A Kauai nonprofit for youth suicide prevention, Kukulu Kumuhana O Anahola, is working with the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to turn a rundown, 10-acre piece of land in Anahola into a youth center and agricultural garden training site. READ MORE: Kauai suicide prevention nonprofit to create ag training site, youth center
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Catholic Charities blesses final phase of Maui senior rental project
Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation (CCHDC) July 19 dedicated the second and final phase of its Kahului Lani senior affordable rental housing development in Kahului, Maui. The blessing, conducted by Bishop Larry Silva, was attended by Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Maui Mayor Michael Victorino, and Maui lawmakers. Kahului Lani provides low-income seniors with an affordable…
Delivering dignity, compassion, justice
Catholic Charities Hawaii, the island church’s primary social service agency, turns 75 this month. When Daryl Lynn Davalos was a teen in the late 1960s, her family went to Catholic Social Services on Oahu for family counseling. She remembers waiting in the lobby after an appointment and seeing a distressed woman come inside. It was…
Maui man walking around entire island for charity
A Makawao man is walking around the entire island of Maui to raise money for charity. Brian Sato started his journey last Saturday at Baldwin Beach Park with the intent to raise funds for the Haku Baldwin Center, a non-profit organization that provides therapy animals to patients and medical centers on Maui. After walking from…