Rotary Club of Hilo Bay donates $5,000 to Boys and Girls Club
The Boys and Girls Club of the Big Island continues to assist the island’s most vulnerable and impacted populations with needed nutritional supplementation during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Community Meal Support initiative.
Getting back to basics: Kona Historical Society resumes Portuguese bread baking program
The fire was stoked early last Thursday morning as members of the Kona Historical Society resumed bread baking in their Portuguese stone oven.
Paleaku Gardens Peace Sanctuary hosts solstice celebration
Summer solstice, the longest day of sunlight in the northern hemisphere, has been celebrated by most cultures throughout history.
Volcano Watch: Extraordinary tenure ends for leader of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
The extraordinary leadership of Tina Neal as Scientist-in-Charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory comes to an end this week, when she returns to the Alaska Volcano Observatory after fulfilling her five-year commitment to HVO. David Phillips, HVO’s Deputy SIC, will take the helm until Tina’s successor arrives.
Tropical Gardening: Plant a tree for Father’s Day
Sight is Beautiful marks 40 years: West Hawaii students place in state competition
Four West Hawaii elementary school students placed in the Lion’s Club’s Sight is Beautiful state competition.
Contemporary painting with cold wax offered at VAC
Join Darcy Gray for a day of “Contemporary Painting with Cold Wax” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.
Project Hawai‘i Inc. helps homeless children amid pandemic
Project Hawai‘i Inc. is excited to announce it received a grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation under the Kuki‘o Community Fund to provide hundreds of homeless children with meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Let’s Talk Food: Father’s Day is this Sunday
Walk to End Alzheimer’s set for fall
Nearly 100,000 Hawaii residents are impacted by Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. There are 29,000 residents in the state living with Alzheimer’s disease. That number is expected to rise to an astounding 35,000 by 2025.
Advance health care directive workshop goes ‘virtual’
Having an advance health care directive, or AHCD, is more important than ever now that we are in the midst of a pandemic.
Longtime Puna resident receives Quilt of Valor
Peter “Pete” Doster, 86, a longtime resident of Hawaiian Shores in Puna, received a Quilt of Valor recently from the nonprofit foundation that honors military veterans.
Education briefs for June 16
Amon-Wilkins receives bachelor of arts degree
Hawaii National Bank offers Hometown Heroes program
Hawaii National Bank started a new program to recognize and give back to individuals who are helping care for Hawaii during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Let’s Talk Food: What chefs cook at home
Thomas Keller, one of the world’s most admired chefs who owns The French Laundry in Yountville, Calif.; Bouchon in Northern California, Las Vegas and New York; Per Se in Manhattan, N.Y.; and Ad Hoc in Napa Valley, Calif., had to close his restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Volcano Watch: Kilauea’s 1952 summit eruption ended a long period of inactivity
On June 27, 1952, an eruption started at the summit of Kilauea Volcano, ending a period of quiescence that had lasted nearly 18 years.
Tropical Gardening: Hawaii gardens ideal for bold tropicals
New artistic director named at Aloha Theatre
Aloha Theatre recently announced that Courtney Booth will become its new artistic director on July 1.
League of Women Voters announces voter education tool
In preparation for the upcoming elections, the League of Women Voters of Hawaii offers a nonpartisan election resource: www.VOTE411.org. This “one-stop-shop” website for election information provides simple, helpful tools to assist Hawaii voters to navigate the voting process. VOTE411 provides candidate information, a voter registration tool and other helpful election information.
Housing authority accepting applications for Pahala units
The Hawaii Public Housing Authority announced last week that it has eight studio units and three one-bedroom units of affordable rental housing available at the agency’s Pahala property to assist those in the community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.