Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 1, 1 January 1991 — Waimanalo Kupuna center [ARTICLE]

Waimanalo Kupuna center

The Ke Ola Pono No Na Kupuna (KOPP) program is now in operation in its new permanent

O'ahu site at the Seventh Day Adventist Church at 41-592 Po'alima St. It is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Site coordinator is Nanette Napoleon Pumell. Francine Pahia is the van driver and Annette Mapuana Ringler is the new outreach worker. The grand opening took plaee on Dec. 18 last month. The Ke Ola Pono No Na Kupuna (Good Health and Living for the Elderly) program of Alu Like is now in its second year. In the program's first year it was able to reach out to over 500 native Hawaiians over age 60 and to provide meals, transportation, recreation, cultural and health education and health screenings. The program looks forward to increasing its outreach and providing health services to elderly Hawaiians throughout the state. Meal centers contracted for the second year are: on Hawai'i Kukui Boy Products (formerly Waiakea Kai Cafe); on MauiCanto's Creative Cuisine; on Moloka'i, Ka'apahu Farms, ine.; on Kaua'i Na Mea 'Ai and on O'ahu, Iva's Komplete Katering. Last month all staff attended a meeting with featured guest speakers Dr. Jeanette Takamura, director of the Executive Office on Aging, Lynette Paglinawan, executive director of the Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program, and Dr. Larry Koseki and Sue Reid of the University of Hawai'i School of Public Health. Ke Ola Pono is recruiting on all islands for an additional outreach worker and for an activities assistant to coordinate and plan recreational and educational activities at the site.