Not being able to see your siblings and extended family during the holidays is a sad situation. The FRIENDS teamed up with Epic Ohana’s High Hopes Board for a holiday “drive through” event themed “Strengthening Families and Building Memories”.
Not being able to see your siblings and extended family during the holidays is a sad situation. The FRIENDS teamed up with Epic Ohana’s High Hopes Board for a holiday “drive through” event themed “Strengthening Families and Building Memories”.
Did you know that every child who comes to the Center gets to leave with a new toy just for themselves?
A huge MAHALO to Coldwell-Banker -Island Properties! Their donation of a carload of balls, gathered to keep abused and neglected children active and healthy during the pandemic, has been well received!
Due to the on-going pandemic, the FRIENDS have postponed the GALA originally scheduled for April 25, 2020. Please check here for updates as they become available
For our fifth year, the Friends are honoring “friends” of the Friends on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Tickets are now available right here. Please click on BUY TICKETS at the bottom of this post.
You Asked for it… we got it! Table and single sponsorships are now available for the 2019 Mai Tai Masquerade!
Plan a party for eight and sit at a table reserved just for you. BUY TICKETS LINK
The FRIENDS will again host an evening of Mai Tais, Pupus and Entertainment at the beautiful Nani Mau Gardens on Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 5:30pm to 10pm.
$60 PRE-SALE TICKETS include 2 Mai Tai drinks and some ono-licious Heavy Pupus… all to support the work of the FRIENDS who assist East Hawaii children of abuse and neglect.
Over 200 people gathered together to celebrate and thank our 2019 Honorees on May 4 at the UH Hilo Campus Center. The Friends, celebrating their 29th year of assisting children of abuse and neglect in East Hawaii, were happy to shift the focus to honoring one busy businessman and hard-working representatives from a local service club.
The Children’s Justice Center of East Hawaii and the FRIENDS are housed in an older craftsman style house that can need some maintenance and cleaning from time to time. The Akaka Falls Lions Club (another honorée of our 2019 Gala) have helped clean, paint, repair and “spruce up” the Center over many years.
The FRIENDS are thrilled by Bill Miller of Discount Fabric Warehouse’s project “BAGS OF HOPE”.When Bill learned that many children of abuse who are removed from their living environments often put their meager belongings in a large black trash bag. (Bill is one of our honorées of our 2019 Gala).