May 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

Client Satisfaction surveys will be

distributed week of May 11th ~ 15th Please return to

Front Desk.

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 inte-gral 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 collabora-tive 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 teach-ers 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 holi-

day!

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

Jerry Rauckhorst, President & CEO of Catholic Charities Hawai‘i giving the blessing while entertain-er, 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 Celebra-tion!

Enjoy the little things in Life…

For one day you will look back and realize that they were the big things.

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)

D o n a t i o n s Received: March 21— April 20, 2015

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

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

Ms. Hester Inouye

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

Okinawan Cultural Club

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

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

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

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fujita

Ms. Florence Koyama Ms. Florence Marushige

Mrs. Nobuko Oshiro Mrs. Emmie Otake

Mrs. Yoshino Teruya Mrs. Matsue Uehara

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

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

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 Diana Antonio

Emelita Campos

Grace Chang

Shirley Lau

Stanley Nakamine

Donald Ojiri

Stella Okuma

Helen Palama

Jean Sugihara

Richard Tada

James Takamiya

Kay Tomomitsu

Mui Truong

Alice Tsutsumi

Doris Wauke

Charlotte Wong

Linda Yara

Emiko Yoshida

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

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Room 7 847-1322

Ext. 29

Cookie

Irvine

Program

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Room 7 847-1322

Ext. 28

Iris

Hiramoto

Membership

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Room 4 847-1322

Ext. 24

Justin

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Program

Specialist

Room 3 847-1322

Ext. 22

Selina

Lau

Social

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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.

Doris Yamashiro

Frances Yamauchi

Xiao Ping Yang

Janet Yasumatsu

Helen Ibara

Nancy Yeda

Wilma Yee

Betty Yomono

Choon Mae Yoon

Audrey Young

Motoko Young

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

Portuguese Cultural Club by Puna Frank

Chinese Cultural Club by Dorothy Mau

Cultural Club News

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 5/29—Parent’s Day

Korean Cultural Club by Toni Lee

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 ener-gy 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 interac-tive 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. Congratu-lations 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 deli-cious 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)

Japanese Cultural Club by Judi Yogi

The Korean Club hosted a Korean Kimbap Cooking Class lead by Toni Lee.

Events: 5/7 – Meeting 5/14 - Meeting 5/21 – Meeting 5/28 – Meeting

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

Filipino Cultural Club of Honolulu by Puna Frank

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 vol-unteers 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 5/14- Medication Management

5/21 – Birthday – Variety Show 5/28-Tyler Yafuso

Okinawan Nenchosha Club by Irene Yamashita

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

Hawaiian Cultural Club By Sharon Tulba

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!

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1

CCH Staff Conference

CENTER CLOSED

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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

Gourmet Lunch Club (11:00)

Program Committee Meeting (8:45)

Blood Pressure Screenings (9:00)

7

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

Memorial

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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)

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Memorial Day

CENTER CLOSED

26

iPad Class

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27

New Member

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PAB Meeting (12:00)

Blood Pressure Screenings (9:00)

28

Blood Pressure Screenings (9:00)

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FCC (8:30)

NARF (9:30)

May 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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