Program Designed to Help Improve Family Eating and Activity Habits
 
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC), in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, is launching BodyWorks, a free program for parents and caregivers of adolescent boys and girls aimed at improving family eating and activity habits. Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH), BodyWorks focuses on teaching adults how to help adolescents, ages 9 to 13, make small, specific behavior changes to prevent complications from obesity and to have a healthy lifestyle. Kaiser Permanente provides support for WCCHC staff training and program instructors.

Partnership with State of Hawaii Narcotics Enforcement Division and State Department of Attorney General Properly Disposes of Expired and Unused Drugs
 
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, in partnership with the State of Hawaii Narcotics Enforcement Division and State Department of the Attorney General, announces drug take-back days taking place in April at Kaiser Permanente clinics on Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island. The drug take-back days offer the community the opportunity to properly dispose of medications that are either expired or not being used in an effort to prevent prescription drug abuse or improper disposal.
 

The Pacific Buddhist Academy is pleased to recognize Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) as an inspirational organization working in our community. The October 21st “Lighting Our Way” event acknowledges individuals and organizations that are lighting our way in the community and exemplify the leadership values taught at the Pacific Buddhist Academy High School.

One vital aspect of the experience is the student interaction with each of the honorees. Starting in 2010, under the direction of Mr. Josh Hernandez Morse, Assistant Head of School, senior students work as teams to interview the honorees. The students create lines of questioning, meet the honorees for the dialogue and then transcribe the interviews that become the raw materials of actual event program.