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Volume XV, Issue 1 • Spring 2008

Kahu Curt Kekuna of Kawaiahao Church offered a blessing in celebration of our Care-A-

Van program’s new federally-funded $100,000 mobile clinic. The event was held recently at Kaka‘ako Park. Care-A-Van’s “clinic on wheels,” which grants the same privacy thatpatients would receive in a clinic setting, enables the program to provide expanded medical outreach services to homeless families and individuals, and to others who are at risk for homelessness. The program will offer more com -prehensive women’s health services, school-required physicals and sports physicals, and other traditionally clinic-based services. Social services

—including emergency food and cloth-ing, hygiene items, and assistance fi lling out health in surance applications—will also be provided at locations served by the mobile clinic.

Offi ciating at the celebration were Sheila Beckham, Executive Director; Darlene Hein, Care-A-Van Program

Celebrating our new “clinic on wheels” for homeless patients

Meet the Center’s new director: Sheila Beckham

I believe in thinking out of the box,”

Sheila Beckham says with her characteristic en-thusiasm describ-ing her approach to the challenges she faces as the Center’s new ex-ecutive director.

Sheila, a kama‘aina who moved with her family to Hawaii at age 11, was named the agency’s top executive in January. “Out of the box” is a good place to be, given the Center’s need to launch a capital campaign to fi nd a new and permanent home for the Care-A-Van Homeless Outreach Program; as well as to develop the funding to add dental care to the agency’s services, renovate the Center’s Ohua Avenue clinic, and continue offering high quality care to

those in greatest need. Sheila, if asked, would no doubt call these challenges “opportunities.” Sheila’s vision for Waikiki Health Cen ter is shared by the agency’s board and executive leadership. As a newcomer to the Center, but not to the health care fi eld, she can look at the agency with fresh eyes. “The Center is recognized for its unique programs…

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What it takes for Care-A-Van to serve the homeless:

24 staff members – we provide medical care, mental health services, substance abuse and peer counseling, assistance fi lling out health insurance applications, and other services and support.

Our new mobile clinic and two medically-equipped vans – we travel to rural communities, beach areas, city parks, and other locations across Oahu—wherever people need our help.

Drop-in center and clinic – all our services are accessible under one roof, from medical care to emergency food and clothing. We also provide our clients with a mailing address, message services, job and shelter assistance, and referrals to collaborating agencies and programs.

Community support – we are only able to provide high quality medical care and related social services because of our strong community partner ships. Government contracts, foundation grants, and contributions from individuals cover most, but not all, of our costs. We must always seek additional funding for unbudgeted expenses, including some medical supplies, bus passes, birth certifi cates, state ID cards, hygiene supplies, and other needs.

In 2007, Care-A-Van provided 38,580 medical and/or social service encounters to 3,564 clients.

Director; and Francine Dudoit-Tagupa, the Center’s Native Hawaiian Healing Practitioner. Attendees toured the mobile medical unit, which features a private room with exam table, separate con sultation area, reception table, and bathroom. The vehicle is wheelchair accessible. On the recommendation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to Waikiki Health Center to purchase medical equipment to outfi t the mobile clinic. Until now, Care-A-Van has relied on small, medically-equipped vans to bring the program’s medical and social services to those who are homeless.

Government contracts, foundation grants, and contributions from individuals Government contracts, foundation grants, and contributions from individuals cover most, but not all, of our costs. We must always seek additional funding cover most, but not all, of our costs. We must always seek additional funding for unbudgeted expenses, including some medical supplies, bus passes, birth for unbudgeted expenses, including some medical supplies, bus passes, birth certifi cates, state ID cards, hygiene supplies, and other needs.certifi cates, state ID cards, hygiene supplies, and other needs.

In 2007, Care-A-Van provided In 2007, Care-A-Van provided 3,5643,564 clients. clients.

services to those who are homeless.

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To Francine Dudoit-Tagupa, director of Native Hawaiian Healing at Waikiki Health

Center, the agency’s biggest asset is its combined program of western medicine and traditional Hawaiian healing. “We give (patients) a choice,” Auntie Francine says. “We embrace patients’ taking control of their own healing.” Auntie Francine’s healing treatments are available to the whole organization on request. Native Hawaiian Healing is a component of the Center’s Diabetes Management and Support Group, and Auntie Francine is a member of the Center’s new Pain Management team. Auntie Francine says that what sets Waikiki Health Center apart from other styles of western medicine is the time spent getting to know each patient, in

order to “help them heal themselves…Dr. Kalauawa (the Center’s Medical Director) always gives the patient a voice.” She adds, “It’s the same model here.” A respected practitioner of Native Hawaiian healing, Auntie Francine also has a background as a registered nurse, which adds another dimension to her work. “I see things a little differently,” she says. Auntie Francine’s approach to heal-ing is holistic. “In all of us, the common denominator is spirit, mind, and body. All these components make up the in-dividual.” She offers a range of healing treatments: Lomilomi is a spiritual laying on of hands, benefi cial for a number of chronic conditions, including body aches, poor circulation, hypertension, and diabetes. Ho‘oponopono is spiritual counseling/ confl ict resolution, providing positive

solutions to problems of substance abuse, physical abuse, and other inter-personal issues. La‘au Lapa‘au are medicinal herbs that treat common ailments and chronic conditions.

For an appointment with Auntie Francine, please phone 922-3776.

Patients’ choice: Western medicine, Hawaiian healing—or both!

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The Rev. Frank A. Chong

devoted a quarter of a century (1977–2002) to guiding Waikiki Health Center as its executive director. He believed in helping those in need, and he acted on his beliefs.

His compassion toward those in distress, his tireless work on their behalf, and his ability to inspire others to serve the poorest and most vulnerable mem bers of our community were among his many remarkable attri-butes and accomplishments. He remembered those who might otherwise have been forgotten. The Center’s outreach programs and services were developed under Rev. Chong’s leadership and still serve the elderly, needy children, troubled youth, and the homeless. We will continue to build on his legacy.

Rev. Chong passed away March 9 at the age of 63. We mourn his passing but celebrate the achievements of his life.

and its amazing creativity,” she says, mentioning Care-A-Van, HIV Early Intervention Services, Friendly Neigh-bors serving Waikiki’s seniors, and the Youth Outreach Project. “These are all things nobody else is doing,” she says. The Center is implementing national strategies to improve patient care. Clinic Redesign refers to a “patient-centered approach that reduces waiting and offers more face-time with the provider,” Sheila says. One of the Center’s newest areas of focus is pain management. A Pain Man-agement team, now in formation, will include our Native Hawaiian Healing practitioner, who treats chronic pain. “Waikiki Health Center has been dedicated to integrating primary care services with traditional Hawaiian healing, behavioral health, and other healing components to treat the whole person,” Sheila says. “It has long been recognized that primary care alone with-out behavioral health doesn’t have the positive results in quality of life, clinical outcomes, and patient satisfaction.” Sheila has 30 years of experience working in the medical fi eld. Most recently, she served as Director of Preventive Health for the Wai‘anae

Coast Comprehensive Health Center. She administered grants, research programs, and activities concern-ing chronic disease management, medical nutrition therapy, HIV/AIDS, traditional Hawaiian Healing, family planning and other issues that refl ect many of Waikiki Health Center’s areas of special focus. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the Uni-versity of Hawaii. The new executive director is quick to name the Center’s greatest asset: “I see so much passion and dedication among the staff,” Sheila says. “The patients see it, too. They tell me what a wonderful place Waikiki Health Center is.” How does Sheila describe her leader-ship style? “I believe in giving everyone the opportunity to shine and develop their potential. I believe in fl exibility… in setting a basic structure and allowing staff the freedom to develop.” She says that guiding others in fulfi lling their potential is one of her strengths. “I love being a mentor.”

Sheila Beckham succeeds Paul Strauss, who left Waikiki Health Center to accept a position with Bay Clinic on the Big Island.

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In memory of Rev. Frank A. Chong

Continue yourtradition of giving

Your gift and estate plans can help Waikiki Health Center carry on the work that you have been supporting during your life time: providing medical and social services to the needy in our community. A legacy—remembering and being remembered for the things you care about—is perhaps the greatest op portunity that comes through gift and estate planning. A named fund or endowment will enable Waikiki Health Center to provide care and help to others in your name, or in the name of another person whom you wish to honor.

If we can assist you in fi nding ways to achieve your estate planning goals, please call Mary Spadaro in our Development Department, at 295-1805.

The Rev. Frank A. Chong served as an inspiration to many during his more than three decades of community service. Gifts to Waikiki Health Center made in memory of Rev. Chong were received from Aileen K. Char, Gerald and Roseyn Devlin, Peter Drewliner, The Law Offi ces of Ian L. Mattoch, Maeona Mendelson, Nick and Jane Nagel, and Robert and Annie Worth.

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L ast summer’s Back to School Campaign raised a record $36,000 to provide medical

care to Oahu’s needy keiki. Gifts from Campaign co-sponsors Longs Drugs and UHA, together with grants from Hawaii Medical Service Association and Safeway Foundation, provided $11,500 toward children’s medical services before the Campaign’s charity canisters even reached retailers’ counters. During the campaign, 30

retailers displayed 554 canisters in their stores. We are grateful to the service organizations, community groups, and individuals who helped make the fund-raiser a success: sailors from the Naval Submarine Training Center; members of Kiwanis Club of Honolulu and Central Y Service Club; employees of Bank of Hawaii-Kapahulu, and Development Department volunteers Nan Dudoit, Ga Bi Cho, and Kelly Sasser.

Waikiki Health Center provides uninsured and homeless children with

the physical exams, sports exams, and immunizations they need for school— along with year-round medical care— despite their family’s economic situation. These routine visits often “open the door” to other, more serious health needs a child may have, says Shane Millard, a physician assistant at the Center’s Ohua Avenue clinic in Waikiki.

Community outreach:Healthy Keiki Fairs

For 5-year-old Isabella Seaborn, getting her school physical, TB test, and first round of immunizations might have been a scary prospect if not for last summer’s Healthy Keiki Fair, held at the Center’s Ho‘ola Like North Shore Clinic in Haleiwa. “They took a lot of effort to make it as painless as possible,” says Jason Seaborn, the kindergartener’s father. The Waikiki Health Center event was held in collaboration with the Nurse Practitioner Program of the University of Hawaii School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene. During the fair, eligibility worker Charle Adams met with uninsured families to assist them in enrolling into

QUEST, the state program that provides health coverage through plans for lower income Hawaii residents. Raffle prizes were donated by Kala Ukulele, Longs Kaimuki, Great Harvest Bread Co., and Down to Earth Natural Foods and Deli; and gift certificates were provided by Jamba Juice, Waialua Bakery, Pizza Bob’s, Rosie’s Cantina, and Kokua Market.

2008 Healthy Keiki Fairs

This year, the Healthy Keiki Fair will be held at two locations: Haleiwa and Palolo, providing families with greater access to our services and other community resources. On June 7, the Healthy Keiki Fair will be held in the gymnasium of Palolo Community Park; and on June 28, the

fair will be held at Queen Lili‘uokalani Church in Haleiwa, where the Center’s Ho‘ola Like Clinic is located.

Information about our 2008 Healthy Keiki Fair events will be posted on the Center’s website in coming weeks. Please visit: www.waikikihc.org.

Longs Drugs and UHAco-sponsor Campaignto help needy keiki

2007 marked the second year that Waikiki Health Center’s Back to School Campaign was co-

sponsored by Longs Drugs and UHA, Hawaii’s third-largest commercial health insurer. In addition to the Campaign’s charity canisters displayed at all Longs Drugs locations, Longs Drugs and UHA officials appeared in TV spots over the summer. The television spot and air time were donated by UHA. Longs Drugs also donated print ad space to remind customers that their spare change can help keep island children healthier.

The Center provides affordable health care to Oahu’s keiki

$36,000 raised for children’s medical services

A Special Mahalo toOutrigger Shops Ltd.

Our friends at Outrigger Shops Ltd. are committed to helping keiki stay healthy every day of the year! In 2006, these caring people asked if they could display our Back to School charity canisters all year long, not just during our annual campaign. Since November 2006, their stores have raised $9,000 in support of our children’s medical services.

Mahalo nui loa to: Outrigger Ku‘ai Market • Beachcomber Ku‘ai Market • Outrigger East Pantry • ResortQuest Ku‘ai Market • Prince Kuhio Pharmacy • Outrigger Kuhio Photo

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Family Planning Services offered at the Center At least one in four American teenage girls has a sexually transmitted infection (STI), the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently; and half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended.

At Waikiki Health Center, we offer the following Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services for women and men that address these concerns through:

Pregnancy tests • Breast health services • Gynecological exams • Prostate exam • Testicular exam • Contraception services and information • Confidential STI test-ing and treatment • Anonymous HIV and Hepatitis C testing and treatment • Health education and counseling • Community education at health fairs, schools, youth facilities

We are working to empower young people to make responsible choices and provide health education and clinical services to everyone in need. For further information about our services, or to make an appointment, please phone 922-4787.

$50,000 + DonorsCecil G. Marshall Fund of the Hawaii Community FoundationMary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary TrustHawaii Women’s Legal Foundation

$10,000 + DonorsHarry and Jeanette Weinberg FoundationHenry and Colene Wong FoundationThe Hawaii Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For The CureHart FoundationJessie Ann Chalmers Charitable TrustKaneta FoundationAtherton Family Foundation

$5,000 + DonorsIfuku Family FoundationKaiser Permanente HawaiiNFL CharitiesThe Movie MuseumMary and Paul Wagner Charitable FundSidney Stern Memorial TrustFirst Presbyterian Church

$2,000 + DonorsBank of Hawaii Charitable FoundationShiraki Memorial Foundation

$1,000 + DonorsNancy MakowsiMark Travel CorporationEleanor B. Muller and Wehilani AkanaDr. M. Lou Hefley

Jhamandas Watumull FundJohn and Willow MortonEdward and Kathryn WeldonRobert Bruce and Varanya LuxtonBenancio NgirudelsangQueen’s Medical CenterMarie M. HatfieldCharles and Charmion HardyPaul R. CassidayJohn White and Yoko Hayami-WhiteFoodland Super Market Ltd.Neal E. and Theresa WinnCentral Union Church Women’s LeagueSafeway FoundationNovo Nordisk Inc.Donna G. GedgeDon and Pamela Lichty

$500 + DonorsROSES Systems SolutionsElspeth J.C. KerrExcelsior Lodge No. 1K Properties Inc.Elliot and Luana KalauawaIsland Insurance FoundationAnn B. CattsThanh-Lo and Puongpun SananikoneNick and Jane NagelLynn Kaili-HoMakiki Christian ChurchRussell Kato and Charleen AinaJoanne Grimes

From the heart, mahalo!Thank you to all our contributors for making our work possible, including the following individuals, businesses, foundations, and organizations:

WAIKIKI HEALTH CENTER

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENTMichael Burnett

VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURERMax Botticelli, MD

SECRETARYGennitt Simons

Clifton Choy; Robert F. Gentry; Marya Grambs; Randolph C. Hack; Philip Kinnicutt; Melanie Mito May; Carol Murry, DrPH; Thanh-Lo Sananikone;

Paul Smith; Toni Todino; Neal E. Winn, MD

MEMBER EMERITUSM. Lou Hefley, MD

Waikiki Health Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to provide affordable medical

care and social services that are accessible to everyone, regardless of ability to pay.

In Honor…A gift was made in honor of: Mickey Selwyn by Esther Cup Choy; Jonathan Fern by Timothy Fern; All Seniors by Nannette Howard; Clayton Joseph Manu Kaleikini by Lovell Kaleikini; Bernie & Mary Knezek by Daniel Knezek; Alice F. Loo by Pearl Loo; Dr. H.Q. and Minnie Pang by Linuce Pang; Alicia and Family by Angelino Presbitero; and Kavita N. Ramos by James Richmond.

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Waikiki Health Center in the Spotlight• Named one of the “Best Places to Work in Hawaii 2007” by Hawaii Business

Magazine• Received an Oahu WorkLinks “2007 Ho‘oko Award” as an Outstanding Business• Received the “2007 HR Best Practices Award” from Hawaii Employers Council

Our staff and Board of Directors understand the needs of our community because we are the community:

• 53% of board members are clients of the Center who help ensure that our services address the community’s health care needs

• 40% of our staff are of Native Hawaiian descent • Six staff members who received services from us while they were homeless are

now helping others in turn

In Remembrance…

A gift was made in memory of: Wolfgang Leidenfrost by Waltraud Leidenfrost; Sal Salvador by Gloria and Aldo Salvador; Michelle Bensinger by Diana Tavares-Parker; Annie L. Wong by Theresa Wong; R.D. Gray by Dick Solmssen; Dr. Thomas K. Oshiro by Marie Hatfi eld; Nancy Kimiko Mahina Furuike by Edwin Furuike; Mamo Nakagawa by Carole Nohara; Roy S. Muraoka by Sharon Muraoka; Verna K. Olson by Douglas Olson; Kathleen Oshiro by Robert Oshiro and Devonne Crowton; Joseph Torres by Isabelle Torres; Mindy Starn by Glenn Helme; James Linn by Robert Kamins; John and Alice Kim by Marilynn Kim; Rev. Abraham Kalikina Akaka by Sarah Akaka-Truong; Kathy Bush by Ann Merrill; and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yoshizaki by Nathan Yoshizaki.