Category: Living Life

  • Punahou: Celebrating 175 Years of Service

    Punahou: Celebrating 175 Years of Service by Gaye Miyasaki, Punahou Class of 1974 from the June-May 2016 issue of Generations Magazine, Hawai‘i’s Resource for Life

  • Making A Difference for Retirees in Hawai‘i

    Making A Difference for Retirees in Hawai‘i by Justin Wong, President of Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans from the June-May 2016 issue of Generations Magazine, Hawai‘i’s Resource for Life

  • Elks Care, Elks Share

    Elks Care, Elks Share by Anita Manning, Honolulu Elks Lodge 616 Historian from the June-May 2016 issue of Generations Magazine, Hawai‘i’s Resource for Life

  • Great Competition Among Seniors

    Great Competition Among Seniors by Sherry Goya, Generations Magazine Staff from the June-July 2016 issue of Generations Magazine, Hawai‘i’s Resource For Life

  • Feeding College Athletes: Body, Mind, Soul

    Feeding College Athletes :  Body, Mind, Soul by Jon Kobayashi, President, ‘Ahahui Koa Ānuenue from the June-May 2016 issue of Generations Magazine, Hawai‘i’s Resource for Life

  • Forever Young!

    Forever Young! by Martha Khlopin for the June-July 2016 issue of Generations Magazine, Hawai‘i’s Resource For Life

  • Busy Doing Good

    Busy Doing Good by Dale Spenner, University of Hawai‘i Foundation for the June-July 2016 issue of Generations Magazine, Hawai‘i’s Resource For Life

  • A Hand Up for Humanity

    Honolulu Habitat for Humanity is great, but what do they do? Here’s what Executive Director Jim Murphy told us. “In over 70 countries, Habitat For Humanity’s mission is to ensure that everyone has a decent place to live­ — by building new homes or fixing existing ones. Land is so costly in Hawai‘i that our work here…

  • Prepare to Care for a Loved One

    Do you use your lunch hour or leave work early to run errands for your parents? Spend more time tending to mom’s prescriptions than your own? As our parents age, it’s more a matter of when, not if, they will need our help. In a recent AARP survey of Hawai‘i registered voters age 45 or…

  • May is Older Americans Month

    We can’t overlook what our elder community (289,000 over 60 years) have contributed to the quality of life we share in Hawai‘i. In May, celebrations throughout the state recognize years of continued hard work and positive contributions that senior citizens make to their communities throughout Hawai‘i. In 1963, John F. Kennedy established May as Senior…

  • A Fair Ride in Honolulu

    Citizens for a Fair ADA Ride (CFADAR) is a volunteer organization that advocates and lobbies for seniors and disabled customers of paratransit transportation on the City of Honolulu’s TheBus or TheHandi-Van. At CFADAR quarterly public meetings, representatives from the Department of Transportation Services (DTS) and Oahu Transit Services (OTS) answer questions, address transit user concerns…

  • The Beauty of Hawaiian Quilting

    Henrietta Mahuna learned Hawaiian quilting from another Hawaiian quilter. The handicraft has been passed down for two centuries — since the Hawaiians learned the echo style of quilting from New England missionaries. First, appliques are stitched to a plain field. Quilting follows the shape of the applique, first on the outside edge. The next row of quilting…