Free bon dance sessions offered
Free bon dance sessions led by sensei Winifred Kimura will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m every Tuesday in June in the social hall at Daifukuji Soto Mission next to Teshima’s in Honalo. All are welcome.
Daifukuji’s bon dance will be held from 6:30 to 10 p.m. July 11 and will feature live Japanese taiko drumming.
For more information, call 322-3524.
Lyman Museum Archives and Collections to close temporarily
The Lyman Museum Archives and Collections will close Monday temporarily while compact storage units are installed.
The Archives will reopen to the public Aug. 31.
All Pierce Photo ID submittals may be called in to the museum at 935-5021 ext. 113, or emailed to archives@lymanmuseum.org during the closure. The museum’s Pierce Photo ID Project will remain active throughout the summer and staff will receive any identifying information the public can provide.
Museum Archivist Hannah Loo will accept research requests between Monday and Aug. 31, but only for research to be conducted after Aug. 31.
Rotary Club awards $6,000 in community grants
Rotary Club of North Hawaii recently awarded $6,000 in grants to community organizations in Waimea, North Kohala, Waikoloa and Honokaa.
The 2015 grant awards include:
• $1,600 to North Kohala Community Resource Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been in operation for 13 years in North Kohala. Its mission is to provide support and fiscal sponsorship to community improvement projects.
• $600 to Kohala Youth Ranch, a program offering equine-assisted learning for at-risk youth from Kohala and throughout the Big Island.
• $500 to Kohala Unupaa and Ocean Warriors to support summer camp for growth, new experiences and expanding comfort zones.
• $500 to KES Healthy Lifestyles to provide a fitness program for every student at Kohala Elementary School ranging from creative movement classes, basic swim and tennis lessons, table tennis and hip hop dance.
• $1,100 to West Hawaii Mediation Center, which serves six middle and high schools through a program of conflict resolution and peer mediation for students in North and West Hawaii.
• $1,200 to Annunciation Catholic Church Hungerfree weekend program to provide meals and snacks for Friday evening through Sunday evening for homeless children. Distribution of the weekend food will be handled by Waimea Elementary School.
• $500 to Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation to provide rescue equipment for Waimea Fire Station. Rotary Club of North Hawaii donated funds to help purchase a truck winch in 2014. These additional funds will help first responders make rescues on Mana Road or at vehicle accidents.
• $500 to Mango Foundation to offer a single eight-week session to support local patients affected with health problems on nutrition issues. Session will include lab work, counseling, sharing knowledge and healthier new habit practices with other members of their families.
• $600 to West Hawaii Community Health Center, which has provided more than 7,600 patient visits including medical and behavioral health. West Hawaii Community Health Center provides care to everyone regardless of age, race, gender, or socioeconomic status.
• $500 to Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii- Hawaii Island, which helped more than 1,000 visitors facing adversity while traveling on Hawaii Island. The majority of cases were medical emergencies and crime events.
Basic mediation training offered
West Hawaii Mediation Center will offer a basic mediation training from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 10, 11 and 12 at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. Not only will this training offer instruction to those interested in becoming professional volunteer mediators for the center, it will help people learn to manage and resolve conflict in general, communicate more effectively at home and work, become better negotiators and problem solvers, and contribute to conflict resolution in the community. Attendees will learn about the process of professional mediation and how to apply advanced communication skills and a variety of approaches to help parties in conflict resolve differences.
The instructors are Diane Petropulos and Franco Acquaro. Petropolus has been offering mediation, facilitation and training services throughout Hawaii since 2000. She has extensive background in legal education as the former director of the Attorney Assistant Program at Sonoma State University. Acquaro is a former executive director of the center. A licensed psychologist in the state and member of the American Psychological Association, he is the associate director and clinical psychologist at Kipuka o ke Ola (Native Hawaiian Health Clinic). He is also an ordained Buddhist priest and board president of Amida USA, nonprofit church.
The center is actively looking for new volunteer mediators and the basic training is the first step in becoming one. The cost of the training is $175. Call 885-5525 or email info@whmediation.org to register or for more information or visit whmediation.org.