The Century System
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The Nonprofit Century

A Hundred built around a mission.

The Island Wishes Century, created for a fictional wish-granting foundation, is a limited public prototype. It shows how the Century structure can serve people whose time, strength or circumstances call for a different way to reach one hundred.

FUN · Foundation Century · Public prototype
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Families can record their adventures entirely in the digital Passbook. The coin given on arrival is part of this wish-family example; a printed Passbook is optional.

The prototype

One week should still leave a lifetime of memories.

The sample is designed for wish families visiting Hawaiʻi. It draws from real island experiences while changing the structure to fit the people it serves.

The child is a Hawaiian Centurion on arrival, receives the coin, and signs the Book. The adventures become a record of the week. Ten completed adventures earn the Passbook Seal.

The number remains one hundred. The way a person reaches it can change.

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See the Island Wishes Wheel.

The same Companion Wheel used across The Century System, carrying this foundation’s twenty-five adventures.

Two children spinning an upright Adventures Wheel at the Century Desk
The Adventure Wheel at the Century Desk
Five categories · 25 choices

Spin the actual Companion Wheel for a suggestion, or choose an adventure that fits the family’s day.

Each completed adventure is worth ten points. Ten adventures make one hundred and earn the Passbook Seal. The child receives the Centurion coin and enters the Book on arrival.

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The public preview needs no Passbook or sign-in.

See all 25 adventures

1. From Where You Are

01 Five Hawaiian Words
02 Say Your Own Name in Hawaiian
03 The Shaka
04 Make a Lei and Give It Away
05 Write to the Next Centurion

2. The Sky and the Sea

06 Watch for a Rainbow
07 Photograph a Double Rainbow
08 The Green Flash
09 The Navigator’s Stars
10 Sleep to the Sound of the Ocean

3. The Table

11 Shave Ice
12 Spam Musubi
13 A Fruit You Cannot Name
14 Passion, Orange, Guava
15 One Table, Everyone

4. The Water

16 Touch the Pacific
17 Waikīkī Sand
18 Spot a Honu
19 An Hour on the Water
20 The Duke

5. The Island

21 Learn the Hula
22 Talk Story with a Kupuna
23 The Torch Lighting at Kūhiō Beach
24 Friday Fireworks
25 Diamond Head from the Road
How this version works

A shorter list, scored to one hundred.

25Available adventures
10Points for each completed adventure
100Points earn the Passbook Seal

A family chooses what fits the day. Ten completed adventures reach one hundred points and earn the Passbook Seal. The title, coin, and Book entry were given on arrival. Nobody is asked to complete all twenty-five, and the digital Passbook records their adventures; a printed book can also hold signatures and memories.

Island welcomeMake a lei and give it away.
On the waterWatch for a rainbow.
The tableChoose a rainbow shave ice.
Aloha and heritageLearn the hula, seated or standing.
EveningTouch the Pacific.
The family recordWrite to the next Centurion.
The same method, built for another mission

This prototype is the starting point, not the limit.

A nonprofit Century is created around the organization, the place it serves and the people it wants to bring closer to its work. Most nonprofit Centuries will use the full Hundred and seven categories. The structure changes only when the mission requires it.

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