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| Evan Enriques sells ono and aku this morning to a county firefighter. The volleyball star and Stanford University alumni through graduate school came home to Punaluʻu to fish full-time. See story below on federal funding available for fishing, aquaculture, and local food distribution. Photo by Julia Neal |
VOLCANO GOLF COURSE CLOSES, LESSEES LEAVE. The Japanese company that has managed Volcano Gold Course & Country Club since 1982 recently shut the place down, after a double whammy: a fire that burned the clubhouse and COVID-19, which led to temporary government bans on playing golf throughout the islands. The 18-hole, 156-acre Volcano course opened nearly a century ago on Kamehameha School lands.
After the fire, staff members told The Kaʻū Calendar that the business wanted to use insurance money from the fire, and loans, to rebuild the clubhouse. The golf course operated out of a trailer next to the golf cart shed.
This morning's Hawaiʻi Tribune-Herald, however, carries a story by Michael Brestovansky, saying, "The Volcano Golf Course and Country Club has permanently closed, leaving the future of a beloved Big Island destination in doubt."
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| Volcano Golf Course clubhouse after last November's fire. Photo by Julia Neal |
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FISHING AND AQUACULTURE BUSINESSES IN HAWAI‘I WILL RECEIVE MILLIONS IN TARGETED COVID-19 AID. Congressman Ed Case announced this week that more than $4.3 million is available for Hawai‘i's fishing and aquaculture industry impacted by COVID-19. The state Department of Land & Natural Resources is tasked to administer funds. Eligible are commercial fishing, charter for-hire fishing, qualified aquaculture operations, and marine fisheries management agencies, said Case.
He said money comes through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which Congress passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. The President signed it into law on March 27. U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administers the funds. Read more on funding for fishing and aquaculture industries.
Case serves on the U.S. House Committees on Natural Resources and on Appropriations and subcommittees, overseeing NOAA. He urged Commerce to accelerate CARES funding.
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| Fishing to sell for the local community increases as hotel and restaurant orders dive. Fishing businesses, even small ones,and community non-profits developing local food distribution, are eligible for funding. Photo by Julia Neal |
"Those eligible can apply through EDA's Economic Adjustment Assistance program. Projects eligible for this very flexible grant funding include: economic recovery planning and preparing technical assistance strategies to address economic dislocations caused by the coronavirus pandemic; preparing or updating resiliency plans to respond to future pandemics; implementing entrepreneurial support programs to diversify economies; and constructing public works and facilities that will support economic recovery, including the deployment of broadband for purposes including supporting telehealth and remote learning for job skills.
Eligible applicants under the EAA program include State, county, city, or other political subdivision of a state, including a special purpose unit of a State or local government engaged in economic or infrastructure development activities, or a consortium of political subdivisions; institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education; or public or private non-profit organization or association acting in cooperation with officials of a political subdivision of a state. For more information, visit EDA CARES Act Recovery Page.
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A full ʻumeke or calabash is a sign of "strong
relationships, knowledge, and resource abundance" in a community.
Photo
by Kaʻōhua Lucas
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For more information or to donate to the Full Calabash Fund, contact Nicole Milne at 808-987-9210 or nmilne@kohalacenter.org. See kohalacenter.org/business/full-calabash-fund.
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| The Boys & Girls Club takes meals to some of the most remote homes on the island, where children depended on nutrition at school before the pandemic. Photo from Chad Cabral |
THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB SERVED OVER 20,000 MEALS IN 35 days, according to its CEO Chad Cabral, who sent out a message on Friday to the public, volunteers, and contributors to the program.
"Now into our sixth week, the Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island continues to provide free, hot meals during this coronavirus pandemic, to assist our most in-need and vulnerable populations throughout Hawaiʻi Island. Today it was beef stroganoff, mashed potatoes, and hot cooked vegetables produced out of our two Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island kitchen operations.
"Our meals continue to be made hot and fresh and transported directly to Hawaiʻi Island rural area communities, social support agencies, and residential public housing programs for keiki, kūpuna, struggling family households, and our homeless population to access." The Boys & Girls Club produced 800 hot meals distributed Friday evening.
Said Cabral, "Remember that, for some children, school is the primary resource for them to access daily nutrition. During this unprecedented time period, where Hawaiʻi schools are closed and many family households have lost their source of employment, the Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island will continue to assist those in need with our supplemental Monday-Friday meals for as long as we are able to." Read more and donate at bgcbi.org.
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KAʻŪ HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION REMAINS IN THE PLANNING STAGE. The Kaʻū News Briefs recently jumped the gun and posted one of the ideas for the event, but graduation remains in the planning and approval stage. Principal Sharon Beck said that she will soon release the details, date, time, and protocol, following finalization and approvals from the Department of Education.
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STAMP IT OUT AND KEEP IT OUT is the campaign of
Hawaiʻi can look to
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| Rep. Richard Creagan, a physician, gives his views on COVID-19: Stamp It Out and Keep It Out! |
Dramatically Expand Contact Tracing
We need to expand
contact tracing dramatically. China
had 1,500 teams of five people per team that roamed all over Wuhan
and the surrounding areas. They found individuals and clusters, isolated them
in their "hospitals" and quarantined others with monitoring at home
or in government facilities. They screened those who might be infected with
adequate testing to find the infected individuals.
At the start of our outbreak I was told that
our department of health had seven contact tracers. That number has since been
increased by use of volunteers, but it is still far from adequate. A new, well-trained, and fiercely dedicated doctor with an MD and an MPH, Sarah Kemble, is
leading that group. She is Sara Park's deputy, but Sarah Kemble seems to
believe that contact tracing cannot just mitigate but suppress and eradicate
this disease. We need hundreds if not thousands of contact tracers with that
same belief to ensure we stamp out this disease and keep it from coming back,
and she could lead that group.
I worked as an
epidemiological investigator for the Department of Health on the Big
Island
Undoubtedly the
The Issue of Vaccines
The issue of vaccines
is a worrisome one. In the 1980's, I was the medical director of a biotech
star-up vaccine company that was using new techniques to make veterinary
vaccines. We were one of the first two companies to make a Feline Leukemia
Vaccine. The reality is that making vaccines is not easy. Making vaccines for
animals is easier as they do not have to be as flawless as human vaccines.
Human vaccines are usually tested first in
animals to confirm safety and some degree of effectiveness but then they have
to have that safety and efficacy confirmed in human trials. No one has
successfully made a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine for humans. Attempts
were made to make vaccines for two earlier coronaviruses that caused
outbreaks. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS (Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome) vaccines failed in part because, in both cases, Antibody-Dependent Enhancement (ADE) occurred in the animal trials, which made the diseases
worse in some vaccinated animals and stalled the project. After 40 years, we
still do not have a vaccine against HIV. It could take years for a vaccine, but
Hawaiʻi could solve our problems without a vaccine.
Benefits of a COVD-19 Free Hawaiʻi
How would Hawaiʻi
benefit if we could "Stamp It Out, and Keep It Out?" I would leave
that to your imagination but the increase in quality of life would be dramatic.
Some examples:
Our kūpuna in our
nursing homes could stop cowering in fear of a horrible death and could see
their families again. Our other vulnerable populations could breathe easier as
well. My father is 101 years old and his mind is sharp as a tack. He was born
during the 2018 flu pandemic and remembers hearing stories of its horrors as a
child. He is now totally isolated in a Minnesota
nursing home and just wants to die. Prior to COVID, my sisters visited him
every day.
Our schools could reopen. Colleges could selectively recruit the best students from the mainland. They could recruit great faculty fleeing the COVID-ridden mainland. We could solve our teacher shortage. We could recruit the best and brightest teachers who wanted to teach in a school without fear of death. Older, more vulnerable, but experienced teachers would flock here.
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| Hula from kūpuna of Lori Lee's Hula Studio. The kūpuna would be free to gather again, for exercise and socialization, if COVID-19 were gone from the island. Photo by Julia Neal |
Our health care
workers shortage would also be solved. Rather than facing death every day they
work on the mainland, they could rejoice in our COVID-free workplace and lifestyle.
The tech
and dot.com industry from California
would likely also see us as a fear-free paradise for them and they could bring
their money and their skills, and provide great, high paying jobs.
The Future of Film & Tourism
The film industry
would love to come to a beautiful and COVID-free place.
The tourists
could be brought back with rigorous prescreening and we could reinvent our
tourism industry to be more selective and emphasize quality not quantity. We
would be the only COVID-free tourist destination in the world (although New
Zealand and Australia
might join us). What a great trifecta that would be. It is likely that we would
free the neighbor islands of COVID initially, and those could be opened up to
local and out-of-state tourism with appropriate screening. Oʻahu could join us
with a little more work and in the meantime screened Oʻahu residents could take
a COVID-fear-free break on the neighbor islands.
Ag, Real Estate, & the Military
Our real estate
industry would probably get so heated up that we would have to impose strict
regulations to protect our local residents.
The best is left
for last. Our military, particularly our surface and undersea Navy – but also
our best airmen, our marines, and our army – would love to be able to train and
live in a COVID-free environment. They would not have to be penned up on their
bases behind razor wire, fearing that their crews could be decimated by disease
at sea. We could have a spending and building boom to support an increase in
the Indo-Pacific Command and be able to stand up to
Furthermore, if
we can do this now, we can do it again when the next pandemic comes our way
(and it will)!
Let us join
together to realize that with a little more patience, dedication, and hard work
we can "Stamp It Out and Keep It Out!"
The purpose of the contest, announced Hawaiʻi ʻUlu
Cooperative, is to raise awareness of ʻulu as a "resilient cultural and agricultural resource" that
is a "viable option for increasing food security and self-sufficiency
across the Hawaiian Islands . The ‘ulu tree is also an
amazing kumu (teacher) and storyteller for past, present and future
generations. Through the inspiration and opportunities presented by this
indigenous crop, Hawai‘i can take meaningful steps towards a more sustainable
way of life for all."
Each student may
submit as many pieces as they wish on 8.5 by 11 paper, in the landscape
(horizontal) orientation. Any
art medium, except computer graphics and photographs, may be used as long as the artwork is flat and can be scanned. Each entry must be
accompanied by a short – 75 words or less – explanation of ʻUlu's Place in Hawaiʻi: Past, Present, and Future, and an entry form.
Visit eatbreadfruit.com/pages/artcontest for more information and to submit an entry.
Visit eatbreadfruit.com/pages/artcontest for more information and to submit an entry.
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| Roasted Kaʻū Coffee can be sold to USDA. Photo from Rusty's Hawaiian |
ROASTED HAWAIIAN COFFEE CAN BE SOLD TO THE USDA. Synergistic Hawaiʻi Agricultural Council is working to facilitate the sale of Hawaiʻi-grown coffee products to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Those with roasted coffee to sell can contact Suzanne Shriner at suzanne@shachawaii.org with information about quantity, price, and packaging format.
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Speakers will be Jeremiah Morgan, Arborist and Earth Activist; Dawn Barnett, Bee Keeper; and Mariah Barnett, Bee Whisperer.
There is no cost to attend, but registration is required in advance by
emailing kohalahfuu@gmail.com or
calling 808-990-3458 to obtain the Zoom meeting ID and password.
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ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP will be held by St. Jude's, here. Sunday sermons are also available online. Cindy Cutts says, "Special thanks to Reverend Constance inNorth Carolina and this week's worship team for their help in creating the on-line service." See stjudeshawaii.org.
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ONLINE SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP will be held by St. Jude's, here. Sunday sermons are also available online. Cindy Cutts says, "Special thanks to Reverend Constance in
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No COVID-19 cases so far in the zip code areas of Volcano,
Pāhala, and Ocean View. White indicates zero cases, light
yellow indicates one to five cases. The 96772 area in
Kaʻū has one case recorded. Map from DOH
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ONE NEW COVID-19 CASE ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND is reported by state
Department of Health today. Two other new cases are on Oʻahu, and in Maui County. The state case total is 631. No new deaths were reported since Sunday; the state death toll is 17 since the
pandemic began.
On Hawaiʻi Island, of 75 COVID-19
victims, 72 are free from isolation. The remainder quarantine at home,
monitored by DOH. Only one person stayed in a hospital overnight, and no one
died here. Only one case in Kaʻū, in the 96772 zip code, is reported since
January.
The daily message from Hawaiʻi County
Civil Defense Director Talmadge Magno says, "Hawaiʻi Island and State
are doing very well in minimizing the spread and impact of the coronavirus. We
need to continue to follow the policies of distancing, gatherings, face
coverings, cleanliness, and keeping yourself physically and emotionally healthy
as best as you can. Look out for each other. Be well and please wear
your mask. Thank you for listening and a very happy Mother's Day weekend to
all. This is your Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense."
In the United
States , more than 1.34 million cases have
been confirmed, an increase of over 27,000 since yesterday. The number of
confirmed recoveries is about 201,000, an increase of over 23,000 since
yesterday. The death toll is over 79,696, an increase of more than 1,700 since
yesterday.
Worldwide, more than 4 million COVID-19
cases have been reported. More than 1.38 million recoveries have been reported.
The death toll reported is over 279,000. However, many countries are unable to
give accurate counts of the sick, the dead, and the recovered, and some
countries may not be transparent with the true accounting of COVID-19.
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A hike through native Hawaiian forest along old sugar
plantation waterways is offered during Kaʻū Coffee
Festival. Take a look back at other activities during festival week, canceled for this year during the pandemic. Photo by Lee Neal |
Kaʻū Life: The Way We Were Last Year
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During Kaʻū Coffee Festival week, Kaʻū Valley Farms offers
a tour of its hydroponic plant nursery. Photo by Lee Neal
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This time last
year, a week of Kaʻū Coffee
Festival events wrapped up. This year, all the events were planned but were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The events included the Kaʻū Mountain Hike & Lunch above Kaʻū Coffee Mill. The annual experience begins with a ride through the coffee plantation, up the mountain, into the rainforest. Participants hike along old wooden flumes that carried water down the mountain to float sugar to the mill in Pāhala, which opened more than 100 years ago.
The events included the Kaʻū Mountain Hike & Lunch above Kaʻū Coffee Mill. The annual experience begins with a ride through the coffee plantation, up the mountain, into the rainforest. Participants hike along old wooden flumes that carried water down the mountain to float sugar to the mill in Pāhala, which opened more than 100 years ago.
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| Kau kau at Kaʻū Coffee & Cattle Day at Aikane Plantation. Photo by Lee Neal |
Kaʻū Valley Farms Tour & Lunch above Nāʻālehu offered a visit to its plant nursery, where hydroponic vegetables grow for public sale. The annual tour
includes a look at coffee and tea plantings, native forest, and a trip up the
slopes of Kahilipali Ahupua‘a. At the top of Pu‘u Ho‘omaha (Hill of
Leisure), participants listen to stories of the Ahupua‘a and land tenure,
from the Hawaiian Kingdom to present, while looking out over the expanse
of the Kaʻū coastline, Volcano to South Point, the valley of
Makino – relatively unknown to many, as it lies hidden from below the summit of
Ho‘omaha – and the hills of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park's Kahuku Unit.
Kaʻū Coffee and
Cattle Day at Aikane Plantation Coffee Farm included a farm and ranch tour, BBQ
buffet, and hayride. The annual event takes participants deep into the history of the area. The home of Aikane Plantation Coffee is where
descendants of the first coffee farmer in Kaʻū integrated coffee into cattle
ranching and other agriculture. Also on offer each year is Hawaiian music and working with cattle and horses.
The Kaʻū Stargazing event shuttled
guests to a mountain above Pāhala. Each year, participants learn about the Hawaiian night sky and stars
after the sunset. With the help of laser beams, participants are treated
to an astronomy lesson, a history of the land, and some history of Kaʻū Coffee becoming the vibrant industry it is today.
See photos from last year's Kaʻū
Coffee Festival Hoʻolauleʻa on tomorrow's Kaʻū News Briefs. See
photos from last year's Kaʻū Coffee College at Pāhala Community
Center
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| Kaʻū Coffee & Cattle Day shows off ranch and Kaʻū Coffee farming life at Aikane Plantation during the Kaʻū Coffee Festival. Photo by Lee Neal |
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Read online at kaucalendar.com. See our Fresh Food on The Kaʻū
Calendar directory for farms, ranches, takeout. Print edition of The Kaʻū Calendar is free, with 7,500 distributed on stands and to all postal addresses throughout Kaʻū, from Miloliʻi through Volcano throughout the district. Read online at
kaucalendar.com and facebook.com/kaucalendar. To advertise your
business or your social cause, contact kaucalendarads@gmail.com.
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Twitter. See our Fresh Food on The Kaʻū Calendar and our latest print edition at kaucalendar.com.
Daily, weekly, and monthly recurring Kaʻū and
Volcano Events,
Meetings, Entertainment, Exercise, Meditation, and more are listed at kaucalendar.com. However, all non-essential activities are canceled through the end of May.
MOST EVENTS ARE CANCELLED to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. The state is under a stay-at-home order, with l4 days of quarantine required for anyone coming into the state. Interisland travel is restricted. Those in Hawaiʻi should stay at home unless needing to obtain food or medical care.
ONGOING
Free COVID-19 Screenings are at Bay Clinic during business hours, with appointment. Call 333-3600.
ʻO Kaʻū Kākou Market in Nāʻālehu is open three days per week – Monday, Wednesday, and Friday – from 8 a.m. to noon. The goal is no more than 50 customers on the grounds at a time. Vendor booths per day are limited to 25, with 30 feet of space between vendors. Masks and hand sanitizing are required to attend the market. Social distancing will be enforced. A wide selection of fresh vegetables and fruits, prepared take away foods, assorted added value foods, breads and baked goods, honey, cheese, grass-fed beef, fish, vegetable plants, masks, handmade soaps, coffee, and more are offered on various days. Contact Sue Barnett, OKK Market Manager, at 808-345-9374, for more and to apply to vend.
Free Breakfast and Lunch for Anyone Eighteen and Under is available at Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary and at Nāʻālehu Elementary weekdays through May. Each youth must be present to receive a meal. Service is drive-up or walk-up, and social distancing rules (at least six feet away) are observed. Breakfast is served 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Food is being delivered to Ocean View.
St. Jude's Episcopal Church Soup Kitchen is open, with a modified menu and increased health & safety standards, every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hot showers, the computer lab, and in-person services and bible studies are suspended. Services are posted online on Sundays at stjudeshawaii.org.
A testing team from Aloha Critical Care in Kona will provide testing at St. Jude's every other Wednesday. The next date is May 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The next drive-thru screening at Nāʻālehu Community Center will be held Wednesday, May 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Screening will be carried out by Aliʻi Health, with support from County of Hawai‘i COVID-19 Task Force, Premier Medical Group and Pathways Telehealth.
Wearing masks is required for everyone.
To bypass the screening queue at community test sites, patients can call ahead to Pathways Telehealth, option 5 at 808-747-8321. The free clinic will also offer on-site screening to meet testing criteria. Physicians qualify those for testing, under the guidance of Center for Disease Control & Prevention and Hawaiʻi's COVID-19 Response Task Force.
Those visiting screening clinics will be asked to show photo ID, and any health insurance cards – though health insurance is not required to be tested. They are also asked to bring their own pen to fill in forms.
For further information, call Civil Defense at 935-0031.
The next drive-thru screening at Nāʻālehu Community Center will be held Wednesday, May 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Screening will be carried out by Aliʻi Health, with support from County of Hawai‘i COVID-19 Task Force, Premier Medical Group and Pathways Telehealth.
Wearing masks is required for everyone.
To bypass the screening queue at community test sites, patients can call ahead to Pathways Telehealth, option 5 at 808-747-8321. The free clinic will also offer on-site screening to meet testing criteria. Physicians qualify those for testing, under the guidance of Center for Disease Control & Prevention and Hawaiʻi's COVID-19 Response Task Force.
Those visiting screening clinics will be asked to show photo ID, and any health insurance cards – though health insurance is not required to be tested. They are also asked to bring their own pen to fill in forms.
ʻO Kaʻū Kākou Market in Nāʻālehu is open three days per week – Monday, Wednesday, and Friday – from 8 a.m. to noon. The goal is no more than 50 customers on the grounds at a time. Vendor booths per day are limited to 25, with 30 feet of space between vendors. Masks and hand sanitizing are required to attend the market. Social distancing will be enforced. A wide selection of fresh vegetables and fruits, prepared take away foods, assorted added value foods, breads and baked goods, honey, cheese, grass-fed beef, fish, vegetable plants, masks, handmade soaps, coffee, and more are offered on various days. Contact Sue Barnett, OKK Market Manager, at 808-345-9374, for more and to apply to vend.
Volcano
Farmers Market at Cooper Center Wright Road Old Volcano Highway 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. , with much local produce, island beef, and
prepared foods. Call 808-967-7800.
Free Breakfast and Lunch for Anyone Eighteen and Under is available at Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary and at Nāʻālehu Elementary weekdays through May. Each youth must be present to receive a meal. Service is drive-up or walk-up, and social distancing rules (at least six feet away) are observed. Breakfast is served 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Food is being delivered to Ocean View.
St. Jude's Episcopal Church Soup Kitchen is open, with a modified menu and increased health & safety standards, every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hot showers, the computer lab, and in-person services and bible studies are suspended. Services are posted online on Sundays at stjudeshawaii.org.
The Food Basket Food Pantries Distribution, where families can receive 14 days of food per family:
The Ocean View location for May is Kahuku Park on Monday, May 11, 10 a.m. to noon. Call The Food Basket, 933-6030.
The Nāʻālehu location Sacred Heart Church at 95-558 Mamālahoa Hwy, under their Loaves and Fishes program, on Thursday, May 28 from9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Call 928-8208.
The Nāʻālehu location Sacred Heart Church at 95-558 Mamālahoa Hwy, under their Loaves and Fishes program, on Thursday, May 28 from
The Pāhala location is Kaʻū District Gym at 96-1149 Kamani Street , distributed by the ʻO Kaʻū Kākou Pantry, on Tuesday, May 26, 10 a.m. to noon. Call The Food Basket, 933-6030.
On-Call Emergency Box Food Pantry is open at Cooper Center Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon. Call 967-7800 to confirm.
The Volcano location is Cooper Center at 19-4030 Wright Road Wednesday, May 27 from 10 a.m. to noon. Call Kehau at 443-4130.
The Next Learning Packet and Student Resource Distribution for Nāʻālehu Elementary School Students will be Monday, May 11. The packets are designed for learning at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, and can be picked up every two weeks. One family member may pick up for several students in the same family. Students need not be present for the learning resources to be retrieved. Please note the grade of each child. Distribution times are organized by the first letter of the student's last name at the site closest to their home. Supplies will be given out simultaneously.
Everyone is asked to observe social distancing rules, staying 6 feet away from others during pick-up. See the school website, naalehuel.hidoe.us, for more information and updates.
Distribution at Nāʻālehu Elementary has pick-up from 8 a.m - 8:20 a.m. for A-H; 8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. for I-P, and 8:40 a.m. - 9 a.m. for Q-Z.
Distribution at Discovery Harbour Community Center has pick-up from 8 a.m - 8:20 a.m. for A-H;8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. for I-P, and 8:40 a.m. - 9 a.m. for Q-Z.
Distribution at Discovery Harbour Community Center has pick-up from 8 a.m - 8:20 a.m. for A-H;
Distribution at Ocean View Mālama Market has pick-up from 9:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. for A-H, 9:50 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. for I-P, and 10:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. for Q-Z.
Distribution at Ocean View Community Center 5 p.m. - 5:20 p.m. for A-H, 5:20 p.m. - 5:40 p.m. for I-P, and 5:40 p.m. - 6 p.m. for Q-Z.
Those who come to campus to pick up free student breakfasts are encouraged to also pick up their packets at the same time.
Kīlauea Visitor Center Auditorium Closed for Renovation through June 30. The Park is closed until further notice due to COVID-19 spread mitigation. A popular seven-and-a-half minute 2018 eruption video will be shown on a television in the exhibits area, once the Park and center reopen, and is available online for free download.
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