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General news which affects the Molokai community in one way or another.

Art of Trash and Trashion Show

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Malama Maui Nui News Release

Malama Maui Nui is excited to announce that submissions are now being accepted for The Art of Trash and Trashion Show slated to open in April 2022 at MMNui.org/ArtOfTrash! If you haven’t already done so, start creating now! Submissions close Feb. 1, 2022.

The Art of Trash Exhibition and Trashion Show are annual, juried events that inspire community members to reimagine our resources, such as previously used materials, as elements for creative inspiration. All pieces are original work made from recycled and/or reused material. 

Residents of Molokai, along with Maui and Lanai, are invited to create art pieces for the Exhibition and/or fashion pieces for the Trashion Show.…

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COVID and Flu Vaccines at Na Pu’uwai

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Na Pu’uwai News Release

Na Puʻuwai offers regularly scheduled COVID-19 vaccine clinics for those who individuals needing their first, second or booster Pfizer vaccine. Our remaining COVID-19 vaccine clinic dates this year are Nov. 19 and Dec. 10. 

COVID-19 vaccination is free to the public, available to those who are age 5+ and by appointment only (no walk-ins will be accepted).

Na Puʻuwai is now also offering the flu vaccine! You can make an appointment Monday through Friday. Walk-ins for the flu vaccine are accepted and welcomed. 

To schedule an appointment for your COVID-19 or Flu Vaccine, please call us at (808) 560-3653 or email us at appointments@napuuwai.org…

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Sea Level Rise Adaptation Workshops This Week

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Sust’ainable Molokai News Release

Don’t forget to join a walk-thru, COVID-friendly, workshop in your moku (district) to see firsthand Molokai’s maps forecasting areas that will be inundated from rising seas! The sea level is expected to rise approximately 4.07 feet in Hawaii before the end of 2100 if we continue to operate business as usual. Sust’ainable Molokai is leading the planning process to ensure that our community is prepared to adapt to this already occurring and ongoing change.

Molokai is the first island in the County to develop a plan for the effects of sea level rise — the Molokai Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise Adaptation and Resiliency Master Plan.…

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Co-Design Molokai’s Renewable Energy Future

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Co-Design Molokai’s Renewable Energy Future

Sustʻainable Molokai News Release

Are you interested in learning about clean energy solutions designed by and for the Molokai community? If so, join the Molokai Clean Energy Hui (MCEH) next Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. for a community meeting on the Molokai Community Energy Resilience Action Plan (Molokai CERAP).

Today, Molokai electricity remains dependent on expensive and environmentally damaging fossil fuels. While Molokai residents are the lowest electrical consumers in Hawaii, Molokai continues to have the highest electrical costs in the country. Fortunately, there is a way for you, the community, to steer what types of technology and energy storage options we would like to see on Molokai. …

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College Open House

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

UHMCM News Release

UH Maui College, Molokai will be hosting an Open House event on Nov. 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. We will be offering assistance with the admissions application, FAFSA, registration, and EdReady Placement testing. 

Additionally, we are having a Creative Media info session with a hands-on demonstration on how to use a DSLR camera. All are welcome to attend, with proof of a COVID vaccination or valid negative COVID test. 

Please RSVP at go.hawaii.edu/JuP by Nov. 16.…

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MOC Concerns

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

We have serious concerns with the Molokai Occupational Center’s management and lack of a qualified executive director. We have received reports of bullying, unprofessionalism, humiliation by management and unsafe working conditions at MOC for those in our disabled community, as well as the denial of work opportunities to clients.

MOC’s mission states that it “provides opportunity for the people with disabilities to be actively involved in determining how, and where they live, learn, work and play.”

We ask the MOC board of directors if it is currently carrying out its mission.  

In February 2020, the executive director position at MOC became vacant.…

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Haunted Homestead a ‘Labor of Love’

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

Haunted Homestead a ‘Labor of Love’

By Catherine Cluett Pactol

For the second year, the Adolpho ‘ohana went all out for Halloween, providing a free, COVID-safe event for families to celebrate the season at their homestead. The four-day Haunted Homestead last Wednesday through Saturday nights featured a light show, haunted maze, jumping castle, photo booth, vendors, snacks and other activities. More than 1500 community members attended in one-hour time slots that ensured COVID safety guidelines were met. 

“It’s really a labor of love,” said Kui Adolpho. “It takes us months to set up and plan, but it’s a family activity to do together. Having an objective creates this closer-knit unit that we already have and inspires our kids to see that giving back to our community is important but can still be fun.”…

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Nonprofit Works to Restore ‘Aina

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

‘Aina Momona News Release

Aloha Molokai, we are ʻAina Momona, a Native Hawaiian nonprofit organization founded for the purpose of achieving environmental health and sustainability through restoring social justice and Hawaiian sovereignty. Our team of kiaʻi are committed to restoring Molokai ʻAina Momona. 

We are advised by a board of exceptional Native Hawaiians who work in concert with our staff on the ground. Our board members include Dr. Jon Osorio, Dr. Trisha Kehaulani Watson, and Molokai’s own, Dr. Keoni Kauwe, among others. Dr. Kauwe is a graduate of Molokai High and Intermediate (ʻ96) and recently became the eleventh president of Brigham Young University — Hawaii and the first of Native Hawaiian descent.…

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Businesses Adapt to Virtual Made in Maui County Fest

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

By Catherine Cluett Pactol

Kala’e Tangonan of Kupu A’e, a Molokai business that creates kupuna-inspired wearable art, said she hasn’t missed a year in the eight years the Made in Maui County Festival has been running, and she doesn’t plan to stop now. Even though the popular product show will be held virtually on Nov. 5-6 for a second year because of COVID, which posed technological challenges for her, Tangonan is determined to continue the business’ presence at the event. 

“It’s a commitment thing — integrity as a small business,” she said. “People believe in me so I’m going to still go [to the festival]… All the small businesses in the county really advocated to have this fair, everyone hustled for us.”…

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Passing The Baton in Kalaupapa

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

Community Contributed

By Father Pat Killilea, St. Francis Church, Kalaupapa

I have lost a step or two since my high school running days 60 years ago, but I still enjoy watching track and field on television. I particularly like to watch the relay races where the first runner takes a stick (baton), takes off like a bat out of hell, passes the baton to a team mate, who in turn passes it on to another team mate, who passes it on to a fourth, who sprints to an exciting finish, baton in hand. This is no easy feat as disaster can happen in an exchange and the baton is dropped.…

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