourselves the next time. And so, at the end of our terms, while we do not earn a credit, a letter grade or even a certificate of achievement proving our accomplishments, we can take away the self-satisfaction in knowing that we did our best for the students, school and community, and that positive experience is something we can really use as contributing adult members of society.

Monday

1/20: EQUINE808 HORSE RESCUE..... RESCUED!

All penned in, still clean, smiling and relatively smell-free!

Jordan (far left) takes the officers on a tour and to meet the horses!

Diane (far right) gives instructions and some Equine808 history!

Jennifer photographs an eager subject as others watch!

Marlene and Jocelyn show off their painting skills!

Lily reaches high to finish off the main post!

An assembly line is the best way to make the job go faster!

Mark gets the job done in front of the panoramic beauty of Kunia!

Annnd....we're done!  A little tired, a little hot, and a tiny bit dirtier!
OK, it's not like the place was going out of business or anything, but the folks who run Equine808, a horse rescue facility, simply needed volunteers to help clean and paint fences, so that's how many of us spent our Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.  Equine808 is located out in the middle of Kunia farmlands and is not visible from Kunia Road, so getting there is a little tricky.  Also, the facility has no running water except for a catchment system.  Horses that would normally be euthanized after their "useful" lives are sent to Equine808 to live out their life and for some, provide rides for children's birthday parties.  Also at the facility are donkeys, goats, chickens, turtles and, well, pretty much any animal that perhaps was once a pet but is no longer wanted.  We've helped here before today and always have a lot of fun.  A future visit may be in order!
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