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Yahoo
16-05-2025
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AARP: Kupuna who travel more may live longer
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Seniors are more eager to travel this year. As we come up on the travel season, planning for the most desired trips of your life can help you live longer. 'Studies have shown that if you have a purpose in life, if you have something that you wake up and look forward to every day, you are going to live a longer life overall,' Craig Gima, AARP Hawaii Communications Director, explained. Caring for mom, playing big role in Shinnyo Lantern Floating Ceremony He added that having a bucket list is very important and healthy. AARP's newest survey found that more lists are getting checked off as kupuna, the desire for kupuna to travel increased by five percent this year. 'There are so many people going to Japan, there's so many people traveling to the mainland to see family.' Wahiawa resident Sherry Imamura-Ryan was able to travel through the charity wish of a lifetime. The wish allowed her to see Tokyo again, where she was born, and reconnect with cousins during cherry blossom season.'I did see my cousins we had a wonderful lunch, we talked about old times, we shared photos, I now even have their email addresses so we're going to stay in touch, and when I go back to Japan in a couple of years with my entire family we'll see them again,' said Imamura-Ryan. She hopes her trip can inspire others to chase their dreams. 'When I think back now, I don't know why I was so afraid to go to Japan. Now it's opened new windows for me and I'm not afraid to travel anymore,' she said. If you want to submit a kupuna, visit this website, but charity can only help so many and traveling is expensive. It's also not the only thing that makes taking trips difficult for kupuna. Planning ahead can help out a lot. 'The number one factor that limits travel is cost, but number two behind it for older people is mobility,' Gima said. Check out more news from around Hawaii The sooner you can get started, the more you can afford to live out your dreams and see the world. 'Even if you're in your 20's, start right now and save money for it. Make sure you have a way to afford the things you want to do when you retire.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
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33rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
HONOLULU (KHON2) — This weekend marks the 33rd anniversary of the largest one-day food drive in the nation – the National Association of Letter Carriers' Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Caring for mom, playing big role in Shinnyo Lantern Floating Ceremony WakeUp2Day's Chris Latronic went live in Pearl City with all the details. He met up with Letter Carrier & Media Coordinator for USPS, Adele Yoshikawa to learn more about this crucial food drive. Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the country collect non-perishable food donations from our customers. Last year, Hawaii letter carriers collected more than 879,000 pounds of food from throughout the state. These donations go directly to local food pantries to provide food to people who need our help. Over the course of its more than 30-year history, the drive has collected well over 1.9 billion pounds of food, thanks to a Postal Service universal delivery network that spans the entire nation, including Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin need is great, but you can help. Currently, more than 44 million Americans are unsure where their next meal will come from. More than 14 million are children who feel hunger's impact on their overall health and ability to perform in school. Nearly 5.5 million seniors over age 60 are food insecure, with many who live on fixed incomes often too embarrassed to ask for help. Their food drive's timing is crucial. Food banks and pantries often receive most of their donations during the winter holiday seasons. By springtime, many pantries are depleted, entering the summer low on supplies at a time when many school breakfast and lunch programs are not available to children in need. Participating in this year's Letter Carriers` Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is simple. Just leave non-perishable food donations in a bag by your mailbox Saturday, May 10, 2025, and your letter carrier will do the rest. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news With your help, letter carriers and the U.S. Postal Service have collected over 1.9 billion pounds of food in the United States over the 30 plus years as a national food drive. Please help us in our fight to Stamp Out Hunger. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
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Caring for mom, playing big role in Shinnyo Lantern Floating Ceremony
HONOLULU (KHON2) – The Shinnyo Lantern Floating Ceremony on Oahu has become an impactful time for the community to come together to grieve and to remember loved ones on Memorial Day. State Kupuna Caucus proposes caregiver tax credit, more As you can imagine, the set up is a mammoth undertaking. Kristin Jackson, production supervisor for the ceremony, currently splits her time between two states to care for her mother all the way in North Carolina. 'So I'm just constantly in this state of flux, and I never know from one day to the next, when am I going back and when am I going to be able to come here?' said Jackson. 'She's in very good health, but, you know, she's older and she's never been alone before. So I go back and forth to North Carolina for a month at least, usually about six weeks every two months.' Helping kupuna who are afraid, unable to speak for themselves Jackson does this on top of the months of planning needed for the Shinnyo Lantern Floating Ceremony. 'It's a really unbelievably large production. But the reason that I continue to go back is just the impact that it has on the community.' Jackson says it's not just the ceremony itself, but also everything leading up to it.'There's so many things behind the scenes that people don't ever see. We have a group of gentlemen that we hire from Habilitat,' said Jackson, 'they are the happiest and most grateful and just so cheerful, and the hardest working crew of guys I've ever seen and their mission is just so incredible. So it's working with groups like that that really make the process so much more rewarding.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
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Send your remembrances for Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai‘i
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Planning on participating in this year's Shinnyo Lantern Floating Ceremony? Submissions for online remembrances are now open. The public can submit online remembrances through April 30 on Lantern Floating Hawai'i's website. Lantern construction begins for Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi Volunteers will hand-transcribe the messages and place them on lanterns that will be set afloat at Ala Moana Beach Park on Monday, May 26. Remembrances submitted between April 30 and May 25 will be 'printed out and affixed to Collective Remembrance Lanterns.' Over the years, we have received remembrances, prayers, and affirmations from all over the world. While Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai'i physically takes place in Honolulu, it aims to unite our global community in generating hope and expressing a shared commitment to building a brighter future. Rev. Craig Yamamoto, community relations liaison of Shinnyo-en HawaiiLanterns will also be available on the day of the ceremony on a first-come, first-served basis. A total of 6,000 lanterns will be set afloat. This year's theme for Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawai'i is 'Many Rivers, One Ocean' to honor fallen service members and loved ones. Following the ceremony, the lanterns will be collected and refurbished for next year. Check out more news from around Hawaii KHON2 and KHII will broadcast the ceremony starting at 6:30pm on Memorial Day. It can also be streamed on KHON2+ and the KHON2 YouTube channel. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
