Transportation Friends for Kupuna
Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center
The Transportation Friends for Kupuna (TFK) project will be having senior volunteers 55 years and older who will provide free transportation and/or escort assistance to seniors 60 years and older who live independently and need door-through-door assistance on Oahu.
We are currently recruiting senior volunteers 55 years and older. Female volunteers will be paired with female clients and male volunteers will be paired with male clients. If this is you and you want to help drive or chaperone a kupuna, please see the volunteer requirements below.
Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center
About the organizer
Lanakila was built by the state in 1969 and is Hawai`i’s largest senior center. Catholic Charities Hawai`i has operated Lanakila since 1981. The Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center currently serves approximately 1,640 seniors age 60 and older living primarily between Ward Avenue and Fort Shafter, but others across Oahu. The Center helps seniors to remain healthy, independent and living in the community by providing a place for exercise, recreation, health promotion, health screening and volunteer activities.The Center’s goals are:To support continued healthy activity, personal growth and enrichment vital to keeping the mind, body and spirit thriving. This is achieved through exercise, health promotion, health screening, education, cultural clubs and special events.To be a link between seniors and service providers, to make information easily accessible (i.e., free tax preparation, Medicare information updates, pedestrian and fire safety presentations, hot lunch program).To provide early intervention aimed at keeping seniors healthy and preventing premature institutionalization.To encourage volunteerism that carries the talents of our kupuna back into the community. Lanakila’s seniors provide thousands of hours of free entertainment, cultural education and community service to dozens of nursing homes, adult day care centers and care homes.
Good For
Kupuna, Visitors, Meeting People
Activity Type
Outdoor, Help People, Health & Wellness, Fellowship, Non Profit Networking
Cause
Kupuna, Health & Wellness, Community Engagement, Non Profit Support
Requirements
RSVP Required, Interview or Screening Process
Transportation Friends for Kupuna
Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center
The Transportation Friends for Kupuna (TFK) project will be having senior volunteers 55 years and older who will provide free transportation and/or escort assistance to seniors 60 years and older who live independently and need door-through-door assistance on Oahu.
We are currently recruiting senior volunteers 55 years and older. Female volunteers will be paired with female clients and male volunteers will be paired with male clients. If this is you and you want to help drive or chaperone a kupuna, please see the volunteer requirements below.
Good For
Kupuna, Visitors, Meeting People
Activity Type
Outdoor, Help People, Health & Wellness, Fellowship, Non Profit Networking
Cause
Kupuna, Health & Wellness, Community Engagement, Non Profit Support
Requirements
RSVP Required, Interview or Screening Process
Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center
About the organizer
Lanakila was built by the state in 1969 and is Hawai`i’s largest senior center. Catholic Charities Hawai`i has operated Lanakila since 1981. The Lanakila Multi-Purpose Senior Center currently serves approximately 1,640 seniors age 60 and older living primarily between Ward Avenue and Fort Shafter, but others across Oahu. The Center helps seniors to remain healthy, independent and living in the community by providing a place for exercise, recreation, health promotion, health screening and volunteer activities.The Center’s goals are:To support continued healthy activity, personal growth and enrichment vital to keeping the mind, body and spirit thriving. This is achieved through exercise, health promotion, health screening, education, cultural clubs and special events.To be a link between seniors and service providers, to make information easily accessible (i.e., free tax preparation, Medicare information updates, pedestrian and fire safety presentations, hot lunch program).To provide early intervention aimed at keeping seniors healthy and preventing premature institutionalization.To encourage volunteerism that carries the talents of our kupuna back into the community. Lanakila’s seniors provide thousands of hours of free entertainment, cultural education and community service to dozens of nursing homes, adult day care centers and care homes.