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HONOLULU

State's health contest begins

As part of its Start.Living .Healthy. campaign, the state will begin its first corporate challenge from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at Tamarind Park downtown.

The Department of Health will kick off the event with a free concert featuring Kapena, information booths, free blood-pressure screenings and introduction of participating teams in the park.

Ten teams with a minimum of 15 people each will participate in a 10-week program to see which makes the most strides in starting to live healthy. Teams will earn points for living tobacco-free, getting physically active, eating better, managing their weight and drinking water. The winning team will get prizes and $2,500 for the charity of their choice.

For more information, visit www.HealthyHawaii.com or call Healthy Hawai'i Initiative at 586-4482.

WINDWARD

Learn how to start nonprofit

Windward residents can learn about forming community-based nonprofit organizations at a series of workshops sponsored by Volunteer Legal Services Hawai'i.

The sessions will be held at the Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center, 53-516 Kamehameha Highway, Punalu'u, and run from Friday to June 28. Each session costs $5. They are:

• "How to Incorporate" 8:30 a.m. to noon; "How to Obtain Tax-Exempt Status," 1:30 to 5 p.m. Friday.
• "Organizational Management and Responsibilities," 8:30 a.m. to noon; "Fund-raising Basics," 1:30 to 5 p.m. June 7.
• "Building Organizational Resources and Strategic Planning," 8:30 a.m. to noon; "Organizational Assessment," 1:30 to 5 p.m. June 28.

To register, visit www.vlsh.org/nonprofits or call 522-0682.

Tree trimming open to public

The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle will sponsor tree-trimming education day from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 11 at the Women's Community Correctional Center.

The public is invited to watch Abner Undan, owner of Trees of Hawai'i, prune two monkeypod trees for free. Two other trees will be pruned through a donation from Muriel Flanders.

The trees haven't had professional care in many years, and this demonstration will show the public how to trim a tree properly, said Carol Ann Ellett, of the Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle.