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THURSDAY
Open House for Eighth Graders at Kaua‘i Community College, Puhi; students accompanied by parents and teachers may tour the campus and speak with faculty; call David Kawate for information. (808) 245-8229
FRIDAY
Kako‘o ‘Ohana Pa‘ahao, support/activity group for families of inmates, former inmates and all community members who want to change tomorrow by being pro-active today, 6:30 p.m., Queen Lili‘uokalani Children’s Center, 1300 Halona St.; call Anna for information. 833-7694
SATURDAY
Hawai‘i Music Teachers Concert by the winners of the 2000 Hawai‘i Music Teachers Association Convention competition, 7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; $10 general admission, $6 students and seniors; tickets available at auditorium box office one hour before concert; proceeds to the HMTA Student Travel Fund. 383-3974.
Pahole Service Project, Mokule‘ia, volunteers needed, call Sierra Club for details. 538-6616.
The Vietnam Veterans of America, O‘ahu Chapter Meeting, first Saturday of each month; with individual membership in the Vietnam Veterans Association open to those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces between Jan. 1, 1959, and May 7, 1975. 1-800-VVA-1316 or (808) 566-0236
JAN. 7
Millennium Transit System Design Contest early registration deadline; $50 entry fee; students, industrial and urban designers, planners, architects, landscape architects, interior designers and engineers invited to enter; assistance from graphic designers, artists etc. permissible; phase one due Feb. 28, phase two May 15; national competition; monetary prize; contact Fred Silver of WestStart for entry packets. 626-744-5687
JAN. 8
Child Protection Reform Roundtable with co-convenors Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland and Rep. Dennis Arakaki, noon-1 p.m., State Capitol, Room 329. Agenda: governor’s legislative package, department initiatives: Department of Human Services (Susan Chandler), foster board payments, multi-agency coordinators, financing substance abuse treatment, OHANA conferencing, children’s payment; Department of Health (Loretta Fuddy), public health nurses (vacancies), Healthy Start (emergency appropriations bill and biennium budget request 2001-2003), financing substance abuse treatment; discussion of Legislature’s bills and resolutions: blueprint for change, CPS assault penalties, case caps for CPS workers, child support to be paid for foster parent/caregivers, intrafamilial child sexual abuse, kinship care, mandated reporting, sexual assault. 586-6130
Hawai‘i Youth Services Legislative Breakfast, opportunity for students to talk with Hawai‘i State Legislators about youth issues; $15 fee. 531-2198
ONGOING
Alcoholics Anonymous, call 946-1438 for meeting in your area.
Al-Anon, for family and friends of alcoholics; call 948-2666 for meeting in your area.
Narcotics Anonymous, call 734-4357 for meeting in your area.
Alzheimer’s Association-Honolulu Chapter, 591-2771.
Diabetes Support Group for young adults, the Queen’s Medical Center. 537-7117.
Disordered Eating for women and teens with eating disorders. 262-3345, 262-7922.
Overeaters Anonymous, 737-3469.
National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association Support Group. 372-1991.
Bereavement Support Groups, Castle Medical Center, 263-5343; St. Francis Medical Center, 547-6011. Hospice Hawai‘i (adults and children groups). 924-9255.
To list your community meeting in the Community Calendar, send notices to Community Calendar, City Desk, Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu HI 96802. Fax: 525-8037
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