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By The Way Aloha
Harvest picked up a combined total of more than 1,000 pounds of leftover
food from the Pro Bowl Prayer Breakfast and the Tailgate Party this past
weekend and delivered the food within a few hours to agencies serving
Oahu’s hungry. Some 500 pounds of food were picked up from the Pro Bowl
Prayer Breakfast and taken to Ohia Center for Women and Children of
Domestic Violence in windward Oahu and to Kau Kau Wagon that serves the
homeless in Aala Park. Donations included donuts, bagels and trays of
fresh fruit. On Sunday, an additional 500 pounds of food were picked up
from the Pro Bowl Tailgate Party and delivered to Celtic House that feeds
the needy in downtown Honolulu and to Angel Ministries that serves the
needy and homeless on the Waianae Coast. Food included teriyaki chicken,
mahi mahi, noodles, steamed vegetables, and desserts. • • • Retired educators Irene and Carl Takeshita of Pearl City were
recently honored with the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) National
Youth Initiative Award for 2004 for creating and implementing “Diabetes
and You”, a diabetes and obesity prevention program for fourth graders.
The innovative course teaches schoolchildren about the importance of
exercise and a healthy diet in preventing Type 2 diabetes as well as
managing the condition should it occur. In turn, students take this
information home and share it with their parents or caregivers, raising
the awareness of adults. Since its inception in 1999, the program has been
presented to students and teachers on Oahu, Molokai, Kauai and the Big
Island, reaching more than 1,700 students and their parents. • • • Julia
Ogilvie, an 18-year old Punahou student, has taken first prize in the
Acting for Comedy competition sponsored by the National Society of Arts
& Letters, Hawaii Chapter. The Manoa resident, who is the daughter of
Ann Hamilton and Bill Ogilvie, received $1000 from NSAL as the winner. Ten
entrants from ages 18-29 competed at the Hawaii Theatre for the top prize
of $1000 and the opportunity to represent the State at the national
convention that will be held in May at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel where the
grand prize is $10,000. According to Sarah Richards who chaired the local
competition, winners in addition to Ogilvie are Danel Victoria Verdugo,
second prize, receiving $500; and Nicolas F. Logue, third prize, receiving
$300. • • • Ka
Hale Ho‘ala Hou No Na Wahine Director Lorraine Robinson, 2004 Hawaii
State Bar Assocation (HSBA) President Dale Lee and 2005 HSBA President
Richard Turbin celebrated HSBA’s donation of $20,781 to Ka Hale on
Tuesday. Ka Hale provides shelter and assistance for women transitioning
from Hawaii’s prisons back into the community; funds will help expand
staff and facilities plus support programs. • • • Hawaii Pacific University student-produced video, “50 Years
of Rebuilding Lives Together” for the Rehabilitation Hospital of the
Pacific, has received international recognition. Jacqueline Langley, HPU
communication instructor, and Mark Nitta, HPU Communication Video Lab
manager, along with a team of Hawaii Pacific students, have won the
“Crystal Award of Excellence” from The Communicator Awards 2004 Video
Competition. This prestigious award is given to those entries whose
ability to communicate elevates them among the best in the field. The
Communicator Awards is an international awards competition that recognizes
outstanding work in the communication field. Entries are judged by
industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent
exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark
for the industry. The Communicator Awards 2004 Video Competition yielded
2,937 entries from 48 states, the District of Columbia, and eight
countries. • • • Hawaii
Pacific Federal Credit Union announced that it has begun collecting canned
goods and other non-perishable food items at its branch locations. The
food drive will run through March 12 in support of the Hawaii Foodbank’s
16th Annual Statewide Drive. Hawaii Pacific Federal Credit Union calls on
the continued participation of its members and the community to help meet
this year’s goal of 1,000 food items and $1,000. The credit union
encourages donations of canned meats and bags of rice. • • • The National Cancer Institute through its Surveillance,
Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program recently honored for
outstanding data quality the Hawaii Tumor Registry (HTR) operated by the
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii. The award recognizes SEER central cancer
registries that demonstrate the highest standards of data quality, as
judged by timeliness, completeness and accuracy of cancer reporting. The
Hawaii Tumor Registry, one of only 15 SEER registries in the United States
and Canada, is the SEER registry for the entire state. It is led by Dr.
Marc Goodman, principal investigator, and Dr. Brenda Hernandez,
director. • • • Joining
the world community by contributing to the South Asia tsunami relief
efforts, Maryknoll Grade School students recently coordinated and
successfully completed a bake sale for fellow students, faculty and staff.
The students, pre-K to 5th grade, combined efforts to raise $2,133.19 in
bake sale proceeds and cash donations over a period of one day. Across the
way at Maryknoll High School, students gathered more than $350 through
what they called a “Penny Pot Collection” – loose pocket change. All
funds raised, which also includes money gathered through the Middle
School’s “Penny Pot Collection,” will be pooled and donated to the
Catholic Relief Services. |
