JOHN C. WALKER, JR. has given 35 continuous years of service as a Board Member to Kauikeolani Childrenʼs Hospital and Kapiʻolani Medical Center. He served on the Board of Kauikeolani Childrenʼs Hospital from 1973 to 1984. He continued as a Trustee following the hospitalʼs merger with Kapiʻolani Maternity Hospital, eventually serving as Chairman of the Board. He currently serves on the Kapiʻolani Health Foundation Board, focusing his efforts on fundraising to support Kapiʻolani Medical Centerʼs nonprofit mission.
Here are Johnʼs reflections:
Time Spent at Kauikeolani as a Child
Iʼd been born at Kapiʻolani and I had spent a lot of time in Childrenʼs Hospital as a sick child...
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The Merger
When we came together and we moved the patients into the hospital and then we had some sort of ceremony and we invited...
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The Need for Hospitals to Fundraise
...and now, thereʼs real pressure on fundraising for hospitals because the reimbursement is so bad that hospitals are really...
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The Story of a $1 Million Gift
You know, going out and dealing with this old couple in Hawaiʻi Kai. And she said...
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Return to a Look Back
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