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Maui’s Filipino community finds help, comfort at resource fair

Organizers said 2,750 people attended the Hawak Kamay (Hand in Hand) Filipino Resource Fair at the Lahaina Civic Center on Saturday.

By Cindy Ellen Russell

Sept. 23, 2023

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Organizers said 2,750 people attended the Hawak Kamay (Hand in Hand) Filipino Resource Fair, which coincided with regular hours for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center that has been operating out of the Lahaina Civic Center gymnasium. The fair featured more than 40 organizations to support the Filipino community of Lahaina after the Aug. 8 fire.
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Organizers said 2,750 people attended the Hawak Kamay (Hand in Hand) Filipino Resource Fair, which coincided with regular hours for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center that has been operating out of the Lahaina Civic Center gymnasium.
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Attendee Milagrina Alcon with the family cat Luna Simon.
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Organizers said 2,750 people attended the Hawak Kamay (Hand in Hand) Filipino Resource Fair, which coincided with regular hours for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center that has been operating out of the Lahaina Civic Center gymnasium.
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Organizers said 2,750 people attended the Hawak Kamay (Hand in Hand) Filipino Resource Fair, which coincided with regular hours for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center that has been operating out of the Lahaina Civic Center gymnasium.
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Organizers said 2,750 people attended the Hawak Kamay (Hand in Hand) Filipino Resource Fair, which coincided with regular hours for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Recovery Center that has been operating out of the Lahaina Civic Center gymnasium.
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Susie Berardy, president of the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii Foundation, speaks on Saturday.
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Arlina Agbayani from the Filipino Chamber of Commerce Foundation embraces Maui artist Philip Sabado.
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Pictured is Kenna Reed with Help Maui Rise, an organization which is assisting people who have been displaced by the Maui fires with direct aid from donors.
10/13
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Carolyn Weygan-Hildebrand holds a bunch of moringa which was being given away at the event.
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Volunteers prepare to give away lunch bentos to attendees.
12/13
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Bryan Aguiran cuts the hair of Chester Valencia. Valencia has not had his cut since before the fire. By chance, his regular barber, Aguiran, volunteered to cut hair for the event.
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A masseuse works the foot at the massage tables of Pure Wellness.

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