Men’s Chorus wants singers Men’s Chorus wants singers ADVERTISING On Monday, March 19, at 5 p.m., the Puna Men’s Chorus will welcome new singers who want to join for the upcoming season. The “Welcome to PMC” orientation for those interested
Men’s Chorus wants singers
On Monday, March 19, at 5 p.m., the Puna Men’s Chorus will welcome new singers who want to join for the upcoming season. The “Welcome to PMC” orientation for those interested in joining will be held at the Pahoa Community Center. New members are invited to lend a voice to this outreach and concert performances in 2012, beginning with opening nights at Merrie Monarch Festival and the Paradise Roller Girls, and culminating later in the year with two concert series. Evening rehearsals during the year will be held every Monday from 5-7:30 p.m. in Pahoa. For more information, call 965-2799, email info@punamenschorus.org, or visit punamenschorus.org.
Health programs win Beacon grants
The Hawaii Island Beacon Community has selected 17 community-based projects for its Healthy Eating and Active Living Program aiming to effect positive changes in people’s eating, physical activity and tobacco use habits. Supported by approximately $300,000 of HIBC’s federal funding, the HEAL projects will run through February 2013 and reach more than 15,000 Hawaii Island residents in all regions from diverse ethnic groups, including those most at risk.
The HEAL program kicks off with a mandatory health literacy training day today for the leaders from all the projects. Updates and testimonials will be posted at hibeacon.org/heal.
For more information, visit www.hibeacon.org.
Diabetes Center to host summit
The Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, a diabetes clinic, research center and provider of diabetes education, has collaborated with faculty and staff of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Cooperative Extension Service in Hilo, to provide diabetes screening and education in Hawaii through the Diabetes Detection and Prevention Project, part of a multi-state diabetes education research project funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Focused on practical diabetes management skills, the third Big Island Diabetes Summit will be held at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel with workshops on March 31 and April 1.
All events are free, but seating is limited and preregistration is required. To register, call the UH Diabetes Project at 969-8222 or email diabetes@hawaii.edu, include your name, mailing address, phone number or email address for registration confirmation.
