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<br /> <br />Wil Okabe <br /> <br />Managing Director <br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br /> Deputy Managing Director <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of the Mayor <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720  (808) 961-8211  Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C  Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444  Fax (808) 323-4440 <br /> <br />May 6, 2018 <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />County Opens Eruption Information Center on Monday, May 7 in Pahoa <br /> <br />The County of Hawai'i and numerous service agency partners will open a community <br />information center in Pahoa on Monday to address the questions and concerns of <br />people affected by the eruption in Puna. <br /> <br />The center will be open at the Sacred Hearts Church hall from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Besides providing information about the eruption, the center will offer social service <br />information for the evacuees from the Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens <br />subdivisions. <br /> <br />The following agencies will staff the Information Center: <br /> <br /> County of Hawaii – Office of Aging <br /> Neighborhood Place of Puna <br /> Child and Family Services <br /> The Food Basket <br /> Bodacious Women <br /> Catholic Charities <br /> HOPE Services Hawai`i <br /> Big Island Substance Abuse Council <br /> County of Hawaii – OHCD, Existing Housing Division <br /> <br />We encourage the Puna community affected by the eruption to avail themselves of the <br />Information Center. We are grateful to all of the agencies that have stepped up to offer <br />help and comfort to our distressed neighbors. <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />