LANAKILA

KŪPUNA

NEWS

LMSPC USED

AS A SITE FOR

VACCINATION

Inside This Issue:

Message from Prog Coordinator 2Mahalo to Our Volunteers 3Cultural Club Updates 5Mahalo to Our Donors 6Community Info & Resources 10Schedule of Classes 11Upcoming Events 12

A program of Catholic Charities Hawai’i funded in part by the State of Hawaii via contract with

the State Executive Office on Aging (EOA) and the C&C of Honolulu, Elderly Affairs Division, and

a Persons In Need grant from the May Templeton Hopper Fund of the Hawai`i Community Foundation..

April 2021| No. 63

Newsletter | April 2021

New Members

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Dear Lanakila Senior Center Ohana:April is a time to honor our volunteers for their tireless efforts and selfless gift of time and talent that they share with others. Over the past year, hundreds of people have helped Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center. We normally have a volunteer appreciation lunch and program on the third Wednesday in April for our volunteers. This year, we honor and thank them in the next few pages of our newsletter. We truly could not have brought so many online, drive-through, and in-person activities to our center members without your help!

This past month has been no exception, holding many classes, presentations, and service projects. Mahalo to Karen Matsunaga, JoAnn Okawa, and Gail Sakihara for helping to coordinate a service project to donate face masks to new student teachers graduating from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Best wishes to our new teachers in their careers as educators.

Our heartfelt thanks to Reverend Tad Iwata, LMPSC Member Lynda Asato, and members of Tenrikyo Honolulu Ko for providing hot lunches on April 8, 2021 to express appreciation to class instructors, Program Committee, reception/front desk/kitchen/garden/tech volunteers, and Participant Advisory Board members for their service to Lanakila Senior Center. Their generosity and thoughtfulness is truly appreciated.

We have been very fortunate to have the assistance of members of the Queen’s Medical Center’s Cancer Survivors Group, Tenrikyo Honolulu Ko, and LMPSC members Aileen Unten, Ann Maeda, Darlene Larimore, Darlene Sardinha and friend, Janet Miyashiro, Judy Greenwell, June Ching, Karen Matsunaga, Linda Ogata, Lynda Asato, Renee Ooka, Reverend Tad Iwata and Suzanne Simmons, who made beautiful cards for our senior center. These cards are now available for $2.00 each. This is a service project of LMPSC and we hope you will purchase and send these homemade cards to a friend, family member, neighbor, business, non-profit organization, government office, and others in the community to let them know how special they are to you or to thank them for their important work in the community. “Bringing Joy” is a community service project of Lanakila Senior Center and the hope is to inspire people to spread a bit of “ALOHA” to someone special and bring them joy by this random act of kindness. The cards can be picked up in the month of April by calling our office at 847-1322 and arranging with our staff a day and time for you to pick up the cards.

Much thanks to Hawaii Tax Help and Financial Empowerment Solutions, under the leadership of Susan Tamanaha and volunteers Leeward Kalani, Leslie Tanoue, Rita Pregana, Gail Oshita, Romine Crawford, Revelyn Taylan and Pauline You, they were able to help over 100 people prepare tax returns for free in the months of February and March 2021.

Mahalo a nui loa to Mary Sueda and Jean Sugihara for freshening up the concession and thrift shop; Arlene Nagamine, Lenora Springer, and Teri June Amurofor continuing to help beautify our gardens; Jane Higa, Flora Nakasone, Janet Ito, Jane Yamada and Clifford Gakiya for cleaning the Craft Room; and Marty Kailifor making our center yard and building so clean and beautiful to support our custodian. All of these efforts are in preparation for a modified reopening of Lanakila Senior Center in the next few months. The date for reopening has not been decided yet. I will send out a robocall to everyone when we receive the reopening date from Catholic Charities Hawaii.

A big mahalo to Kapiolani Community College’s Community Health Workers Program’s practicum students Stephanie Cachola and Cristina Cordeiro for their tremendous help in calling all of our senior center members to make sure everyone who wanted to be vaccinated was able to get assistance. Our heartfelt thanks to May Rose Lazarte, a doctoral student with the University of St. Augustine, for supporting the senior center over the past 4 months by surveying members who were active with the center during the pandemic to see how they were doing and how the senior center could help support their members enjoy a good quality of life through its programs.

Thank you to Corinne Chan and Colette Young for doing an outstanding job creating a power point and live cooking demonstration to make Jai; Kayla Lim-Tam for teaching us how to make Manju; Dianne Lim-Tam for teaching us how to create beautiful water color paintings and cards, doodling botanicals, and calligraphy; Janet Miyashiro for teaching us how to do Iris-folding cards; Diane Terada for leading us in a virtual BINGO game; and our many community partners –Gerald Yahata for hosting the Ikigai series on happiness and gratitude; Steve Sue and Brannon Yamauchi for teaching us how to grow lemon trees and the many benefits of lemon trees in sequestering carbon and helping our environment; Chef Paul Onishi and Hawaiian Electric Company for hosting cooking shows using the HECO cook book recipes; Ford Ebesugawa from the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum for the interesting aviation-related heroic stories; Joni Domingues, Caroline Conlan, an Rachel Reynon from Legal Aid Society for educating us on important legal matters; Kyle Maschoff from Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific for increasing our knowledge of rehabilitative services available to the public; Dawn Pasikala from National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii to Knock Out Gout; Christine Spencer from Alzheimer’s Association, Hawaii Chapter, who shares with us 10 Ways to Love Our Brain; Dr. Michael Cheang from the University of Hawaii at Manoa who helps us learn about many interesting topics on aging; and many others for providing such interesting and wonderful learning opportunities for our center members and seniors from other senior programs across the State.

Kudos to Sharon Nakai, Diana Kawaguchi, Dr. John Char, Nohea Chang, Lenora Springer, and others who have shared inspirational, funny, and amazing videos that uplift our spirits during this pandemic. We LOVE AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU!!!!!

Happy Easter, everyone!Me ke aloha pumehana,Susie Chun OaklandProgram Coordinator

A M E S S A G E F R O M S U S I E

Welcome New Members!

Alwin CarusRita ChoiMuriel DonnanRichard Frey

Garret HaradaIrene HaradaRoberta (Bobbie) KiyumaNaomi Lim

Doreen McCrannYonok MoriyamaLoriann TavaresPaula Yamamoto

We Appreciate our Volunteers!

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Agpaoa, WilmerAgsunod, Jeah ZsarlaAlamichi, NancyAkamine, JeanAkau, KealaAlarcon, AnteroAlexander, MatthewAntonio, DianaArakaki, DennisArakaki, PaulineAraki, FayeArquette, RochelleAsato, JaneAsato, LyndaAurelio, JanBaldomero, AnthonyBalmilero, JennaBantay, MelbaBaroza, BaronBartell, MichelleBatula, JoanBecky (Lynda Asato’s friend)Bell, JudyBernardo, Monica (Mona)Birch, WhitneyBodidic, KayleighBoland, JackieBonilla, SheryllBratt, AmyBreshears, StaceyBrighter, HarmonyBrown, Dr. StaceyBruce, KellyBurrows, JohnCadelima, RobertCendro, SophiaChan, CorinneChan, JasmineChang, EdnaChang, GraceChang, Lorraine (Lori)Chang, Violet, Nohea)Cheang, Dr. MichaelChee, LorettaChen, SandyChen, SitanChen, SophiaChing, AdeleChing, JuneChing, SanfordChun, HeatherChun, JaycieChung, KristyCompton, DonnaConlan, CarolineCordero, RadiantCrowley, Moira

Cup Choy, ZitaDang, ChrisDang, Kaley AnnDarlene (Lynda Asato’s friend)Dela Cruz, LoretoDelos Santos, MarkDemola, SuzukoDibianco, JudyDihn, DuyenDomingues, JoniDumalan, PatricEbesugawa, FordEgge, VeraEmily (Lynda Asato’s friend)Endo, YoiEspinoza, AyoyaFernandes, Dr. RitabelleFo, StephanieFong, CiciFong, KathyFrank, Elouise (Puna)Fujii Dias, KristinFujii, MaeFujii, MiltonFujita, RaquelFukuji, KaylynFukunaga, IrisFurumori, SandraGearhart, KarenGittelman, DanielGon, SheriGonsales, PamelaGoshi-Otaguro, RoyGrande, GlennGreenwell, JudyGum, LenoraHagihara, AmyHan, RonaldHara, General KennethHara, JeanHashimoto, JasonHata, SharonHe, JingyiHiga, Jane S.Higa, Tomie ElsieHikari, RoyHinshaw, Dr. VirginiaHioki, ReynoldHirata, TevorHirayama, LauraHo, PeterHong, MaeHung, NinaIbay, Rudolfo (Rudy)Ige, CarolInatsuka, LillianInn, Kristina

Inouye, JoanIsomura, ToshiIto, JanetJackson, DebbieJang, MandyJocelyn (Lynda Asato’s friend)Johnson, Chris “CJ”Kaaihue, MichelleKaapu, CaroleKagawa, VioletKageno, MadelineKaili, MartyKakuni, SashaKamei, GreggKane, ChaseKaneshiro, NormanKaren (Lynda Asato’s friend)Karmuth, NaneaKatahira, ErinKatahira, HelenKatahira, JackKatz, MarcyKay, RaynaKauahikaua, MarianetteKawaguchi, DianaKeele, PaulaKiai, ElizabethKim, EricKim, Richard (Kapolei NHS student)Kim, RN NguyenKim, SamuelKim, Sgt. ChrisKitabata, DoraKiyabu, HelenKo, MarisolKobashigawa, LeonaKobayashi, NaomiKoenig, Dr. MattKoike, KenKoike, PhyllisKondo, VioletKonishi, KevinKop, NormanKotani, BettyKoyanagi, DoreneKruse, ClintonKuang, JenniferKumura, YoshikoKunabara, BrendanKunimura, MarieKunioka, Brian (Jits)Kurashima, CortneyLai, ChristinaLam, AmerlieLam, JeffyLam, Linda

Larimore, DarleneLau, BlakeLau, BradleyLau, JessalynLau, KenLau, RandyLau, W. JeffreyLawton, DylanLee, AmerlieLee, Chaewon (Stella)Lee, ClaraLee, JamesLee, LetahLee, PamLee, Robert (Bob)Lee, SimonLee, SophiaLee, SusanLee, ToniLi, BingyingLi, LenaLi, XingHuiLi, YuxinLim-Tam, DianneLim-Tam, KaylaLin, LynnLiu, MichelleLono, CherylLowry, TrishLuong, AngelLuong, RebeccaMadriaga, FerdinandMahi, BenMana, HaradaManahan, JoeyMansho, ReneMaunuger, J.Marse, R.Martell, RioMartwer, J.Mary (Lynda Asato’s friend)Maschhoff, KyleMatsukawa, JoanMatsunaga, KarenMau, BeverlyMau, DorothyMau, JamelynMayeda, AnnMaynes, DouglasMaynes, LovynaMcKee, KierstyMcKinney, MichaelMellor, ChristynMichaels, StanMikami, JenMitchell, Mitsuda, Brandon

Miyasaki, TerriMiyasato, CarolMiyasato, JudithMiyashiro, JanetMiyata, AliceMizusawa, CehrylMoikeha, SanaeMotooka-Higa, ShariMuir, MarieMun, WesleyMuranaka, LorraineMurata, MichelleMyers, LeeNagasawa, AliciaNagata, ArlenNakagawa, Dr. KazumaNakamine, LaurenNakamura, JudyNakano, HelenNelson, StephanieNg, J.Ng, TiffanyNguy, YvonneNguyen, BrandonNishiyama, MelvinNoe, JaneOakland, MichaelOda, KarenOgawa, GarrettOjiri, DonaldOka, CalvinOka, IreneOka, LindaOkamoto, JillianOkawa, JoAnnOkuda, DaleOnishi, Chef PaulOnishi, JaneOoka, RaleneOshima, JoAnnOshiro, Nobuko

Oshiro, NormanOtaguro-Goshi, RoyOuansafi, HakimOyadomori, RuthPaahana, DarlenePablo, AngelinaPacheco, DonnaPadilla, Mary AnnPasikala, DawnPang, CarolPang, JeffreyPang, StephaniePascoma, JoaquinPasikala, DawnPat (church friend of Edna Chang)Pauline (Lynda Asato’s friend)Pellerin, MoonPerkinson, Dr. Margaret “Peggy”Pregana, RitaPunous, Carol AnnQuisano, CarrisonRainey, FayeRamiro, RosietaRanney, KatieRemigio, ShaeReyes, PeterReynon, RachaelRillera, Tatiana TereseRuan, Suk WenSakihara, GailSakoda, Vicki (Lynda Asato’sfriend)Sakumoto, AtsukoSan Jose, MonicaSantos, FrancisonSchmid, RitaScott, HaleySekine, SharynSeng, RyanShaw, Richard

Shaw, YokoSheehan, AbigilShibata, YokoShimoda, BrentShimokawa, ArleneShiohira, WayneShirota, ClaireShoda, CelinaSimmons, SuzanneSpencer, ChristineSpringer, JamesSpringer, LenoraStern, RN TracyStrawn, BrianSueda, MarySugihara, JeanSun, Dr. JohnnySuzui, CaroleSwanson, Maureen (LDS)Swisher, SarahTachikawa, WendyTakamura, SusanTakayama, GordonTamanaha, SusanTangonan, KarlyTanouye, JanaTawata, KathyTaylor, LukeTenrikyo Honolulu Ko ChurchTeramoto, CynthiaTokita, SteveTolentino, AlohiTolentno, HarmonyToma, Franklin (Frank)Touchi, DonaldTsutsumi, AliceTuitele, KriseanUnawai, AliceUg, AnnaUshijima, MayaVance, Kathleen

Vance, VirginiaViernes, BrandonWaikiki Lions ClubWard, DawnWee, MichelleWerle, DeniseWilson, Keli‘iWong, AileenWong, CourtneyWong, Dr. Roberta LeungWong, ElaineWong, LorrieWong, SteveWratchford, CJWu, TysonXu, Kelli (Kapahulu Senior Center)Yahata, GeraldYamada, ValerieYamauchi, BrannonYanagawa, AronYanagawa, RosalineYara, LindaYeda, NancyYee, WilliamYeung, JohnnyYokogawa, JaciYoshida, GaryYoshida. MarkYoshikawa, JoyannYoshimura, StevenYoung, CandaceYoung, ColetteYoung, CynthiaYoung, MeliaYoung, PatrickYoung, TerranceYung, Arron

JAPANESE CULTURAL CLUB UPDATE

By Clarice Kumura

WHAT A YEAR!!!It’s been a challenging year to say the least, but we are survivors. To continue to survive on an upbeat note, let’s have funand laughter in our lives. Here are some quotes and jokes for seniors.

A SENIOR'S PRAYER

GOD, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run

into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

GEEZER TWEETSATD At The DoorBFF Best Friend FellBTW Bring The Wheel ChairBYOT Bring Your Own TeethFWIW Forgot Where I WasGHA Got Heart Burn AgainTTYL Talk To You Louder

Josephine AguilarFrancis Alip

Pilsun AminaMarion Arakaki

Vicente “Vince” AristaRosita Asuncion

Elizabeth AyauHelen Balmores

James “Jim” BolsterDebra “Hoku” Burrows

Arceli ChanMildred Chibana

Zhong Ying Xiao ChowDoris Chun

Pauline “Haunani” ClarkeCarolyn Corrigan

Judy DibiancoSandra Joy Eastlack

Vera EggeChitra Ensor

Julita “Julie” EshlemanThomas Fujimoto

Sue FujitaniMichiko Goshi

Claire GroomDonald GuerreroMatsue HaimotoCaroline Harano

Kathy HarunoCharlotte Higa

Yukio HigaMasataka “Masa” Hirayama

Yu Kun HuangTerrie “Teruko” Ikemi

Herbert ImamuraSharon Isa

Shizue IshiharaYoko Isomae

Amy “Emiko” IwasakiMadeline Kageno

Tina KanemaruHannah Kawakami

Diane KawauchiRhonda “Mahealani” Kekua

Yvonne “Yaeko” KobashigawaGenevieve “Genny” Kohler

Reiko KusumotoGale Lane

Elishah LathropGisele LauElaine Lee

Lorraine LeeShu Zhen Li

Eden LimVirgilio “Rudy” Lucas

Darlene MadriagaIrene Masuka

Toshihiro MatsudaMarietta Mattoon

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By Diana Kawaguchi

SHIKI NU CHUI SHIJI SHIRU KURASURUApril being the 4th month of the year is named after the Greek Goddess, Aphrodite.

Most well-known date in April is April fool’s day on the 1st of April. April fool’s day is a day when practical jokes or tricks are played on unsuspecting people, so be careful not to have any pranks played on you! April 1st also celebrates Fun day and One cent day. The One cent which has borne Abraham Lincoln’s face since 1909, cost the U.S. Mint, Two cents to make.

This year Easter Sunday falls on April 4th. This is a major Christian holiday, to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ 3 days after his death. Easter is considered to be a moveable event, and is celebrated on a Sunday after the 1st full moon of the Spring Equinox (the time or date, 2x a year, at which the sun crosses the celestial equator. This is when day and night are of approximately equal length).

WE HAVE BEEN HOME OVER 1 YEAR ago since the global epidemic. Who could even imagine this would ever happen to us? One year of the covid19 pandemic paralyzed America and the rest of the World. Everything came to a standstill, and all our lives changed. Many losses were incurred. Our everyday lives and attitudes changed. Things we took for granted on a daily basis, hugging, social activities, school, work, family gatherings, etc. all changed. Many restaurants and business’s closed, and many lost their jobs. Many losses were incurred. THIS WAS A WAR AGAINST A VIRUS!

Precautionary measures had to be taken on a daily basis, constant washing of hands with soap and water, use of antiseptic sanitizers, 6ft. social distancing, and wearing of masks when going out. We were exposed to the world of “ZOOM” to attend various classes, and presentation by various organizations

Through all of this, we are thankful and grateful to the many countless people and organizations, who helped to make our adjustment to this new life style a little bearable.

We are forever grateful to Suzanne Chun Oakland, and her staff, Iris, Riva and Cookie, for working so hard in providing the many zoom classes to our members, to keep us active, healthy and well informed during this difficult times. We thank Lodi for keeping the Lanakila Multi-Purpose Center building and grounds, clean and safe till we can all return to it again.

April is derived from the Latin “aperies” meaning “to open”, referring to the opening or blossoming of flowers and trees. There is a saying “April showers bring May flowers, so if the rain of April ever gets you down, never forget the silver lining!”

Who would have thought after 1 year of working together to overcome this virus, there is now a vaccine which gives us HOPE, and back to Normalization again! Valuable of all lessons is KINDNESS.

“Shiki nu chui shiji shiru kurasuru” which is an Okinawan proverb meaning“Let’s live helping each other in this world”

Roy MichinakaGladys Miyata

Patricia MoritaFrank MurakawaDoris NagamineAlicia NagasawaCarl Nakamura

Mitsuko “Mitzi” NakamuraRita Nakasone

Kathryn NarusawaShirley Nishizawa

Jessie NittaKay Nobori

Sharon NomuraJames Ogata

Linda OkaTheodosia “Teddi” Pacarro

Leslie ShibuyaHerbert Shiraishi

Toshi “Toby” SullivanSetsuko Taguchi

Betty “Komeno” TairaKimiko Takamiya

Lillian TanakaYoshie TomosadaJanet WakakuwaHatsuko Walker

Liejun WuMisako Yagi

Wallace “Wally” YashimaShao-Zhen Zheng

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LMPSC Serves as

a Site for COVID

Vaccinations

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

Photos courtesy of Celeste Imamura

MahaloThank you so much for

your generosity!

PIKAKE ($1000+)

OHI’A A LEHUA ($500+)

KAHILI GINGER($250+)

HIBISCUS ($100+)

Emoto, CarrolynMizushima, Diane

Paik, PhyllisShimoda, Wendy

Umemoto, Eyvinne

BIRD OF PARADISE ($50+)

Takamura, Susan

ANTHURIUM ($49 & UNDER)

Jones, Chong ChaKiyuna, RobertaShibuya, Leslie

Umeno, RobertaUnderwood, Stephanie

Vance, KathleenYamasaki, Glenn

IN-KIND GIFTS

Asao, BryantAuyong, Janet

Chun-Oakland, SuzanneFujii, Jane

Hae Dong Hug – Jennifer Kim & Ann Kobayashi

Hirayama, LauraNazarino, MaryTakeuchi, Helen

Tomomitsu, RaymondYi, Yoon Kyo– Korean Community

Liaison

LMPSC PREPS

THRIFT STORE

MAKEOVEROn behalf of the staff and members of Lanakila Senior Center, our warmest mahalo to the following people for their volunteer efforts to replenish Lanakila’a Thrift Shop and Concession in preparation for re-opening:

Amy Bratt, Amy Hagihara, Anne Yoneshige, Atsuko Sakamoto, Beverly Fujita, Beverly Mau, Carol Burrows, Carol Ige, Carol Pang, Caroline Harano, Chali Luhiau, Clarice Kumura, Colette Young, Corinne Chan, Donna Compton, Dorothy Asahina, Dorothy Mau, Faye Rainey, Grace Chang, Harriet Isa, Helen Katahira, Henry Fujita, Irene Yamashita, James Ogata, Jane Noe, Janet Miyashiro, Janice Yokooji, Jean Akamine Jean Sugihara, Jean Sugiyama, John Awakuni, John Burrows, Joyce Wong, Julie Lyons, Karen Matsunaga, Laura Hirayama, Leila Ishiki, Lori Chong, Lori Katahira, Lynda Asato, Mae Hong, Mary Sueda, Muriel Donnan, Pat Sasaki, Roberta Leung, Sandy Furumori, Sarah Swisher, Sharon Hata, Sharon Hirose, Steve Hidalgo, Sumie Sueishi, Tad Iwata (Reverend) and the Tenrikyo Honolulu Ko Church, TsuyakoIwamoto, Violet Oyadomari, Wayne, Shiohira, Wendy Shimoda, Wendy Tachikawa, Yoko Shaw

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I sincerely apologize for the tardiness of my message, I somehow thought we had already sent a message of thanks to the LMPSCladies who sewed wheelchair and walker bags for our Kuakini Home residents. I have Rosie Ramiro’s email address, so I sent her an email to thank her for her continued dedication to sewing items for Kuakini’s Health Care Team and the long term care residents.

Thanks, Iris, for delivering the bags to Kuakini. We are extremely grateful to your sewing ladies who recently donated a large selection of handmade cloth bags which our residents are using for their wheelchairs, walkers, and bed rails.

· Linda Yara – 34 bedrail bags· Judy Greenwell – 8 wheelchair/walker bags, 6 bedrail bags· Mary Sueda – 19 wheelchair/walker bags· Rosie Ramiro – 31 wheelchair/walker bags, 84 scrub caps· Amy Bratt– 17 wheelchair/walker bags, 12 scrub caps

There was a very nice variety of cloth and prints that were used to sew the bags. Some of the prints were so beautiful and cutethat my staff and I wished that WE needed the bags! J

These items were expertly sewn and so professional looking. The residents are very excited about the bags.

Please let the sewists know that the Kuakini Home residents are very happy with their new treasures. Also, the scrub caps that Rosie has been sewing for the staff are greatly appreciated and useful. Staff enjoy deciding which days to wear their matching caps.

We are so blessed and thankful for the generous community support that we have received throughout the pandemic from organizations and individuals such as the Lanakila Multi Purpose Senior Center members. We know a lot of time, dedication andeffort have been put into their various sewing projects.

I have attached some photos of the items we have received – you may share it with your members as you see fit.

Thanks again for your donations!

Please continue to stay well and be safe!

Donda

Donda D. Spiker, APRManager, Marketing and Public RelationsKuakini Medical Center347 North Kuakini StreetHonolulu, HI 96817808-547-9168www.kuakini.org

Community Thanks to LMPSC

From Kuakini Medical Center:

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Thank you very much on behalf of the UH-Manoa COE teacher candidates for the very generous donation of face masks by the seniors at the Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center. The enclosed note with each mask was especially heartwarming and supportive. By gifting these teachers-to-be with bags containing teaching supplies, food items, and personal protective equipment, we hope to provide support during these dire economic times, acknowledge their commitment to the teaching profession, and promote educational excellence, one of the tenets of our international honorary women’s organization Alpha Delta Kappa, along with Altruism and World Understanding.In our successful campaign, we received over $4,500 in monetary donations as well as an abundance of donated goods from more than a hundred individual and group donors throughout our Hawai‘i Alpha Delta Kappa chapters. In addition, the Pearl Harbor Rotary Club endorsed the project and made a generous monetary donation as well.Because of the generosity of all our donors, Project Kako‘o can continue with Phase II in April to support more teacher candidates. We also now envision reaching out to others interested in supporting our future teachers in the UH-Manoa College of Education.Mahalo,‘Alohi Okamura (HA∆K Nu Chapter) and Carol Emerson (HA∆K Xi Chapter)Project Kako‘o Coordinators

Here is the padlet link to view the event responses, particularly the heartfelt expressions of gratitude from the UH-Manoa College of Education teacher candidates (click site, then click screen to view): Padlet site

Also, here are two days of photo montages capturing the packing and distribution activities:

From UH Manoa College of Education:

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Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center was one of the first community partners and has been a site for Kapiolani Community College Community Health Worker practicum students. Mahalo to all the students that have volunteered at LMPSC these past few years: Lenora Springer, Susan Kaneshiro, Jeah ZsarlaAgsunod, Peter Ho, Stephanie Cachola, and Cristina Cordeiro. We appreciate YOU! – Susie Chun Oakland

I wanted to share this article from Tuesday's UH News and wanted to give a big mahalo to all of you, our community partners. Without your hard work and support of our students in the field, our program wouldn't be possible.UH-educated community health workers key to COVID-19 response

Mahalo nui,--Hilary HackerCommunity Health Worker Recruitment Facilitator & Lecturerhttps://www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/academics/programs-of-study/community-health-worker/Kapi'olani Community College4303 Diamond Head Rd, Kopiko 124Honolulu HI 96816

Community Info & Resources

USDA Increases SNAPAccording to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), starting March 22, 2021, there was a 15 percent increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through September 2021. For more information, visit www.usda.gov.

Federal TAX Filing Delays until May 17The IRS confirms extension of 2020 federal tax filings until May 17, 2021. Visit the IRS news release here, https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-day-for-individuals-extended-to-may-17-treasury-irs-extend-filing-and-payment-deadline. Please note there is no extension date on State tax due date at this time.

Change in Making Local CallsHawaiian Telcom announces starting October 24, 2021, to make a local call, you will need to dial 808 + telephone number. On and after that date, local calls dialed only with 7 digits will receive a recording informing that your call cannot be completed as dialed. You must hang up and dial 808 + telephone number. In addition, all services and equipment that are programmed to complete calls to 7-digit numbers will need to be reprogrammed, i.e. life safety systems or medical monitoring devices, fax machines, internet dial-up numbers, fire or burglar alarms and security systems, mobile phone contacts, etc. For a detailed description or more information, please visit www.hawaiiantel.com/dial808.

From Kapiolani Community College:

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AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Debbie Jackson

Fridays11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Learn American Sign language to communicate

with family or friends.

BASIC UKULELEMelvin Nishiyama

Mondays8:30 am – 9:15 am

Brush up on your strumming and chords with this beginner level

course.

BODY & BRAIN YOGA & TAI CHI

Elizabeth Kiai

Wednesdays1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Stretching and flexibility for circulation & health. Anyone from ages 60 to 120 can take this class. Accommodations to the exercises are often

suggested by the instructor.

CHAIR YOGAMarianette Kauahikaua

Tuesdays8:00 am – 9:00 am

Improve health & happiness using breathing techniques, exercises and

meditation all in the comfort in your own chair.

FUSIONDaniel Gittelman

Fridays9:00 am – 9:45 am

Seated full-body workout to achieve strength, balance, and cardio!

Sturdy chair is required.

HARMONY’S HULAKumu Harmony Brighter

Mondays & Tuesdays10:00 am – 11:00 am

Learn the hula of various Hawaiian songs with

Kumu Harmony. Any level welcome!

HAPPY SENIOR SERENADERS

Donald Ojiri

Wednesdays10:30 am – 11:30 am

Play to some local favorites. Experience in

playing ukulele required.

INTERMEDIATE UKULELE

Melvin Nishiyama

Fridays10:00 am – 11:00 am

Advanced strumming and chord theory. Must already know how to read chords and play on own. Open to those who have attended Basic Ukulele previously.

SAHM BO DAHNVideo

Wednesdays2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Korean breathing exercises.

TAI CHIKen Koike

Wednesdays & Fridays8:00 am – 9:00 am

Exercises to nurturesone’s “Mind, Body & Spirit.” Primarily Yang

style Tai Chi with a focus on stretching, qi gung and

basic tai chi principles.

TAI CHI FOR HEALTHRandy Lau

Sundays9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Experience meditative movements seated in a

chair. Sturdy chair is required.

ZUMBA GOLDCJ Wratchford

Fridays10:00 am – 10:30 am

Get your body moving with senior friendly dance moves to energetic music.

LMPSC Online ClassesLanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center offers online classes during the mandated Stay at

Home order. All classes are held online via Zoom (www.zoom.us) and are FREE! Please

contact Susie Chun Oakland at suzanne.oakland@catholiccharitieshawaii.org or Riva

Torno at (808) 847-1322 or riva.torno@catholiccharitieshawaii.org to receive more

information.

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S U N M O N T U E S W E D T H U R F R I S AT1How to Use

Zoom (8:00 am)

Cooking Demo

w/ Chef Onishi

(10 am)

Comm Res Mtg

(12 pm)

2

HOLIDAY

Good Friday

3

4 5Fall Prevention

w/ HFD(11:30 am)

Topics of Aging

(2:00 pm)

Journey as

Caregiver

(5:30 pm)

6

Pearl Harbor

Aviation

Series

(11:30 am)

7

Beg.

Calligraphy

(9:00 am)

8Coffee, Tea and

Talk Story

(7:30 am)

CaptionCall

(10:00 am)

910 Ways to Love

Your Brain (1:00

pm)

Milestone

Workshop

(3:00 pm)

10

11 12

Cooking

Demo w/

Chef Onishi

(11:30 am)

13

Ikigai Series

(11:30 am)

14

Program

Committee

Mtg

(8:30 am)

15History of Board

of Water Supply

(10:00 am)

Guitar

Performance

(12:00 pm)

16Eating Smart for

your Kidneys

(1:00 pm)

Dinner Together

(4:00 pm)

17

18 19Power of Attorney

(11:30 am)

Eating Smart for

your Kidneys

(12:30 pm)

Topics of Aging

(2:00 pm)

20History of YMCA

of Honolulu

(11:30 am)

Eating Smart for

Your Kidneys

(1:00 pm)

21

Intro to

Water Color

Painting

(9:00 am)

22Coffee, Tea and

Talk Story

(7:30 am)

Senior Ctrs Mtg

(12:00 pm)

23

Hawaii Opera

Theatre

(1:00 pm)

24

25 26

Eating Smart

for your

Kidneys

(1:00 pm)

27 28Kimono Card

Making

(8:30 am)

PAB Mtg

(12:00 pm)

29Coffee, Tea and

Talk Story

(7:30 am)

Lei Day (9:00 am)

Emergency

Preparedness

(11:00 am)

30

April 2021

Center Staff

Susie Chun Oakland Program Coordinator suzanne.oakland@catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Riva Torno Program Specialist riva.torno@catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Iris Hiramoto Membership Specialist ihiramoto@catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Cookie Irvine Program Support Asst. cjoseph@catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Cyan Curtis, LSW Case Management cyan.curtis@catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Corinne Gyotoku, MSW Case Management corinne.gyotoku@catholiccharitieshawaii.org

Lodi Tapawan Custodian