Plans are being finalized for the 30-year reunion of the Punahou School class of 1979 in June, but so far there's been no RSVP from the invitation sent to the famous Punahou alum who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The deadline for responses to the four-day reunion is April 18, so President Obama still has about another month to reply.

"No, we haven't heard from him," said Obama classmate Kelli Furushima, who is a member of the reunion committee. "He has a lot on his plate. We'll forgive him for not coming."

The White House did not respond to a request for information about Obama's travel plans in June and typically does not announce the president's itinerary until about a week before any departures.

Of course, the organizers of the reunion will somehow manage to squeeze Obama in if he does show up.

If not, the life-size cardboard cutout of Obama that appeared at many campaign fundraisers will have to do.

"Cardboard Barry will be in attendance at the reunion," Furushima said. "He's a great ice breaker."

Furushima is one of the original "Obama Sweeties" — female classmates who campaigned on his behalf and helped out at many of his O'ahu fundraisers. During the campaign, Furushima bought the cardboard Obama at Sam Goody's for $29.95 and Obama supporters loved having their pictures taken with it.

When it's not at an event, the cardboard cut-out stands in Furushima's living room.

"The cats just have fun looking at it," she said.

The Punahou Class of '79 graduated about 420 seniors. Their 30th reunion runs from June 10 through June 14, beginning with a large gathering at Punahou of all classes celebrating reunions ranging from five years to 50.

Golf tournaments will be held around the island for the various classes on June 11. Then the Punahou Class of '79 will have its own cocktail party at the O'ahu Country Club on June 12.

Another large gathering of the various classes will occur again at Punahou for a lu'au on June 13. And then the Class of '79 will gather alone on June 14 for a family picnic at a classmate's home in Lanikai.

Fellow "Obama Sweetie" Bernice Bowers also hopes Obama somehow finds time in between repairing the economy to show up for the reunion.

But she's not counting on it.

"We're all, frankly, assuming we'll all just see the cardboard cutout of Barry," Bowers said.

Meanwhile, McNeil Wilson Communications has presented a check for $1,598 to the Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation from money raised by selling custom-designed "Imua Obama" lapel pins during Obama's January inauguration.

"We chose the Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation in honor of Mrs. Madelyn Dunham, President Obama's grandmother, who passed away in Honolulu after her valiant battle with cancer," said David Wilson, president of McNeil Wilson. "I was proud to wear my own Imua Obama pin in Washington, along with many others from the Islands, as our nation witnessed the first Hawai'i-born president be sworn into office."

The 1-inch, iron-stamped, enamel colored pins featured the words "Imua Obama" with the juxtaposed flags of the United States and the state of Hawai'i.

Three hundred pins went on sale 12 days before the inauguration on Amazon.com and eBay for $10 each and Wilson passed out any extras in Washington, D.C.