Kupuna singles meeting Monday
Kupuna singles meeting Monday
Kona Kupuna Singles Club meets for dinner at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Thai Rin restaurant. For more information and reservations, call 322-9098.
Red Cross offers disaster training
The American Red Cross is recruiting disaster services volunteers on the Big Island. All disaster services training is provided free of charge. The first step for all new disaster volunteers is to take a series of basic disaster classes. New volunteer candidates must register for, and attend, the entire series. All classes are being held at Hualalai Academy, 74-4966 Kealakaa St., Kailua-Kona.
Classes to be offered include:
c Disaster Services: An Overview, 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 16
c Shelter Fundamentals, 12:30 to 4 p.m. Nov. 16
c Disaster Assessment Basics 9 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 23
c Disaster Action Team: An Orientation, noon to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 23.
To become a volunteer, register online at redcross.org/hi/honolulu, click on “volunteer” and follow the instructions. After submitting an application, the registrant will receive an email with Volunteer Connection login information. Log in and follow the steps in blue. When the application is received, the American Red Cross will contact the volunteer about signing up for the classes listed above.
For assistance, call the Hawaii office at 935-8305. For more information about volunteering or other opportunities at the American Red Cross, visit the website.
Educator workshop slated for Nov. 2
Lisa S. Goldstein, a professor and director of teacher education at Santa Clara University in California, will be in Hawaii in early November to speak on “Leveraging the Common Core Standards to Support Young Children’s Learning.”
An internationally recognized expert on teachers’ curricular and instructional decision-making in prekindergarten through third grade, Goldstein has spent the last 10 years documenting early childhood teachers’ successful efforts to engage in developmentally appropriate practice in today’s standards-driven environment.
The workshop will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 2 at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. Cost to attend is $32 per person and includes continental breakfast. The workshop is being sponsored by Baby STEPS to Stronger Big Island Families, in partnership with the Head Start Association of Hawaii and Hawaii P-3.
Registration forms are available at babystepshawaii.org. For more information, call Gail Judd at 987-8710, email athomas@babystepshawaii.org or gcjudd@babystepshawaii.org. Registration must be received, with payment, by Friday.
Baby STEPS to Stronger Big Island Families, a program of Friends of the Future, is an initiative created by individuals and organizations committed to helping all keiki on Hawaii Island to be healthy, happy and to thrive by supporting families, strengthening practitioners and engaging communities. For information on Baby STEPS to Stronger Big Island Families, contact Angela Thomas at 887-1228.
Hokulea crew talks Friday in Keauhou
Five veteran Hokulea crew members will discuss the traditional construction of canoes during a Puana Ka Ike lecture.
Deedee and Shorty Bertelmann, Tava Taupu, Maulili Dickson and Chadd Paishon will present “A Mau Loa — The Continued Legacy of the Waa” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Keauhou Ballroom III at Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay. The lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information on this presentation, contact Joy Cunefare at 322-5340 or email info@kohalacenter.org. For lecture schedules, visit kohalacenter.org/puanakaike/about.html. Webcasts of previous lectures are available at keauhouresort.com/learn-puanakaike.html.
The lecture is sponsored by Keauhou-Kahaluu Education Group, Kamehameha Schools, The Kohala Center and University of Hawaii at Hilo, Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center.
Dryland forest information displayed at Veterans Cemetery
The West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery Development and Expansion Association is developing an educational panel that will provide information to visitors at West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery about surrounding dryland forest.
The once-desolate land is being reforested to restore the dryland forest, of which only 5 to 10 percent remains on the island. This work is being funded by the Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and the state and private forestry branch of the U.S. Forest Service.