Elderly Recreation Services offers spring classes
Elderly Recreation Services Spring classes run in 10-week sessions April 3 through June 9, excluding holidays and are open to anyone age 55 and older. Most registration fees are $10 per session and can be paid to the instructor on the first day of class. West Hawaii classes available this session are as follows:
• Art group, 9 a.m. Mondays at West Hawaii Civic Center, Parks and Recreation Building B
• Line dancing, 10:15 a.m. Tuesdays at Waikoloa Community Church
• Mahjong, noon Tuesdays (except the second Tuesday of each month) at Kohala Senior Center
• Line dancing, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Waimea Community Center
• Line dancing, from 10-11:30 a.m. Thursdays at Hale Halawai
• Beginner line dance classes, 9 a.m. Friday at Yano Hall
• Intermediate line dance classes, 9 a.m. Mondays at Yano Hall
• Deep water aerobics, 9 -10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Kona Community Pool
• Beginner adult swim lessons, 10:45-11:30 a.m. Thursdays at Kona Community Pool
• Intermediate adult swim lessons, 9:45-10:30 Tuesdays and 9:45-10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Kona Community Pool
• Senior fitness classes, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Mondays at Kona Aerials, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Hale Halawai and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Yano Hall
• Senior yoga, 8:30 a.m. Mondays or 8:30 or 10 a.m. Fridays at Hale Halawai. Cost is $5 per class
• Senior yoga, 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the West Hawaii Civic Center gazebo. Cost is $5 per class
• Chair yoga for seniors, 10 a.m. Mondays at Hale Halawai. Cost is $5 per class
• Tai Chi classes, 9 a.m.Wednesdays at Yano Hall, noon Thursdays at Hale Halawai or 9 a.m. Fridays at Hale Halawai
• Tai Chi, 9 a.m. Tuesdays at West Hawaii Civic Center gazebo
Info: Elderly Recreation Services office at the West Hawaii Civic Center, 323-4340
School environmental programs funded
Schools in West Hawaii will be going green with the help of funding from Kupu and Kokua Hawaii Foundation’s inaugural Hawaii Youth Sustainability Challenge mini-grant program.
A total of 25 schools across the state will receive funding to implement new environmental projects that raise sustainability awareness and practices in schools and their communities. Funding will be provided to the following projects in West Hawaii:
• Kealakehe Intermediate School was awarded two mini-grants for its children’s book and “The Edible Vending Machine” projects. Students in seventh and eighth grade will produce a book about harvesting paakai (sea salt) to better educate about the connection between traditional Hawaiian knowledge and sustainable living. “The Edible Vending Machine” was proposed by eighth-grader Riley Estrada, who will design a vending machine prototype and app to offer healthy, delicious and sustainable snacks to students.
• Inspired by a recent beach cleanup, students from Kohala High School are hoping to educate their community about marine debris through recycling stations, presentations and building a prototype of a futuristic micro-plastic cleaning robot.
Info: www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/minigrants.