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<\/a>Child & Family Service will host a blessing ceremony today (July 30, 2026) for its new permanent location on the Big Island at 1015 K\u012blauea Ave. in Hilo. (Courtesy Photo: Child & Family Service website)<\/p>\nA traditional Hawaiian blessing will be followed by remarks shared by Child & Family Service leadership and invited community officials.<\/p>\n
The blessing will bring together community leaders, elected officials, donors, partners and supporters to celebrate this milestone and the agency\u2019s continued commitment to strengthening families and expanding access to essential services around Hawai\u02bbi Island.<\/p>\n
Domestic violence support, comprehensive sexual abuse treatment, mental health counseling, family resource programs and other essential services will be available at the more-than-$6-million facility serving Hawai\u02bbi Island individuals and families.<\/p>\n
Child & Family Service served 2,277 Hawai\u02bbi Island families in fiscal year 2025.<\/p>\n
The agency has served Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s families since 1899. Child & Family Service helps individuals and families throughout the islands address some of life\u2019s most serious situations, including poverty, abuse and neglect.<\/p>\n
Visit the Child & Family Service website<\/a>\u00a0for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 30, 2026, 1:00 AM HST Child & Family Service, Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s family-centered, full-service nonprofit, will bless its new…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":970496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[23],"tags":[389639,389640,389641,389642,389643,746,86350,63877,57010,67371,24356,65140,159,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-970495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-1015-kilauea-ave","tag-1130-a-m-to-130-p-m-today","tag-blessing-ceremony","tag-child-family-service","tag-community-services","tag-environment","tag-family-support","tag-hawaii-island","tag-hilo","tag-july-30","tag-new-location","tag-nonprofit-organization","tag-science","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117012637230476300","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=970495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/970496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=970495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=970495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Child & Family Service will host a blessing ceremony today (July 30, 2026) for its new permanent location on the Big Island at 1015 K\u012blauea Ave. in Hilo. (Courtesy Photo: Child & Family Service website)<\/p>\n