So we’ve been thinking… we really want to do a coin drive, but with a purpose. Something tangible we can move towards so we know where the coins we are donating are going. Plus we want to restrict it to a charity in Hawaii and ideally do another sort of adoption. We looked at adopting a reef, but that ended up being something in the realm of $10k +. Then…
Read more… New Event… Coin Drive
On our Waimea day, Rosie was the first to arrive and spent 30 minutes wandering about and seeing peacocks walking all over like they owned the place and roosting in crazy high trees. The rest of HIC then started to arrive and Hoku, our volunteer organizer, came out to greet us. We didn’t find out till later in the day that it was actually supposed to be his day off,…
Read more… Waimea Valley Volunteer Day & Shoe Drive Wrap Up
Caryn Pang is fighting a head cold, but, despite the discomfort, she’s at work answering customer calls – and loving every minute. Pang and the two other customer-service representatives at the Hawaii Information Consortium handle up to 200 calls, emails and online chats a day from people needing information about a government service. “They have to force me to go home,” Pang says.
That says a lot about what it’s…
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Our next volunteer event will be at Waimea Valley (thanks to Janet for the idea!) We’re sending this out now so we can get a headcount of who will be attending. We’ve estimated 20 volunteers so feel free to invite others that may wish to come and let me know how many you are expecting.
Date: Sunday, March 18thTime: 10-1
Location: Across from Waimea Bay
For a safe…
Read more… March Event: Waimea Valley
On February 18th, 14 of us gathered along with roughly 100 other like minded individuals to do a day of beach cleanup at Bellows Air Force Beach. The event was sponsored by Sustainable Coastlines.
The cleanup lasted from 10 – noon and resulted in almost 1,300 POUNDS of garbage being removed from the beach. It was a fantastic success and the day finished with a catered lunch for the…
Read more… Beach Cleanup Complete
February will consist of a beach cleanup day at Bellows in cooperation with the Oahu Surfrider Foundation and Sustainable Coastlines. An event has been set up in Zimbra, please reply if you can come. This won’t be an HIC only event, it is open to the public but we can still sport our shirts proudly!
Also, we’ll be continuing our shoe recycling through the end of February. A reminder on…
Read more… February Events: Beach Cleanup & Continued Shoe Recycling
The State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) today launched a web-based Directory of Green Employers as part of its Hawaii Green Jobs Initiative. Green employers — who work in areas such as renewable energy production and natural resource conservation post profiles in the Directory that describe their operations, specify their core occupations, and describe the skills and education they want in employees. Jobseekers access…
Read more… Hawaii Directory of “Green” Employers Now Available to Public
Our January volunteering will consist of two events:
Athletic Shoe Drive
Clean out your closet, take a peek under the bed and ask your friends and family – chances are, you’ll find a few pairs of kicks lying around that have seen better days.
Rules:
Remove excess mud/dirt as best you can; Shoes must be dry (not damp or wet); Must be athletic shoes, no sandals, flip flops, dress shoes…
Read more… January Volunteer Events
For Christmas this year, eleven of us adopted a family to make their holiday season special through Helping Hands Hawaii.
On December 19th, Rosie dropped off all of the goodies collected by our fantastic team at the Helping Hands warehouse. Everything barely fit in her jeep and she was greeted with copious amounts of hugging and effusive thank you’s upon dropoff! They needed to bring out 3 carts just to…
Read more… Adopt a Family 2011
The Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) today unveiled the Mortgage Foreclosure Dispute Resolution (MFDR) program, designed to offer owner-occupants of residential property in non-judicial foreclosure the opportunity to meet directly with their lenders to modify their loans or work out an alternative to the foreclosure process.
“The Mortgage Foreclosure Dispute Resolution program came to be through the collaborative efforts of all three branches of government–executive, legislative,…
Read more… State Launches Mortgage Foreclosure Dispute Resolution Program
NIC Hawaii is now doing business as Tyler Hawaii. Read about the rebrand.