May 2015 - Catholic Charities Hawaii

LANAKILA KUPUNA NEWS
1640 Lanakila Ave., Honolulu, HI 96817
Telephone: (808) 847-1322
May 2015
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:
Last month was a busy one for us here at the Lanakila Multi-Purpose
Senior Center, but this month seems to be filled with even more fun
and exciting activities!
Our Volunteer Appreciation Day (VAD) celebration was so much
fun! I would like to thank Rodney Villanueva for being such an
awesome emcee/entertainer at our volunteer recognition event!
I would also like to thank Catholic Charities Hawai‘i’s President &
CEO, Jerry Rauckhorst, for pulling double duty and playing an integral role in our VAD program. I would also like to thank all of the
Catholic Charities Hawai‘i staff who took time out of their extremely
busy schedules to help out at our event, so that our volunteers could
simply sit back and enjoy their special day! It was truly a collaborative effort and we have received a lot of positive feedback about the
event.
Our Intergenerational Easter Celebration was also a big hit-especially with our young friends from the Lanakila Elementary
School’s Head Start program. Thank you to all the amazing teachers who work so hard with our community’s keiki. They brought so
much joy to the Center’s members! A special mahalo goes out to the
Planning Committee and volunteers: Puna Frank, Helen Castillon,
and Marty Kaili. Every detail of the event was perfectly executed and
the children has such a blast during the egg hunt! It was wonderful!
Upcoming on May 20, 2015 is our annual Memorial Program,
where we celebrate the lives of our friends who have gone before us.
Please join us and their families as we honor their memory with
fellowship and song by our very own Harry & Flora Nakasone,
Taisho Koto and Marion Arakaki-Sensei’s Enka Class.
On behalf of the Catholic Charities Hawai‘i staff, we wish you and
your family a very Happy Mother’s Day & a safe Memorial Day holiday! 
Client Satisfaction
surveys will be
distributed week of
May 11th ~ 15th
Please return to
Front Desk.
Jerry Rauckhorst, President & CEO of Catholic
Charities Hawai‘i giving the blessing while entertainer, Rodney Villanueva stands by to provide tons of
laughter to our special volunteers at our annual
Volunteer Appreciation Day event on April 16, 2015.
Puna Frank, President of the Portuguese Cultural Club
at LMPSC, gifting healthy treats to our Lanakila
Elementary School’s Head Start students who
participated in our Intergenerational Easter Celebration!
Enjoy the little things in Life…
For one day you will look back and realize that
they were the big things.
Memorial Program 2015
May 20th (Wednesday)
9:00 a.m. ~ 10:00 a.m.
Check in - Activities Room
Program - On the Lanai
REMINDER:
The Center will be
CLOSED on
Monday, May 25th in
observance of
Memorial Day
Visit us online at:
www.CatholicCharitiesHawaii.org
& look for our link to Lanakila MultiPurpose Senior Center (LMPSC)
Upcoming Events
Fri.
5/1
CCH Staff Conference (CLOSED)
Sat.
5/2
CarFit Event @ Catholic Charities Hawai‘i
on the corner of Keeaumoku & Nehoa St.
Wed.
5/6
Gourmet Lunch Club (11:00am)
Wed
5/6
Program Committee (8:45 am)
Fri.
5/8
How to Move Up and Down Part I (10:00)
Wed.
5/13 Show & Sell Bazaar (8:00 am)
Fri.
5/15 Bishop Museum Excursion (9:00)
Wed.
5/20 Memorial Program (9:00)
Thurs. 5/21 Movie Matinee at Lanakila (11:00)
Friday. 5/22 How to Move Up and Part II (10:00)
Tues.
5/26 iPad Class with Bryan Ito (1:00 pm)
Wed.
5/27 Participant Advisory Board (12:00 pm)
Wed.
5/27 Heart Health Talk (10:00am)
In-Kind Donations
Received: March 21 ~ April 20, 2015
Diana Antonio
Emelita Campos
James Takamiya
Kay Tomomitsu
Grace Chang
Shirley Lau
Mui Truong
Alice Tsutsumi
Stanley Nakamine
Donald Ojiri
Stella Okuma
Doris Wauke
Charlotte Wong
Linda Yara
Helen Palama
Jean Sugihara
Richard Tada
Emiko Yoshida
Donations
Received: March 21— April 20, 2015
Pikake ($1,000+)
`Ohi`a Lehua ($500+)
Ms. Hester Inouye
Kahili Ginger ($250+)
Okinawan Cultural Club
Hibiscus ($100+)
Mrs. Amy Chan
Mrs. Nobu Gray
Mr. Ralph Kawano
Ms. Shirley Nishizawa
Mrs. Sally Shimabukuro
Mr. and Mrs. Daly Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Toma
Chinese Cultural Club
Bird of Paradise ($50+)
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fujita
Ms. Florence Koyama
Ms. Florence Marushige
Mrs. Nobuko Oshiro
Mrs. Emmie Otake
Mrs. Yoshino Teruya
Mrs. Matsue Uehara
Anthurium ($49 & under)
Mrs. Charlotte Newcomb
Mrs. Francisca Gascon
Mrs. Sally Joyce IMO: Amoy Remigio
Mrs. Joan Kina
Mrs. Grace Okuma
Mr. Gilbert Olayan
Ms. Agnes Pagan
Mrs. Betty Wasa
Mr. Glenn Yamasaki
Mrs. Wilma Yee
Mrs. Hisako Yogi
Mr. Masao Yonemoto
NARFE
Anonymous
Thank you for your generosity!
Staff Contact Information:
Rosko Aisek
Florence Anagaran
Henry Arakaki
Frances Asato
May Asato
Misao Asato
Maxima Braceros
Frederico Capuchino
Susan Caswell
George Chan
Jane Chang
Siu Ling Chen
Yu Jun Chen
Kam Siu Cheng
Albert Chin
May Ching
Sylvia Ching
C. Francis Chun
Lee Ann Close
Felicidad De Jesus
Leticia Dullin
Hyun Sil Enomoto
Mary Espina
Margarita Flores
Carol Fong
Richard Fujimoto
Patrick Fujioka
Violet Ganeku
Bonifacia Genova
Florence Goh
Alma Goo
Betsy Hall
Dorothy Hamamoto
Gladys Harada
Qing Ren He
Roddy Higa
Roy Higa
Tatsuko Hino
Roseline Ho
Kenneth Hu
Helen Ibara
Shizue Ikeno
Hyeong Bock Im
Amy Ishikawa
Elsie Ishiki
Tsuyako Iwamoto
Keiko Kai
Lily Kaneshiro
Esther Kau
Margaret Kaulukukui
Jennie Kawasaki
May Kawasaki
Pilyon Kim
Lorraine Kusumoto
Caroline Kuwahara
Shirley Lau
Joyce Lee
Mu Cha Leiggi
May Leigh
Sun Ho Leung
Joo Ryoung Lim
Wan Ping Lin
Henry Tan Luc
Sook Ng Lui
Frederick Lum
Sau Yue Lum
Carolyn Lum
Amy Malek
Mae Matsumoto
Oliver Mattoon
Dorothy Mau
Ellen Shizue Miyahira
Kameko Miyashiro
Felicita Mohika
Helen Morikawa
Sharon Nakai
Doris Nakamura
Betty Nakata
Sally Nakata
Virginia Narito
Katman Nawaia
Thomas Nikaido
Kenneth Nip
Hiroko Nishihara
Shizuichi Nishizuka
Kimiko Ohe
Donald Ojiri
Grace Okuma
Ruth Onaga
Chiyoko Oshiro
Norma Oshiro
Seiji Oshiro
Tomiko Oshiro
Carol Pang
Gwen Perry
Adelina Quisao
Noemi Ramos
Mae Rosen
Mary Saga
Noboru Sakihara
Barbara Sasahara
Joyce Shimabukuro
Sally Shimabukuro
Alice Shiroma
Edna Mae Smith
Etsuko Smith
Betty Suenishi
Alice Takata
Karen Takemoto
Ruth Tamashiro
Taye Tashiro
Jane Tatsuta
Beatrice Tom
Mildred Toma
Tomi Trubee
Mae Tsukamoto
Julie Umemoto
Clara Uyechi
Nancy Weisner
Asano Yahiku
May Yamachika
Elaine Yamamoto
Takeshi Yamane
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
847-1322
(Mondays) Ext. 26
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.
Doris Yamashiro
Frances Yamauchi
Xiao Ping Yang
Janet Yasumatsu
Helen Ibara
Nancy Yeda
Wilma Yee
Betty Yomono
Choon Mae Yoon
Audrey Young
Motoko Young
Cultural Club News
Chinese Cultural Club
by Dorothy Mau
Chinese Cultural Club enjoyed a nice get-together party on Friday, April 24, 2015. We had our own Chow Fook Choy and his lovely
wife, Cindy as his assistant perform some interesting magic tricks that he invented himself. We were delighted to have some
passerby members join us.
On April l7, 2015 Justin Trubiani arranged to have Joseph Go of Assistive Technology Resource Center to speak and
demonstrate to us a large collection of equipment to use for the elderly and handicapped . Members were fascinated and were able
to try out some of the items on display. May will be a busy month for us. Please join us on Fridays of each month unless the Center
is closed. May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii, so wear a pretty lei On May 8th,The person wearing the most pretty lei will get a prize!
Events:
5/1—Center Closed
5/8 - Ariana Masuoka
5/22– Bingo
Japanese Cultural Club
5/29—Parent’s Day
by Judi Yogi
Spring will be in full bloom as we celebrate Tango no Sekku (Boys’ Day – May 5). Colorful paper carp waving in the breeze are the
most visible symbol of the Boys’ Day Festival. The carp became the symbol of Boys’ Day because, to the Japanese, it is full of energy and power, and stands for courage and the ability to attain high goals. And to commemorate this significant festival, the Lanakila
Headstart children will be joining us to celebrate Boys’ Day. The members can look forward to a fun day participating in interactive games with the keikis, story telling, and a comical hula number (Hukilau).
Other exciting events planned for the month of May include a fun-filled game of Bingo - try your luck and win a great prize.
Also in May, Birthday celebrants will be enchanted by the soothing sounds of taisho koto performed by Mele O’Hawaii. Congratulations to our 90+ celebrants, Sally Nakata, Sally Shimabukuro, and Kenneth Nip. Happy Birthday to all of you. And speaking
of birthdays, at the young age of 100, Gladys Goka, in celebration of her birthday (April 11), treated the JCC members with a delicious lemon chiffon birthday cake. She also honored each 90+ April celebrant with a beautiful lei. Thank you Mrs. Goka for your
generosity and thoughtfulness. May you celebrate many, many more birthdays with the JCC members.
Remember: Come and support the JCC Show & Sell on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Events:
5/4 – Boys’ Day
5/11 – Bingo
5/18 – Birthday
5/25 – No Meeting (Memorial Day)
Korean Cultural Club
by Toni Lee
The Korean Club hosted a
Korean Kimbap Cooking
Class lead by Toni Lee.
Events:
5/7 – Meeting
5/28 – Meeting
5/14 - Meeting
5/21 – Meeting
Portuguese Cultural Club
by Puna Frank
Mahalos to members who take time to trek all the way to Lanakila for Wednesday weekly meetings.
Take advantage of free health screenings and classes scheduled at Lanakila. Call the center for confirmation of time and
topic. Your active justification can do wonders for you! Come enroll in different classes... Put a little risk in your life...Today might
be your last! Get Involved and be free to explore.
PCC members will be enjoying a Chinese Buffet and more at Makino Chaya on April 22nd, Birthday celebrants for March
were Mei, for April Debbie, for the month of May Rose and Kenneth and for the month of June celebrants are Puna, Moana, and
Alice.
Events:
5/6 – Meeting
5/13 - Meeting
5/20 – Meeting
5/27 – Meeting
Hawaiian Cultural Club
By Sharon Tulba
Aloha to everyone at Lanakila. Its been a while I wrote out the minuters for our club. Meetings were called by president
Frances Dela Cruz. Role call was done by Agnes Pagan.
April 16th was Volunteer Appreciation Day. Rodney was our MC and what a character. Kapuna Power was held
at the capital. Our Loyal Members with health problems get well soon. Show and Sell will be held on May 13th. We will
be making pickled onions and lau lau plate lunch. We need members to donate the items such as onions and ham to make
these dishes. Thank you to all our members who served at our meetings they are appreciated by everyone. Happy May
Day!
Events:
5/5 – Meeting
5/12 – Meeting
5/19 – Meeting
5/26 – Meeting
Filipino Cultural Club of Honolulu
by Puna Frank
Salamat to DCCA speaker Theresa Kong Kee for educating club members about SCAMMERS and FRAUDULENT
“things” that happen on a daily basis to seniors. Chapter 2 is being planned so stay tuned.
Congratsto recent lucky numbers drawings on April 16th’s Volunteer Appreciation Day. Winner Wilma Ibay was
chosen. April birthday celebrants are: Helen Castillon, R. Aquino, T. Pacarro, and R. Delosantos. May you all be blessed
with many more.
Events:
5/16 – Meeting
5/30 – Meeting
Okinawan Nenchosha Club
by Irene Yamashita
The month of April was a full month with five Thursdays. On April 2 we were educated on preparing for disasters by
John Cummings of the Dept. of Emergency Management of the C&C of Honolulu. Fliers were distributed on what
we as Seniors should know about the difference between tsunamis and hurricanes and how to prepare for them. It was
helpful to learn something new from the presentation.
An entertaining morning on April 9 featured Sensei Kyoko Sano and her karaoke students who shared their
musical talents with us. A couple of dances added to the karaoke songs which ended with everyone joining in doing the
“Tanko Bushi”.
All volunteers of the Lanakila Senior Center were recognized on April 16 with a special program, prizes for lucky
winners, and delicious bento lunches. Mahalo to Catholic Charities. Also, Kudos to our Okinawa Nenchosha Club volunteers who make every Thursday morning a special time for us regardless of what is on the program. Many of you get
to the Center early to set up chairs, or help with refreshments, or do other things necessary before we begin our weekly
routine to start the day. Many, many thanks to each one of you for your faithfulness.
April birthdays were celebrated on April 23 with a special program by Derek Shiroma sensei and his guests from
Okinawa. We honored six birthday celebrants including Shizue Ishihara (94) and Takejiro Higa (92) who received
special recognition. The Nenchosha Club is truly blessed whenever we have special guests from Okinawa.
On April 30, we were impressed by the agility and performance of the Nuuanu YMCA Tai Chi group, many of
them who are also seniors. Several types of styles were exhibited with appropriate music backgrounds. Golden fans
were used for one and swords for another.
Events:
5/7-Mother’s Day – Faye Murata
5/21 – Birthday – Variety Show
5/14- Medication Management
5/28-Tyler Yafuso
Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center’s Annual Volunteer
Appreciation Day Celebration 2015 was a huge success! Our
volunteers were entertained by Emcee/Funny Man: Rodney
Villanueva and our very own talented star: Iris Hiramoto;
volunteers also received a very yummy bento from Sugoi’s and
wonderful gifts, including a special bag and balloon animals,
flowers, etc., by the balloon artist from Balloon Monsoon;
and, they even got to get all dressed up for their photo booth
session. It was a blast!
Lau
Ojiri
Takeuchi/Sueda
Hasegawa
Tai Chi For Health
Novice Ukulele
Beg.Taisho Koto
Intro to Yoga
Frank
Wauke
Kong/Tangonan/Lindo
Miyashiro/Ojiri/Ko
Lau
Portuguese Cultural Club
Adv. Beg. Line Dance
Ellen's Ukulele
Happy Seniors Serenaders
Tai Chi for Health
9:00
10:00
10:00
10:00
11:00
Time
9:00
9:00
9:30
10:30
11:00
Class Title
Folk Sing Along
Fusion Exercise
Chinese Cultural Club
Tap Dance
Sahm Bo Dahn
Instructor
Chong/Gray
Gittelman
Mau
Koepke/Martin
Katahira
Friday
Ojiri
Kellett
Maeda
Hasegawa
Intro to Yoga
9:30
11:00 New Novice Ukulele
11:00 Exercise with Karate
12:00 Basic English*
Nakasone/Ito
Sewing by Nakasone
Instructor
Group
Werle
9:00
Time Class Title
8:00 Walking Group
8:30 Stretch and Tone
Wednesday
Brighter
Harmony’s Hula♦
10:00
10:00
10:30
10:30
10:30
11:00
Tsutsumi
10:00 Lei Making Group
Group
Sueda
Kellett
Walking Group
Japanese Cultural Club
Instructor
10:00 Exercise with Karate
8:00
9:00
Time Class Title
Monday
Location
Library Annex
Lanai
Activity Room
Dance Studio
Lanai
Go Room
Dance Studio
Sewing Room
Activity Room
Lanai
Library
Sewing Room
Library Annex
Craft Room/
Sewing Room
Dance Studio
Location
Library
Lanai
Library Annex
Sewing Room
Library
Lanai
Dance Studio
Crafts Room
Library
Lanai/
Activity Room
Outside Lanai
Location
Enka Class
Taisho Koto
Crafts by Florence
Okinawan Dance
iPad for Seniors
Korean Dance/Club
Koike/Wong
Dela Cruz
Tamura
Brighter
Usami
Katahira
Arakaki/Nakano
Takeuchi/Sueda
Tamura
Nakasone/Ellis
Ito
Lee
Higa
Instructor
Perry/Higa/Kang
*DOE-funded Classes
♦Center-funded Classes
Instructor
Castillon
Saturday
Okinawa Nenchosha Club
Library
Sewing Room
Location
Location
Lanai/
Activity Room
Library Annex
Library
Sewing Room
Lanai
Library
Lanai/
Activity Room
Dance Studio/Craft
Location
Sewing Room
Lanai
Activity Room
Library Annex
Dance Studio
Sewing Room
Lanai
Hirashiki/ Takamoto Crafts Room
Thursday
Tai Chi
Hawaiian Cultural Club
Crafts by Florence
Harmony’s Hula♦
Japanese Calligraphy
Sahm Bo Dahn
Hawaiian Quilt, etc.
Time Class Title
9:00 Filipino Cultural Club of
Honolulu
9:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
1:00
9:00
9:00
Instructor
Mah Jong
Sugihara
Needle & Thread Workshop Sueda
Time Class Title
8:30 Arts & Crafts
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:00
10:00
11:00
8:30
7:30
8:30
Time Class Title
Tuesday
May 2015
Sun
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
1
CCH Staff
Conference
CENTER
CLOSED
2
CarFit at
CCH
(8:00 - 12:00)
Ching Campus
3
4
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
5
Stanford University
Chronic Disease
Self Management
Program (11:00)
6
7
Gourmet Lunch
Blood Pressure
Club (11:00)
Screenings (9:00)
Program Committee
Meeting (8:45)
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
8
How to Move Up
and Down to the
Floor Part I
(10:30)
9
10
11
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
12
Stanford University
Chronic Disease
Self Management
Program (11:00)
13
Show and Sell
(8:00)
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
14
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
15
Bishop Museum
Excursion (11:00)
16
FCC(8:30)
17
18
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
19
Stanford University
Chronic Disease
Self Management
Program (11:00)
20
21
Lanakila Movie
Matinee (11:00)
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
22
How to Move Up
and Down to the
Floor Part II
(10:30)
23
25
Memorial Day
CENTER
CLOSED
26
iPad Class
(1:00)
27
New Member
Orientation (9:00)
PAB Meeting
(12:00)
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
28
Blood Pressure
Screenings (9:00)
29
30
FCC (8:30)
NARF (9:30)
24
31
Center Hours
Monday - Friday
7:30 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday (2x/month)
8:30 am - 11:30 am
Memorial
Program (9:00)
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
WE PLAY, WE LEARN, WE SERVE