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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, October 30, 2008

Health calendar

UPCOMING

ADULT CPR WITH FIRST AID, class offering Red Cross certification; 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 30; American Red Cross, Diamond Head; $55; registration: 739-8123, 739-8132, www.hawaiiredcross.org.

"FLEXIBILITY IN YOUR NECK AND JOINTS," one of four Fall Wellness workshops on noninvasive techniques for relaxing shoulder, neck, arm, hand, eye and wrist points; 9:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 31; Windward Community College, Hale Kuhina 115; $9 each/$30 for all four workshops; 235-7433.

FREE HMSA FLU SHOT CLINICS; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1, Kunia Wal-Mart; 4-7 p.m. Nov. 3, Pearl City Wal-Mart; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 11, Mililani Wal-Mart; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 12, Lihu'e Wal-Mart; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 13, Hilo Wal-Mart; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 17, Kailua, Kona, Wal-Mart; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 17, Pearl City Sam's Club; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 21, Kahului Wal-Mart; free to HMSA, HMSA 65C Plus and HMSA QUEST members and Medicare Part B beneficiaries, nonmembers $40; www.hmsa.com.

"KALUSUGAN AY KAYAMANAN" ("HEALTH IS WEALTH"), culturally tailored curriculum for Filipino adults at risk for diabetes, conducted by UH School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, with free diabetes risk tests and blood pressure screening; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 29; Blaisdell Park, 'Aiea; 852-1816.

"SHIATSU AND JIN SHIN: HEALING ARTS," workshop with Marie Riley; 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Nov. 1 and 8; UH-Manoa, Saunders Hall 637; singles $39, couples $62; register: 956-8400, www.outreach.hawaii.edu/noncredit.

ADULT CPR WITH FIRST AID, class offering Red Cross certification; 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Nov. 1, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25 and 28; American Red Cross, Diamond Head; $55; register: 739-8123, 739-8132, www.hawaiiredcross.org.

HAWAIIAN HEALING GARDEN FESTIVAL, medicinal/nutritional celebration of plants with cultural practitioners and ethnobotanists of Polynesian, Hawaiian, Chinese and Filipino influence; lectures, tours, workshops, adult and child programs, Healing Arts Fair, entertainment; from 9 a.m. Nov. 1 and 2, Amy Greenwell arboretum, Captain Cook, Big Island; 808-323-3318. www.hawaiihealthguide.com.

Send announcements, with contact name and phone, to: Health Calendar, Island Life, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802, islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Health Cal" in subject line, or fax 525-8055.