Dignity on Wheels Program; KDEN’s Music Man; 2016 Point in Time Count; Maui Fishpond Community Work Day
Dignity on Wheels Program (aka LIFT): Eliot Bu
Anyone looking for a job is often tethered to a computer, scouring job openings, creating and sending resumes, and checking for responses. And usually job applications want an address usually that means a home. But for people without homes, having access to a simple thing like a mailbox or a shower is more frustrating. Eliot Bu and team members Ma-Ry Kim, Reid Mizue and Ryan Sullivan are seeking to change things with the program, Dignity on Wheels (aka LIFT).
Intro Music: Blues Harmonica Rock by Lars-Luis Linek
Outro Music: Wakey!Wakey!: Homeless Poets
Even a con man can go straight, with love to motivate him… that’s part of the message of the enduring musical “the Music Man,” but who needs a message, when the show has plenty of ensemble dancing, some great songs, and a surefire story? Suzi Bond has all of the above to work with as she puts together the Kilauea Drama & Entertainment Network production. She and a huge cast are hard at work, with an opening next week, and she’s on the line from Hawaii Island.
Intro Music: The Music Man Overture by Herbert Greene Orchestra
Outro Music: Seventy Six Trombones by Robert Preston
2016 Point in Time Count Report: Jennifer Stasch
At a press conference yesterday, the report on Hawaii’s Point in Time Count was formally released by Partners in Care -Oahu's Continuum of Care and Bridging The Gao. The top line results show a four percent overall increase in homelessness in our state. It’s the fifth consecutive increase over five years showing a twenty-eight percent rise in homelessness since 2011.
Intro Music: When I was Your Man by The O'Neill Brothers Group
Outro Music: Homeless (Instrumental) by Nassiri
Maui Fishpond Community Work Day: Joylynn Paman
The fishponds of pre-contact Hawai’i were a kind of engineering miracle, ingeniously put together, using available materials, with a design that could last for generations. People built to last in those days, and you can learn a lot from their example. You can get an excellent object lesson in sustainability, aquaculture, and the ways of old Hawaii by taking part in one of the Maui Fishpond Association’s Community work days.
Intro Music: Comenbackhome (live) by Breaking news
Outro Music: Maui's Sunset Instrumental by The Dead Rocks
