Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 4, 1 April 2015 — Free health screenings on Maui [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Free health screenings on Maui

For the fourth straight year, free heahh screenings for the puhlie are available on Maui through a partnership of The Lions Clubs of Maui, Project Vision Hawai'i and WE . . . A hui for health. Screenings beganMarch 27 andrun through April 18 at 13 sites, targeting Native Hawaiians, homesteads and rural communities, and persons of all ages with access-to-care barriers. The events offer health-related information, counseling and vision screenings performed on Project Vision Hawai'i's 35-foot mohile elinie. Vision screenings are offered to identify eye disorders and early warning signs of cataracts, glaueoma, macular degeneration, atrophy and diabetes. PVH will provide free reading glasses for adults and UV sunglasses for keiki. Events may also include bloodpressure screening; information on

emergency preparedness; assistance starting MedQUEST and other heahh insurance applications whh kōkua from the Hawai'i Heahh Connector; counseling on smoking cessation and safe tattooing; Community Allianee for Mental Heahh counseling for issues such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Lions Club hearing assessments will take plaee at selected sites. Here is the schedule for April: • April 4, 1 1 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kūhiō Day Celebration, Paukūkalo Homestead Park • April 10, 9 to 11:30 a.m., by Ke'anae ball park • April 10, 1 to 3 p.m., Hāna High & Elementary School • April 11,9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Hāna Heahh Fair •April 12, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Kēōkea Homestead Open Market, 16.9 mile marker of Kula Highway • April 16, 9 a.m. to noon, Salvation Army Lahaina • April 16, 2 to 6 p.m., Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center and Hale Makana, 15 Ipu 'Aumakua Lane, Lahaina • April 17, 2 to 6 p.m., Ka Hale A Ke Ola Wailuku and Hale Makana, 670 Wai'ale Road • April 18, 4 to 8 p.m., Maui Lions "Race for Vision" event at drag races, Maui Raceway Park; $10 admission to races. For information, contact Jessica Steele at email jessica@ projectvisionhawaii.org or phone 808-464-2676. ■

— Project Vision Hawai'i's 36-foot-long bus is visiting communities on Maui. - Courtesy photo