Posted on 9:50 am, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Tags: charity walk, disabled adventures hawaii, enock friere, hawaii lodging and tourism association, jean hartley
MEDIA RELEASE The Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association gave Disabled Adventures Hawaii top honors for their outstanding participation in the 2012 Charity Walk. Director Jean Hartley and board member Enock Friere accepted a check from Mayor Billy Kenoi at an award ceremony July 18. Disabled Adventures serves locals and visitors with limited mobility with information […]
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Posted on 11:44 pm, Monday, May 7, 2012. Tags: disabled adventures hawaii, visitor industry charity walk
MEDIA RELEASE The annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk is coming up May 12, but there is still time to get involved or make a donation. The Visitor Industry Charity Walk aims to distribute $175,000 to eligible Big Island nonprofit organizations. The scenic 3-½ mile walk and 4 mile run starts and finishes at Queen’s Marketplace […]
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Posted on 3:11 am, Monday, January 2, 2012. Tags: disabled adventures hawaii, jean hartley
MEDIA RELEASE Writers Digest recently awarded Jean Hartley Honorable Mention for her magazine article Les Journalistes. Hartley has visited six African countries as a communications university professor. Les Journalistes describes her experience teaching writing in Togo, West Africa to bilingual youth who produced a four-page French-English newspaper. October was a bountiful month for Hartley with […]
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Posted on 5:42 am, Monday, May 30, 2011. Tags: disabled adventures hawaii, jean hartley
MEDIA RELEASE Disabled Adventures Hawaii has been awarded nonprofit status by the Internal Revenue Service. A new Board of Directors made up of community leaders from law, education, finance and business has been installed: Allan Robbins, Enock Friere, Greg Smitman, Lee Burke and Jonathan Cook. Director Jean Hartley envisions Kona as a preferred resort destination […]
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Posted on 10:52 am, Sunday, January 30, 2011. Tags: disabled adventures hawaii, jean hartley, polio
MEDIA RELEASE Local advocate and polio survivor Jean Hartley has an article set to appear in the February/March issue of PN Magazine. “Post Polio Syndrome: the Second Time Around†combines research with Hartley’s personal story and those of 10 others who are now encountering the debilitating effects of childhood “infantile paralysis†in their mature years. […]
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Posted in Health
Posted on 3:14 am, Friday, January 15, 2010. Tags: disabled adventures hawaii, jean hartley
Hydraulic contraption gives big lift to Kona advocate of the disabled
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Posted on 8:54 pm, Sunday, April 19, 2009. Tags: disabled adventures hawaii, jean hartley, kalamaku, surf day
 MEDIA RELEASE Kona’s efforts to give disabled visitors and residents a great experience are being hailed in two national magazines, thanks to Jean Hartley, a Kona writer and founder of Disabled Adventures Hawaii. Sports ‘n Spokes, a specialty magazine that features stories of adaptive athletes in 20 sports categories from archery to weightlifting, will […]
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Posted on 4:06 am, Thursday, December 25, 2008. Tags: disabled adventures hawaii, jean hartley
Web site spotlights water recreation opportunities, visitor attractions that cater to those with disabilities.
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Posted in Featured, Sports