HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-05-06 Eruption Information Center Opens May 7 in Pahoa -- press release
Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 (808) 961-8211 Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740
(808) 323-4444 Fax (808) 323-4440
May 6, 2018
NEWS RELEASE
County Opens Eruption Information Center on Monday, May 7 in Pahoa
The County of Hawai'i and numerous service agency partners will open a community
information center in Pahoa on Monday to address the questions and concerns of
people affected by the eruption in Puna.
The center will be open at the Sacred Hearts Church hall from 9:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Besides providing information about the eruption, the center will offer social service
information for the evacuees from the Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens
subdivisions.
The following agencies will staff the Information Center:
County of Hawaii – Office of Aging
Neighborhood Place of Puna
Child and Family Services
The Food Basket
Bodacious Women
Catholic Charities
HOPE Services Hawai`i
Big Island Substance Abuse Council
County of Hawaii – OHCD, Existing Housing Division
We encourage the Puna community affected by the eruption to avail themselves of the
Information Center. We are grateful to all of the agencies that have stepped up to offer
help and comfort to our distressed neighbors.
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.