January 2012 Class Schedule - click here
INVITING CANOE PADDLERS TO
JOIN DUKE KAHANAMOKU
CHALLENGE
a benefit for Waikiki
Community Center
presented by Hilton
Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort and
Hilton Grand Vacations
Club
Sunday, February 12,
2012, 9am-3pm
Inviting all canoe paddlers (experienced and beginners)
to form a team of twelve and register for the 2012 Annual Duke Kahanamoku
Challenge scheduled Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Hilton
Hawaiian Village Duke Beach!
Join us for a day of fun – canoe paddling, Hawaiian Makahiki
games, Stand Up Paddling Competition (special invitation only),
Craft Fair, entertainment, food booths and more.
This year’s event is in honor of the Duke Kahanamoku Surf
Team – Paul Strauch, Jr.,
Fred Hemmings, Joey Cabell, Butch Van Artsdalen
(posthumous). These
legendary surfers have perpetuated the legacy of native Hawaiian
surfing in the community.
Duke’s Surf Team can be considered Duke’s last real
involvement in surfing before his death in
1968.
Event begins at 9 a.m. with the Opening Ceremony with Royal
Hawaiian Band, Halau Hula `o Hokulani and double-hulled canoe
procession with our honorees across the Rainbow Lagoon. Canoe races and ancient
Hawaiian Makahiki land games begin at 10 a.m. along the Duke
Beach. In the Lagoon,
the Invitational Stand Up Paddle Relay (SUP) begins at 10 a.m. – a
special challenge race among Waikiki hotel and management, another
exciting race! Closing
ceremony and awards follows the popular Huki Kaula (Tug of War) and
the 6 man canoe “Ama Glide” along the beach front. Bring your sun screen and
enjoy the day with your family and
friends!
Also enjoy non-stop entertainment on the Great Lawn with hula
performances and special artists, and be sure to check out the
Hawaiian Craft booths and Hilton BBQ food booth too. Parking available at hotel –
self park $8 and valet $13 with validation. Special kama`aina hotel
rates available at the hotel by calling 949-4321 – make it a full
weekend!
Call Waikiki Community Center at 808 923 1802 for more
information about this fun event, register a team or craft booth or
become an event sponsor!
Join us Sunday, February 12, 2012
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YOUR GIFT CONTINUES TO HELP THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR
MAKANA
FUND DONORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE in 2011
Mahalo
to our Makana Fund Donors who continue to provide consistent monthly
support to sustain Waikiki Community Center’s year-round
programs!
Our
Makana Fund Honor Roll members
SJ
Bunch
Norman Hashimoto
Faye
Chiogioji Frank
Kwan
Denice
Keli`ikoa, CFRE Lysianne
Bussiere-Lancry
Anonymous
Yeu-Tsue & Margaret Lee
Joyce
Fukata
Vivian Tsuji
Tokiko
Furui
Carolyn Wong, Esq.
Eugene
R. Gelfo
Gregory Wong
Anonymous
Mary Wood
Mahalo
to these special donors!
You
can help WCC make a difference in 2012 by becoming a donor to our
Makana Fund by making a minimum $10 contribution each month. This enables WCC to better
plan and funds go directly to programs. Join today by completing the
enclosed form or by calling Denice Keli`ikoa, CFRE at (808) 923 1802
x108.
Free
help for older taxpayers and people with limited
incomes!
Waikiki Community Center (WCC)
is partnering with AARP Foundation to provide a FREE Tax-Aide
Program which helps seniors and those with low-to-moderate
income prepare tax returns beginning on Thursday, February 2nd and
every Thursday through April 12. This is a WALK IN
service, no apointment required.
Volunteer tax preparers will be available to assist from 9:30 a.m. -
1:00 p.m. in the WCC Auditorium.
Last year the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, program helped an estimated 2.5 million taxpayers navigate
complicated tax codes, ensured proper credits and deductions were
taken and filed returns to the Internal
Revenue Service and state and local tax
agencies.
Established in 1968 with four
volunteers, the AARP Foundation program has blossomed
into a national program with about 35,000 volunteers, each one
trained by AARP and certified by the IRS. Last year, the volunteers
helped users get refunds totaling $1.2 billion and earned income tax
credits totaling $233 million.
The program is one of AARP's
largest service activities, with people signing up as future volunteers
year-round. Information
line 1-888-227-7669 or go to www.aarp.org/taxaide.
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Organizing
Your Important Documents and Records
Wednesday, March 4, 2011 - 10:00 -
11:30 a.m.
Are you able to find what you are looking for when you need
it? Organizing your important documents and updating
your records is one of the best ways to get a true picture of your
finances.
Using a special organizer tool created for this purpose,
participants will follow specific steps to gather, organize and
update their many personal documents. The tips you learn here will
help you for the rest of your life!
In this presentation you will:
·
Learn a simple step-by-step method for organizing and finding your important
records
·
Find out which documents to keep and for how
long.
·
Understand why certain documents must be
updated and when
·
Learn how to start the “family conversation” about the
things that are important to
you
·
Receive a free copy of “Getting It Together Before You
Go – How to organize your life, estate and personal
wishes”, retail value $11.95.
What: Workshop
- Organizing Your Important Documents &
Records
Who: Barbara
Z. Cook, M.A. Gerontologist, Senior Program
Coordinator, WCC
When: Wed., Mar 14, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
Where: Waikiki Community Center in the
“Chapel”
Deadline Tuesday,
March 1
Cost: $3
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CHECK OUT OUR OTHER
FUN CLASSES!
- AARP Safe Driving – January 4, 9am-1pm, #206E. 1st Wednesday,
every other month.
- Hawaiian Language and Culture w/Palakiko, Fridays
11:30-12:30pm.
Continues until 1/20.
- Hula w/Nalani – Mondays 9am and Wednesdays 9:30 and 11:30
am
- Hula w/Ali`i Manu – Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:15 am,
Fridays @ 7pm
- Art Mondays at 10am, Painting every Wednesday @
10am
- ‘Ukulele
Fridays, 9-11 a.m.; Salsa Wednesday at 6:30 pm; Line Dancing
Tuesday @ 9:30 am
- Enjoy free cake and coffee to celebrate Birthdays each
month! First Friday,
9:30 a.m., Aud.
See page 3 in the newsletter or go to click here for full
schedule & additional information
FICTION WRITING
STRATEGIES
Waikiki Community Center member Laureen
Kwock, author of over 20 novels offers a new workshop
consisting of a series of three classes to share her strategies and
tips for beginning and completing long fiction. Classes will deal
with developing characters, plotting chapters and scenes and
creating dialogue. For
beginners looking to get started and experienced writers trying to
finish a writing project, THIS IS THE PERFECT WORKSHOP FOR YOU!
BRING PAPER AND PEN AND
COME PREPARED TO WRITE!
What: FICTION WRITING
STRATEGIES
Who:
LAUREEN KWOCK
When:
Tuesdays, January 31, February 7 & 14
Time: 2:00
– 3:30 p.m.
Where: Room
206E
Deadline: January
30, 2012 (call the office at 923 1802 to register)
Cost: Members
$15/$20
Bring: Bring
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Looking for
a few good Instructors!
Waikiki Community
Center is looking for a volunteer ukulele instructor
to teach Beginning ‘Ukulele. We’d like the
classes to include basic chord instruction, how to tune a ukulele
and some easy songs that beginners can play.
Also seeking volunteer Japanese speakers
to teach Beginning Japanese
and a Zumba
Fitness instructor to teach Zumba
Gold!
If you are interested
or know someone who might be interested, please contact Barbara Cook
at 808 923-1802. (Return to
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STICK TO YOUR NEW
YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS!
HULA AEROBICS™
Tuesday evenings in the Auditorium, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and
Friday mornings in Room #205E, 9-10
a.m.
PILATES
Wednesday mornings – February and March, 9-10 a.m. in room
#202E
GENTLE YOGA
Mondays and Wednesday mornings 10:30 a.m. to noon in room
#202E
LOW IMPACT AEROBICS
Tuesday and Friday mornings, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the
Auditorium.
Check other classes available at WCC on page 3 or go to www.waikikicommunitycenter.org
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Celebrate Birthdays! Cake & Coffee!
1st Fridays of each month, 9:30 a.m., WCC
Auditorium, free
Beginning on Friday, January 6th and every first
Friday of a new month, you are invited to enjoy a free piece of
birthday cake and a cup of coffee in celebration of all of WCC’s
volunteers, members, donors and staff who have a birthday during
that current month.
Thank you to the Member Advisory Council (MAC) for suggesting
this! Join us on Friday, January 6th!
MAHALO! (Return to
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Free
assistance for adults 60 and older living in Waikiki
and surrounding
neighborhoods!
Every Tuesday Waikiki Community Center provides the services
of a licensed Social Worker to assist those needing help with money
management, transportation, personal care, housing assistance,
caregiver assistance, counseling and MORE! Malama Seniors
in Waikiki Program is a free program offered by WCC to those 60 and
older living in Waikiki and surrounding areas. In-home assessments
available. Call the
Waikiki Community Center for information and appointments during
office hours at 923-1802.
Japanese spoken.
Lei Hulu (Feather Lei) Classes (new!)
Session I - Tuesdays, Jan. 17, 24, 31 1:45 – 4:15 PM. 203A
Session II – Tuesdays, Feb 7, 21, 28 1:45 – 4:15 PM. 203A
Session III– Tuesdays, Mar 6, 20, 27 1:45 – 4:15 PM. 203A
“Lei Hulu” or Feather Lei making is an art! Back
by
popular demand,
we are fortunate to have Herman
Tachera, a premier feather lei maker of
Hawaii, teach a Beginning Class! Herman has over fourteen
years experience in the art of Hawaiian Feather work and has created
numerous traditional and contemporary lei hulu, uli uli and
kahili. In this series
of three (2.5-hour) workshops, students will learn the history and
cultural aspects of the art, how to prepare the feathers and receive
hands-on instruction and guidance in the creation of their very own
“lei hulu”.
Deadline to register Friday, January 13 for
Session I, Feb. 6 for Session II and March 5 for Session III. Call 923-1802
today!
Class Fees:
Members $15/Non-Members $20 for a 3 class session. Supply fees of $45.00 are
separate from class fees and paid directly to the instructor on the
first class meeting. Classes held in room 203A REGISTRATION & PAYMENT
REQUIRED! Call
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Christmas Cookies, Cheer and
Fun!
Wishing everyone a special holiday season! Thank you for joining us for
Cookies and Carols event in December! Everyone enjoyed the
company, wonderful entertainment, beautiful decorated tree and yummy
cookies prepared by WCC staff.
Happy New Year!
Upcoming Events – Check
it out! Weekly Class Schedule available
here
January 2012
Jan. 2 (Mon.) WCC Closed – Hauoli Makahiki
Hou!
Jan. 4 (Wed.)
AARP Safe Driving*, 9 am-1pm #206E, call 843-1906 to register.
Jan. 6 (Fri.)
Monthly Birthday Celebration,
9:30 a.m. Aud., free!
Jan. 10 (Tues.) Neighborhood Board Meeting, 6-9pm, WCC Aud.
Jan. 16 (Mon.) WCC Closed for Martin Luther King
Day
Jan.
17, 24 & 31 (Tues.) Lei Hulu Session I (Feather Lei Making)
1:45-4:15 p.m. $15/$20 + $45 supply fee (paid direct to instructor) #203A
(Session II & III continue in February and
March)
Jan. 25 (Wed.) McBingo Fun!
1-3pm, Aud., free prizes &
fun!
Jan.
31 (Tues.) Fiction Writing Strategies 2-3:30 p.m. #206E $15/$20 (2/7
& 2/14)
February
Feb. 1 (Wed.) Pilates, 9-10
a.m. Room #202E
Feb. 2 – April 12 (Thursdays) Free Tax-Aide with AARP, 8:30 a.m.-1p.m. Walk in
Feb. 3 (Fri.) Monthly Birthday Celebration,
9:30 a.m., Aud. Free!
Feb. 7, 21 & 28 (Tues.) Lei Hulu Session II (Feather Lei
Making) 1:45-4:15 p.m. $15/$20 + $45 supply fee (paid direct to
instructor) #203A (III continues in
March)
Feb. 12 (Sun.) Duke Kahanamoku Challenge at Hilton Hawaiian
Village, 8am-2 p.m.
Admission free!
Form a team of 12 and join the fun! $600 per
team
Feb. 7 & 14 (Tues.) Fiction Writing
Strategies
2-3:30 p.m., #206E
$15/$20
March
Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 (Thur.) Free Tax-Aide with AARP, 8:30 am-1 pm, walk
in.
Mar. 2 (Fri.) Monthly Birthday
Celebration,
9:30 a.m., Aud., free
Mar. 7 (Wed.) Pilates, 9-10 a.m.
202E
Mar. 7 (Wed.) AARP Safe Driving*, 9am-1pm, #206E, call 808 843-1906 to reg.
Mar. 14 (Wed.) Organizing Important Documents &
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