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Our Year Thus Far, and the Fate of our Annual Holiday Party

December 1, 2020
#ALSinCOVID, ChristmasCelebrations, Events

You may have heard: our annual Hawaii ALS Community Christmas (Holiday) Party is not happening this year. Our venue for the past two years, the Honolulu Central Seventh Day Adventist Church, is not open for a party or crowds more than the number allowed by the health authorities. As a testament to the careful vigilance of our families, our community has not reported any case of coronavirus (knock on wood) thus far, and we’d like to keep it that way.…

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Rita Melville Alarcon: “… Breastless” But SO MUCH more!

October 25, 2020
ALS awareness, News, Sharing stories

In 2015, Rita’s mom, Patricia, started experiencing slurred speech and progressive weakness. Living in Hawaii while her children were in the mainland, Patricia kept her health concerns to herself. When she could no longer keep it a secret, her disability had gone much further along.  When they learned, Rita and her siblings flailed around in shock. Eventually, they were able to negotiate among themselves the best way they could care for Mom, considering many factors, not the least of which…

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August Babies: Katherine and Divina Request Donations for Birthdays

August 24, 2020
#ALSinCOVID, ALS Philanthropy, Fundraising Project, Hawaii ALS Residence

August 24, 2020, Kailua. – The pandemic has dramatically and irrevocably changed the landscape of life on earth. In the non-profit sector, fundraising is made more difficult by the combination of continuing need for public support and the restrictions on in-person contact. Consequently, non-profits switch to socially distant ways of requesting for needed support. We, at ALSFH, are still understanding the challenges of fundraising mainly by social media. Aside from being a non-techie three-member Board,  we also have no paid…

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Donate to ALSFH through Foodland’s “Give Aloha” Campaign

August 23, 2020
ALS Philanthropy, Fundraising Project, Hawaii ALS Residence, News, Partners

August 23, 2020, Kailua, HI. – According to Wikipedia, an Irish immigrant, Maurice J. “Sully” Sullivan and See Goo Lau together founded Foodland Super Markets – the oldest, largest, and only locally-owned supermarket chain in Hawaii. The grocery store chain is in all islands although some have been closed recently due to competition from big-box stores, according to Jenai S. Wall, Sullivan’s daughter and current company President and CEO. Despite these changes, Foodland  continues to hold its annual “Give Aloha”…

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Leni Marie Acosta Knight: A Gift of Art from the Heart

August 17, 2020
ALS awareness, ALS Philanthropy, Fundraising Project, Hawaii ALS Residence, News, Partners

August 15, 2020, Kailua – Where there is kindness among people, there is hope for our human race, especially in these uncertain times. One such kind person is Leni Marie Acosta Knight, a petite, soft-spoken, unassuming lady who was still in her teens when she migrated with her family from the Philippines to join her dad in the United States. When she arrived in Hawaii, she attended school, then moved to Los Angeles, starting a career in commodities and real…

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St. Francis Healthcare Sponsors ALS Caregiver Class

August 6, 2020
ALS awareness, Helpin pALS, Networking/Learning Opportunities, Partners, Presentations, Sharing stories

8 August 2020, Kailua – In the past two years, I have been teaching in-person classses for the St Francis Healthcare Family Caregiver Program twice a year. In the beginning, Shaun and Renee Brewer would accompany me so that a pALS’s perspective would enhance the presentation. For the past two times, Sandy and John Repczynski have taken over from the Brewers. Like much of everything, the current pandemic has forced the classes to be reconfigured; instead of in-person, they will…

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ALSFH Board Meets with Hawaii LG Green and St. Francis CEO Jerry Correa

July 20, 2020
Hawaii ALS Residence, Meetings, Partners

July 20, 2020, Kailua. Last month, our ALSFH Board of Directors met with both Lieutenant Governor Josh Green and St. Francis Healthcare System CEO/President Jerry Correa via Zoom to discuss the next steps towards an ALS Residence in Hawaii. After approval of ALSFH non-profit status in 2107, Board members Robillard, O’Connor, and Whittington met with Correa following the ALS Residence Initiative (ALSRI) recommendation for partnership with a non-profit, respected skilled nursing facility which shall provide the care required in an…

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“Lei of Remembrance” Memorial Ceremony, 2020 Edition

May 22, 2020
#ALSinCOVID, ALS awareness, Events, Help pALS, News

23 May, 2020, Kailua, HI. This year, the “Lei of Remembrance ceremony will be presented in video form. Every year for the past six years, the annual celebration – the ultimate culminating annual May event here in Hawaii – has been held in the courtyard of the State Capitol. In support of the State’s plan to stem the pandemic, the ceremony will be streamed for the first time on 29 May, Friday at 5-5:30pm. Streaming site will be announced midweek.…

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