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MEDIA RELEASE UNICEF reports there are tens of millions of children in developing countries who have never attended school. While a number of factors contribute to a lack of education among children in developing nations, one key component is access to basic school supplies. However, this back-to-school season, Hilo parents, kids and teens are looking […]

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MEDIA RELEASE WHO: Luba Travis will share how the Operation Christmas Child shoe box was the first gift she ever received. Growing up in Moldova, Travis daily battled starvation and living in extreme poverty. Her life took a turn at the age of 7, the moment she opened a shoe box gift. She now is […]

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MEDIA RELEASE As Hilo schools prepare to open their doors for another year of learning, most parents are shopping for back-to-school bargains using a school-issued supply list as their guide. But this year, Hilo parents and children are thinking beyond their own backpacks and buying supplies for kids they have never met. Hilo residents are […]

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Big Island, it is time to get out those shoe boxes you are keeping in your closets! What? No shoebox? No problem! The Big Island Operation Christmas Child Team will be at Hilo Missionary Church with 5,000 shoe boxes!! Let your friends, family, classmates, coworkers, boy scouts, teachers, seniors, and keiki know it is time […]

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