Kaua‘i Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Advisory Council member Wilma Chandler, left, talks about her volunteerism with staff of the Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation Kaua‘i Region hospitals Wednesday while representatives of the Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital emergency room, including Myra Elliott, Susan Ganir, Julie Nelson and Jaeda Elvinia, and HHSC Kaua‘i Leadership Team’s Cheryl Tennberg and Kaua‘i RSVP director Donna Lynn Loo listen during the delivery of care packages to the KVMH frontline workers in Waimea.
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Grateful Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital frontline workers, including Julie Nelson, Myra Elliott, Susan Ganir, and Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation, Kaua‘i Region Leadership Team’s Cheryl Tennberg, accept care packages from Grace Domingo Delos Reyes of the county Agency on Elderly Affairs, Kaua‘i Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Advisory Council Chair Timmy Albao, councilmember Wilma Chandler and Kaua‘i RSVP director Donna Lynn Loo Wednesday in Waimea.
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Kaua‘i Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Advisory Council Chair Timmy Albao and Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation Kaua‘i Region Leadership Team’s Cheryl Tennberg help Kaua‘i RSVP Director Donna Lynn Loo unload several boxes of care packages for the Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital frontline workers in Waimea Wednesday.
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WAIMEA — The Kaua‘i Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, including its Advisory Council Chair Timmy Albao and membver Wilma Chandler, along with Grace Domingo Delos Reyes of the county Agency on Elderly Affairs and Kaua‘i RSVP director Donna Lynn Loo, wrapped up their 2020 Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance project Wednesday with the delivery of 80 care packages to front-line workers at the Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital.
WAIMEA — The Kaua‘i Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, including its Advisory Council Chair Timmy Albao and membver Wilma Chandler, along with Grace Domingo Delos Reyes of the county Agency on Elderly Affairs and Kaua‘i RSVP director Donna Lynn Loo, wrapped up their 2020 Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance project Wednesday with the delivery of 80 care packages to front-line workers at the Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital.
The delivery to KVMH marked the second day of deliveries of more than 350 care packages that were created by the Kaua‘i RSVP Advisory Council to demonstrate appreciation for the island’s medical first responders, especially during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Care packages included an assortment of gift cards, gift certificates, gifts, and assorted sweets including kulolo. These were provided by donations from the
community done in a drive-thru format with appointments being made ahead of the drop-offs.
All Kaua‘i RSVP volunteers complied with the appropriate COVID-19 rules and guidelines, including having face masks, practicing social distancing, and delivering to the front entrance outside the hospitals.
The Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance is an annual tribute to the 9/11 victims and survivors, and the remarkable community response that followed. Participants commemorate the tragedy by demonstrating kindness and generosity to one another.
The Kaua‘i RSVP started in 1973 under the sponsorship of the AEA. The program is a SeniorCorps program under the Corporation for National and Community Service, and provides volunteer opportunities for persons 55 years and older to remain active, contributing members of the community.
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Dennis Fujimoto, staff writer and photographer, can be reached at 245-0453 or dfujimoto@thegardenisland.com.
