LANAKILA

KŪPUNA

NEWS

New Year,

New Events!

Inside This Issue:

Message from Susie 2Resources during COVID-19 3Class & Club Greetings 5Mahalo for your Donation 8Cultural Club Updates 9Schedule of Classes 11Upcoming Events Calendar 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 and Minnie K.

Fund via the Hawai`i Community Foundation.

January 2021| No. 60

Newsletter | January 20212

Happy New Year, Everyone!!!

We hope you are healthy, happy and enjoying the holidays! For those who could not take off from work, your efforts on behalf of our community is deeply appreciated.

We met our goal of preparing and personalizing 3,930 holiday cards for the men and women of the Navy and Marines, who had to remain in Hawaii during the holidays away from their families. We worked with Navy League of the United States, Honolulu Council, Executive Director Jane Ferreira to provide holiday greetings for the 3,930 holiday gift bags made especially for these service men and women. Mahalo to Diana Antonio, Lynda Asato, Mona Bernardo, Corinne Chan, Edna Chang, Grace Chang, Donna Compton, Yoi Endo, Sandy Furumori, Pamela Gonsales, Amy Hagihara, Jane Higa, Lillian Inatsuka, Janet Ito, Diana Kawaguchi, Richard Kim from Kapolei High School National Honor Society, Violet Kondo, Dorene Koyanagi, Christina Lai, Darlene Larimore, Rio Martell, Karen Matsunaga and family, Bev Mau, Dorothy Mau, Ann Mayeda, Janet Miyashiro, Judy Nakamura, Jane Noe, Linda Oka, Ralene Ooka, Jane Onishi, Faye Rainey, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Reyes, Sharon Sekine, Yoko and Richard Shaw, Wayne Shiohira, Claire Shirota, Mary Sueda, Lenora Springer, Wendy Tachikawa, Susan Takamura, Diane Terada, Aileen Wong, Joyce Wong, Valerie Yamada, Karen Yokoyama, Colette Young, Cynthia Young, Kapahulu Senior Center, Latter Day Saints Church members, Tenrikyo Honolulu Ko Church members, Catholic Charities Community and Senior Services Division, and the Queen’s Medical Center’s Cancer Survivor’s Group for their fantastic support in helping LMSPC reach its goal and bring happiness to the all these Navy and Marines service men and women.

We were also honored to partner with Reverend Tad Iwata from the Tenrikyo Honolulu Ko Church to assist in wrapping Christmas presents for children with cancer. Mahalo to Lynda Asato, Alicia Nagasawa, Mary Sueda, and Jean Sugihara, who wrapped all the presents. We hope the gifts brightened all of these children’s holidays!

A big mahalo to Weed and Seed Honolulu, the FBI – Honolulu and FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association - Honolulu, Locations Foundation, and an anonymous donor for their generous holiday gifts to 42 members of our senior center who live in Kalihi. The generous gift cards, their thoughtfulness and caring are truly appreciated! To Ward Village and their customers, mahalo for all the gifts that were provided to other seniors of our center. With their generosity, many more seniors will enjoy some holiday cheer this year. Mahalo a nui loa to Andie Farinas, a student at Farrington High School’s Health Academy, for organizing a facemask project. As a result of her and other students’ efforts and resources, they were able to gift over 200 face masks for our senior center members to use this Christmas! Our gratitude to Marie Muir, Girl Scout from Troop 873, for making a new bench for our senior center members to enjoy as her project. The bench will grace our front yard now for all to enjoy when we reopen! Office of Veteran Services Ronald Han also asked for LMPSC’s help in putting together homemade gifts for women who were recently widowed and unable to return to their home country. We were happy to do so!

Kudos to Center Member Lorraine Chang for a superb piano concert on December 15th via our LMPSC conference call and for all members who “attended”. We also appreciated Center Member Judy DiBianco for the delicious candy making workshop she did on Zoom as well as former LMPSC Program Coordinator Dianne Lim-Tam and her daughter, Kayla, for their facemask making and holiday scone presentations. Excellent! Much thanks to Roy Goshi-Otaguro from MOA Hawaii for the fun flower arranging online event that taught us that the beautiful energy that goes into the arrangement is as important as the beauty of the flowers, fern and other flora.

Mahalo a nui loa to the Roosevelt High School National Honor Society’s President Erin Katahira and club members for assisting our senior center with putting together 250 holiday bags for LMSPC member volunteers, who helped Lanakila and the broader community over the past year and a half. We were able to hold a Holiday Gift Bag Drive-Through for these 250 wonderful volunteers!

We would also like to thank Islands Hospice for their unsolicited donation of $5,000 to Lanakila Senior Center. We are touched by their generosity. We would also like to publicly thank Harris United Methodist Church for their donation of $2,500 that allowed the senior center to upgrade their computer systems, so that staff computers now have a camera and speakers to fully participate in and conduct online activities. We are deeply grateful to McCabe Foundation for their donation of $20,000, which will, in part, go towards increasing the WiFi capacity at the senior center to fully support the growing number of online activities now available to kupuna hosted by LMPSC as well as help us purchase computer equipment to create a technology lending library that will allow kupuna to fully use technology to access online services and activities in the pandemic environment. A center member, Roberta Wong Leung, was the first member to contribute towards the establishment of this new center lending library by donating a brand new computer to the center.

Our thanks to LMPSC member Dorothy Mau, who will be doing a Good Luck Ti Leaf Bamboo Cultivation Workshop; Kalihi-Palama Library Head Librarian Trisha Murakami and LilihaLibrary Head Librarian Linda Mediati, who will be educating us on all the library services available to the public; Reynold Hioki, who will be educating us on Cybersecurity; Roy Goshi-Otaguro from MOA Hawaii who will perform a Japanese Tea Ceremony; Dietician Stacey Breshear, who will educate us on Eating Smart for Kidney Health; Norman Kaneshiro, who will be taking us on a virtual tour of Okinawa to experience the Okinawa Gakumun Study Tour; and Chen Sitan, “Prince” of Tai Chi, who will do a special tai chi presentation for us.

We are fortunate to have such a wide variety of knowledgeable people in our community that are willing to share their time and expertise with our senior center members and other kupuna statewide. Mahalo to Jamelyn Mau, who took time out from her college studies during her holiday break and taught 4 center members, in person, how to use their iPhone. Ryan Quemado and James Li from Lanakila Pacific for patiently helping 18 members of Lanakila Senior Center learn how to use their computers, iPads, cellular phones and other devices for the months of November and December. Joan Matsukawa and members of the Hawaii MacIntosh and Apple Users Society and members from the University of Hawaii’s Pre-Med Association for sharing their time and expertise to teach kupuna how to use their MacIntosh and Apple devices in January and February. This is such a valuable service and the seniors of Lanakila are so thankful for your kokua.

May the beauty and wonder of the Season fill your hearts with joy and laughter and may you enjoy time with family and good friends. Best wishes for good health and may we always appreciate everything that we have in this lifetime … most especially, each other.

Best wishes for a great 2021 filled with hope, peace, charity, and grateful hearts!

Me ke aloha pumehana (with warmest love), Susie Chun OaklandProgram Coordinator

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

Welcome New Members!Carrolyn Emoto

Clara HookEllyn Kingsmill

Claire MinFrances ShimazuAmy Yamamoto

If you become a Victim:

1. Place a 1 year Fraud Alert on your credit file. Ask creditors to call you before

opening any new accounts or changing

existing accounts. Request copies of your

credit report and review them carefully.

Equifax 1-800-525-6285

equifax.com

Experian 1-888-397-3742

experian.com/fraud

TransUnion 1-800-680-7289

transunion.com

Close any financial accounts that have

been tampered with or established

fraudulently.

File a report or a misc. pub. with the police

department to help you with creditors

who may want proof of the crime.

Hawaii Police (808) 935-3311

Honolulu Police (808) 529-3111

Kauai Police (808) 241-1711

Maui Police (808) 244-6400

Make sure to obtain the police report

number and a copy of the report if

possible.

File a complaint with the Federal Trade

Commission (FTC) and complete the

Identity Theft Complaint Form and

Identity Theft Affidavit.

Your Identity is Your

Kuleana (Responsibility)

Department of the Attorney General Crime Prevention & Justice Assistance (CPJA) Division

Federal Trade 1-877-438-4338

Commission ftc.gov

ag.hawaii.gov

HAWAII IDENTITY THEFT RESOURCES

AARP - Hawaii

toll free 1-866-295-7282

BBB Northwest - Pacific

Fraud Hotline (808) 628-3950

bbb.org/hawaii/

Department of the Prosecuting Attorney - Honolulu (808) 547-7400 or toll free 1-800-531-5538

honoluluprosecutor.org

Department of the Prosecuting Attorney - Maui (808) 270-7777

mauicounty.gov/123/Prosecuting-Attorney

Office of the Prosecuting Attorney - Hawaii East Hawaii Unit: (808) 964-3306

West Hawaii Unit: (808) 322-2552

hawaiicounty.gov/pa-victims-witnesses

Office of the Prosecuting Attorney - Kauai (808) 241-1888

kauai.gov/ProsecutingAttorney

STATE OF HAWAII

Department of the Attorney General ag.hawaii.gov

Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs (808) 586-2653

cca.hawaii.gov

Department of Health

Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Hawaii (808) 586-7281 or toll free 1-800-296-9422

smphawaii.org

FEDERAL

Federal Bureau of Investigation - Honolulu (808) 566-4300

United States Postal Service

(808) 423-3790

United States Secret Service

(808) 541-1912

Community Info & Resources

DOH Covid UpdatesSHIP Hawaii shares that The Hawaii Department of Health has updated the information on HawaiiCOVID19.com. The updates include:

• New, easy to find information on the COVID-19 vaccine in Hawai‘i on HawaiiCOVID19.com/vaccine• If you or someone you know needs Ilocano or Marshallese, we’ve gathered resources in that language onto their own new pages: Ilokano

(Ilocano) | Kajin M̧ajeļ (Marshallese), find these and others languages at Multilingual Resources. • View the latest Travel updates and FAQs.• The Face Mask Guidance page moved from Health Info to Life & Work• COVID-19 Directory: The floating question mark now sends you to HawaiiCOVID19.com/call

Avoid COVID-19 Vaccine ScamsWhile details of the vaccination are getting worked out, The Federal Trade Commission wants to point out several things you can be sure of to avoid any scams:

• You can’t pay to put your name on a list to get a vaccine.• You can’t pay to get early access to the vaccine.• Nobody legit will call about the vaccine and ask for your SSN, bank account, or redit card number.

To learn more, visit www.ftc.gov/coronavirus/scams or www.consumerresources.org/betware-coronavirus-scams

https://hawaiicovid19.com/https://hawaiicovid19.com/vaccine/https://hawaiicovid19.com/ilocano/https://hawaiicovid19.com/marshallese/https://hawaiicovid19.com/resources/#multilingual-resourceshttps://hawaiicovid19.com/travel/https://hawaiicovid19.com/travel/faqs/https://hawaiicovid19.com/mask-guidance/https://hawaiicovid19.com/call/http://www.ftc.gov/coronavirus/scamshttp://www.consumerresources.org/betware-coronavirus-scams

Here are a few ways of how your personal

information is obtained:

Advance Fee Fraud is a scam that involves an

advance payment from the victim to the scammer.

Dumpster Diving is rummaging through other

people’s trash to obtain personal information.

Phishing is asking customers to update personal

or sensitive information by impersonating

businesses such as banks, credit card companies,

online retail stores, government agencies, etc. by

e-mail, mail or phone calls.

Shoulder Surfing is using direct observation

techniques, such as looking over someone’s

shoulder, to obtain personal information.

What is IDENTITY THEFT ?

Identity theft occurs when your

personal information is used to

commit certain crimes including

theft, fraud, forgery, etc. It is also

a crime to possess confidential

personal information of another

person without authorization.

What Happens if You Respond to a Scam?

Monetary loss

Physical harm or death

It can take years to rebuild good credit

Here are a few ways of how your personal information is

misused:

Authorize money transfer from your bank

account

Obtain an official identification card

Open new credit card

Establish a cell phone service

Prevent Identity Theft

Auction / Online Purchases

Designate one credit card with minimal limit for online shopping.

Do not go outside of the online store website to

complete transactions.

Computer / Internet

Use a firewall and virus protection to

Personal Information is anything that

confirms your identity, but not limited to:

Bank account numbers

Driver’s license number

Passwords

Social Security number

Other name, number, code, etc.

used to confirm who you are.

protect data.

Change your passwords quarterly on your e-mail and

online accounts.

If paying bills or shopping online, look for the Secure

Sockets Layer Certificate or secure padlock on the

bottom of the screen and https in the address box.

Destroy hard drive if discarding computer.

Finances

Make sure you’re receiving your monthly

statements/bills.

Do not give out your financial account passwords

and PIN numbers.

Mail

Install a locking mailbox or promptly remove

incoming mail after delivery.

Shred mail with your personal information.

Phone

Do not give out your personal information unless you

initiated the contact.

Ask questions and tell the caller you’ll call them back.

Don’t call the number that was provided to you.

Instead, call the number listed in the telephone book.

Other Prevention Resources

National Do Not Call Registry

Stop telemarketing solicitations. W 1-888-382-1222 donotcall.gov

Direct Marketing Association Stop mail and e-mail solicitations. www.dmaconsumers.org

Opt Out Services LLC

Opt out of pre approved credit card offers. W 1-888-597-8688 optoutprescreen.com

How do Scammers Access

Your Personal Information? Dumpster diving

Frauds or scams

Hacking Lost wallets, cell phone, etc.

Phishing

Shoulder surfing Skimming, unsecured mailbox,

bribery, home or auto theft, etc.

Central Source LLC

Obtain a free credit report to review. W 1-877-322-8228 annualcreditreport.com

Submitted by Jean Sugiyama

Bringing Some Laugh

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3D Origami“Hope to see each other and have fun! Stay healthy and stay well!”

Holiday GreetingsMessages from our classes and clubs (pictures are pre-pandemic)

Adv. Beginner Ukulele“Strum and be happy. Aloha

from the Av. Beg. Ukulele Class!”

Advanced Enka“May your new year be filled with

happiness!”

American Sign Language“May the spirit of the season of New Year fill your heart with serenity and peace. Wish you a happy new year!”

Basic Japanese Language“Have a most wonderful

2021!!”

Basic Ukulele“We hope to have a good

year!”

Body & Brain Beg. Yoga & Tai Chi

“Hauoli Makahiki Hou!”Brain Exercise

“Wishing everyone a great new year!”

Chair Yoga“The older you get, the healthier

you’ve been. –Thomas Perls”

Exercise w/ Karate“Enjoy 2021!”

Crafts by Florence“Happy New Year’s Be healthy & safe.

Please take care. Prayers for all. Aloha!”

Folk Sing Along“Happy New Year & we look forward to seeing

everyone in the future. Take good care of yourselves each & everyone of us is special.””

Fusion“Happy New Year & wishes that this

year is better than the last.”

Gentle Yoga“Hope you can keep fit this

year! Have fun too!”

Hanafuda“A bouquet of flowers to

start the new year!”

Happy Senior Serenaders“Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year.”

Harmony’s Hula“Hauoli Makahiki Hou! I look

forward to seeing all of you again.”

Health & Life Circle“Enjoy life to its fullest!

Happy holidays!”

Intermediate Ukulele“Strum and be happy. Aloha from the Intermediate Ukulele Class!”

Intro to Yoga“May 2021 Be Happy & Bright!!”

Photos courtesy Evan Ching

Tai Chi Chuan“May the New Year ring in a healthy one for all.”

Sewing by Nakasone“Happy New Year!!!”

Stretch & Tone“Keep well and mahalo

for your friendship!”

Men & Women’s Shed“Happy New Year!”

Principles of Tai Chi“Keep cool and enjoy life!”

Sword & Fan Tai Chi“Nurture the “mind, body &

spirit.”

Taisho Koto“We look forward to being a

community of learners and servers. May we all enjoy the new year.”

Japanese Calligraphy“Have a happy & healthy new

year!”

Line Dance“Dance your heart out!

Happy New Year!”

Mah Jong“Keep safe and hope to see

you soon.”

Needle & Thread“A new year and a brighter and happier

time to look forward to! We all await the re-opening of our “second home.”

Okinawan Dance“Precious friends, happy

new year to you!”

Ping Pong“Happy new year from P’Pong

members!”

Sahm Bo Dahn“Happy New Year to all. Best wishes for a healthy & prosperous 2021.”

Sing For Your Life“Victory! Victory!

Victory! Keep singing.”

Special Events Group“Do something thoughtful

for others and enjoy 2021!”

Tai Chi“Nurture the “mind, body &

spirit.”

Tai Chi for Health“Happy New Year to all the staff and members. Let’s celebrate as one of

transformation to an improved future for all.

Tap Dance“Tap Your Heart Away on

New Year’s Day!”

Veteran’s Talk Story Group“Stay Well!”

Photos courtesy of Evan Ching

Yui Buyo“Have fun during the holidays!

Merry Christmas!”

Filipino Cultural Club“Maligayang Pasko

Manigongtong Baong Taon!”

Chinese Cultural Club“Friendship with all of you is what

we treasure. Doong jit fai lok!!”

Hawaiian Cultural Cub“Hauoli Makahiki Hou!”

Korean Cultural Club/Dance“Sehe (New Year) Book

Manhee (Plenty) Badesayo(Receive Good Luck)”

Victor’s Kapakahi Group“I hope I can see everyone

at Christmas! LOL!”

Japanese Cultural Club“Akemashite omedetou

gozaimasu”

Cultural Clubs

Okinawa Nenchosha Club“Ii Sogwachi Deebiru”

Portuguese Cultural Club“Avoid hugs, avoid handshakes,

but strive to thrive for an awesome 2021!”

"I can’t thank you enough Susie for the efforts of your gracious and kind seniors. I saw some of the heartfelt notes they wrote and it brought tears to my eyes. These cards will be so very well received in their Christmas bags."

Center Members Bring Xmas Joy to Navy & MarinesCenter members, community volunteers, made 3,930 Christmas cards to help bring cheer to the service men

& women of the Navy and Marines from The Navy League of the United States Honolulu Council.

Thank you so much for your generosity!

Mahalo

PIKAKE ($1000+)

Islands Hospice

OHI‘A A LEHUA ($500)

Matsui, Masato

Olbrich, Janice – IMO: Lin

How Yee

KAHILI GINGER ($250+)

Furumori, Sandy

Ishida, Edward M/M

Murata, Carrie

Padilla, Maryann

HIBISCUS ($100+)

Japanese Cultural Club

Baba, Pauline

Fujimoto, Joyce

Gum, Lenora

Iwamura, James

Iwasaki, Sylvia

Kimura, Jane

Kinoshita, Karl

Kishimoto, Joyce

Madigan, William & Florenda

Mizushima, Diane

Nakachi, Dennis M/M

Nitta, Irene

Ojiri, Donald – IMO: Helen

Ojiri

Oshiro, Nobuko

Shimabukuro, Juliet

Sugiyama, Jean

Taira, Betty

Takabayashi, Alda Mae

Toma, Frank

Tramontano, Geraldine –

IMO: Ellen Kong

Yogi, Judith

Yu, Jin Suk

BIRD OF PARADISE

($50+)

Chang, Gloria

Hashimoto, Stephanie

Hee, Robert

Kahalehoe Jr., James

Kimura, Grace

Kina, Joan

Miyashiro, Janet – IMO: Lin

How Yee

Nakamura, Doris

Nakasone, Yoshiko

Nishida, Jean

Shimabukuro, Fujiko

Shiohira, Jeanette

Takeuchi, Patricia

Tokuda, Ronald M/M

Toma, Orie

Wong, Aileen

Yi, Ellen

ANTHURIUM ($49 &

UNDER)

Akamine, Takemitsu

Antonio, Diana

Ishihara, Bobby M/M

Kageno, Madeline

Nagareda, Steve

Oto, Janice

Sakamoto, Leighton

Sugiyama, Hisako

Teruya, Sumiko

Wakakuwa, Janet

Yamasaki, Glenn

Yasuda, Emiko

Yoshioka, Marjorie

IN-KIND GIFTS

Rotary Club

FBIHNCAAA

Locations Foundation

Anonymous Donor

Farrington High School

Min Plastics & Supply Inc.

Leung, Roberta

Roosevelt High School

National Society

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LMPSC partnered with Tenrikyo Honolulu Ko Church to provide wrapped gifts for Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation.(L-R) Lynda Asato, Jean Sugihara, Mary Sueda, Alicia Nagasawa, and Membership Specialist Iris Hiramoto

Marie Muir is a girl scout with Troop 873. She and her parents, Aurora and Kevin, helped to build a beautiful bench for the seniors to use. Mahalo for your hard work and generosity, Marie!

Marian AbeChristine “Chris” Abedor

Kimie AiharaAngelina Amby

Charles AmorSuk Cha “Suzy”An

Jane AsatoJanet Auyong

Akiko “Akichan” BadaLorenza Balorna

Melba BantayConnie Baradi

John “Kione” Burrows IIIJosephine Carreira

Shu Chi ChenAgnes Chun

Mie ClarkePatricia De Peralta

Suzuko DemolaDoris Doughty

Emiliana DumlaoKingsmill EllynCarrolyn Emoto

Encarnacion “Shoni” FajardoLeonarda Ferrer

Margaret FongDiane Fujio

Sumie FukurmoriJane Ginoza

Sandra Gorski-BroughTakako Goya

Oshiko HaiokaNorma Hirata

Hiroko HiyoshiJocelyn Ho

Hisako HorioHao HuynhJane IfukuYae Inoue

Robert IshiharaCarolina JacintoChieko Johnson

Carol Mae KamaluKaren Kami

Ellen KaneshiroTamie Kashiwamura

Jack KatahiraReiko Kato

Mariko KawasakiMelvin Kellett

Jae Eup KimPyung Choon Kim

Marvin KoJoyce Kobayashi

Donna KokiMasako KorenagaFlorence Koyama

Kikuko KumamotoDong Kushima

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OKINAWA NENCHOSA CLUB UPDATE

By Jane Higa

Li-Sogwachi Deebiru (Happy New Year)

No one will miss 2020, and hope “2021” will bring brighterdays, so hopefully everyone, on New Years Eve, you “O-sou ji”which means “deep cleaning” similar to the American “spring”cleaning”, this is the time to purity one’s house to make themready and fresh and sweep away bad luck and to welcome theNew Year. Also, to make the New Year better, on New YearsEve, we eat Okinawan Soba (noodles) with pork or Pig Feet soup.The noodles being long, so it serve the purpose of expressinghopes for a long and prosperous year to follow as well as to cutoff previous bad luck that one may have had.

In Okinawa, at midnight, people visit locals shrines or temples toring in the New Year, to give thanks for the protection of the previous year and to pray for a prosperous, safety and goodhealth. New Years Day, they wake up early to catch the first“sunrise” of the New Year. Mountain tops and beaches arepacked with people, to see the beautiful view of the sun risingover the blue waters. In the evening “Fireworks” illuminate thesky, as glasses are raised and toasts are made to anotherpeaceful year.

“HAPPY NEW YEAR”

Klaus LaiMin Yan Lam

Darlene LarimoreBenton LeeJane Leong

Mary LiNeng Li

Josefina “Josie” LlanezaMerle Loui-SakamotoDannette MacDonald

Betty “Yoko” MarushigeMarion Masuda

Terumi MatsukawaYoshinobu Miyahira

Grace MiyawakiBrenda Mizuta

Charlotte MuranakaLorraine Muranaka

Stanley NakamineKanice Nakamura

Jean NakanishiPeter NakanishiHarry NakasoneHatsuko Nakata

James NakataTakako Oda

Irene OkaDawn OmotoCalvin Onogi

Janice “Jan” OtoHui Ying Pang

Helen ParkConstance Petersen

Lynn PhungFlorence Puu

Winerfer “Wendy” RamosJennie Rosario

Rose Marie RoseKumiko Sakai

Sueno SakamakiLeighton Sakamoto

Connie SasakiKazuko Sasao

Frances ShimzuWendy Shimoda

Nancy ShimokawaJulie Shimonishi

Joan SimaEstelita Singson

Maxima SolomonLois Sueda

Yoshiko SuzukiKaren Takeshita

Toyoko Tamanaha-AbelayeNelson Tamashiro

Florence TamuraKatsuyo Tanaka

Linda TanakaGrace Tanouye

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JAPANESE CULTURAL CLUB UPDATE

By Mary Sueda

“Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu” Happy new yea, 2021 as welcome the Year of the Ox.

May the new year bring all of us much happiness, good health and prosperity.

After a long wait, we look forward to a “new normal” bringing us a sense of peace and tranquility. Once our “second home” welcomes us back, we’ll look forward to enjoying fellowship with each other, learning, playing and serving together. Until then, please keep safe and stay healthy.

Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu

CHINESE CULTURAL CLUB UPDATE

By Dorothy Mau

Happy New Year to all in hopes of a better future in 2021. Chinese New Year will be on February 12, 2021 , Year of the Ox. In Hawaii we love to say “Kung Hee Fat Choy!” Wishing you wealth and good fortune! The good fortune we all need now is the Vaccine to eradicate COVID-19 and the people of the world will be healthy and safe! We will come together again and celebrate!

Kung Hee Fat Choy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY(continued)

Yuriko TenganRose Togashi

Irma TomOrie Toma

Adele TsukamotoGrace Tsukayama

Roy UyedaLuvimina Valentin

Suzanne Van SchoorKathleen Vance

Consuelo “Connie” Villanueva Conchita

WatanabeGertrude Werilli

Jane WilliamsAileen Wong

Clifford WongJoan Wylie

Iris YamashiroClara Yee

Nobu YoshiokaNancy YoungSusanne Yuu

Run Tian Zhong

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Cheryl Mizusawa

Fridays11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Learn American Sign language to communicate

with family or friends.

Resumes 1/15/21

BASIC UKULELEMelvin Nishiyama

Mondays8:30 am – 9:15 am

Brush up on your strumming and chords with this beginner level

course.

Resumes 1/11/21

BODY & BRAIN YOGA & TAI CHI

Carol Miyasato & 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!

Resumes 1/11/21

HAPPY SENIOR SERENADERS

Donald Ojiri

Wednesdays10:30 am – 11:30 am

Play to some local favorites. Experience in

playing ukulele required.

Resumes 1/13/21

STRETCH & TONEDenise Werle

Wednesdays 9:00 am – 9:45 am

Tone and strengthen your body with various

movements using light weights or body weight.

Resumes 1/13/21

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

Days & Times Vary

Experience meditative movements seated in a

chair. Sturdy chair is required.

For a helpful, easy-to-follow tutorial on Zoom,

watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isp3qPe

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LMPSC Online ClassesLanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center offers online classes to Center Members 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@catholicharitieshawaii.org or Riva Torno at (808) 847-1322 or

riva.torno@catholiccharitieshawaii.org to receive more information.

Log on 10-15 minutes prior to the meeting,

especially if it is your first time on Zoom as you

may need to download the application. Use you full name as your display name. Please note that Zoom classes are done LIVE, so please be on

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3 4Photography

Workshop

(12:00 pm)

5Hawaii Lions Eye

Glasses

Collection (9:00

a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

– drive-through

at LMPSC)

6 7Leadership

Briefing

(9:00 am)

Comm. Res. Mtg

(12:00 pm)

8Good Luck Ti

Leaf Bamboo

Cultivation

(10:30 am)

Milestone Book

(2:00 pm)

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10 11 *Winter 2021 Session Begins*

Cooking Demo

(11:30 am)

Topics of Aging

(2:00 pm)

12 13Prog Committee

Mtg (8:30am)

Life Story

Workshop

(2:00 pm)

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Book

Borrowing

Basics

(8:30 am)

15-Normal Aging

vs Dementia

(11:00 am)

-10 Ways to

Love Your Brain

Series (1:00 pm)

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Iphone &

Ipad Class

(9:30 am)

17 18 19 20 21Cybersecurity

Series

(8:30 am)

Intro to Okinawa

Gakumun Tour

(12:00 pm)

22 23

Iphone &

Ipad Class

(9:30 am)

24 25

Topics of

Aging

(2:00 pm)

26 27PAB Meeting

(12:00 pm)

Life Story

Workshop

(2:00 pm)

28-Cybersecurity

Series

(8:30 am)

-Senior Cntrs Mtg

(12:00 pm)

-Tea Ceremony

(2:00 pm)

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January 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

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