Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 22, Number 8, 1 August 2005 — Diabetes workshops [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Diabetes workshops

A series of free workshops on the Big Island are teaching Native Hawaiians to combat diabetes by using such methods as growing healthy foods in home gardens and exercising. The workshops are offered through the Ulu Project, whieh is sponsored by two community health care organizations: the Bay Clinic and Hui Mālama Ola Nā 'Ōiwi. The classes are taught at the Hilo Bay Clinic community gardening site and emphasize improving nutrition to fight diabetes. Portable gardens are available for workshop participants. The project also offers free diabetes and blood pressure screening, and counseling at Kawānanakoa Hall. For information about the workshops, eall 808-934-3236 or 934-3244.

Paddlers take the new eanoe AuHou for its first dip into water. The boat was launched into the Potomac River in D.C. as a part of a ceremony sponsored by the Smithsonian lnstitution's National Museum of the American lndian. photo: courtesy ot smithsonian