Volunteer with Lanakila Meals on Wheels
Helping your homebound neighbors by volunteering with us is easy!
The average delivery can be completed during the lunch hour, and we have opportunities available throughout Oahu, during the weekday or on Saturday. You can volunteer once a week or as a team and take turns delivering meals to seniors!
Currently, more than 50 volunteers are urgently needed to help package or deliver meals throughout Oahu.
Volunteers are also needed to join our March for Meals and more! on March 12th to help raise awareness of the escalated need for services in these challenging economic times.
To help or learn more, contact Eric at 531-0555 or ebatalon@lanakilapacific.org, or visit us online at www.lanakilapacific.org.
Mahalo for your support!
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Thank You for Helping to Continue Services!
Thanks to the amazing
generosity from the community, Lanakila Meals on Wheels' Adopt-A-Senior campaign reached its goal to raise $150,000.
This ensured that meal services could be continued for homebound seniors in the program, through our fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.
Over 600 individuals, organizations, and businesses came together and saved the day.
On behalf of all of us here and the seniors we serve, thank you.
While the support has been tremendous, more than 100 seniors are still on the waiting list for a meal and we receive new calls everyday from seniors in need, making it important for us to continue fundraising efforts. If you haven't had an opportunity to give, your tax deductible gift can help us to deliver nourishment, comfort and independence to seniors in need.
Mahalo from the bottom of our hearts!
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A few thoughts for our Voyage of Growth...
"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"How far you go in your life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
-- George Washington Carver
"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."
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Greetings!
This year marks Lanakila Pacific's 70th year of service. Who would have guessed that the efforts of one young local woman, helping eleven people with challenged lives, would grow into an organization serving over 4,000 people every year. It is a dream made possible because of you and the many who have shared their energy - time, knowledge, resources and aloha.
70 years is quite a milestone, one that has given us a renewed sense of purpose, a desire to honor our roots, a reason to grow in sustainable ways, and of course, an occasion to celebrate!
We invite you to be a part of our voyage of growth, and renewed commitment to our mission and vision, and hope you will join us in making 2009 be more than just about change. Let's make this a year about honoring and sharing, about growing together and celebrating what we love best about our community.  With fond aloha, Marian E. Tsuji & the Lanakila Pacific staff |
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Be Part of This Year's Festivities
 We are excited to announce a series of events that promise to engage you and our entire community, throughout the year. March brings what will be our largest March for Meals rally. In July, we'll hold our first ever Papio Fishing Tournament in historic Kaneohe Bay, followed by our 14th Annual Golf Tournament in August, which promises to be the most entertaining yet. And in October, we will stage an unprecedented dining event that will take sharing a meal to another level. For our 70th, we will also launch a food-growing project and an online community to foster sharing and collaboration.
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Meals on Wheels Association of America and Wal-Mart Foundation Cure Grant Boosts Lanakila Meals on Wheels
Grant given at a time when program is struggling to feed Oahu's seniors
Lanakila Meals on Wheels and more! has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) and the Wal-Mart Foundation to help provide meals for homebound seniors.
We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the Wal-Mart Foundation and Meals on Wheels Association of America for the $10,000 Cure Grant to help close the funding gap in providing meal services for seniors in need, as well as serve as an incentive for other companies to contribute. |
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Join Us on March 12th
MARCH FOR MEALS and more!
On Thursday, March 12, 2009, hundreds of seniors and supporters will march from Honolulu Hale to the Hawaii State Capitol as part of the largest "MARCH FOR MEALS and more!" Marchers will join Lanakila Meals on Wheels and more!, Mayor Mufi Hannemann, other elected officials, and thousands of other senior meal programs across the nation in the national campaign to raise awareness, to recruit volunteers, and to raise donations to combat senior hunger.
Our exciting new online movement and social enterprise venture will be announced at the event as part of our effort towards sustainability and community engagement.
We will meet at Honolulu Hale at 9:30 a.m. From there we will march to the State Capitol, a sea of signature orange Lanakila Meals on Wheels shirts!
Last year over 500 people marched, and this year we are anticipating over 600. Please join us!
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Fishin' for Meals and more!
1st Annual Papio Tournament
Saturday, July 25th
 Bring your boat, buddies and luck to Xpress Chefs' first annual Papio Tournament. This one promises to be all about good fun and good friends, and the $5,000 in cash prizes only adds to the excitement! This tournament has also been selected to be part of the PIFG Tagging Challenge in partnership with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources to support marine life conservation efforts. All proceeds will support Lanakila Meals on Wheels and more! So everyone who participates will be "fishing for meals" - for nutritious meals and support for our seniors in need. For more information and to download an application for the fishing tournament, click here. For more information on the tagging efforts, click here.
There's limited space, so book early to guarantee your spot!
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Lt. Dan Visits our Hickam Team
 On Friday, January 30th, Lt. Dan AKA Gary Sinise stopped by to say hello to our Hickam Food Service crew, prior to his concert the next day with the Lt. Dan Band. It was a special day for our hardworking crew who operates the Hale Aina Dining Facility as part of our food service training and employment program for people with disabilities.
Leila Kakazu, the Mess Attendant who takes care of cleaning the entire dining area, immediately recognized him as the guy on CSI and the movie, Forest Gump, and she had her camera ready. As you can see, she was very excited to take pictures with him. She said, "I'm happy to meet a great movie star like him. He was very kind and very friendly." |
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Earn money for Lanakila through your Shopping and Internet Searches
 Use GoodSearch.com every time you search the Internet or make an online purchase through their partner merchants (including Amazon, iTunes, Target, Gap, ebay, Macy's, BestBuy, Barnes & Noble and hundreds more), and GoodSearch will make a donation to Lanakila Pacific. Spread the word to your friends and family! Click here and start searching now! |
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Top Fuel-Saving Offer
Apply for an Aloha Save-A-$ ClubŪ charge card to purchase Aloha Top Tier quality gasoline or PowerKing diesel fuel and receive 4 cents per gallon off the regular pump price. PLUS, if 100 new Lanakila Pacific Affinity accounts are opened, Aloha will donate an additional 1 cent per gallon to Lanakila Meals on Wheels for every gallon you purchase. That's right! 4 cents-per-gallon discount for you and 1 cent-per-gallon to support meals for seniors in need. For more details, call Paul Brencick at Aloha at 522-9742, visit the web site or click here to download the PDF flyer.
Sign up today for your Aloha discount gas card---proceeds to benefit Lanakila Meals on Wheels for every gallon you fill-up!
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Mahalo for your continued support!
Special Mahalo to the reporters and photographers who contributed to this issue including: Lisa Asagi, Marcos Dupreyiraola and Leila Kakazu. Stories and ideas for future issues are welcomed! Please contact Lisa or Marlena at 531-0555 or cr@lanakilapacific.org.
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