Community Connections Fair 2023

Aloha ‘Īlio Rescue

At Aloha ‘Īlio, we strive to ensure every dog is matched up with an owner that is serious about the commitment adopting a dog entails, while at the same time ensuring that both parties are happy to become a family together.

East Hawai‘i Cultural Center

East Hawai'i Cultural Center is a non-profit organization largely run by volunteers, supporting the arts and culture in the Hilo community for over 50 years.

Hale Lako

Hale Lako, the UH Hilo student supply house provides non-perishable food, school supplies, clothes, and personal hygiene items such as soap and laundry detergent when available for UH Hilo students with a valid student ID at no cost.

Kīpuka

The Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center's vision is to ensure a Hawaiian place of learning at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

Neighborhood Place of Puna

Empowering families and communities in East Hawai'i by building strong foundations through healthy relationships that value each person's uniqueness.

Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science

Growing, strengthening, and investing into the next generation of aloha ʻāina leaders throughout Hawaiʻi and the Pacific with transformative place-based internships and mentorship, innovative programming, pathways, and partnerships.

YWCA Hawai‘i Island SASS

YWCA Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) seeks to create a society that does not minimize sexual crimes, that does not permit the shaming or silencing of the assaulted or hide the crime out of shame – a society where perpetrators are held accountable, mandated for treatment and prevented from offending again.