Volume 21, Issue No. 40 - September 1, 2012

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A Weekly Publication of the People of Queen’s
October 1, 2012
Volume 21 – Number 40
Giving the Gift of Health to Transplant Center
“Transplants are personal and
Queen’s is deeply personal to me,” said
kidney recipient Rachael Wong. Rachael
spoke to department representatives at
the 2012 Employee Giving Campaign
kick off held last Monday, September
24. “Going all the way back to when my
grandmother worked here, I have been
at Queen’s many times throughout my
life. Kidney transplant saved my life
and every step of the way, I assure you,
you all make a difference to each and
every patient,” she said sincerely. The
Queen’s Transplant Center is the designated beneficiary of this year’s campaign, though employees may also elect
to give to the general fund. The Queen’s
Giving/AUW pledge drive runs now
through October 19, with department
fundraisers being held through November 16 (see accompanying box for details.)
Now in its seventh year, the Queen’s
Above: Kidney transplant recipient Rachael Wong. Top right: Sharlene Tsuda
outlines the goals for this year’s Giving
Campaign. Right: Art Ushijima.
Giving Campaign shows the community
at-large that employees believe in and
support the mission and values of Queen
Emma and King Kamehameha IV.
The Queen’s Transplant Center opened
in record time in response to the closure
of Hawai‘i Medical Center last December. Livingston Wong, MD, began the
original transplant program in 1968 at
what was then St. Francis Medical Center. Today, his daughter Linda Wong,
MD, carries on the family tradition and
is among the surgeons performing transplants at the Queen’s Transplant Center. Queen’s Vice President of Community Development Sharlene Tsuda said,
“The Transplant Center demonstrates
how individuals
at Queen’s are
willing to combine their talents
to achieve things
that are important to our community.” QHS/
QMC President
Art Ushijima added, “The establishment
of the Transplant Center is one of the
most significant accomplishments of my
career.” Livingston Wong, MD, summed
it up best by commenting, “The Transplant Center is about people; taking care
of people and the love of people.”
Donation pledge forms were given to
department representatives for distribution to all staff. Each week, all those
who have turned in a completed pledge
form will be entered into a prize drawing. If you did not win, your name remains eligible for the remaining weeks.
At the completion of the drive, a grand
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Kamehameha 4’s Lively Nurse Judy Retires
Judy Fujimoto boarded the S.S.
Lurline from her home in California,
came to Hawai‘i, and never left. That
was back in ’66; now the former youth
pastor, would-be accountant, and most
recently registered nurse of Kamehameha 4 pre- and post-op Short Stay,
has turned the page to become a retiree,
but one with a long list of things to do.
After high school, Judy admits to giving higher education somewhat less than
Giving Campaign
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prize winner will be selected from all
of the completed forms. (So even if you
won a weekly drawing, you are still
eligible to win the grand prize.) Prizes
are: week one, three $30 Consolidated
Theater gift cards; week two, three $50
Ruth’s Chris Steak House gift cards;
Holly Iwasaki of Fund Development explains
the details of this year’s campaign.
the old college try and dropped out. Her
mother felt that travel could be an education too, so she set up the trip to
Hawai‘i for Judy, who decided to stay
week three, three $75 Roy’s gift cards;
week four, four $100 Chevron gift
cards. The grand prize, back by popular
demand, is an iPad. Completed pledge
forms need to be received each Friday
for inclusion in the following Monday’s
drawing. See your department rep to
confirm their time frame for drop-off.
An employee recognition event,
Grilling with Gratitude, will be held
on Friday, November 16 for those donating $250 or more. Those donating
$1,000 or more will be invited to the
CEO Reception to be held later this
Above: Judy Fujimoto, RN, with Queen’s
‘ohana, husband Fuji (seated), and sons
(behind Fuji) Jeff and Jason.
for three months. The plan was, if she
liked it, she would get a job. She did. “I
worked at Spencecliff Restaurants,” Judy
said. That’s where she met Fuji. After an
11-month romance, they eloped. “I called
my mom collect from ‘Mrs. Fujimoto,’ Judy related. “I figured if she accepted the
call, I’d be good!” Her mom asked, “Why
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year. “Asking for funds is not an easy
task,” Art admitted. “But it really does
help when you believe in a purpose.
Our goal is participation. It’s important that we all make a commitment.”
Queen’s
Community Development Bake Sale
Tuesday, October 9, 8:30am till sold out!
Na‘ea Gazebo
Security Week
Friday, October 12
More details to be announced
Department rep Kristina Hanakeawe picks up packets for the Queen’s Cancer Center.
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Human Resources Bake Sale
Friday, November 5, 7:30am
Harkness Dining Room Walkway
Many Queen’s Hearts Unite for a Good Cause
Queen’s teams continued to give
strong support at the recent American Heart Association Heart Walk. The
walk was held in Kapi‘olani Park on
Saturday, August 11. Queen’s was the
third largest company represented with
384 registered participants. Queen’s
was the second largest fundraiser raising a current total of $23,440. Jackie
Leonard, Neuroscience Institute admin
secretary was once again the top fundraiser of the event, bringing in a current
Lively Nurse Judy
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did you marry him?” Judy’s answer: “Because I love him!” After her mom got to
know him and warmed up to Fuji, she
asked him, “Why did you marry her?”
Judy had two sons, Jeff and Jason,
and was a stay-at-home mom for a while.
Both she and Fuji became active at Bay
View Chapel in Kaneohe, and Judy later
studied to become a licensed youth pastor, a job she held for 13 years. Then
she resigned and went back to school at
42 years of age. Most of the kids in the
youth group, she explained, ended up being close friends’ kids, and she didn’t feel
she was effective being seen as “aunty.”
“I thought I was going to be an accountant,” Judy said of her reentry into
the world of college academics. But a
personality test showed her strengths
to be with people, which she knew she
loved, and science, which was a surprise. So she chose nursing instead.
“I loved it,” said Judy. “I got a Queen’s
scholarship in 1992 and graduated in
1993. Judy was hired for Short Stay—
which used to have a holding area on
Kina‘u 3. She stayed put for most of
her nursing career, but piloted a photo
total of $13,112 in
donations, a personal best.
Special thanks
goes to the following
people
for making this
year’s Heart Walk
Queen’s largest turnout ever: team
captains John Scherry, Dawn Sanderson, Melanie Mangrobang, Gina Timoteo, Pam MacChlerie, Bryce Yamamotherapy program for psoriasis patients
for a year and a half. Now that she has
retired, many of her colleagues are wondering who they will turn to for Judy’s
quick, good-natured sense of humor.
Judy has a rather eclectic list of activities planned for her retirement,
all recorded on a lengthy list on her
smartphone, including:
•Learn a new language, but doesn’t
know which one. (“I need someone
to talk to.”)
• De-clutter and organize the house.
• Write a children’s book about Fuji,
who is handicapped—“like about
the time he drove his car into our
swimming pool.”
• Exercise at the Y.
• Grow a vegetable garden.
• Keep in touch with people she loves.
• Volunteering for Red Cross disaster relief, which she trained for 10 years ago.
• Buy senior’s bus passes for herself and
Above: Jackie Leonard (left) was the top
fundraiser. Left: The Queen’s Heart Walk
T-shirt was designed by contest winners
Theresa Canady of APEC, and her daughter Tomi Danielson.
to, Lindsey Abrams, Terri Jones, JoAnn
Batalon, Joyce Kishaba, Kimi Morton,
Brittney Patterson-Lazzaro, Shannon
Enomoto, Crystal Enjada, Karlee Palms,
Dean Saiki and Lance Kwon; health fair
volunteers Mel Komatsu, Morgan Boyle,
Terri Jones, Karen Seth, Leina Duchai,
Lei Ah Yo, Randy Talavera, Myrtle Nyuha and Coraleen Valdez; T-shirt design:
Theresa Canady, Tomi Danielson, and
Lezlie Kiaha; behind the scenes: Cathy
Young, Alexis Hartford, Amy Yoshimura, Pearl Whittaker, Jason Kimura and
Makana McClellan.
Look for pictures more picture of the
Heart Walk on The Queen’s Medical
Center Facebook page: www.facebook.
com/TheQueensMedicalCenter.
Fuji (“only $30!”) and “go Circle Island.”
• Learn to cook Thai food.
• Do jigsaw puzzles with Fuji.
• Spend more time with her dog.
• Help her neighbor, who suffers from
arthritis, pull weeds.
In the end, Judy’s mom turned out to
be right. The Lurline trip turned out to
be an education, and then some!
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The following departments are due
for TB monitoring by Employee Health
in the month of October: Center for
Outcomes Research & Evaluation; Genetics Program; Geriatrics; Pauahi 4
Med; Pauahi 6 Telemetry; Pharmacy
POB I; Pharmacy Contracts; Pharmacy
POB II; and Pharmacy POB III.
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Crafters are being sought for Security Week on Friday, October 12, and
the Queen’s Giving Campaign/Aloha
United Way Craft Fair on Friday, November 2. Call Joele at 691-5418.
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Children & Youth Day will be held
Sell:
’91 Acura Integra: 3-dr htchbk, 154K mi,
5-spd, cold a/c, P/S, full paging alarm sys,
AEW cold air intake, new oil pan gskt, type
R oil pump n pick up; wtr pump; timing blt,
new hd gskt, sprk plgs, dizzy cap n rotor, new
intake mnfld gskt, new throttle body gskt,
new O2 sensor, new S 6 1/2 dr & rear spkrs.
$2,500 obo. ’01 Acura Integra: 3-dr htchbk, 46K mi, 5-spd, cold a/c, P/W, P/S, P/snrf,
short ram intake, DC sprt hdrs, baby apexi
N1 exhst, Shunk2 frnt upper cntrl arm w/
camber kit; suspension, Megan rear lwr cntrl
arm; lower tie bar, alpine dk & 15” blk rims.
$5,500 obo. Call/text Lance (808) 554-4758.
’07 Bianchi Avenue: 52-53cm, Cmfrtbl
& stable ride, w/21-spd shifting & braking control. Rode twice, like new. Asking
$250. ’91 Cannondale Hybrid: SH600
(size 18?), good cond. Asking $200 ($900
new). Hoover MaxExtract77: Multi-surface pro carpet & hard flr deep cleaner.
Designed to clean variety of surfaces fr
carpets to couches & sealed wd flrs to
tiled flrs. Used twice, vry gd cond. Comes
w/all orig attchmnts & cleaning solutions.
Pd $300+, asking $100. Call 499-9447.
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Service
A W A R D S
In acknowledgment of many years of continued service, the Queen’s ‘ohana congratulates those who are
marking an anniversary. Mahalo to all for your dedicated service. Employees work at QMC unless noted.
5 years
Lauline Acton
Flordenita Bowen
Kristilyn Carney
Rowena Castillo
Eden Corpuz
Cheryl Dilay
September 2012
Anna Dodd
Jessica Dolores
Linda Douglas
Shannon Enomoto
Venelyn Feliciano
Kimberly Gleason
Barbara Johnson
Sasha Kimura
on Sunday, October 7. Queen’s volunteer technicians will check and/or
install child passenger safety seats at
the Department of Health parking lot
from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Participants may then park in the lot and attend all the nearby festivities.
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Race for the Cure, the 18th annual
Susan G. Komen Hawai‘i event, will be
held on Sunday, October 21 at Kapi‘olani
Park. Help support the promise to save
lives and end breast cancer forever by
stepping up and joining the Queen’s
team. Register online at KomenHawaii.
org, or call Jenny Mulholland at 691-
Misc:
Renee Latimer
William Lee
Julie Lyons
Myrna Manzano
Shaquel Mariano
Ryan Matisak
Rorie Morgado
Derek Namihira
Dana Oda
April Ogata
Randall Oshiro
Ashley Pangelinan
Raymond Rios, III
Blaine Sanchez
Dayna Serrao
Walter Tabion
Lillie Jackson
Kathryn Russ
Susan Stern
20 years
Rodney Balbas
Vera Cabilao
Teresita Cayetano
Jill Flores
Liane Fujita
Elizabeth Jones
Young Sook Kang
Desna Manzanillo
Eric Mendonca
Virginia Vea
Valeria Vidad
Naomi Wong
10 years
Tracy Atagi
Edmund Ayala
Reynaldo Bala
Ivy Dilda
Ana Marshall
Lynne Miyasato
Sarah Souza
Alan Stein
Jeffrey Tsang
Karen Yamamoto
Amy Yoshimura
25 years
Regina Acosta
Rudencio Basanes
Emylene Ching
Mary Hackney
Celia Namoca
Karen Quon, QHS
30 years
Gayle Jitchaku
Joan Maeshiro
Wendy Miyamoto
15 years
Myrna Hoomanawanui-Danz
35 years
Sharon Kobayashi
7757 or Darlene Sardinha at 691-8984.
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The third Cross-Cultural Health
Care Conference: “Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Interventions,” will be held
on February 8 to 9, at the Ala Moana Hotel. Save with early bird registration until
October 31 at www.cchc-conference.com.
P r i n t
Wanted: Housekeeper, 2 days/wk in
Makakilo. Please call Janet @ 672-8543.
Halloween fundraiser: The Slopes of Diamond Head Hui presents the ultimate costume party of the year, Crazy, Sexy, Ghoul,
on Friday, 10/19, from 8:30pm-1:00am, Aloha Tower Waterfront. Benefits Make a Wish
Foundation. Adv tickets only, none will be
avail at the door. Male $20 w/2 female tickets free. Call Lyne @ 741-0722.
Babysitter: Quality, affdbl care for newborn, infant &/or toddler in safe upper Liliha
home. 2 meals daily. Avail M - F w/flexible
day hrs. Have cared for many QMC employee’s children. For more info call 595-6360.
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