Pono nā kamaliʻi i kahi leka, ka weheweheʻana i nā mea e pono aiʻoe, ma mua o ka noiʻoi aku e like me kāu e hāʻawi ai i kahi kumu .
Aia kekahi mau hui e loaʻa i nā noi noi pūnaewele i ka makika eʻike ai ināʻo kēia ka hihia. Ke kāheaʻana i kahi keʻenaʻoihana e lawelawe ana i ka hāʻawiʻana i nāʻoihana hāʻawi e hana no ka loaʻaʻana o kēiaʻike aiʻole he kipa ma ka pūnaeweleʻoihana.
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Ma waho aʻe o nā hōʻailona o kāu noi, e hoʻokomo i kahi moʻolelo e hoʻopā aku i kahi hui. I loko o kēia leka, ua loaʻa i loko o ka puke episetole kēlā moʻolelo.
26ʻOkakopa, 2015
ʻO ka Hale Hōʻike kiʻekiʻeʻo Gravitas Neighborhood
90123 S. Lindenwood Lane
Monsoon, IA 14399-5678
Helu kelepona: 485-312-4890
Fax: 485-312-4892
E leka uila: GSC@monsoon.ci.ia.gov
Paena pūnaewele: www.gravitassrcenter.org
Lauren M. Funder
Luna Pelekikena Kiʻekiʻe a me ka Luna Hoʻolima Waiwai
ʻO Cooper Mea Mea Mea Hana Mea Hoʻolaha
10903 Birdseye Terrace
Monsoon, IA 28281-7777
Ms. Funder:
ʻElua haneli o nā kānaka 425 ma luna o nā makahiki he 65 ke hoʻohana nei i kā mākouʻoihana kiʻekiʻe i ka nohoʻana ma lalo o ka pae'āina o kaʻilihune. ʻO ka hapanui o nā poʻe e mālama i kā lākou kakahiakaʻai kakahiaka a me ke awakea ma o kā mākou papaʻai meaʻai ma ka papa.
I nā makahikiʻelua i hala iho nei, ua piʻi aʻe ka nui o nā poʻeʻelemakule e noho ana ma lalo o kaʻilihune ma Butler County, District 9, he 10 pakeneka o ka makahiki.
Uaʻike ka hapanui o lākou i ko lākou alanui i ka Hale Kiʻekiʻe Loa a me kā mākou papaʻai meaʻai i nā lā a pau, kahi mākou e lawelawe ai i kahi kokoke i 300 mau hoʻomaha a me kaʻaina awakea i kēlā me kēia lā no ka hana maʻamau e pili ana i ka loaʻa kālā.
ʻO nā kaiāulu e puni ana i ko mākou papahana nui, aia i nāʻohana waena o waena, nā poʻeʻilihune, a me nā poʻe e noho ana ma nāʻano waiwai kūpono i ko lākou mau hale liʻiliʻi, hale noho kiʻekiʻe, a me kā lākou mau keiki makua. ʻO ka Hale Hōʻike Nui kahi wale nō kahi palekana no ka hapanui, ma waho o ko lākou mau home, a ua hele pinepine lākou i kēlā me kēia lā no ka hoa noho, hoʻokipa, a me nā mea mahana.
Aia ma Monsoon, Iowa, ua hoʻokumuʻia ka Gravitas Senior Center ma ka makahiki 1985 e kaʻaha kūkā o Butler County e pili ana i'Aging, kahi e lawelawe ana i kahi poʻe koʻikoʻi nui ma ka palena o 75 mau mile.
ʻO kaʻoihana papahana kiʻekiʻeʻo Gravitas Neighborhood ma ka hāʻawiʻana i kahi ola palekana a mālamaʻana i ke kaiaulu, nā kino, a me nā olakino o nā kūpuna o nā kaiāulu.
Aia ma mua o 100 mau limahana aʻehā manawa manawahana manawa piha i nā papahana a me nā hana o ka Pūnaewele a puni ka makahiki. Hāʻawiʻia ka papahana i nā papa hana likeʻole e like me:
- Pāʻani Noʻonoʻo: He polokalamu hoʻolālā me nā hui kūʻokoʻa o nāʻano kino likeʻole. Aia nā hui i loko o nā papa hula, nā kuʻi o ka yoga, kahi papa hana hele waho, e hoʻohana ana i kahi alamu 1/2 mile ma ka papa o ka Pūnaewele, a me nā wai waipike wai, ma loko o ka loko loko o ka Pūnaewele.
- Nā Haʻuki no nā Haumāna: He papahana pāʻani no nā pāʻokoʻa likeʻole a me nā pono e pili ana i nā pāʻani papapihi, ka hoʻohālikelike, a me nā puʻupuʻu i ka hopena, nā mea nānā, a me nā pāʻani papa. Ua hui pūʻia kekahi mau pūʻulu heluhelu i kēia papahana a me ka papahana 'Olumepika Brain e hoʻolakoʻia e nā kumu a me nā haumāna mai ke Kulanui o Iowa.
- Lecture Me Now: Keʻano o nā hōʻike a nā poʻeʻike i ka lōʻihi a me ke kahiko, a me ka hoʻokipaʻana mai nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā hoʻokaniʻana i nā hana a ka Community Theatre of Monsoon, e kipaʻia e nā hui o nā keiki kula kahi e hīmeni, hula a hana.
- Nānā no ke ola: E lawelawe ana i ka'ōlaina wela a me ka lāina awakea e pili ana i nā kūlana pelekāne no ka pono o nā makahiki. Ma nā hebedoma i hāʻawiʻia, hāʻawi mākou i 800 mau meaʻai.
E like me ka puka mai o Mei 2015 o ka American Journal of Gerontology , he 89 mau pākene ka nui o ka poʻe i ke kino a me ke kino inā he wahi palekana a me kahi hoʻokipa e hui pū ai, a inā loaʻa iā lākou hoʻokahi mau meaʻai i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻAʻole e loaʻa i kēia mau mea maikaʻi kaʻelemakule o ko mākou kaiāulu ināʻaʻole no ka hana o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Gravitas Community Senior. ʻO nā mea he nui, ka poʻe e noho ana ma lalo a ma lalo paha o kaʻilihune,ʻaʻole loa lākou eʻai i ka meaʻaiʻala,ʻaʻole e emi iki iʻelua i ka lā hoʻokahi.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he nui nāʻelemakule o ke kaiāulu eʻike i kahi kaʻawale a me ka loaʻaʻole o nā manawa kūpono e hana ai, e pilina ai, aiʻole e hoʻoulu i ko lākou naʻau keʻole ia no ko mākou hale.
Hoʻomaʻaʻia ka Pūnaewele i nā lāʻeono ma ka pule mai ka 8 am a hiki i ka holaʻeono. E hānaiʻo ia, hoʻolako i nā manawa kūikawā a me ka hoʻolālā o ke kino a me ke kino i nā poʻeʻelemakule kūpono o ko mākou kaiāulu.
ʻO ka mahanahana a me kaʻakaʻaka ma loko o nā paia o ka Pūnaewele e hōʻike ana i ka hauʻoli a me ke olakino i hāʻawiʻia e ka Hale Kiʻekiʻe Loa i ko mākou kaiāulu.
ʻO ka pōʻai, ua hoʻolālāʻia kā mākou papaʻai meaʻai a me nā mea hanaʻole. ʻOiaiʻo ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Pūnaewele, ke palapala aku nei wau iāʻoe e noi i kahi makana ma keʻano o ka meaʻoihana kālepa a me ka pahu kukui i hanaʻia e kāu hui.
ʻAʻole wale kāuʻoihana i Monsoon, Iowa,ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ko mākou Hale Hōʻikeʻike ma ka'āpanaʻo Gravitas, akā, uaʻike pūʻia nō hoʻi kāu lako kīhini kālepaʻoihana no kona lōʻihi a me kona mau hana. Uaʻike wau no ka mea ua hana au i ka noiʻi nui e pili ana i nā lako kīhini, a ke kū nei nā huahana o kāu hui.
Ua mahalo nuiʻia wau e kāu mea e like me kāu Model 68B2 mea hao a me ka umu, a me kou kapuaʻi kapuaʻi he 58 kapuaʻi kūikawā 583J. E hana maikaʻi ana kēia mau mea hanaʻelua no ko mākou kikowaena e noʻonoʻo ana i ka helu o nā meaʻai a mākou e hoʻomākaukau ai a me nā poʻe mākou e lawelawe nei.
Inā koho kāu hui e kōkua i kā mākou Pūnaewele, hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi i nā mea'ē aʻe ma mua o ka lako pono. E liloʻoe i hoa hana nui i ka hoʻolakoʻana i ke ola olakino no nā haumānaʻehāʻehā i kēlā me kēia pule.
ʻO ka hopena o kāu kōkua a me kā mākou mau lawelawe,ʻo ia hoʻi,ʻo ko mākou poʻeʻelemakule, ka hapa nui o lākou he poʻeʻilihune, hiki ke noho i ka hana, ke aʻala, a me ke ola i ka lōʻihi. ʻAʻole pono i kēia mau kūpuna ke manaʻo nuiʻia he ukana kaʻoihana akā he poʻe koho i ko mākou kaiāulu i nā lā a pau o ko lākou olaʻana.
Mahalo nui iāʻoe no ka laweʻana i ka manawa e heluhelu ai i kēia noi, aʻoluʻolu, mai hopohopoʻoe e nīnau mai iaʻu ma 485-312-4890 me nā nīnau e pili ana i kēia noi. Loaʻa mākou i nā lako kīhini hou a me ka manaʻolana e hoʻomaka i ka makahiki hou me ia i kahi.
Manaʻo no kāu hui,
Janice Head, MA
Luna Hoʻokele
Ka Papahana Kiʻekiʻe Loaʻo Gravitas
Nā Hale Hana: ka hōʻike makahiki, ka palapala hoʻolapala pūnaewele, a me ka leka mai ka City of Monsoon
PS I koʻu kākauʻana i kēia leka iāʻoe, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi kāhea mai kaʻohana o kahi wahine makua, makemakeʻole eʻimi i kahi wahi palekana kahi i hiki ai ko lākou makuahine mai New York mai nei, eʻike i kekahi poʻe i kona mau makahiki e hui i kona kaiaulu hou .
Ua hiki iaʻu ke hōʻoia aku iā lākou e loaʻa i ko lākou makuahine kekahi hui kaiaulu ma kēia wahi ma ka Center, a me nā papahana he nui e mālama ai i kona olakino, ikaika, a me kaʻike. Ua hiki iaʻu ke lohe i ka hoʻomaha i ko lākou leo i ka manawa i koho ai lākou e lawe i ko lākou makuahine i ka Hale Pūnaewele i kakahiaka kakahiaka no ka hoʻolaunaʻana a me kahi huakaʻi.