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...

The economic hardships of the pandemic in Hawaii haven’t been equally distributed

by Mari Ebersole | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog, COVID-19, Disaster relief, In the News, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By Mark Carpenter | March 15, 2021 at 5:50 PM HST – Updated March 15 at 8:08 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – While Hawaii’s economic recovery seems to be beginning, a financial comeback will take much longer for the...

Red Mass address: Relationships and partnerships

by Mari Ebersole | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog, In the News, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By Hawaii Catholic Herald | 02/03/2021 Tiny homes for those displaced by Kilauea volcano destruction in 2018. (File Photo) Our goal is a simple one: for homelessness to be rare, brief and non-recurring By Brandee MeninoCEO of HOPE...

Talk story: A culture of care as a path to peace

by Mari Ebersole | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog, In the News, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By Hawaii Catholic Herald | January 20, 2021 Red Mass 2020 (Photo: Dann Ebina) OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY  “We should always look to Our Lady, Star of the Sea and Mother of Hope. May we work together to advance toward a new horizon of...

Hometown Heroes: Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union raises nearly $49,000 for island’s most vulnerable

by Mari Ebersole | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog, Stories of Hope

View Content Direct from Source By Special to West Hawaii Today |Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 12:05 a.m. From left, Ryan McGrady, HCFCU vice president of operations; Tricia Buskirk, HCFCU president and CEO; Brandee Menino, HOPE Services Hawaii CEO; Kristy Akao, HCFCU...