{"id":26710,"date":"2014-08-13T09:55:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=26710"},"modified":"2021-10-28T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T21:59:36","slug":"uh-center-lends-a-hand-to-iselle-relief-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/08\/13\/uh-center-lends-a-hand-to-iselle-relief-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> center lends a hand to Iselle relief efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><ins datetime=\"2021-10-28T21:56:01+00:00\"><figure id=\"attachment_26711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26711\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hurricane-y.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hurricane-y.jpg\" alt=\"building exterior in Hawaii\" width=\"400\" height=\"222\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hurricane-y.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hurricane-y-260x144.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Education and Research Center in <span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span>, part of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campuses and facilities on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island were thankfully spared the brunt of Tropical Cyclone Iselle, but many of their friends and neighbors&#8212;especially in the Puna area&#8212;are still dealing with the aftermath, including structural damage to homes, lack of power and water and impeded road access.<\/p>\n<p>Residents around <span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span> who want to donate to the Iselle relief effort can bring items to the <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/academics\/nherc\/index.php\">North <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Education and Research Center<\/a> (<abbr>NHERC<\/abbr>), about 40 miles north of Hilo.<\/p>\n<p>Suggestions for donations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toiletries<\/li>\n<li>Drinking water<\/li>\n<li>Toilet paper<\/li>\n<li>Towels<\/li>\n<li>Blankets<\/li>\n<li>Tarps<\/li>\n<li>Batteries<\/li>\n<li>Non-perishable food<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;What&#8217;s really great about this effort is that it&#8217;s community-driven,&rdquo; said Stacie Higgens, an academic support specialist at <abbr>NHERC<\/abbr>. &ldquo;It&#8217;s volunteers rallying for our sister communities on the Big Island.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Collection location and hours<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>North <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Education and Research Center<br \/>\n45-539 Plumeria Street<br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Honokaa\">Honoka&#699;a<\/span>, HI 96727<\/p>\n<p>Hours for drop-off are 7:45 am to 4:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:nherc@hawaii.edu\">Email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uhh.nherc\/posts\/10152648600909479\">Facebook<\/a> or call <abbr>NHERC<\/abbr> at (808)775-8890 for more information. <\/p>\n<p><abbr>NHERC<\/abbr> is <strong>not<\/strong> able to accept donations of ice, but the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/locationdetails.aspx?id=ER-HKOMO\">Komohana Extension and Experiment Station<\/a> in Hilo <strong>is<\/strong> accepting both ice and water. Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/locationdetails.aspx?id=ER-HKOMO\">contact them directly<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<h2>More ways to help<\/h2>\n<p>People living outside of the area may want to consider monetary donations to an established relief organization instead.<\/p>\n<p>Cash donations are the best way to immediately help recovery efforts on the Big Island and other areas impacted by Iselle, according to a State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scd.hawaii.gov\/documents\/20140812_Iselle_NR_Aid.pdf\">Emergency Management Agency press release<\/a> <span class=\"small\">(PDF)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Emergency Management Agency suggests cash donations be directed to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/hi\/honolulu\">American Red Cross <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Chapter)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/hivoad.communityos.org\/cms\/contact_hi\">Hawaii State Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters Hurricane Iselle Long-Term Relief and Recovery Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>People looking to volunteer are encouraged to directly contact local relief agencies to identify needs of individuals and communities impacted by Iselle.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Jeela Ongley<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/ins><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community volunteers on the Big Island are working with the North <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Education and Research Center to collect donations for Iselle relief efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[212,577,588,14,9],"class_list":["post-26710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-emergency","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-hurricane","tag-north-hawaii-education-and-research-center","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26710"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150706,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26710\/revisions\/150706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}