Basketball camps resume for island keiki
Organizers say the camps are a great opportunity to not just connect with the keiki of the Hilo community, but also inspire youth basketball on Hawai‘i Island.
Category: Community Outreach
Sign-making event scheduled July 28 in observance of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
In observance of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, UH Hilo Women’s Center is scheduling a sign-making event July 28 in prep for sign-waving event July 30.
ʻImiloa Astronomy Center reopens after pandemic shutdown
COVID-19 restrictions allow ʻImiloa to open on the weekends, for now. Guests will have 2-hour time blocks to visit the site where eager keiki and their ʻohana can explore the planetarium, exhibits, and enhanced displays.
Maunakea Visitor Information Station to reopen
The station has been closed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning July 15, 2021, modified daily hours of 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m will be in effect until further notice.
UH Hilo geographers complete pilot project to digitize county’s public access files
The purpose of the project is to digitize paper files and link them to an interactive map interface so that county planners can now click on a few lines on a map on screen and access relevant files instead of having to physically pull and pore over physical paper documents.
Native plant restoration project flourishing on Maunakea
The Center for Maunakea Stewardship’s plant restoration process starts with collecting seeds from established native plants in the area. There is now māmane and other native plants well established including ʻāweoweo, pawale, puakala and heʻupueo, a native grass.
UH Hilo to co-host 2021 Conference on Literature and Hawai‘i’s Children, June 7
The conference (June 4-8) is geared for all ages. The Hilo event on June 7 showcases several panelists who are based on Hawai’i Island, such as keynote speaker Caren Loebel-Fried who lives in Volcano, Justina Mattos and Kamalani Johnson who teach at UH Hilo, and librarians from around the island.
UH Hilo’s annual Spring Food Drive exceeds goal with one week to go
Food insecurity is a serious issue in local communities and COVID-19 has only increased that need.
