Mahalo to Integrated Facility Services Hawaii for organizing the “Hugs from a Distance” donation drive. IFSH coordinated the drive for food, toiletries, hygiene and household supplies from the various facilities they service and Premium Incorporated. Dozens of boxes of goods were distributed to Hale Kipa...
Mahalo to everyone who participated in our Panda Express Virtual Community Fundraiser! We raised over $750 from supporters all across the country including Hawaii, California, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona and Missouri. Your support for our at-risk-youth means so much. ...
Each May, Hale Kipa and other social service organizations take time to acknowledge foster parents, family members, volunteers, mentors, policymakers, child welfare professionals, and other members of the community who help children and youth in foster care find permanent homes and connections. Hale Kipa had the...
As Seniors at James Campbell High School, Janelle and Jasmine teamed up and organized a “Clothes Drive for Youth” as their community project. Several local nonprofits benefited from their efforts. Hale Kipa was one of the lucky organizations that received several bags of clothes. The...
Formed in 2018, the Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School Legacy Club was created to make high school a more meaningful and fun experience for students. The club’s “legacy” is aimed at “leaving behind” positive change that benefit their school and community through the results...
Elvina Nartatez knows firsthand what it is like to be an at-risk teen on the Big Island. Elvina, an assistant program coordinator and foster home developer, grew up in the Puna District and attended Waiakea High School. After becoming embroiled in a relationship with an abusive,...
I started on March 12, 2021, to begin to put together my thoughts to share with you. That date is a rather auspicious one for Hale Kipa, since it was exactly one year ago on March 12, 2020, that we celebrated the Grand Opening of...
Jordan Veniegas always loved working with and helping people. His affinity for personal connections led him to begin his college years pursuing a career as a psychologist. A class in cultural anthropology convinced him to take a different personal direction. “Those classes opened up my eyes...
As a college undergraduate at Damon College in Amherst, New York, Regi Ching wasn’t sure what type of career she wanted to pursue. She was studying humanities when she received an opportunity to work at the Buffalo Area Council on Alcoholism, where she taught alcohol education...
Celebrating Our Dedicated Professionals During National Social Work Month There has never been a more appropriate time to honor the country’s social workers. Each March, the National Association of Social Workers celebrates this group of dedicated professionals. This year’s theme is “Social Workers are Essential.” The U.S....
