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Online Auction To Fund Lifesaving Treatment For Local Artist Eric Chun

September 23, 2021

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September 23, 2021, Honolulu, HI – Local artist, waterman, and small business owner Eric Chun announced the launch of an online auction today to raise funds for lifesaving therapy in his battle against a disease that has taken multiple members of his family. Since his 2018 diagnosis of ALS, Eric has received cutting edge treatments in San Diego instrumental in prolonging his life and delaying debilitating disability. Eric now seeks to participate in a new treatment therapy which has shown…

Partnering with St. Francis Healthcare on ALS Caregiver Training

March 10, 2019

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March 10, 2019, Kailua, HI. By invitation of Maylynn Wong, Manager of the St. Francis Healthcare Family Caregiver Training Programs, Divina Telan Robillard and partners, Shaun and Renee Brewer, presented a two-hour session of “Care and Perspectives: ALS Care” last Saturday, March 2, 9-11 am at Weinberg Bldg. St. Francis Healthcare provides caregiver training to the community for a small fee, on different aspects of caregiving at home. Late last year, Wong, Telan Robillard and Katherine O’Connor discussed offering ALS caregiving…

Santa Drops In On ALS Community Holiday Party!

December 26, 2018

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December 26, 2018, Kailua, Hi. On December 18, the Hawaii ALS Community on Oahu held its Annual Christmas/Holiday Party, for the first time on the lanai of the Central 7th Day Adventist Church on Nuuanu Avenue. It was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon when the Celebrations Committee descended upon the lanai with the trimmings of the decades-long annual event: food, Christmas decor, and raffle prizes! Assistant Pastor JR Bonilla, who blessed the food, also treated the families to a…

Mele Kalikimaka to One and All!

December 22, 2018

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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…

Forging Relationships with Hawaii Neuromuscular Alliance

July 31, 2018

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July 26, Camp Erdman, North Shore, Oahu. Hawaii Neuromuscular Alliance (HNA) picked up where MDA-Hawaii left off. MDA-H did not arrange for its annual summer camp for kids with neuromuscular disorders this year. A grassroots campaign led by Dr. Doug Miles, neurologist from Queen’s Medical Center, was able to organize one in time before the kids and volunteer counselors go back to school next month. Five campers and eight volunteer counselors plus four adult staff enjoyed five days of organized…