Heroes Next Door: Nurse offers place of care, comfort to terminally ill
Kayoko Miura of Honolulu believes every person has the right to die with dignity, without worrying about health care costs in their remaining days. Read more
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Heroes Next Door: Maile Meyer helps Hawaiian culture thrive by selling crafts
For her unflagging efforts to help Hawaii artists find audiences and establish a sustainable local economy, Maile Meyer was nominated as a Hero Next Door. Read more
Heroes Next Door: Onetime foster kid dedicates his life to parenting and improving the system
Joe O’Connell grew up in Waimea as a foster child, a ward of a notoriously overwhelmed child welfare system that often produces angry, bitter and struggling adults. Read more
Heroes Next Door: Institute for Human Services nurse is dedicated to treating homeless patients
Registered nurse Elizabeth Glenn starts her sometimes 10-hour workdays at 6:30 a.m. by dispensing medications to the clients at the Institute for Human Services’ men’s shelter on Sumner Street in Iwilei. Read more
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Heroes Next Door: Magin Patrick helps keiki all year long
Magin Patrick knows all too well what it’s like to sleep in cars and forage through dumpsters for food. Read more
Heroes Next Door: Volunteer Glenn Uejio keeps an upbeat attitude at veterans’ center
Other people volunteer to spend time with disabled military veterans hospitalized at the Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center, but none come as often — or as consistently — as Glenn Uejio. Read more
Heroes Next Door: A hero aptly named Hiro
As a foster child in Tokyo, Hiro Ito couldn’t contain his excitement every time his father would come by and visit the Catholic monastery he resided in. Read more
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Heroes Next Door: Spiritual fulfillment through feeding others
Virgil Amoroso is the man who serves food with a friendly smile throughout Oahu — from the Windward to the Leeward side, and at homeless shelters in town. Read more
Heroes Next Door: Danny Tengan helps prep neighbors for ‘the big one’
No flood, tsunami, earthquake or hurricane — not even retirement or a near-fatal heart attack — can keep Danny Tengan from readying East Honolulu residents for disaster. Read more
Heroes Next Door: Pearl Harbor mailroom Santa Claus spreads good cheer
Many people get packages during the holidays. Maria Garcia gets a whole lot of packages — about 1,500 a day. Read more
Animal lover seeks compassion for cats
A honeymoon and first-time trip to Lanai a few years ago led Keoni Vaughn to his current mission — to save both the native birds and homeless cats on the remote island. Read more
Nonprofit’s co-founder sets positive example to fight litter
When Michael David Loftin walks down the beach, he can’t just ignore a piece of litter; he’s got to pick it up. Read more
Hair salon is nurturing stop on a patient’s journey
As Suzanne Matsuda sat in a chair at Salon 808 and gazed at her reflection in the mirror, her chestnut hair looked so natural that one would not have guessed it wasn’t her own, but a wig. Read more
Swimmer gives back to the ocean that saved her
Doing a good deed nearly cost Ruth Coules her life. Coules, 56, has for the past two years collected fishing lines and hooks from the ocean at Lanikai Beach to prevent marine life entanglement and damage to the reef. Read more
Ferrer helps the orphaned children of 2 colleagues
He learned the tragic news that a co-worker and his wife, who were traveling in an RV, had been killed instantly in a crashduring a fishing trip in Alaska. Read more
Newtown woman helps keep the neighborhood safe for all
Kathleen Ebey has a habit of getting involved. When she first moved to Newtown Estates in the summer of 1985, Ebey applied for a permit from the community association to install a window air-conditioning unit. Read more
Paakaula helped theaters thrive over the years
Heroes Next Door honorees are almost by definition soft-spoken folks who do what they do with no thought of publicity or other public recognition. Read more
Advocate works for fair transit for disabled
Donald Sakamoto is well acquainted with the challenges of getting around in a world that is not always accommodating to him. Read more
Red Cross volunteer crosses country to help
Travis Lau describes his mother, Esther Lau, as nurturing and supportive. The mother of two volunteered with the American Red Cross after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and has sinceserved on 40 deployments. Read more
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