West Hawaii Community Heath Center is celebrating National Health Center Week, by partnering with Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union to promote good dental health with a toothbrush drive. New and unopened keiki and adult toothbrushes may be donated at any WHCHC or HCFCU location through Saturday.
Toothbrush drive
ends Saturday
West Hawaii Community Heath Center is celebrating National Health Center Week, by partnering with Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union to promote good dental health with a toothbrush drive. New and unopened keiki and adult toothbrushes may be donated at any WHCHC or HCFCU location through Saturday.
Codependent women’s group meets Monday
A Co-Dependents Anonymous Women’s Meeting is slated from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Unity Church sanctuary, 75-5722 Hanama Place, across from Big Island Grill.
CoDA is a nonprofit organization supported by the contributions of attending members.
Bond recounts natural history of Hawaii
The Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated islands on Earth, farther from any continent than any other group, yet they were teeming with plants and animals when the first Polynesians arrived.
While those first human settlers had an impact on the balance of nature in the lowlands, they also recast their ancestral stories to include the plants and animals they found here, made adaptations to the islands, and eventually became the Hawaiian branch of the Polynesian family.
Historian and storyteller Boyd Bond recounts how the Hawaiian Islands came to be, at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lyman Museum. Cost is $3 for nonmembers, free to Museum members. For additional information, call 935-5021 or visit lymanmuseum.org.
Aila to speak at Environment Hawaii fundraiser
William Aila, chairman of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources, will be the featured speaker at the annual Environment Hawaii fundraising dinner slated from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 23 at Imiloa Astronomy Center.
Jazz vocalist Lou Ann Gurney, accompanied by guitarist Leonard Kubo, will entertain. Guests can also shop for bargains in goods, services and art at silent auction tables.
Tickets cost $60, which includes a $20 tax-deductible donation to Environment Hawaii, a 501(c)(3) charity. Reservations must be made by Monday. Call 934-0115 to register.
For more about Environment Hawaii, visit environment-hawaii.org or contact Patricia Tummons at 934-0115 or ptummons@gmail.com.