HOPE Services Express Frustration Over Recent Deaths, Attacks on Houseless Residents

by Mari Ebersole | Jun 10, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, In the News, Outreach

View Content Direct from Source By Tiffany DeMastersJune 10, 2022, 3:30 PM HST* Updated June 10, 2:33 PM The apparent murders of two Kona men experiencing homelessness as well as the assaults of two houseless individuals in Hilo has community outreach leaders sad and...

Volunteers help 20 homeless locals move into shelters

by Mari Ebersole | Jun 8, 2022 | Blog, Disaster relief, In the News

View Content Direct from Source 06/08/2022 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD Tents outside Community Aquatic Center in Kona where 20 local people lived before their move into a HOPE Services shelter. (Photo courtesy of HOPE Services Hawaii) Hawaii Catholic Herald KAILUA-KONA...

Police seek donations of new backpacks for keiki in need

by Mari Ebersole | Jun 2, 2022 | Blog, Families, In the News

View Content Direct from Source Thursday, June 2, 2022, 12:05 a.m. BY HAWAII TRIBUNE HERALD Hawaii Police Department photo A police officer hands a brand-new backpack to an appreciative child. After a hiatus due to the pandemic, the Hawaii Police Department is proud...

Police Launch Backpack Drive for Students in Need

by Mari Ebersole | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog, Families, In the News

View Content Direct from Source June 1, 2022, 10:30 AM HST BY BIG ISLAND NOW Big Island police are helping keiki in need.  After a hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hawaiʻi Police Department is once again participating with Hope Services Hawaiʻi for an...

Got a new or used backpack? Big Island police needs your help

by Mari Ebersole | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog, Families, In the News

View Content Direct from Source by: Stephanie Shinno Posted: Jun 1, 2022 / 02:26 PM HSTUpdated: Jun 1, 2022 / 06:28 PM HST   HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — The Hawaii Police Department is once again participating in an islandwide backpack drive from June 1 to July 31....