MLK Day observances happening throughout the weekend

• By Linsey Dower
• Jan. 13, 2024
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will acknowledge three momentous occasions this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Read more

Good Neighbor Fund campaign raises more than $113,000

• By Linsey Dower
• Jan. 7, 2024
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The fundraising campaign helps the agency provide assistance to 600 families through the agency’s Adopt-A-Family program this holiday season. Read more

Hawaii to host 13th FestPAC in June 2024

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 24, 2023

The 10-day festival will run from June 6-16 and include delegations from 28 Pacific island nations. Read more

Good Neighbor Fund donors share their reasons for giving

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 24, 2023

The annual Good Neighbor Fund, a charitable partnership between Helping Hands Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and First Hawaiian Bank, helps struggling individuals and families during the holiday season. Read more

New initiative is launched to save coconut trees from invasive beetles

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 19, 2023
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The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and its nonprofit, Elepaio Social Services, held a blessing Monday morning at their new coconut nursery as they introduced a new initiative to save coconut tree species from the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle. Read more

This year’s Adopt-A-Family program supports wildfire victims

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 17, 2023

Helping Hands Hawaii’s seasonal Adopt-A-Family program began distributing donations from this year’s 196 donors to families in need this weekend. Read more

New parents overcome homelessness to build better life for their children

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 17, 2023

For Channalyn Fox Weber, 21, and Chevy Alapai-Torres, 20, spending their son’s first Christmas last year in the Waianae homeless shelter was a heartbreaking experience. Read more

UH Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity gets $2M award

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 11, 2023
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The University of Hawaii’s Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity has received a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Read more

FilCom to host Sakada Day film screening

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 11, 2023

In commemoration of Sakada Day, the Filipino Community Center and the Filipino-American Historical Society of Hawaii will host a screening of “The Sakada Series,” a documentary that depicts the stories of three people among the last group of sakadas, on Saturday, according to a FilCom news release. Read more

Single mom battles heart disease, builds new life on Big Island after Maui wildfires

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 10, 2023

After the devastating Aug. 8 Lahaina firestorm laid waste to their home and material possessions, single-mother Cijon Chee, 28, and her three children moved to the Big Island to rebuild their life from the ground up. Read more

New American Sign Language video series promotes grasp of civil rights

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 5, 2023

The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and the Disability and Communication Access Board have announced the release of a new video series that covers basic civil rights in American Sign Language. Read more

Single mom overcomes addiction to build better life for daughter

• By Linsey Dower
• Dec. 3, 2023

The Good Neighbor Fund, a charitable partnership between Helping Hands Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and First Hawaiian Bank, helps struggling individuals and families during the holiday season. Read more

Mother pulls family of 6 out from homelessness

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 26, 2023
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Sammantha Ngaue doesn’t like to talk about the struggles she faced while she was homeless and living in a car with her partner and their son. Read more

Immigrant Resource Center launches multilingual hotline, opens Maui office

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 19, 2023

The Pacific Gateway Center launched a multilingual telephone hotline and opened its Wailuku satellite office on Wednesday. Read more

Annual Good Neighbor Fund campaign kicks off today

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 19, 2023
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Of the more than 700 families that have applied for assistance, 600 will be receiving aid through the Helping Hands Community Clearinghouse and Adopt-A-Family programs. Read more

Bishop Museum exhibit exposes devastation by mining on South Pacific island

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 13, 2023
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Project Banaba, Bishop Museum’s latest exhibit, displays contemporary art that tells the history of Banaba Island through the eyes of artist Katerina Teaiwa. Read more

Communities mourn closures of Hawaii Hochi, Hawaii Herald

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 12, 2023
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With the announcement of the upcoming closure of both the Hawaii Herald and the Hawaii Hochi, those with ties to the publications are expressing their sadness at the news. Read more

Hokule‘a to sail alongside Star of India in last U.S. stop

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 12, 2023
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The Hokule‘a arrived Tuesday night in San Diego, which will be its final stop in the United States leg of the Moananuiakea Voyage, according to a Polynesian Voyaging Society news release. Read more

Hawaii Hochi to close Dec. 7, 6 days after Hawaii Herald

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 8, 2023
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A week after the Hawaii Herald announced it would be closing Dec. 1, its owner said Tuesday that the company’s second publication — Hawaii Hochi — will also be shutting down. Read more

Hawaii Herald to publish its last edition Dec. 1

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 5, 2023

After serving its community for 43 years, the Hawaii Herald will publish its final issue on Dec. 1, according to an email statement by Hawaii Herald Editor Kristen Nemoto Jay. Read more

Statewide Arbor Day events begin

• By Linsey Dower
• Nov. 5, 2023
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Across the state, Arbor Day celebrations are scheduled to take place today and throughout November, in celebration of the globally recognized holiday that celebrates the planting of trees. Read more