Events – Page 3 – ALS Foundation of Hawaii

ALS Community Prepares for “May as ALS Awareness and ALS Families Appreciation Month”

April 12, 2019

Kailua, Hawaii. The ALS Community in Hawaii has a long history of being organized around a support group that started in 1998. Joyce Okahashi and I worked with Kathleen Hurtubise-Lin, then Muscular Dystrophy Association-Hawaii Executive Director, to set up the first ALS Support Group. From then, a number of support groups across the state has been organized by the ALS Association (ALSA). Kauai and the Big Island now have regular monthly support group meetings. On Oahu, support group meetings are…

ALSFH Attends 30th Legislature Opening Day

January 20, 2019

Events, News

January 20, 2019, Kailua, HI. The 30th Legislative session opened on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. At 10 AM, the program within the stately Senate floor started with Temporary Chair, Senator Kaiali Kahele (District 1-Hilo) pounding the gavel and calling the Senate to order. The anthems brought attention to the historic meaning of the session opening day to state governance. Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald swore the elected Senators to office, after which Senate President Ron Kouchi was formally elected. Senator…

Hawaii ALS Community Yard Sale This Saturday!

December 13, 2018

ALS awareness, Events, Fundraising Project

December 13, 2018, Kailua, HI. The 11th Annual HI ALS Community Yard Sale celebrates two firsts on Saturday, December 15, 2018. For the first time, the yard sale will be held in wintertime AND organized by the UH JABSOM Department of Communication and Language Disorders graduate students led by Haleigh Smith and Renee Martin. The Department of Communication and Language Disorders (DCLD) trains students in Speech Pathology, a discipline that helps pALS communicate when their speech muscles are affected by…

ALS Community Holiday Party Set for December 18!

December 4, 2018

Events, News

December 4, 2018, Kailua, HI. The annual Holiday Party for the Hawaii ALS Community is being moved to a new location. The party will be held on Tuesday, December 18, at the front lanai of the Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church on 2313 Nuuanu Ave. The past 10 years, the party was held at the back lanai of the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) on Pali Highway. The PCG is currently undergoing renovation. The Ad Hoc Celebrations Committee of the HI ALS…

HiNAMI Recognizes Teaching Volunteers for the 17th Year: ALSFH was there!

November 20, 2018

ALS awareness, Events, News

November 19, 2018, Kailua, HI. Since 2001, Hawaii Nurse Advocates and Mentors, Inc. (HiNAMI) has been offering free review classes to graduates of foreign nursing schools to help them pass the RN-NCLEX licensing examinations. Current teaching and mentoring volunteer staff now include those who have been through these review classes themselves. Founding President Bea Ramos-Razon is the energy and force behind this long-lasting community service that provides opportunities for professional nurses from academe and health care institutions to help swell…

2018 Veteran’s Day at the Natatorium War Memorial: ALSFH was there!

November 20, 2018

ALS awareness, Events, News

November 19, 2018, Kailua, HI. On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11, 2018, Hawaii celebrated the end of World War I with a whole day series of presentations from 6am at the Waikiki Natatorium. It ended at 8:45 pm with a fireworks immediately after a full orchestra played nostalgia-era standards. Schoen Safotu, Coordinator of the VA Voluntary Services called for volunteers to help at this first ever multi-agency event commemoration of the World War I Centennial. ALSFH President Divina Robillard and…

Bowling Fundraiser Deemed a Success

November 20, 2018

ALS awareness, Events, Fundraising Project, News, Uncategorized

November 20, 2018, Kailua, HI. The first public fundraiser that ALSFH held at the historic Pali Lanes on Saturday, November 10, 2018 in Kailua was described as “successful.” A grateful and smiling ALSFH President Divina Robillard said,”The rest of the board was reluctant at first because of what looked like a lot of work to be done in so little time. And it was work we had never done before! But they eventually came around and it got done!” The…

Please Help Register 500 Bowl-athon Participants!

October 25, 2018

ALS awareness, Events, Fundraising Project

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Bowl-athon Entry Form Now Available; Pali Lanes Historic Places Nomination Deadline Extended

October 25, 2018

ALS awareness, Events, Fundraising Project

Teams of six or Individual bowl-athon participants can now use the featured form to join the fundraiser at Pali Lanes on Saturday, November 10, 2018. For $600, Teams of Six bowlers can bowl two games on one lane for 2.5 hours, with free shoe rental, and souvenir T-shirts for each bowler. For $70, individual bowlers will be bowling two games, mixed with five other bowlers in one lane, with free shoe rental, and a goodie bag to boot! Early corporate…

November Nostalgia-themed Bowling Benefit Set at Beleaguered Pali Lanes

October 11, 2018

ALS awareness, Events, Fundraising Project

ALS Foundation of Hawaii will hold a nostalgia-themed Bowling Benefit Event on November 10, 2018, Saturday, at the Pali Lanes at 120 Hekili Street, Kailua, HI. Ongoing registration for team, sponsor, and individual participant packages. Games are scheduled every 2.5 hours. Bowlers are encouraged to bring pictures and stories about Pali Lanes to share and to dress in their favorite era bowling attire. Friendly team competitions will help raise funds to establish Hawaii’s ALS Residence for people with ALS (Lou…