Share Paper: The CAPS Project: Community Building Through Technology in Hawai`i

  1. Kathleen Klinger, National University, United States
Thursday, October 30 1:30-1:50 PM Gallier

Abstract: Community building through technology was the key to success for the CAPS (Community Adolescent Physicals for Sports Project) as it facilitated the coordination of people as volunteers in a high poverty community. The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii awarded a local non-profit funding for medical equipment and supplies. In the spirit of Aloha, 40 doctors and nurses, 97 volunteers from across the island of Oahu, and local Hawaii Department of Education district and school administrators came together to provide 267 students with free sports physicals to enable access to sports programs that will have a positive impact on their lives, ...