Big Island ASL Users

lava flow Hawaii County Civil Defense will hold additional community meetings on Tuesday, May 29th to update residents on the lava flow in Leilani Estates area. The briefing will begin at 5:00 p.m. in the Pahoa High School cafeteria. The ASL interpreters will be available there. Pass this along to deaf friends please !

Hello everyone, Annual Art Festival is always deaf friendly festival for many years. This festival will celebrate on July 21 2018 at the shopping mall, Prince Kuhio Plaza. I am the organizer and am looking for ASL volunteers for Art festival on July 21. My email address is ahaarts808@gmail.com. My telephone number is 808-895-5353. Mahalo ! Mar 

Big Island Deaf Club came out in support of the Visitor Industry Charity Walk  on May 12th 2018. It  was a great day raising funds and connecting with non-profit organizations from across the Big Island!  More than 5 people donated for Keiki Kuli Connections at Charity Walk in Waikoloa Beach Resort.  They have raised total $ 246.12 ! 

May 2018 We would like to alert you to a major new HUD initiative that holds the promise of substantially increasing the number of Section 8 vouchers for Big Island residents and reducing the long waitlist (the Notice of Funding Availability is attached, which we are also sending to Mayor Kim). For the first time in over a decade, HUD is funding its Mainstream Voucher Program, which supports provision of Section 8 vouchers for non-elderly individuals with disabilities (known as Section 811). A total of $100 million is available over the next few years.  Eligible applicants are all public housing authorities that currently operate a   Housing Choice Voucher   program. We hope that the Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development will be able to prepare a proposal and submit it by the  June 18, 2018  deadline.   Our Center on Disability Studies will be happy to help with the application process in any way we can. I...

Come on! Join the fun! When: June 9th 2018 Let’s enjoy our Saturday night. Meet people and drink a cup of coffee. Where: Starbucks at Prince Kuhio Plaza Mall, Hilo Time: 6 pm - 9 pm (wrong time on website Deaf Chat Coffee) Hearing people also welcome! Take your family and friends to this unique event, please! Miss this chat? Don’t worried! Deaf Chat Coffee will find on every 2nd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by J. Needham (JMPN91@gmail.com)

The "national" deaf news, The Daily Moth made a reportage from deaf local resident, Ron McBride about the Kilauea eruption. Please watch from 6:11 to 9.16 u.

lava flow Hawaii County Civil Defense will hold additional community meetings on Tuesday, May 22th to update residents on the lava flow in Leilani Estates area. The briefing will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pahoa High School cafeteria. The ASL interpreters will be available there. Pass this along to deaf friends please !

Aloha everyone, my friend his friend friend, Ted, works for American Red Cross. if you know any deaf people sleeping in the shelter, please let him know. Ted wants to make sure that deaf people have access to communication. He might fly out to Hawaii next week but that's only if there are deaf people sleeping in the shelter in Puna. Let him know and his email address is  theodore.hortonbilla@redcross. org  . Thanks! Thijs  Translated in ASL on youtube; please watch ! 

Aloha everyone,  There is not a potluck meeting in May but Big Island Deaf Club will attend the Charity Walk on May 12th in Waikoloa Beach Resort. We as Keiki Kuli Connections are raising money to support training for Deaf Mentors, training in the Deaf Mentor program, and buying supporting materials (books for read aloud, ASL dictionaries, and ASL videos). You can sign up as a walker or just make a donation at the team page. Are you planning to walk or donate? Please apply  Keiki Kuli Connections   Planning to walk there? Please wear red t-shirt.  Do you have questions ? Please contact Angela Nagata. Her email address is angele001@icloud.com 

One of four summer courses CCECS provides new four ASL courses (3 levels and Practical Conversation) for the summer. More information? Visit please; College of continuing education and community service

lava flow Hawaii County Civil Defense will hold additional community meetings on Thursday, May 10th to update residents on the lava flow in Leilani Estates area. The briefing will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pahoa High School cafeteria. The ASL interpreters will be available there. Pass this along to deaf friends please !

Come on! Join the fun! When: May 12th 2018 Let’s enjoy our Saturday night. Meet people and drink a cup of coffee. Where: Starbucks at Prince Kuhio Plaza Mall, Hilo Time: 6 pm - 9 pm (wrong time on website Deaf Chat Coffee) Hearing people also welcome! Take your family and friends to this unique event, please! Miss this chat? Don’t worried! Deaf Chat Coffee will find on every 2nd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by J. Needham (JMPN91@gmail.com)

lava flow Hawaii County Civil Defense will hold additional community meetings on Friday, May 4th to update residents on the lava flow in Leilani Estates area. The briefing will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Pahoa High School cafeteria. The ASL interpreter will be available there. Pass this along to deaf friends please !