The approach of Hurricane Kiko and recent tsunami warning show the importance of knowing what you need to do in advance of a potential natural disaster.
AARP charitable affiliate Wish of a Lifetime made a week-long trip happen for Sherry Imamura-Ryan, a Wahiawa resident who was able to visit the Japanese cousins she had grown up with. At 74, she hadn’t visited her homeland of Japan in over six decades.
By popular demand, AARP Hawai`i and Windward Community College’s Uala Leaf Cafe are extending their free Fast, Healthy and Ono online cooking series with a series of new webinars on basic cooking techniques and cooking some of Hawai`i’s most popular ethnic dishes.
Slack-key guitar master Makana will perform a free online concert, sponsored by AARP Hawai`i, to raise awareness about solutions to kupuna hunger. The concert can be seen on a Zoom link and simulcast on the AARP Hawai`i Facebook page on Friday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m.
Projects to beautify 11.5 miles of Farrington Highway, make an intersection near Ewa Beach Elementary School safer and to have schoolchildren reach out to isolated kupuna will receive 2020 Community Challenge grants totaling $42,000.
Census workers are now in the field, knocking on doors and trying to make sure everyone is counted and that Hawai`i doesn’t lose out on billions of dollars in federal funding.
AARP Hawai`i is holding a free webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. aimed at protecting kupuna from financial fraud and exploitation. Local and national experts on elder crimes will give tips and answer questions on how to protect yourself and loved ones from scams against older Americans.