Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 4, 1 ʻApelila 1991 — ALU LIKE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ALU LIKE

(presented h y Ka Wai Ola O OHA and Alu Like as a puhlie servicej

New staff join the Aiu Like 'ohana

by Haunani Apoliona President/Chief Executive Officer

Ke aloha mai e na makamaka aloha o ko kakou lahui pono'i. Alu Like's statewide Elderly Services Project, Ke Ola Pono No Na Kupuna (KOPP), welcomes Loretta Beralas as KOPP administrator. Beralas

served previously in an administrative role as the KOPP project's contract specialist. Alu Like's newly initiated Systems Development Project, funded through the State Depart-

ment of Health, Aleohol and Drug Abuse Division, welcomes Tyrone Reinhardt as its administrator. Reinhardt served earlier as a kupuna facilitator in another Alu Like project on substance abuse prevention. Alu Like's Native Hawaiian Vocational Education Project welcomes back Dr. William "Bill" Yamada, who left NHVEP to work for Dole and now has returned as the NHVEP administrator. The following paragraph is excerpted from the February newsletter of the Samoan Service Providers Association: "The Hawaiians have a niee word for working together: Alu Like. It not only has a niee sound,

but it also expresses the sentiments of all of us who are trying to promote greater cooperation and fraternal relationships by working together in eooperative efforts and mutual assistance projects. One such example occurred recently when SSPA asked for assistance from Alu Like and Work Hawai'i. Both agencies were most helpful in sharing information and in even offering technical assistance to assist SSPA in planning a summer youth program. SSPA acknowledges with deep appreciation these assistance efforts from both Alu Like and Work Hawai'i. Such efforts truly exemplify the Hawaiian work ethic: Alu Like. May there always be an 'alu like,' both in spirit and in fact That is working together in the Aloha spirit in Aloha land!"