Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 1, Number 9, 1 November 1984 — Olomana Sundae Set for Nov. 4 Benefit [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Olomana Sundae Set for Nov. 4 Benefit

A benefit concert featuring Hoku Award winning Jerry Santos and friends for the private, not-for-profit Waikiki Community Center, will be held from 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 4, at 310 Paoakalani Ave. The Center, an Aloha United Way agency, is located on the site of the former St. Augustine School in Waikiki. Tickets, whieh may be obtained by calling 9231802. are S7 in advance.

Added attractions include a specially created iee cream sundae by Baskin-Robbins, Woody's Hot Dogs and a holiday gifts and crafts sale. Joining Santos will be some of the best loeal eontemporary talent around, including Haunani Apoliona and Nalani 01ds. lt will also mark the second year in a row that Santos of Olomana fame has eontributed his services to help the Center.

The Center is located in what onee was described as the "jungle." Today it provides a vast array of programs and services not only to the neighborhood but to ■ those beyond the Ala Wai Canal and Diamond Head. lts Family Adjustment Program for youngsters from high stress home situations is the only one of its kind east of Liliha St. Elderly residents and visitors take advantage of the unique offerings of the Center in the midst of one of the world's prime tourist destinations.

Walk-in clients are able to immediately get counseling and guidance from a professional staff without the disconcerting delays of a bureaucratic system. Those in the business and labor sectors utilize the Center's child care service and adult education courses. Proceeds from Olomana Sundae will go to furthering these activities and more. Tickets on concert day at the Center will be $10. Children 8 and under are free.

At Waialua Elementary School, these second graders go through Hawaiian language exercise with facial and hand expressions. The instructor is Kupuna Kaimi Kealoha while looking on are Rudy Mitchell and Principal Ed Forsythe.