Big Island ASL Users

Meet the author of The Journey of a Lifetime, Dr Diane Piela.  The location is Basically Books, 1672 Kamehameha Ave, Hilo.  The ASL interpreter will be available at this presentation on December 14th at 1 pm. Come please ! 

My Deaf Cruise will organize the  Deaf Sea Tour Hawaii Group Halloween Cruise 2019  for this October. One of the stops on the cruise will be the Big Island, with stops in: Hilo on Tuesday,  October 29th from 8 am to 6 pm and Kailua Kona on Wednesday, October 30th from 7 am to 5:30 pm. More than 80 deaf visitors will visit on these 2 places.

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Big Island Deaf Club will organize the annual Thanksgiving gathering on November 16th from 9 am to the sunset. The (new !) location is Mohouli Park, 1030 Kumukoa Street, Hilo. Big Island Deaf Club will bring turkey. Please bring potluck to share. 🦃

Come on! Join the fun! When: October 19th 2019 Let’s enjoy our Saturday night. Meet people, play a game, and drink a cup of coffee. Where: The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 16-540 Keaau Pahoa Road, Keaau Time: 6 pm - 9 pm 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

Since the begin of 2019, Dano taught free Beginning ASL Classes for keiki and adults in Pahoa. He just developed a new wonderful website for this class. Please visit his website   Also, there is a face book page; ASL with Dano. The next class is on Thursday, September 26th at 4 pm. Please save this date.

Last Summer, Roy left our blog team and we support his choice and wish him and his wife good luck in the future with their RV trips. We really appreciate all the time and love you put into making out blog a continued success. Mahalo ! Joey & Thijs

Come on! Join the fun! When: October  5th 2019 Let’s enjoy our gathering. Meet people and share the food. Where: Hapuna Beach Time: 9 am to sunset time Hearing people also welcome! Take your family, keiki, friends, and beach toys to this big beach, please! Hosted by Big Island Deaf Club

Congratulations to Deaf Chat Coffee ! Deaf Chat Coffee is now 3 years old ! The location is now moved to new location in Keaau.  Come on! Join the fun! When: September 21th 2019 Let’s enjoy our Saturday night. Meet people and drink a cup of coffee. Where: The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 16-540 Keaau Pahoa Road, Keaau Time: 6 pm - 9 pm 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

Come on! Join the fun! When: August 17th 2019 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 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

The Deaf residents in the state are forgotten people in Hawaii so they want to be a part of Mauna Kea Protectors. On July 27 2019, they had their personal reasons that compelled them to go. It’s about protecting the land ( Aina) , culture ( ka moʻomeheu ), people ( ka poʻe ) and Mauna. Yvette Ibarra-Keohuloa is a deaf woman from Oahu and would like to share with you her experience. Here is her story. All comments and opinions are those of Yvette Ibarra-Keohuloa. On the day of Saturday July 27 2019, the day welcomed us Nā kiaʻi kuli with Mauna’s grace. Na kia’i Kuli shown to be a “VOICE” for the voiceless people and we stand for this cause for both current and future generations of Deaf Hawaiians and Polynesians. And to preserve the ALOHA spirit and culture of their Sacred Aina.  It was such a cultural awakening for many in the Deaf community of Hawaii and they had their personal reasons that compelled them to go. And to understand the purpose of protecting what is sacred....

Aloha everyone, If there are any other deaf people that would like to come to the Mauna Kea protectors activism, please feel free to contact bigislandinterpreters.com and we will do our best to provide communication access. Team Big Island ASL Interpreters

If you want an interpreter for this event. Please call the phone number, 808 936 4061 or send a email; jesse.floyd@doh.hawaii.gov by Friday, August 23 2019  

Resource FB Keawe Pestana's Updates Best friends and family of Keawe, We will be having a Celebration of Life for Keawe, on his birthday, July 28th at 10 am, at Spencer Beach Park on the Big Island. This will be a time for some of his friends & family to get together and celebrate his life. It will be casual and BBQ style. It is a beach so feel free to bring swimwear. This is one of the places we spent a ton of our childhood at, and I know he will be there with us in spirit. If you are able to come, please send me on FB message (Keawe Pestana's Updates). If you can’t come, no worries.

Come on! Join the fun! When: July 20th 2019 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 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

Image by  mohamed Hassan  from  Pixabay Hawaii Community College welcomes deaf students! HCC has an outstanding Student Support, such as providing ASL interpreters and notetakers for all classes, including electrician, auto body, auto repair, etc. Become a teacher, welder, mechanic or auto body technician or whatever you dream to be! Hawaii Community College is open for fall enrollment. How to apply? https://hawaii.hawaii.edu/admissions/registration For Student Services or help applying contact: Randiann Tokeshi Counselor/ Student Life Coordinator Hawaii Community College 1175 Manono St. Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: 808-934-2729 Email: rtokeshi@hawaii.edu

If you want an interpreter for this event. Please call the phone number you see on this flyer.  Resource: Civil Defense

If you want an interpreter for this event. Please call the phone number, 808 586 6530 or send a email; repsanbuenaventura@capitol.hawaii.gov   Resource: 2019 Legislative e-Newsletter Joy A. San Buenaventura June 2019

Come on! Join the fun! When: June 15th 2019 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 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

The hurricane season start on June 1 until November for Hawaii. It is now a time to prepare for hurricanes. Here is a great ASL video how you can prepare. Also, CSC has developed a special resource about Hurricane Preparedness. More information? Please visit the website CSC Hurricane Preparedness Resource: FEMA

Big Island Deaf Club  came out in support of the Visitor Industry Charity Walk  on May 11th 2019. It  was a great day raising funds and connecting with non-profit organizations from across the Big Island! 10  people donated for Keiki Kuli Connections at Charity Walk in Waikoloa Beach Resort.  They have raised total $ 414.44 ! That is more than in 2018.   The whole Charity Walk community made total $ 338,000 ! We will know more in August how many we will get more. So many thanks to everyone who came out to support the Charity Walk ! 

Come on! Join the fun! When: May 18th 2019 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 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 05-10-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 11 May          None Listed SUNDAY 12 May         None Listed MONDAY 13 May             7:15 pm Long Shot TUESDAY 14 May             08:30 pm Avengers: Endgame WEDNESDAY 15 May            7:30 pm Poms THURSDAY 16 May         None Listed  Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 11 May          None Listed SUNDAY 12 May         None Listed MONDAY 13 May             12:55 pm The Intruder...

There is a Community Meeting in Pahoa on May 10th at 4 pm at Pahoa High/ Intermediate School Cafeteria. The meeting is about accessibility to their homes and properties after the 2018 Kilauea eruption. More information ? Please visit the website   .

There is news from Hawaii on The Daily Moth. Please watch the clip, Hawaii legislature passes movie open captioning bill on The Daily Moth (0 to 3.14 minutes). Resource Youtube The Daily Moth.

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 05-03-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 4 May          10 pm Shazam! SUNDAY 5 May         10:10 am Breakthrough MONDAY 6 May          7:40 pm Ugly Dolls  TUESDAY 7 May           5:30 pm The Intruder WEDNESDAY 8 May            4:30 pm Avengers: Endgame/ 8:30 pm Long Shot THURSDAY 9 May           None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 4 May          None Listed SUNDAY 5 May         None Listed MONDAY 6 May            ...

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 4-26-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 27 April         None Listed SUNDAY 28 April         None Listed MONDAY 29 April             None Listed TUESDAY 30 April              None Listed WEDNESDAY 1 May            None Listed THURSDAY 2 May             None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 27 April         None Listed SUNDAY 28 April         None Listed MONDAY 29 April             12:45 pm Little/ 5 pm Pe...

When: Saturday, May 4th 2019 Time: 9:30 am - 3 pm Where: Richardson Beach, Hilo What: Ian provides BBQ machine and sauces for cooking. He will make BBQ for you. Please bring meat, drink, (plate, fork etc.) to share.  Hosteling by Ian and Lisa

Come on !  Join the fun !  When : August 3 and 4 2019  Let’s enjoy our summer time.  Where : Kohanaiki Beach Park   Please bring beach toys, beach games, towel, sunscreen and swimsuit.  Please bring your dishes to share with others at the dinner time of August 3 and 4 2019.  Hearing and deaf people are welcome to join us for fun talk, games, and whatever during day.   If you don't join camping, You are still welcome to come and  join with us during day time for fun, talk, and whatever.  Be aware the gate will be closed at 9 pm. Please leave before 9 pm.  Updated (April 18); There are 61 places left for August 3 and 4 at the Kohanaiki Beach Park nearby Kona Int Airport. It costs $ 5 per night and $ 1 for fee. You can make and pay the reservation on line . The reservation is on the right side of this website. You need to make your first account than you can reserve your places for this beautiful...

Resource: Big Island Interpreters/ Friends of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 4-19-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 20 April         None Listed SUNDAY 21 April         None Listed MONDAY 22 April             None Listed TUESDAY 23 April             None Listed WEDNESDAY 24 April            None Listed THURSDAY 25 April            None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 20 April         None Listed SUNDAY 21 April         None Listed MONDAY 22 April             1:15 pm After/ 5:25 pm...

Resource: Big Island Interpreters

Aloha everyone, I am soon off island in this month, April and will be back in May for Beginning ASL Classes. There are no Beginning ASL Classes on April 18 and 25 in Pahoa. The next class is on May 2nd at 4 pm. Please save this date. Mahalo Dano

Come on! Join the fun! When: April 20th 2019 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 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 4-13-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 13 April         None Listed SUNDAY 14 April         7:30 pm, Pet Sematary MONDAY 15 April             1 pm Dumbo/ 7:10 pm Shazam! TUESDAY 16 April             12:10 pm Missing Link WEDNESDAY 17 April            None Listed THURSDAY 18 April            None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 13 April         None Listed SUNDAY 14 April         None Listed MONDAY 15 April         1:45 p...

Dark Kitchen table detail information; Height 36 in Length 48 in Width 31 in Hang pans $ 350 This kitchen island table is made by pallets wood. Light Kitchen table detail information; Height 36 in Length 40 in Width 24 in Hang pans Wheels $ 275 This kitchen island table is made by pallets wood. Interested ? please contact Hannah. Her email address is IndianOcean35@aol.com This is the example of the kitchen table. 

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 3-29-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 6 April         4:20 pm, How to Train your Dragons 3 SUNDAY 7 April         12 pm, Wonder Park  MONDAY 8 April             3:30 pm, Dumbo/ 7:40 pm, US TUESDAY 9 April             12:50 pm, Captain Marvel/ 8 pm, Alita: Battle Angel WEDNESDAY 10 April            5:20 pm, Pet Sematary THURSDAY 11 April            None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 6 April         None Listed SUNDAY 7 April          Non...

Greetings everyone,  Few weeks ago,  Big Island Deaf Club teamed with the Gallaudet Deaf Health Communication and Quality of Life Center to inform our local community of their Quality of Life survey. We really appreciated their visit with us on the Big Island. Are you deaf? Over 18 years old? Want $25? Contact  PROMISASL@gallaudet.edu  for more information.  If you qualify and take their survey, they will give you a $25 gift card. You can take the survey at home from your computer, ipad, or VP. If you are interested in participating, please email them at  PROMISASL@gallaudet.edu . Neighbor islands are welcome to participate in the survey online or through VP. 

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 3-29-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 30 March         4 pm, Five Feet Apart SUNDAY 31 March         7 pm, Wonder Park    MONDAY 1 April             2:45 pm, How to Train your Dragons 3/ 6:40 pm, Captain Marvel TUESDAY 2 April             1 pm, US WEDNESDAY 3 April            8:20 pm, Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral THURSDAY 4 April            None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 30 March       None Listed SUNDAY 31 March        None Li...

Greetings everyone. I'd like to introduce Joey (right) and Roy (middle) to you. They are new on my team starting last Fall. We will feed the latest news to you. Joey is from Wisconsin but has lived in Hawaii for nearly 20 years. She lived the first 5 years on Oahu and than for 14 years in Kailua Kona. She loves ASL but also knitting. She wants to support the ASL community. Roy has lived for 5 years in Waikoloa but will move this month back to his home state, Alaska. He is originally from South Carolina. Hiking, swimming and reading are his hobbies. Also, he wants to support the ASL community. We welcome the volunteer assistance of anyone who would like to further our goals of providing the best information possible to the deaf community of Hawaií.

The 19th Annual Day at the Capitol   the Hawaii State Capitol On Thursday, March 7, 2019, Linda Sykora, Ronald McBride and Thijs van den Berg arrived at about 8:30am at the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu. Linda is president of the Big Island Deaf Club and Ronald vice president. I am social media specialist of the Big Island Deaf Club. The purpose of visiting our state legislators and advocate was to discuss the needs of the deaf community (dental, housing, transportation, and jobs). Once at the Capitol Auditorium Lobby, my Big Island group suggested that we greet Governor Ige before the Opening Ceremonies. We took the elevator to the fifth floor of the Capitol. In the Governor's ceremonial Room, Governor Ige greeted visiting neighbor island groups; Kauai, Maui and our island. We took a lot of photos. After visiting this beautiful room, we went back to the Capitol Auditorium Lobby for the Opening Ceremonies. Daintry Bartoldus (Executive Administrator), Bruce S. Anderson (...

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. (checked on 3-22-2019 on Regal apps)  SATURDAY 23 March           9:20 pm, Captive State SUNDAY 24 March           12:30 pm, Alita: Battle Angel MONDAY 25 March          12:10 pm, Wonder Park/ 6:45 pm, Captain Marvel TUESDAY 26 March          5:15 pm, How to Train your Dragons 3 WEDNESDAY 27 March       7:20 pm, Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral THURSDAY 28 March       None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 23 March           None Listed SUNDAY 24 March           None Liste...

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. SATURDAY 16 March           None Listed SUNDAY 17 March           None Listed MONDAY 18 March          None Listed TUESDAY 19 March          None Listed WEDNESDAY 20 March       None Listed THURSDAY 21 March       None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 16 March     None Listed SUNDAY 17 March     None Listed MONDAY 18 March    12:30 pm The Lego Movie 2/ 10:15 pm Isn't it romantic. TUESDAY 19 March      1:20 pm Fighting with my family/ 10 pm Alita: Battle Angel WEDNESDAY 20 Mar...

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together  is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. SATURDAY 9 March   5 pm The Lego Movie 2 SUNDAY 10 March   11:40 am Isn't it Romantic MONDAY 11 March   12 pm Fighting with my family/ 7:30 pm Greta TUESDAY 12 March     8:20 pm Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral WEDNESDAY 13 March     2:40 pm How to Train your Dragon 3 THURSDAY 14 March     None Listed Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 9 March   None Listed SUNDAY 10 March   None Listed MONDAY 11 March   1:05 pm Isn't it Romantic/ 8:20 pm The Lego Movie 2  TUESDAY 12 March     1:10 pm Fighting with my family/ 8:30 pm Greta WEDNESDAY 13 March    ...

Come on! Join the fun! When: March 16th 2019 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 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 3rd Saturday of each month from 6 pm to 9 pm at Starbucks. Hosted by Lisa Hanson (artist4thijs@gmail.com)

Regal Prince Kuhio 9,  111 E. Puainako Street,  Hilo, HI 96720 No Open Captioned movies are listed for this week at the time of publishing. Alone / Together is a subtitled movie on throughout the week. SATURDAY 2 March     The Lego Movie 2, 4:00pm SUNDAY 3 March     Aquaman, 2:40pm MONDAY 4 March     Alita: Battle Angel, 8:20pm     TUESDAY 5 March     Fighting with My Family, 12:30pm  /                    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, 5:20pm WEDNESDAY 6 March     Isn't it Romantic, 3:10pm / Greta, 8:00pm THURSDAY 7 March      Tyler Perry: Madea Funeral, TBD Regal Makalapua Stadium 10, 74-5469 Kamakaeha Avenue, Kailua Kona, HI 96740 SATURDAY 2 March     None Listed SUNDAY 3 March     Bohemian Rhapsody, 12:45pm / Ha...

lava flow Joy San Buenaventura will hold community meeting on February 23, to update residents on the lava disaster in Leilani Estates area and Kapoho area. The briefing will begin at 1 pm until 3 pm in the Pahoa Community Center (15-3022 Kauhale Street). The ASL interpreters will be available there. Pass this along to deaf friends please !

Resource: Deaf News Hawaii