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Membership Information
We offer many types of memberships to suit your needs. An Annual Contribution makes you a Friend of the Pacific Tsunami Museum. We offer Basic Membership and membership in the Nalu Society.
The Pacific Tsunami Museum offers a two-tiered membership program:
black ball the Friends of the Pacific Tsunami Museum (annual contribution)
black ball the Founder's Club (one-time contribution)
members Some of our members at a lecture hosted by the museum



Friends of the Pacific Tsunami Museum
Become a Member!
Your support is needed to assist the museum with its goal of educating the public about tsunamis. Become a Friend of the Pacific Tsunami Museum! All contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. All members receive a subscription to our biannual newsletter. Samples of articles from our newsletters can be seen below.
Basic Membership
black ball Individual $15 annually
black ball Family $35 annually
black ball Supporting Scientist $50 annually
black ball Associate $100 annually
black ball Affiliate $250 annually

Nalu (Wave) Society
The Pacific Tsunami Museum invites you to join a unique group of Museum Supporters by becoming a member of the Nalu Society. Comprised of members who contribute $500 or more annually, the Nalu Society (Nalu being the Hawaiian word for "wave") supports the Museum's exhibits, public programs and general operations. The Nalu Society is the single most important entity in the Pacific Tsunami Museum's membership community. Benefits of the Nalu Society include all previous membership benefits plus a discount on archive services.

black ball Patron $500 annually
black ball Supporter $1,000 annually
black ball Benefactor $2,000 annually

To become a Friend of the Pacific Tsunami Museum print and fill out the membership form and send by mail or fax. You may also e-mail us or call us at 808-935-0926 with the required information.
Pacific Tsunami Museum
PO Box 806, Hilo, HI 96721
tel: (808) 935-0926
fax: (808) 935-0842

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Founder's Club
The Pacific Tsunami Museum offers a special one-time contribution membership club for individuals and businesses who would like to contribute at one of three levels-- Gold at $15,000, Silver at $10,000, and Bronze at $5,000.
As a full-fledged member of the Founder's Club, you not only promote tsunami educataion, but you receive these benefits:
black ball tax deduction
black ball participation in an honorary recognition ceremony
black ball name listing in the museum's publications
black ball a life-time membership to the museum

Current Founder′s Club Members

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Gold
silver
Silver
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Bronze
Bank of Hawaii HPM Building Supply Midori Fujimoto
I. Kitagawa & Co
Robert & Alice Fujimoto
K. Taniguchi Ltd. (In memory
of Koichi & Taniyo Taniguchi)

Sure Save
Supermarkets, Ltd
Dr. and Mrs. Tokuso Taniguchi
Roland & Janice Higashi
Larry & Beatrice Isemoto
Margaret F. Gota


Kay Ikeda Kaneshima
    Dr. Ronald Yamaoka

How can I become a Founder?
All that is required is a financial commitment via either a check, a money order, Visa or MasterCard charge or pledge (pledge cards are available on request). If you are interested in joining the Founder′s Club contact the museum at: Founder′s Club, Pacific Tsunami Museum, PO Box 806, Hilo, Hawaii, 96721; or telephone us at (808) 935-0926; or fax us at (808) 935-0842; or e-mail us at: .

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Pacific Tsunami Museum Newsletter

As a member you receive a copy of the bi-annual Pacific Tsunami Museum Newsletter.

Reprinted here are select articles from the newsletter

Tsunami and Science by George Curtis

Transportation and the 1946 tsunami by Ian Birnie

Who is that Boy in the Picture? by Donna Saiki



Memorial and Benefactor Wall
In Place at the Museum!

The Pacific Tsunami Museum is pleased to announce the establishment of a Memorial and Benefactor Wall. The wall composed of slate tiles will be a focal point in our Museum and will serve as a lasting tribute to those who lost their lives in a tsunami and the means to honor benefactors of the Museum.
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Required donations for
commemorative tiles:
4" x 4" $250
6" x 6" $500
8" x 8" $1,000
Tiles are each custom ordered and may be inscribed in memory of, in honor of, with your own words of recognition, or as a donation of support for the Museum. Call the Pacific Tsunami Museum at 808-935-0926 for more information.
Mahalo for your support!

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130 Kamehameha Ave Hilo, HI 96720 tel: 808-935-0926 FAX: 808-935-0842 email:
Last Revised June 2008