Oahu woman is wearing out her running shoes to raise money for keiki battling cancer
Oahu woman is running (and running and running) to help end childhood cancer By Jim Mendoza | February 18, 2021 at 5:08 PM HST - Updated February 18 at 5:08 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Fitness coach Lindsay Brown is wearing out her jogging shoes, and itâs for a good cause.
âIâm on Day 9 right now,â she said. âI just hit 104.â
She means 104 miles.
The North Shore resident is running the length of a half-marathon every day for 20 straight days, rain or shine. Sheâs doing it to help the Hawaii Childrenâs Cancer Foundation.
COVID-19 adds another layer of complexity for Neighbor Island cancer patients
Coronavirus adds another layer of complexity for neighbor island cancer patients By Samie Solina | January 29, 2021 at 5:59 PM HST - Updated January 31 at 11:29 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - While many are avoiding travel during the pandemic, some families with children diagnosed with cancer don’t have a choice.
The Kawasaki family hops on a plane at least once a month for 10-year-old Paige’s leukemia treatment.
Paige was diagnosed in 2018 with acute lymphocytic leukemia, and her family needs to travel to Kapiolani Medical Center to receive treatment.
“She has Down syndrome, so she takes a lot of things in stride,” said Paige’s father, Jordan Kawasaki. “She’s really tough and she puts up with a lot.”
Radically Inclusive Yoga Ragen Chastain
At age six, Shannon Kaneshige started practicing yoga with their mother, following Lilias on her show Lilias, Yoga and You, which aired on PBS from the 1970s to 1999. (Kaneshige is a non-binary person who uses they/them pronouns). This was pre-internet, so they expanded their practice using books and videos. I was heavier than other kids around me when I was 8 or 9, they remember. I avoided activity in public because I would be teased for my body or slowness.
Kaneshige continued their yoga practice into adulthood, adding weight training ten years ago. To avoid fat phobia, they learned from YouTube instead of going to a gym because I had so many bad experiences in gyms and fitness spaces that I wasn t willing to put myself through that again.