NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE Fall 2010 NEWSLETTER

Letter from the Executive Director

Welcome to our Fall Newsletter. This is the issue where we publish our Annual Report and the list of our donors and supporters. First of all, I would like to thank each and every individual and organization Plein Aire by Greg Schultz that has made the choice to support North Hawaii Hospice. We appreciate and value Coming Up: your trust. Our hospice is celebrating 25 years in the North Hawaii The Journey Of Grief community and the longevity of our hospice program would not be possible without the support we receive from you. Our work in the and Reconciliation community is YOUR work in the community and we are strong today Six-Week Support Group because of your support. Starting November 8, 2010 At Tutu’s House This past summer our hospice lost two long-serving members of Meets Mondays at 4:30pm our hospice ohana, our nurse Brooke Winvick and our community Register at 885-6777 volunteer Brigitte Rutgers. During this same time period our patient daily census doubled. Our staff managed to pull hard during this Light Up a Life time, further strengthening our team spirit in spite of our personal This Holiday Season grieving and heavy hearts. It was heartening for us to experience the Remember your loved- community aloha and support that surrounded us as we supported so ones by placing memorial many families in North Hawaii. ornaments on a memorial tree in your community. As the holidays approach we are aware of how hard the holidays Ornaments go on can be for those of us grieving the loss of loved-ones. We would sale the weekend after like to remind everyone that we offer support to all members of our Thanksgiving, community that are grieving. Please call our office and ask about our for more information, call programs, having support does indeed help. You are not alone. our office at 885-7547. Please take very good and special care of each and everyone of your Save the Date! loved-ones and don’t forget to take the time to tell each and everyone “Sweethearts how much they are appreciated. on the Range” With aloha and appreciation on behalf of our hospice mission, High-Tea & Silent Auction Mahalo, February 12, 2011 Saturday Afternoon at Kahua Ranch Katherine Ciano Executive Director NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE

is a nonprofit organization committed to helping pa- tients, families and friends dealing with life-limiting illnesses.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS James T. (Toby) King President Lynn Higashi First Vice-President Light Up a Life Thomas Blackburn, Ph.D. Memorial Trees in Your Community Secretary Howard Edelman Many of you have attended or volunteered for NHH’s Light Treasurer/Finance Up A Life annual holiday remembrance events held in Waimea or North Kohala over the years. These events have taken on John Dawson, M.D. Medical Director different shapes and forms in different venues, but its spirit and intent has always remained – to give community members BOARD MEMBERS a chance to remember and honor their loved ones during the holiday season. The modest, personalized tree ornaments hung Nancy Bouvet each year with loved ones’ names written on them have held Sheila Cadwallader special meaning for many of us each season. Bev Dawson This year, North Hawaii Hospice intends to have a Light Up A Marty Hind Life tree in each of the areas we serve. In Waimea the tree will Harold Hughes Claren Kealoha-Beaudet be in Parker Square, in North Kohala, the tree will be in front of Randee Kumove the Senior Center in Kapa’au. In Waikoloa the tree will be just Stewart Lawrence inside the Village Market and in Honoka’a the tree will be on Keawe Liu the lanai of the public library. Julie Mattson Although NHH will not hold the same program with music Kim Norman and readings as it has in past years in Waimea and North Margarita Scheffel Kohala, we hope to position the trees where they will still Linda West be a focal point during the holidays. We plan to have the Ali Woods trees displayed right after Thanksgiving through Christmas. Ornament tables will be located in each community starting the weekend after Thanksgiving. Volunteers will be needed in every community to sell ornaments and decorate trees. We truly appreciate such offers to help. We would also welcome a donation of a live tree to offset this cost for the community of North Kohala. So, please call Juli 25 g at 885-7547 if you are interested in assisting in any way. years of carin We look forward to seeing the twinkling lights and ornaments throughout North Hawaii this year. May it be a joyful and peaceful holiday season for you all!

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 2 4th Annual Big Island Classic Golf Tournament a Success!

North Hawai’i Hospice was the lucky sole auction. beneficiary of this year’s Tommy Bahama 4th The overall winning team of this year’s Annual Big Island Classic Golf tournament was Jaci Tournament on June 14th held Sowden, Ken Sowden, Jack at the spectacular Mauna Kea McMenimem, and Brett Smith. Beach Resort. This year’s event Congratulations!! raised over $46,000 for North Our Golf Chair from North Hawaii Hospice and what an Hawai’i Hospice was once event it was! Beautiful blue again Marty Hind and the skies, gentle breezes and warm day was made possible by a sunshine greeted our golfers large and loyal group of North (140 of them!) along with lively Hawai’i Hospice Volunteers, tropical music and a breakfast buffet with which included much of the Board. Sharon Bloody Mary’s. Potter rounded up Board President Toby King, There wasn’t a second to spare between a Executive Director Katherine Ciano, Julie competitive putting contest won by Larry Mattson, Kim Norman, Joan Moynahan, Tom Roberts of Canada-France Telescope who won Blackburn, Lynn Higashi, Cathy Youtkus, Rick four rounds of golf at the Mauna Kea and the Potter, Dick Tenderella, Margarita Scheffel, wild and crazy Lucky Ball Drop. A helicopter Dee Dee Warren, and Harold Hughes. Gayle flew overhead and dropped a bucket of 400 Hubbard and Colleen Norris from the NHH golf balls over a hole and the closest to pin was office kept everything on track and running Danny Buris of Pura Vida Gallery who won two smoothly! free tickets on Continental Airlines. He will soon Our thanks to all the golfers for coming out be heading off to Spain. to support North Hawai’i Hospice, all our There was a massage station limbering up tee sponsors and the golfers to keep them moving along in order prize donors, all our to reach the wine and cheese party and dinner friends at Tommy celebration at Bahama’s, including Tommy Bahama’s John Nguyen, Brenda at Mauna Lani. Supnet and Kim The evening Graybill, for your hard included a work and generosity, live auction as well as the golf crew and Brandon Wallraff at with Tommy the Mauna Kea, and the many volunteers and “Kahikina” Ching staff that made this great event possible! Hope to as emcee and an see you all again in 2011! incredible silent Mahalo nui loa! North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 3 Who’s on Board? At the end of the NHH fiscal year in June, several of our longest serving board members reached the maximum number of terms according to our by-laws: Sharon Potter, Dee Dee Warren, and Linda Clifford. All three of these dedicated individuals have held leadership positions and have contributed greatly to the strong and stable hospice organization that we are today. Although these ladies are taking a break from board service, they will continue to be supportive friends of our hospice organization and will serve on committees or provide consultation. We also said goodbye to several board members due to moves or changes in employment location: Chuck Erskine, Mary Hunter, Jim Warson and Cathy Youtkus. We thank all of them for their service and wish them good fortune in their new endeavors. Our nominating committee had to get busy and we are happy to report that we have added five new board members. All of the new additions have impressive backgrounds in both business and healthcare that will be crucial to the board’s work of ensuring quality and compassionate service to our hospice patients and families.

Psychologist Claren Kealoha- age seven and Kamauokealoha, in the healthcare community Beaudet was born and raised age five. in Waimea for more than 30 on the Hamakua Coast of the years. John Dawson has served Big Island. She is a proud Bev as the medical director for graduate of Honokaa High Dawson our hospice since its inception School. was born and Bev has worked in her Claren and raised husband’s busy medical received on Oahu practice as well as at Hawaii her in a sugar Preparatory Academy. Bev bachelor’s plantation enjoys being outdoors, degree and village. Her walking, tennis, golf, gardening a secondary parents had and traveling. For all of her teacher emigrated life, Bev has worked towards certification from the Philippines just helping people improve the from the after World War II. Bev got a quality of their lives. She University bachelor’s degree in nursing believes in the hospice mission of Hawaii at Hilo. She went from UH Manoa and worked because she believes that dying on to earn a master's degree briefly at Kapiolani Hospital is also a part of life and she in counseling psychology in Honolulu before meeting looks forward to working with from the American School and marrying her husband, Dr. the NHH board to improve of Professional Psychology John Dawson. The newlyweds the quality of life for hospice and a doctorate degree in moved to British Columbia families. clinical psychology from where Bev worked in the Argosy University Hawai'i. psychiatric unit of a rural Wm. Stewart Culture, diversity, and societal hospital. They then moved Lawrence differences in world view are to the island of American is originally Dr. Kealoha-Beaudet's area Samoa where Bev worked at from the of specialty and interest. Dr. LBJ Tropical Medical Center. American Kealoha-Beaudet has an active After returning to Oahu, Bev South. He private practice in Kamuela got her master’s degree in was born in where she lives with her public health. The Dawsons Tennessee, husband, Brandi Beaudet and first moved to the Big Island in lived in their two sons Keawemauhili, 1978 and have been key figures Georgia and

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 4 attended Tulane University the University of Hawaii at of her family still lives in the in New Orleans where Manoa. After teaching Hawai- area except for Linda. received a bachelor’s degree ian and Pacific history for six Linda came to Hawaii over in philosophy. Later, he years at HPA, he moved into 40 years ago after graduating moved to Sydney Australia several different administrative from Washington State. Her and went to nursing school. roles at Parker School where he first job in Hawaii was as the He worked briefly as a nurse worked for seven years. Keawe assistant buyer in the designer before becoming a doctor. returned to HPA in 2009 as salon at Liberty House at the Dr. Lawrence got his medical the director of advancement, Ala Moana shopping Center. degree from the University of overseeing all fundraising When she moved to the Big Mississippi and completed his and alumni-related initiatives. Island, she continued her residency in Denver, Colorado He and his wife, Lyda, have retailing career for several before moving to Hawaii two young children and live years and then went into real 20 years ago. Dr. Lawrence in Waimea. Keawe brings a estate - which has been her specializes in Internal Medicine wealth of non-profit business career for 30 years. She enjoys and Geriatrics and has a experience to our board of di- real estate because of the private practice in Waikoloa rectors. Keawe enjoys golf and “people part” of her job. Village. Dr. Lawrence served as will also be a great addition to Linda enjoys traveling medical director for Hospice of our golf event planning com- around the island each day, Kona for 8 years and his wife, mittee. exploring and showing people Lisa Lawrence, is a certified properties. It makes each day hospice nurse who has worked Linda West was born in a new adventure. Linda also at NHH for more than 20 years. Spokane, Washington and enjoys golf, reading, walking, Dr. Lawrence brings his clinical grew up getting together with friends experience with hospice to our in a small and family and traveling. board of trustees and will be rural farm She and her husband Rick actively involved in our patient community have four children and seven services committee. 60 miles grandchildren. Linda has West of been volunteering for hospice Keawe Liu was born on Oahu Spokane fundraisers for several years. and gradu- - close to Of all of the organizations and ated from Grand boards she has been a part of Hawaii Coulee over the many years, she feels Preparatory Dam. Her that NHH is the organization Academy father's grandfather was a that really does something that and the Uni- pioneer who emigrated from helps people. She is honored versity of Germany and homesteaded to have been asked to serve as Colorado at land in the area. Most of a board member because she Boulder. He this land is still in wheat knows that NHH will likely be received his production and has been called to help her friends and master’s in passed down through the family in the future. Educational Leadership from family for four generations. All

We are very excited to have these five exceptional new leaders join our Board of Trustees.

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 5 Remembering Brigitte Rutgers Where angels come from… by William Jardine

Brigitte Letessier Rutgers left this earth a better nature and it might be too depressing and so on. place. She was revered, admired and adored as We all have these same reservations, but we don’t few others, and her work with North Hawaii all have a close friend like Nancy. Nancy Bouvet’s Hospice was one of her greatest pleasures. Yet, insistence is greater than almost anyone’s her quiet ways deflected attention from of her resistance! Before too many years had gone by, personal story. Brigitte agreed to volunteer and our angel was Brigitte was a child of war, born into the given her message of hope, love, courage and Algerian Revolution in 1947 and eventually peace. Through North Hawaii Hospice, driven from her home country. By Brigitte found that she could do good in a age fifteen she was a refugee on the world which needed lots of it. crowded streets of Marseilles with so Brigitte went on to serve more many other dispossessed Algerian than 13 years for hospice in many families. What could she hope for different capacities. As a patient in a world where she had seen only care volunteer, Brigitte served as strife and dreadful loss? Yet, a a companion to families facing year later she found herself in the terminal illness; cooking for rich, scented air of Tahiti, where them, comforting them, and her native French entwined with being someone who could listen. the delicious rhythms and warmth Brigitte also served on the NHH of French Polynesia, and this is board participating in projects that where she soon found true love in included the Light up a Life event a handsome young man with both held at Christmas to memorialize great strength and deep kindness. She loved-ones who have passed. Brigitte married Nick Rutgers and together they was an accomplished chef and was part led a military life in America, where she of a group of Waimea hostesses that catered would learn her English from soap operas as her the elegant high-tea fundraisers at the historic growing family tumbled and laughed at her feet. homes in Waimea. Brigitte’s talent for design The distant echoes of war and pain began to fade. earned her the nickname “Ms. Ambiance” and she She first smelled the tangy perfume of Waimea’s was a vital part of making so many of the hospice great eucalyptus trees in 1984. By then she had galas dazzle with sparkles and fairy dust. grown accustomed to moving her family to follow Last May, Brigitte was honored as Volunteer of Nicky’s aviation career. She had grown to love the the Year and was presented with a special Tiffany Great Plains of the American Midwest and our & Co. necklace donated in her honor. Brigitte little cow town was pretty but didn’t look like the hated being in the limelight, but shortly after the best choice Nicky had ever made! Yet, it was here event she wrote this message: under a canopy of sparkling tropical stars that she “I get so much more from patients than I can bloomed into the angel she was meant to be. Her ever give back to them and their families. It has natural desire to share, her courage and her calm been a great honor over the years to be welcomed acceptance of all that life brings were remarkable, in their homes and trusted with their loved ones. but she also had such determination, talent, and I have made some great friends through this and skill. have so many special memories. I have truly Nancy Bouvet, Sheila Cadwallader and Sally received more than I have given and will always Wooddell started encouraging Brigitte to take treasure my time with these families.” a harder look at being a hospice volunteer and “Angel” means “messenger,” and Brigitte’s encouraged her to take the required training, message was clear and true and right. It is the but Brigitte resisted, saying that it wasn’t in her quality of life that is our treasure and it is in

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 6 giving that we receive life’s greatest gifts. With that message, along with her kindness and her courage, Brigitte served the lives around her, and we are so much richer for having known her. Our Brigitte passed from this earthly life surrounded by her beloved family and in the care of the hospice she served so well.

A Bientot, Brigitte.

Nick and Brigitte Rutgers.

Remembering Our Colleague and Friend, Brooke Winvick, RN, CHPN

We are saddened to report the passing of Brooke will be remembered for her our hospice nurse, Brooke Winvick, on August independence, her ability to keep a healthy 24, 2010. Brooke had been employed at NHH separation between her hospice work and for more than 10 years. Brooke’s illness, a rare her personal life, the compassionate care she form of cancer, was unknown until three provided to her hospice patients and families, short weeks before her death. Brooke and her unforgettable laugh and smile. had very little time to adjust to Brooke’s credentials included national her terminal diagnosis but certification as a hospice and palliative wanted very much to travel care specialist. In her memory, a fund to the mainland to pursue has been established to provide treatment but it did not come the opportunity for our clinical to pass; Brooke’s illness was staff to achieve certification or to far too advanced for her to pursue advanced training in the make her journey. Brooke’s area of hospice and palliative care. family members were able Dr. Wm Stewart Lawrence has to travel to visit her hospital provided the initial donation for room in Kona and Brooke’s a scholarship fund in memory of beloved hospice colleague and Brooke. mentor, Fran Woollard, was We will always be grateful to Brooke able to travel from Oregon to for reminding us to keep the joy in our comfort Brooke during her last two lives and for serving as an example of a days. Brooke passed surrounded by her hospice professional that knew how to make brothers, Keith and Neal, several of her hanai time for rest and restoration. sisters, and hospice nurse and colleague Lisa Lawrence. Thank you Brooke!

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 7 New Faces at Hospice

Reinhard Fritsch RN, PhD Registered Nurse on-call Originally from northern California, Reinhard joined our hospice staff in May to be on-call for our patients after hours and on weekends. Reinhard is well known in North Hawaii due to his many years of working with Kohala Home Health. Reinhard has been a registered nurse since 1987 and has worked at North Hawaii Community hospital since 2002. Reinhard brings a calm, warm and genuine presence to patients and families in their homes.

Cynthia Sheldon (“Cindy”) Clinical Services Assistant Cindy is from Denver, Colorado and worked for more than 20 Hospice goes Electronic! years at Swedish Medical Center; With grants from the Hawaii most recently in the Emergency Community Foundation, the O’Neill Department and in Trauma Service. Foundation, the Cleo Foundation, Cindy moved to Hawaii in 2008 the Atherton Foundation, and North with her husband and daughter. Hawaii Rotary, our North Hawaii Most recently, she worked at North Hospice was finally able to enter the Hawaii Community Hospital world of electronic patient records and as unit secretary. She joined NHH to oversee patient electronic billing, completely upgrade medical records and provide clinical support for our our office computer system, and hospice team. Cindy lives in Waikoloa with her husband refurbish our website. and daughter and enjoys taking Zumba classes in her This project took more than a year to spare time. complete and was completely funded through foundation grant writing. Kristin Wohlschlagel, RN Special Mahalo to our helpers in the Registered Nurse on-call community: everyone at Independent Kristin got her start in healthcare Phones who helped us with re-wiring as a volunteer firefighter and EMT our office, Tracy Bloom who donated in a rural mountain community in many hours of support when we California. She became a registered installed our new server, Mike Hale nurse and moved to Hawaii from Parker School who also assisted in 1994. She has worked in the with the new network, Jim Hood from emergency department at Hilo Mobile Computer Doctor who donated Medical Center for the past seven a portion of his time getting the bugs years. Most recently, Kristin moved out and to Beth Hood from Websites to North Kohala just in time to join our team in August with Aloha, who also donated a portion of 2010. Kristin’s assured and gentle expertise has been of her time for website design. greatly appreciated by our patients and families in LOG ON to see our NEW WEBSITE at North Kohala. northhawaiihospice.org

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 8 Volunteer Corner

Big Mahalos to…

Olivia Armandroff and Hallie Jacobson This summer we were happy to have Parker School student, Olivia Armandroff, back volunteering in the office at NHH. This was Olivia’s second summer volunteering with us. Olivia always brightened our day with her positive attitude, smile and willingness to take on any project. Olivia put together admitting and informational packets, volunteer applications, created various Excel spreadsheets for staff and organized and neatened up our volunteer files. She has also taken up the work of creating and maintaining a NHH patient memorial board and album with fellow student and NHH volunteer, Hallie Jacobson. NHH volunteers Hallie Jacobson and Olivia Armandroff. Hallie, who is a Hawaii Preparatory Academy student, began volunteering with NHH this summer. Another bright and cheerful presence, Hallie was also eager to help with any projects we gave her. She helped with Excel spreadsheets and organized and made a map of all of the volunteer materials and supplies. Both Olivia and Hallie plan to attend the October volunteer training classes this month and carry on their work with the NHH patient memorial board and album. NHH is thankful to have two such dedicated young people in our ohana and very much appreciate their contribution to our organization. Suzi from Suzi’s Scrapbooking Paradise We are very grateful to Suzi from Suzi’s Scrapbooking Paradise in Waimea for donating materials for our NHH patient memorial board and album. Suzi has also generously offered her time and expertise to help make our patient memorial board and album look as beautiful as possible. Suzi has made available a work space and ongoing assistance to Olivia and Hallie as they continue their work on this project honoring the lives our patients. …and

Our great appreciation goes out to all of our NHH volunteers and members of our community who generously give their time and support to our patients and their families. You are the heart of North Hawaii Hospice!

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 9 NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE ANNUAL REPORT The following statistics pertain to fiscal year July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.

Hospice Patients by Region Volunteer Hours Donated

Direct Care 282 Kohala -15% Indirect Care 1,445 Total Hours 1,727 Waikoloa/Kawaihae/Puako - 23%

Waimea - 34%

Age Range of Our Patients Hamakua Coast - 28%

Age of our oldest patient 97 years Age of our youngest patient 10 days Average age of our patients 74 years

Grief and Bereavement Number of contacts with hospice families for grief resolution 756 Number of contacts with community members for grief resolution 147 Number of contacts through community support group programs 58

Patient Care Services

Number of patients and families in hospice 81 Patients with a cancer diagnosis 60% Number of patients discharged alive 6 Patients with a non-cancer diagnosis 40% Average length of stay in hospice 79 days

FINANCIAL REPORT 2009-2010 Hawaii Island Development - 11% United Way - 1% Fundraising Events - 10% Administration - 31%

Foundations and Organizations -9%

Individual Contributions - 11%

Patient Insurance - 69% Program - 58% REVENUES EXPENSES

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 10 Gifts to North Hawaii Hospice Mahalo to Our Donors Our giving report includes the names of those individuals, community groups and businesses who have given gifts to North Hawaii Hospice from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Commemorative gifts were received in memory of the following people:

Esther Adams Emelia Gomes Jitsuo Kotake Stephen Poggione Florencio Alegre Jean Greewell Ernest Kurlansky Kanani Polina Malia Marlyn Axelrod Barbara Griffin Ruth Landry Kuuipo Pule Paul Barker Swan Groom Joan L'Orange Ben Radin Robert Biesiada Erik Hazelhoff John Lowrey Jack Ramos Ian Bowman Karl Heller Edward G. Mack Dennis Rose James Breen Herbert Hiatt Shoichi Maeda Richard Rowe Mary Cacoulidis Rose Higaki Ilse Martin Sueto Sakamoto Berlinda Camara Irene Higashi Theresa Ann Martin Sharon Saltus Mildred Cantyne Mike Higashi Florence McPeek James Santiago Alejandro Castillo Mitsumo Hirayama Norbert Methven Marilyn Schweig Jan Chillingworth Shohei Hiyama Elizabeth Miller Rose Mary Silveus Frank Colleado Bradford Houser Ronald Mochida Janet Smith Frank Cook Barbara Hutchinson Nancy Mohr Peggy Sperring Eiko Doi Clyde Imada Stanley Murakami Joseph Spielman Earl Ebenal Likito Ishii Marion Nahulu Riyoichi Uyama Bonifacio Etrata Verna Jaynes Clarence "Bully" Nakaahiki Tamaki Uyama Lui Faleafine Creighton Kahananui Thomas Nakahara Gil Visser Yolanda Fernandez Kamana Kaio Nishida Benjamin Wald Nell Ferreira Peter Kamber Shuhei Ohta Moses Wallace, Sr. Jesse L. Fishback Mildred Kanda Frances Otake Maryann Warner Ruth & William Foster Clifford Kaneshiro Clemente Pampo Winona Watson James Frazier Sonny Kaniho Maurice Patterson Harvey Wong Takeshi Fujino Peter Kim Clement Perez Sueo Yamasaki Patricia Garties Yoshio Kimura Doris Pichetti Hideo Yanazaki Clara Gomes Alicia King Nancy Piianaia Frederick Yokoyama

MAJOR DONORS ($5,000+) Mr. Bill Borkan Mr. Philip Johnson and Atherton Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boynton Ms. Kelly Imboden Cleo Foundation Ms. Balbi Atherton Brooks Kai Pono Builders, Inc. Mr. Daniel Duval Mr. Wayne Brumaghim Mr. and Mrs. James Tobin King Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hess Mr. Chris Buckalew Mr. Thomas King, Jr. John M. Simpson Foundation Ms. Diane Carlson & Mr. Bill Freyd KTA Super Stores Rhoady and Jeanne Marie Lee Dr. and Mrs. James Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kumove Living Trust Mr. and Mrs. James Lee W. Croft, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Lally Moonglow Fund at the Hawaii Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ditmore Alan Gartenhaus & Rhoady Lee, III Community Foundation Mr. Michael Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. Mel Macy William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Mr. James W. Du Pont Dr. and Mrs. John F. McDermott, Jr. Foundation Mrs. Judy A. Frazier Moana Pa’akai, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gajadhar Mr. and Mrs. Pete Moynahan SUSTAINERS ($1.000-$4,999) Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation Mr. Paul Nyquist Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ainslie Hawaii Water Service Co. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Frank Atherton Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hind, III Mr. David T. Pietsch, Jr. Maribeth Benham Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hirayama Quality Builders, Inc. Big Island Mechanical, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hutaff, Jr. Mr. Robert L. Reed Thomas C. Blackburn, Ph.D. and Rotary Club of North Hawaii Kate Bell, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Gordon- Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sakamoto North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 11 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schenk Ms. Abigail Kekaulike Kinoiki Chizuko Westrum Mr. Robert Skladzien Kawananakoa Mr. and Mrs. William T. White, III Sleek to Chic Salon and Day Spa Mr. Christopher Keiter Cindy and Terry M. Wick Sloan Galleries Sydnee Kekina Mr. and Mrs. Woodson K. Woods Dr. John D. Stover and Mr. Howard A. Kent Mr. Bill Zabolski Mr. Bayardo Aviles Ms. Linda Kobayashi Mr. Michael Zola Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Troxel Mr. and Mrs. Jerry K. Kubo Mr. and Mrs. Pono Von Holt Lanihau Properties. LLC BENEFACTORS ($100-$249) Watterson Painting Mr. Frank Latinis Anonymous (8) Ledson Construction Ms. Stephanie Ackerman PATRONS ($250-$999) Mrs. Janet N. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ackerman Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Little Mr. and Mrs. Chris Agorastos Dr. George Ainge and Mr. and Mrs. Hans L’Orange Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Akaka, Jr. Dr. Leesa Miyasato Mr. Pete L’Orange and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ako Aloha United Way Ms. Gerry Goodenough Mrs. Jean M. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Armstrong Mr. Gene Matsushige Annunciation Catholic Church Mrs. LeBurta G. Atherton Mr. Marshall H. Matthews Mrs. Adele Bahl Mr. and Mrs. Archie Blake Mr. and Mrs. Dave McCoy Dr. Susan Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bleecher Mr. Jack McMenimen Mr. and Mrs. John O. Barton Mr. Bradley B. Bogard Mr. David Meadors Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bates Mrs. Marilyn Briefs Merriman’s Restaurant Mrs. Caryl Bayless Mr. Michael Brodowy Mr. Bob Momsen Ms. Ann Bennett Mr. Zadoc W. Brown Mr. and Mrs. David Monahan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bergan Mr. Robert Butterfield Mr. Greg Mooers and Big Island Candies Mr. Richard Castro Ms. Sharon Peterson Mrs. Lala Black Blasting Technology, Inc. Mr. Peter Messmer and Ms. Jewel D. Moore Ms. Elaine Christianson Mr. Rory Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Ken Block CLO Marketing, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Scott Nakahara Mr. and Mrs. Eric Bollinger Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cornuelle Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. John Bonella Mr. and Mrs. John Broadbent Charles A. Crabb, Trustee Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nonaka Mr. and Mrs. Chris Brown D & K Construction Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ed Norman Mr. and Mrs. Lester Buckley Daleico Ranch Mr. and Mrs. George Oliva Mrs. Kitty Budge Dr. and Mrs. John Dawson Takeshi Otake Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cadwallader Mr. FJ Desilets Parker Ranch, Inc. Mr. Bobby Camara Mr. John Deveau Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Perry Mr. and Mrs. Allan Campbell Mr. Nelson Doi Mr. Greg Peterson Mr. Michael Casey Mrs. Tsuneko Doi Mr. Dan E. Philipp Ms. Jane Caughey Mr. and Mrs. Howard Edelman Mr. and Mrs. David Pietsch Keith C. Victorino and Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Erskine Mr. and Mrs. Richard Potter Betty Jane Cazimero Mrs. Jane Fishback Mr. and Mrs. Mike Prohoroff Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chancer Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Fujino Mr. Larry Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Charles Mr. Ryan Funasaki Mr. and Mrs. David Rotstein Mr. and Mrs. Greg Chilton Mr. and Mrs. Rey Ganir Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ruddle Ms. Melanie Collier Mr. Greg Gillion Ms. Margarita J. Scheffel Mr. and Mrs. Phil Conley Mr. and Mrs. James Growney Dr. and Mrs. Niall Scully Mr. Joseph Cootey - Kamuela Electric, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gulley A. K. Shingle and Tim Gaffney Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Cushnie Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hall Mr. Zachory Smith Ms. Grace Czerwinski Heartwood Works, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Snowbarger Kathy and Gus Damon Mark de Reus Mr. Wayne Higaki Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sorenson Mr. and Mrs. Shigemi Degawa Mr. Thomas M. Hollenbeck Mr. and Mrs. C. Kenneth Sowden Mr. and Mrs. Romel Dela Cruz Dr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Hooper Stacy’s Bookkeeping, Inc. Destinations in Paradise Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hughes Mr. Lon Ussery Ms. Karen Doi Mr. and Mrs. David Hutchinson Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wagner Ms. Kathleen Eastwood Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Jacobson, Jr. Waikoloa Community Church Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ednie Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kaneshiro Mr. WC Wells Mr. Gene Erger West Hawaii Concrete

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 12 Ms. Marilyn T. Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. George Lyons Waimea Senior Citizens Club Mr. George B. Fry, III Mr. and Mrs. Noriyoshi Masumoto Dick and Bobbie Walker Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuchino Mauna Lani Resort/Hotel Elaine and Sherman Warner Mr. Susumu Fujii Mr. Kazunobu Mayahara Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warren Mr. Garret Fujino and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCleskey Dr. Jim Warson Ms. Joyce Kagawa Forrest McFall and Helen Swinney Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webster, Jr. Greg and Nancy Gale Dr. and Mrs. David McNaughton Ms. Sim Wenner Dr. and Mrs. Murray Gardner Christopher Metzler Mr. James Whitman Mr. Guido Giacometti and Mrs. Winnie Mochida Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clint Williams Ms. Susan Tius Mr. and Mrs. Terry Mohr Ms. Cindy Winegar Dr. and Mrs. Sam Gingrich Mr. James Moore Mrs. Leona Wishard Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gocke Ms. Marene Morita Dr. and Mr. Stanley Wishnick Mr. Jack Goldstein Mrs. Eiko Murakami Ms. Priscilla Witt Ms. Laure Gomera Tami T. Murakami Ms. Norma Wong Ms. Farrah-Marie K Gomes Mr. Eli Nahulu Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wooddell Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Goodman Mr. and Mrs. Larry Nakamoto Mrs. Miyoko Yamasaki Mr.and Mrs. Thomas H. Goodspeed Mr. and Mrs. Kyle S. Nishimura Mr. and Mrs. Myron Yamasato Mr. and Mrs. Steven Grasso Dr. and Mrs. Roy Ohata Mr. Mel Yanos Mr. and Mrs. David Greenwell Mrs. Yaeko Ota Mrs. Betty Young Mrs. Shirley Gunderson Ms. Nancy Perez Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hastings Rock and Melva Perez DONORS ($1-$99) Hawaii Pacific Area Combined Ms. Katherine B. Phinny Anonymous (12) Federal Campaign Mr. and Mrs. Alan Pinn Mrs. Juanita Jane Aganus Mrs. Elizabeth Heller Mr. Mel Pobre and Ms. Julie Mattson Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Akau Mr. Robert J. Hendrickson Mr. and Mrs. David Powell Ms. Eleanor Ammen Ms. Susan Herhold Mrs. Dorothy Ramos Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hiatt Mr. and Mrs. John Ray Kellyanne Anderson Ms. Lynn Higashi Mr. and Mrs. Ted Redo Mrs. Josephine Andrade Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Hirako Kerry and Claire Ricketts Arc of Hilo Ms. Dee Dee Hoffmann Ms. Colleen Rowe Ms. Audrey Asato Mrs. Carla Houser Partma Ms. Julie Rowe Ms. Arlene Ashida Loring and Lloyd Howell Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rufo Deborah Au HPA’s - Isaac’s Art Gallery Mr. Nick Rutgers, III Mr. and Mrs. Wayne K. Awai Roen Hufford Mr. and Mrs. Ken Sanford Mr. Alan Axelrod Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hunter Ms. Joan Santaferraro Mr. and Mrs. Emil Bader Sylvia and Brian Hussey Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Baldwin Ms. Mitsuko Inamine Ms. Priscilla A. Sears Dr. & Mrs. John Balfour Mrs. Doris Jacober Mr. and Mrs. Scott Shannon Bamboo Restaurant Jerry and Pat Jamesson Mr. Frank Snow Ms. Bonnie Beckett Mr. and Mrs. Robin Jaquith Mr. and Mrs. Franz Solmssen Ms. Elizabeth Behny Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jardine Mr. Richard Spiegel Ms. Beverly Blessings Mr. Alcy D. Johnson Mr. James W. Steckling Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Bouvet Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John Steinbacher Ms. Kathleen Brilhante Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kawabata Mr. and Mrs. Craig Taga Mr. and Mrs. George Britto Kawamata Farms, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Takata Buzz’s Sand Trap, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Kawano Mr. and Mrs. Shiro Takata Mr. and Mrs. George Cabral Mrs. Eva Kealamakia Takata Store Mrs. Bernadette Cacoulidis Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kelce Mr. and Mrs. Toshio Takeya Mr. and Mrs. Brodie Callender Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Kerr Mrs. Suzanne Tamashiro Mrs. Beryl Cambridge Mrs. Julia Kimura Mr. and Mrs. David Tarnas Roldah N. Cameron Mr. and Mrs. Charles King Ted’s Garage & Towing Service, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Mori Kiyota Mr. and Mrs. Danny Teller Mr. and Mrs. James Cantyne Mr. and Mrs. Adi Kohler Mr. and Mrs. Leon Thevenin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cartwright Mrs. Amelia LaJambe Mr. and Mrs. Ron Tooman Ms. Maile Carvalho Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lam Ms. Henrietta Visser Mr. and Mrs. Rick Casey Mrs. Hiram Lewi Joseph Vitorino Mr. George J. Caspell Mrs. Katy Lowrey Waikoloa Bridge Club Ms. Salvacion Castillo Mike Luce and Suzanne Hill Waikoloa Development Co., Ltd. Mrs. Christie Cecil

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 13 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace K. Chang Mr. and Mrs. Pete Hendricks Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Luzon Ms. Gloria Chapman Mrs. Della Henriques Jamie L. Maldonado Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chow Ms. Mary Hettinger Ms. Pamela Marquez Ms. Colette Cobb Ms. Sueko and Mr. and Mrs. George Martinson Mrs. Udell Colleado Ms. Mutsuko Higashi Mr. Masakichi Masaki Mrs. Mavis Cook Mr. and Mrs. James W. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Robin Matsushita Mr. Pete Corotan Ms. Annette Hikichi Mauna Kea Soil & Margaret K. Couttie Itsue Hino Water Conservation District Mrs. Doris M. Crafts Ms. Jan M. Hino Mr. and Mrs. Tim McCullough Teal and Patricia Cross Mr. Herbert Hirayama Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald Michael Darnall Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hirsh Ms. Tisa McManus Ms. Sharon Davis Mr. and Mrs. Allan Honey Mr. Bill McPeek Mr. and Mrs. Garry Dean Mrs. Elaine Honma Mr. Stephen McPeek Mr. Frank Degele Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hons Ms. Juana Mejia Mr. and Mrs. William Dempsey Ms. Linda Hunter Dr. and Mrs. Donald Merz Mrs. Terry DeVera iGive.com Ms. and Ms. Lorraine Methven Ms. Kay Dixon-Nichols Inter-Island Appraisal Co. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mikita Mrs. Fujiko Dochin Mrs. Alice Ishii Mrs. Elaine Mills Dr. and Mrs. David Doi Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Ishikawa Mr. Gene Mitsunami Ms. Judy Ebanez Mr. and Mrs. Takemori Ishiki Ms. Audrey Mizokami Mr. and Mrs. Masao Endo Mr. L.H. Jaynes, Jr. Ms. Juanita Montgomery Ms. Patricia Engelhard Mr. Richard L. Jeffery Dr. and Mrs. Andrew L. Morgan Mr. Chris English and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Johnson Ms. Lisa Morriss Ms. Wendy Joyce Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Y. Kadota, Jr. Mrs. Yae F. Murai Venetta Enos Mrs. Kauanoe Kamana Ms. Iris Nakagawa Mr. and Mrs. Harold Erickson Mr. and Mrs. Chris Kanazawa Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Nakasato Mrs. Linda Eskaran Hazel and Roku Kanekuni Mali Napoleon Martin and Blanca Evangelista Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Kaohi, Sr. Ms. Izzy Nelson Mrs. Cindy Evans Mrs. Kikuyo Karimoto Ms. Daphne Niau Ms. Virginia Frazier Eveland Ms. Joanne Kawamata Kay Dixon Nichols Fashion Consignment Studio Mr. and Mrs. Randall Kawasaki Mr. and Mrs. Erik Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. Rocket Fergerstrom Mrs. Lida Kim Ms. Charlene Nishida Melvina Fernandez Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kimura Mr. and Mrs. George Nishimura Foodland Supermarket Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Masato Kimura Mr. and Mrs. Michio Nitta Ms. Winifred Foskett Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kimura Mr. Ronald Noa Four Seasons Hualalai Resort Mr. and Mrs. Fumiyuki Kiyota Mr. Glenn Nojiri Mr. and Mrs. Kunio Fujii Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kobayashi Ms. Colleen Norris Mrs. Eiko Fujino Kohala Divers Ms. Arlene Ohta Ms. Sara Fuller Paul Kopriva Kimiyo and Wayne Ohta Mrs. Harue Furumoto Mr. Mamoru Kotake Mr. Alvin Oshiro Ms. Emily Gail Marlene Kufrovich Mr. Paul T. Oshiro Ms. Janice Gail Kukio Golf and Beach Club Emily Miyashiro &Takako Ota Ms. Betty Gerety Ms. Elaine H. Kurokawa Ms. Jeannie Palermo Mr. and Mrs. Jon Giffin Mr. and Mrs. Clem Lam Ms. Patricia Pampo Mr. Leonard M. Gion-Ttee Mrs. Carolyn Lane Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Pasco Mr. and Mrs. Teruo Goma Mr. and Mrs. Ian Langevin Mr. and Mrs. Braley S. Pastorino Mr. and Mrs. David Gomes M. Larrua Mr. Craig Pautler Ms. Petra Goodrich Ms. Eleanor A. Laszlo Mrs. Jessica Pavao Ms. Mare Grace Mrs. Pat Lee Mr. Barry Pearce Ms. Daphne Gray Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lee Ms. Glenda Pell Mr. and Mrs. James S. Greenwell Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Lewis Mr. and Mrs. John Perreira Dr. and Mrs. Jed Groom Ms. Diane Ley Mr. and Mrs. Henri Peter-Contesse Ms. Rita Grove Lilikoi Cafe Mr. Norman Piianaia Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hanano Mr. Allen H. Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Guy H. Piltz Ms. Phyllis Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R.G. Liwai Ms. Anita Politano-Steckel Ms. Ilene Hara Ms. Anna Loo Mr. and Mrs. Tom Powell Hawaii Forest and Trail Mr. and Mrs. Howard Loo Mr. Richard Prohoroff Ms. Sherryle Heafner Ms. Sharon Lorch Ms. Pauline H. Pule

North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 14 Ms. Mary C. Quinn Margaret Wille Mrs. Joanne Ralston Ms. Irene Wong Mr. and Mrs. John Reardon Mr. and Mrs. Ichiro Yamaguchi Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Rice Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Yamamoto Ms. Christine Richardson Mrs. Momoe M. Yamamoto Ms. Carolyne Riley Ronald Yamamoto Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M. Rivera Andre and Roy Yee North Hawaii Christopher Roehrig Ms. Elsie S. Yoshimatsu Ms. Priscilla A. Roque Dr. Virginia Zimmerman, M.D. Hospice Mauro Sagucio STAFF Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Saito W. D. Sakovich In Kind Donations Mr. and Mrs. Cole Salera Bentley’s Katherine Ciano, MHA, BSN Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sales Thomas Blackburn, Ph.D. Executive Director Mr. and Mrs. Ray Salley Buzz’s Sand Trap LLC Yuriko Sameshima and Mr. and Mrs. Rick Casey Colleen O’Sullivan, RN, BSN Joanne Sameshima Sharon Davis Clinical Administrator Ms. Linda Santiago Connie Firestone Tamotsu Sasaki Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Miss Veronica S. Schweitzer Hawaii Forest and Trail Colleen Norris, MBA and Mr. Richard Gordon Elizabeth Heller Director of Finance Mr. Rudy Serain Dee Dee Hoffmann Mrs. Pauline Shinshiro Jim and Beth Hood Gayle Hubbard Takumi R. Shirakawa Roen Hufford Administrative Assistant Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith Island Herbal Starbucks Jerry Jamesson Dr. and Mrs. Randall Stoddard Everett Knowles Cindy Sheldon Ms. Lauren Stovall Kohala Divers, Ltd. Clinical Services Mr. and Mrs. James Stowell, Jr. Beth and Phil Krause Assistant Ms. Priscilla Studholme KTA Super Stores Ms. Alysandra Sunahara Kukio Golf and Beach Club Mr. Clyde Takayama Reinhard Fritsch, RN, PhD Randee and Bruce Kumove Nina Millar, RN Miss Pauline Tamanaha Rhoady Lee, III and Alan Gartenhaus Debbie Washburn, RN Mr. and Mrs. Milton Tanoue Lilikoi Cafe Mr. Allen Teshima Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Patient Care Managers The Paradise Post Forrest McFall and Helen Swinney Mr. and Mrs. Jim R. Thill, Sr. Stephen McPeek Mark Therrien, LCSW Tiffany & Co. Merriman’s Restaurant Social Worker Mr. and Mrs. Steve Toma Dave and Laura Monahan Mrs. Sandie Torres Amanda Norman Juli Szilagyi, MEd Karl Toubman and Kathie Pomeroy North Hawaii Oral and Facial Mr. and Mrs. John Trino The Paradise Post Volunteer Coordinator Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Uchimura Mr. and Mrs. Tom Powell Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Venegoni Denise Ray Sindona Cassteel, MS Dr. Sharon Vitousek and Brigitte and Nick Rutgers Mr. Roy Vitousek, III Bereavement Counselor Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sakamoto Ms. Ellen Von Barfuss Suzanne Sasaki Mr. and Mrs. George Wachi Sally Kaufmann, RN Starbucks Coffee Company Mrs. Gwendolyn Wallace Lisa Swisher Lisa Lawrence, RN, CHPN Mr. Keith Wallach Tiffany & Co. Christine Richardson, RN Mr. Keith Wallis Alvin Wakayama Kristin Wohlschlagel, RN Mrs. Tami Watanabe Linda West Miss Sabrina White On-Call Nurses Mr. and Mrs. Woodson K. Woods Thomas Whittemore Lilli Gross, CNA We apologize if we have inadvertently Sandie Rossi, HA omitted acknowledging your gift or misspelled a name. Hospice Aides Please call Colleen Norris at (808) 885-7547. North Hawaii Hospice ~ Fall 2010 Page 15 Non Profit North Hawaii Hospice Organization 65-1328 Kawaihae Road U.S. Postage Kamuela, Hawaii 96743 PAID (808) 885-7547 Kamuela, Hawaii www.northhawaiihospice.org Permit No. 20

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Both Programs will be held at Tutu’s House Waimea with Sindona Cassteel, MFT RSVP by calling Hospice (885-7547) or Tutu’s House (885-6777) “Grieving is a process, taking as long as it takes— It may never truly end, but it will always change