April 2015 1640 Lanakila Ave., Honolulu, HI 96817

Telephone: (808) 847-1322

Visit us online at:

www.CatholicCharitiesHawaii.org & look for our link to Lanakila Multi-

Purpose Senior Center (LMPSC)

A program of Catholic Charities Hawai’i funded in part by the State Executive Office on Aging (EOA) via contract with EOA and the C&C of Honolulu, Elderly Affairs Division

Message from Dianne Lim - Tam - Program Coordinator:

LANAKILA KUPUNA NEWS

NOTICE from CCH Transportation:

Please update your Transportation

Registration (see Cookie in Rm 7)

Happy Spring! Can you believe how quickly time flies? It’s al-

ready April 2015! This month, we are happy to announce that the evidence-based Tai Chi for Health/Fall Prevention will be starting a brand new session on Monday, April 27th. We want to send warm MAHALO to all the amazing people who have made this class such a success thus far: Randy Lau, Stan Michaels, Sherry Tanaka, Judy Taketa, Justin Trubiani and all the won-derful participants! Please come and join the fun! We have a lot of activities planned for the month, so please take a look at the calendar of events and don’t miss out!

If you drive, don’t forget to sign up for a very educational 12-point check to make sure that you properly fit your car.

On behalf of the Catholic Charities Hawai‘i Staff, we wish you and

your family a very Happy Spring season !

Are you a LMPSC Volunteer? If so, please RVSP to Iris Hiramoto (Membership Specialist)

for our annual celebration to honor you:

Volunteer Appreciation Day 2015 April 16th (Thursday)

Check-in starts at 8:30 am; Program starts at 9:30 am

Searching for the perfect Mother’s Day gift?

Visit our Concession Stand for

handmade, one-of-a-kind gifts for your

special Mom!

Catholic Charities Hawai‘i is hosting a CarFit (http://www.car-fit.org/) event at Ching Campus (1822 Keeaumoku Street--on the corner of Keeaumoku and Nehoa Street) on Saturday, May 2nd from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon spon-sored by The Occupational Therapy Associa-tion of Hawaii and AARP Hawaii.

CarFit is a 12-point assessment to help older drivers improve their “fit” to their car to increase safer driving. And it is FREE. Get properly fitted for your car!

To register, older drivers can call the Catholic Charities Senior Services Intake line, 527-4777.

Upcoming Events

Wed. 4/1 Iris Card Making (10:00 to 2:00)

Fri. 4/3 Good Friday (CENTER CLOSED)

Mon 4/6 Fall Prevention Seminar (9:15)

Mon. 4/6 Intergenerational Easter Program (10:30)

Tues. 4/7 Stanford University’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (11:00)

Wed. 4/8 Kūpuna Power Day Outreach (8:30)

Fri. 4/10 Movie Matinee (10:30)

Sat. 4/11 Happiness & Health: Biology of Happiness

Mon. 4/13 Last day of AARP Tax Preparation

Tues. 4/14 SMP Medicare Talk (10:00)

Wed. 4/15 Program Committee Meeting (8:45)

Thurs. 4/16 Volunteer Appreciation Day (9:30)

Fri. 4/17 Assistive Technology Resources Talk (9:00)

Mon. 4/20 National Kidney Foundation of Hawai‘i: Nutrition Seminar (9:00)

Wed. 4/22 New Member Orientation (9:00)

Thurs. 4/23 Korean Kimbap Cooking Demo (11:00)

Thurs. 4/23 iPad for Seniors with Bryan Ito (1:00 PM)

Fri. 4/24 Excursion: Living Art Marine Life (11:00)

Mon. 4/27 NEW Session: Tai Chi for Health (10:30)

Fri. 5/1 CCH Staff Conference (CLOSED)

D o n a t i o n s Received: Mar. 21— Apr. 20, 2015

P i k a k e ( $ 1 , 0 0 0 + )

Okinawa Nenchosha Club

` O h i ` a L e h u a ( $ 5 0 0 + )

K a h i l i G i n g e r ( $ 2 5 0 + )

H i b i s c u s ( $ 1 0 0 + )

Nobue Akashi Mr. and Mrs. Daly Stevens

B i r d o f P a r a d i s e ( $ 5 0 + )

Mr. and Mrs. Leonardo Bulda Mr. and Mrs. Kagami-Nekoba

A n t h u r i u m ( $ 4 9 & u n d e r )

Cathy Bautista NARFE

Kenneth Nip Barbara Sasahara Sayuri Shiroma

Glenn Yamasaki Anonymous

T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r g e n e r o s i t y !

I n - K i n d D o n a t i o n s

Received: March 21 ~ April 20, 2015 Grace Chang

Sylvia Ching

Lee Ann Close

Toshi Fujimoto

Caroline Harano

Setsuko Iha

Carol Mae Kamalu

Pauline Mationg

Janet Miyashiro

Jane Morreira

Stella Okuma

Jeanette Shiohira

Edith Shito

Jean Sugihara

Amy Tari

Kay Toma

Alice Tsutsumi

Doris Wauke

Takeshi Yamane

Theresa Kaneshiro

Brennan Pang

Carol Mae Kamalu

Young Nyun Shin

Janet Takamune

Francisca Gascon

Sumie Consillio

Chunja Jitchaku

Irene Nitta

Shigeru Akamine

Francis Alip

Fumi Ansai

Rosalina Aquino

Marion Arakaki

Goro Arakawa

Vicente Arista

Rosita Asuncion

Trinidad Bautista

James Bolster

Lillian Brady

Helen Castillon

Joseph Chang

Kon Wu Cheang

Mildred Chibana

Zhong Ying Xiao Chow

Doris M. Chun

Kenneth Coelho

Mae Dang

Catalino Degala

Patricia Doi

Matias Dumo

Julita Eshleman

Miriam Everhart

Deborah Fine

Thomas Fujimoto

Gladys Goka

Michiko Goshi

Donald Guerrero

Matsue Haimoto

Caroline Harano

Takejiro Higa

Yukio Higa

Masataka Hirayama

Ellen Ho

Ping Xi Huang

Yu Kun Huang

Terrie Ikemi

Yoshiko Inatsuka

Shizue Ishihara

Yoko Isomae

Anastacia Javier

Madeline Kageno

Alicia Kam

Hannah Kaneaku-Basso

Haruko Katsuren

Rhonda Kekua

Sumiko Kernan

Yvonne Kobashigawa

Genevieve Kohler

Reiko Kusumoto

Kay Kuwamoto

Elishah Lathrop

Gisele Lau

Juana Lazo

June Hee Lee

Lorraine Lee

Mollie Lee

Shu Zhen Li

Eden Lim

Irene Masuoka

Yoshie Matsuura

Marietta Matton

Mary Fong Miu

Betsy Miyahira

Gladys Miyata

Patricia Morita

Emma Mow

Mildred Muromoto

Doris Nagamine

Alicia Nagasawa

Mitsuko Nakamura

Shirley Nishizawa

Jessie Nitta

Sharon Nomura

Sueko Nomura

Eleanor O’Day

Utako Odachi

James Ogata

Linda Oka

Kimiye Oyasato

Theodosia Pacarro

Norma Rosa

Yong Cai Ruan

Herbert Shiraishi

Eileen Soong

Chieko Sugimoto

Florenda Taculao

Setsuko Taguchi

Betty Taira

Katsuko Taira

Mii Takakuwa

Elizabeth Takara

Elsie Teruya

Nora Tokunaga

Yoshie Tomosada

Janet Wakakuwa

Hatsuko Walker

Dorothy Waniya

Jane Wong

Sun Wong

Misako Yagi

Mabel Yamamoto

Wallace Yashima

Shao-Zhen Zheng

Dianne

Lim -Tam

Program

Coordinator

Room 7 847-1322

Ext. 29

Cookie

Irvine

Program

Admin

Room 7 847-1322

Ext. 28

Iris

Hiramoto

Membership

Specialist

Room 4 847-1322

Ext. 24

Justin

Trubiani

Program

Specialist

Room 3 847-1322

Ext. 22

Selina

Lau

Social

Worker

Room 6

(Fridays)

847-1322

Ext. 26

Emily

Reis

Social

Worker

Room 6

(Mondays)

847-1322

Ext. 26

Staff Contact Information:

Please note: If you would like to make an appointment to speak with our Social Workers, please sign up on the clipboards located outside of Room 6.

Please Remember: Please return Storage Usage Forms to Justin

(at Front Desk) by Friday, April 17th.

Mahalos to Lourdes, Jane, Rose, Helen, Diane, Moana, and all for your kokua. Extending GET WELL wishes to Elizabeth, Ellen, Loretta, China, Julita and Richard. March winds blew in UH school of Nursing stu-dents who come and do FREE health screening quite often. The Alzheimer's Association presented an ex-tremely well put together “Talk Story” time with members which uncovered something great...what?... Gregory Jeong and Elizabeth Farias were once residents of Kaka’ako...a “podagee” town that is being redeveloped by our current mayor.

Short shorts: Welcome back Judy and Aloha to Larry Ferreira (relocating to Colorado), peace to Nora Rico and Leimomi Berengue. Did I miss anything or anyone? Hopefully not...otherwise see me at the next Wednesday. Until Then ate ja!

Events: 4/1 – Meeting 4/8 – Meeting 4/15 - Meeting 4/20 – Meeting 4/22 – Excursion

Portuguese Cultural Club by Puna Frank

Chinese Cultural Club by Dorothy Mau

Cultural Club News

No Report.

Events: 4/3 – No Meeting (Center Closed) 4/10 – Meeting 4/17 – Meeting 4/24 – Meeting

Korean Cultural Club by Toni Lee

While many kinds of flowers blossom in Japan, people’s favorite flower is sakura, the cherry blossom, and April is the time for sakura. The color and shape of the flowers symbolize purity and simplicity, and their short-lived bloom reflects the shortness of life. For Japanese people, this symbolizes the way of human life where ris-ing, blossoming, and falling are part of our natural destiny.

The month of April brings us speakers who will give presentations on dental and eye care. Dr. Cecile Sebastian, an experienced dentist in delivering quality dental care to adults and children, will give a talk on “Dentistry and How It Affects One’s Overall Health”. Dr. John Olkowski, who is a fellowship-trained corneal sur-gery specialist, and the Chief Surgeon at EyeSight Hawaii, will focus on the aging eye and ‘’How To keep Your Eyes Healthy’’.

Want to learn how to save on energy? Come and listen to Helen Wai, from Hawaii Energy, who will give helpful tips on energy saving.

April birthday celebrants will enjoy a talented musical group of singers and dancers called Shinshju Kyokai Group, led by Nelson Yoshioka. Happy Birthday wishes to all of our celebrants, especially our 90+ Takejiro Higa, Shizue Ishihara, Chieko Sugimoto, Mii Takakuwa, and a very special Happy Birthday greeting to our Honoree of the month, GLADYS GOKA, who is an amazing 100 years young – WOW! Con-gratulations. May you all be blessed with many more years of good health and long life. Events: 4/6 – Dr. Cecile Sebastian 4/13 – Helen Wai/Energy Saving 4/20 – Birthday 4/27 – Dr. John Olkowski

Japanese Cultural Club by Judi Yogi

The Korean Club will be hosting a Korean Kimbap Cooking Class lead by Toni Lee on Thursday, April 23rd.

Events: 4/2 – Meeting 4/9 – Meeting 4/16 – Meeting 4/23 - Korean Kimbap Cooking Demo 4/30 - Meeting

Mabuhay and Salamat to Wilma and Rudolpho Ibay for the extra help at our meeting setting up and dismantling things. March Birthday Celebrants were entertained by the Happy Tappers of Lanakila. Thank you Mary and your dancers for sharing your talented tapping toes. Vic and Barry also dominated the audience with their jazzy, snazzy and classy tunes. April’s calendar of events is filled with freebies I.E. Health screenings, seminars, and club happenings. Don’t miss the jitney… Jump on and enjoy the fun!

Events: 4/11 – Happiness & Health: The Biology of Happiness 4/25 – Birthday Celebration

Filipino Cultural Club of Honolulu by Puna Frank

We had wonderful programs and entertainment during the month of March, thanks to Program Chair Flora Nakasone. On March 5, the Naleo Nahe Nahe, a group of Seniors who are more like professional entertain-ers, came with their Hawaiian musical instruments of ukulele, guitars and bass guitar to accompany the singers and provide live music for the dancers. Women dancers were joined by a male dancer who claimed he was 84 yrs old. Amazing, as he was able to keep up with all the hula motions and be right on beat. We enjoyed many tunes familiar to our generation, including some Japanese songs.

Speakers are very special when they can hold the attention of a senior audience. Jeffrey Roche from the Honolulu Fire Dept. did just that as he came on March 12 and spoke on a topic we’ve heard before: “Senior Fire & Fall Prevention”. Being a local boy and sharing his background of having gone through job after job be-fore finding his calling as a fire fighter the last 12 years, he kept our interest as he reminded us of the important elements of staying safe in your own home; among them being good lighting, uncluttered walkways, lighted stairwells, regular exercise, and installing smoke alarms. Unfortunately, there is at least a 2-year wait for instal-lation of the free smoke alarms so even if you sign up, it may be worth the cost to get and install your own.

Kuhio Day being on Thursday, March 26, our last meeting was on March 19 as we celebrated our monthly birthdays. We honored 8 members, including Esther Ramones (92) and Jerry Ojiri (93) who had the honor of blowing out the birthday candles. God bless all of you with many more healthy years. We enjoyed another fantastic variety show as Nelson Yoshioka and his group of karaoke singers entertained us. The pro-gram included solo hula and ukulele numbers. Mahalo to Nelson and his talented group of performers.

Events: 4/2 - Dept. of Emergency (Disaster Preparedness) 4/9 - Kyoko Sano

4/16 - Center’s Volunteers Appreciation Day (VAD) 4/23-Birthday/Derek Shiroma

4/30 - Kalihi YMCA Basic Fitness

Okinawan Nenchosha Club by Irene Yamashita

Tuesday, March 10th was our Hawaiian Club day to celebrate birthdays in January, February, and March. They are Greg, John, Cecilia, Gertrude, Sharon, and Mei. Janet opened up the meetings this month. Francis and Betty were in charge of getting food for the club during the month of March. They ordered and brought in delicious Chinese food. Janet also brought in some real ono goodies. John made some delicious cold drinks. Everyone had a nice time.

Events: 4/7 – Meeting 4/14 – Meeting 4/21 – Meeting 4/28 – Meeting

Hawaiian Cultural Club By Anita Hasegawa

Excursion Opportunity: Honolulu Hale Open House on Tuesday April, 28th 2015. Learn about local government and meet city officials. Sign up at the Front Desk

Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center’s (LMPSC) held an eventful health screening in cooperation with the National Kidney Foundation of Hawai‘i (NKFH). Members participated in tak-ing the next steps in living healthier lives. The National Kidney Foundation of Hawai‘i provided an amazing group of registered clinicians and nurses to come and administer health screenings to check for kidney disease and high blood pressure. It was a great success with over 43 members receiving tests for kidney disease and living healthy. Mahalo to the National Kidney Foundation of Hawai‘i for making a difference in the lives of our kūpuna. [Written by Program Specialist, Justin Trubiani]

Happiness Fact: A mere 20 minutes of exercise, three days each week will increase your happiness by 10 to 20 percent after six months! So join one of the many exercise classes

that Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center offers!

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Good Friday

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AARP Tax Prep (8:00)

Fall Prevention Tips @ JCC (9:15)

Intergenerational Easter Program

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Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (11:00)

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AARP Tax Prep (8:00)

Blood Pressure Screenings (9:00)

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SMP - Medicare (10:00)

Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (11:00)

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National Kidney Foundation of Hawai‘i: Nutrition Seminar (9:00)

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Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (11:00)

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New Member Orientation (10:00)

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Korean Kimbap Cooking Demo (11:00)

iPad for Seniors Class (1:00 PM)

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Excursion: Living Art Marine Life Center (11:00)

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Movie Matinee (10:30)

New Session for Tai Chi for Health/Fall Prevention (10:30)

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Stanford University Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (11:00)

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Humana (TBA)

Tai Chi for Health/ Fall Prevention with Randy Lau (11:00)

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Fall Prevention Tips (11:00)

April 2015

Center Hours

Monday - Friday

7:30 am - 3:00 pm

Saturday (2x/month)

8:30 am - 11:30 am

Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center

1640 Lanakila Avenue

Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

(808) 847 - 1322

Center Staff

Dianne Lim-Tam….Program Coordinator

Justin Trubiani………. Program Specialist

Iris Hiramoto….….Membership Specialist

Cookie Irvine……..Program Support Asst.

Selina Lau………………….Social Worker

Emily Reis……………….....Social Worker

Lodi Tapawan…………...……..Custodian

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