Runnin’ with Rani: Paying It Forward provides a glimmer of hope through Bike Aid

by Mari Ebersole | Aug 11, 2023 | Blog, In the News, Outreach, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By Rani Henderson | Friday, August 11, 2023, 12:05 a.m. Paying It Forward, founded by Kailua-Kona’s Franz Weber (right), is an organization that serves as a bridge between various community organizations and nonprofits in West...

From homeless to a Big Island police officer; Hope Services provided ‘break’ his family needed

by Mari Ebersole | Nov 26, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, Families, In the News, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By Tiffany DeMasters November 26, 2022 · 8:40 AM PST* Updated November 26, 2022 · 8:42 AM In 2016, Damien Grace was working two jobs, at Safelite Auto Glass and at Foodland in Hilo doing security, desperately trying to support his wife...

Hilo family recounts struggles of being homeless

by Mari Ebersole | Oct 3, 2022 | Affordable Housing, Blog, Families, In the News, Press Releases, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By KELSEY WALLING Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Monday, October 3, 2022, 12:05 a.m. Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald Some of the Pagan grandchildren play kickball behind Patricia Pagan’s home in Hilo. Call it a success story. A formerly...

Over 700 Backpacks Collected For Island Keiki In Need

by Mari Ebersole | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog, Families, In the News, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source by Big Island Video Newson Aug 31, 2022 at 10:19 pm graphic by BIVN The resurrected annual backpack drive, held in June and July by Hawai‘i Island police in conjunction with Hope Services Hawaiʻi, successfully collected a record number...

East Big Island parishes deliver hot Christmas lunches to homeless shelters

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog, Families, In the News, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source 01/05/2022 BY HAWAII CATHOLIC HERALD By Gwen DeCoitoSpecial to the Herald For a second year, east Hawaii island parishes donated the ingredients to make Christmas Day lunches for more than 100 residents of HOPE Services shelters in...

12 new efficiency studios to be available by early fall in Pahoa for homeless kupuna

by Mari Ebersole | Apr 18, 2021 | Affordable Housing, Blog, Disaster relief, In the News, Puna, Sacred Heart Shelter, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By STEPHANIE SALMONS Hawaii Tribune-Herald | Sunday, April 18, 2021, 12:05 a.m. Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald Seajay Pool sends a shaka from the porch of his temporary home Friday in Pahoa. Pool’s temporary home was one of several micro...