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Lodge History

Na Mokupuni O Lawelawe Lodge #567 was originally chartered in 1973 under the name Mokupuni O Lawelawe. The name was to mean "Islands of Service" but the omission of the Hawaiian prefix "Na" meant the name translated as Island (singular) of Service. The name was corrected in 1986.

size="3" face="Arial"> The lodge held its first election of officers and organized itself on February 18, 1973. Its first Lodge Advisor was Stan Watanabe.The new officers met the following Saturday at the Aloha Council Service Center to organize the new lodge and select the new name and number and symbol/totem. Since the new lodge was the result of the merger of Kilauea Council (serving the Island of Hawaii) and Chamorro Council (serving the island of Guam) with the Aloha Council, the new officers decided that, though the Aloha Council was the surviving council, the new lodge would reflect elements of all the lodges and not just be an expansion of Aloha Council's lodge Pupukea 557.

The lodges being combined were Achsin 565 (Guam), Kamehameha 454 (Hawaii) and Pupukea 557 (Oahu, Kauai and the South Pacific islands). The officers selected a new number 567, taking the five from Kamehameha, the six from Achsin and the seven from Pupukea. A phone call by Joseph Vierra to the National office determined that the new number was available. Because the new lodge covered a wide expanse of islands across the Pacific (geographically the largest lodge and Council in the nation) the lodge settled on the Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe or Wa'a Kaulua as its symbol. Coincidentally, a tide calendar produced by a local company Dillingham Tug and Barge (now HTB/YB) was on the office wall and it featured depictions of the wide variety of canoes from differing parts of Polynesia by noted local artist, Herb Kane. Kane's depiction of the Hawaiian voyaging canoe became the inspiration for the depiction the lodge symbol on its pocket flap patches. In 1990, the Lodge selected the Pu'eo, or Hawaiian owl, as its totem.

The lodge has continued to grow and prosper over the years and recently inducted its 19th lodge chief. It conducts annual conclaves with Maluhia Lodge #554, which serves the islands of Lanai, Molokai and Maui. each February.