Waltz lessons
offered in Waimea
The Waimea Ballroom Dance Club announces beginning American and Viennese waltz lessons starting at 7 p.m. Monday and continuing on Mondays through July 29 at the Waimea Elementary School cafeteria. The one hour-lesson is followed by a 30-minutes practice session. No partner is necessary.
Registration will be held the first two weeks only starting at 6:30 p.m. Club annual dues are $10. There is a $10 fee for the lessons instructed by Lance Oliver.
Call Peter In at 885-4776 for more information.
Van Dyke to discuss native plants at
Lyman Museum
Peter Van Dyke of the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook will speak about the cultural, aesthetic and horticultural considerations of using native plants in landscaping at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lyman Museum in Hilo.
Van Dyke and his team of ethnobotanists manage 200 endemic, indigenous and Polynesian-introduced plants at the Greenwell Garden. He will discuss the traditional uses of many Hawaiian plant species, and a history of how native plants have been cared for since the islands were first settled. Attendees may also learn how to identify native plants around the island.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $3; free to members. Additional parking is available at Hilo Union School.
For more information about the museum and its public programs, call 935-5021 or visit lymanmuseum.org.
Rubber duckies
up for adoption
The 22nd annual Rubber Duckie Race, with 100 percent of proceeds from duck adoptions benefiting the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii, is set for July 4 at the Kings’ Shops at Waikoloa Beach Resort. This year’s event is themed “Hawaii Five-O” in honor of the island’s first responders.
Adoption certificates are available at the Kings’ Shops and Queens’ MarketPlace management offices. Mail-in order forms are available at Waikoloa Village Market. Adopt a duck online at kingsshops.com or at United Cerebral Palsy Association booths on race day. Adopt a duck for a $5 donation or a “quack pack” of four ducks and a T-shirt for $25.
Ducks are tagged with the adoption certificate number and name of the adoptee. Ducks are released into Kings’ Lake at 3 p.m. Prizes total more than $25,000.
Project Hawaii offers teen mentoring camp
Project Hawaii Inc. provides an award-winning teen mentoring summer camp that allows teens the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the islands’ homeless keiki. Teens will work hands-on alongside homeless keiki while helping them develop life and social skills and build self-esteem. Teens earn a 120-hour community service certificate to be used toward their educational goals. Workshops also include team building, mentoring and leadership.
This year, Project Hawaii’s scholarship program will allow teens to have 60 percent of their tuition costs matched. In addition, the tuition costs is tax deductible.
The program is open to teens enrolled in high school with a 3.5 grade point average, along with recommendation letters. Teens wishing to utilize the scholarship program will also need to show need and proof of family income.
The camp will be hosted from July 13 to 19. Limited spaces are available. For more information, email summercamp@projecthawaii.org or call 997-6018.
