Hawaii County will dedicate the new Pahoa Senior Center on Monday.
Hawaii County will dedicate the new Pahoa Senior Center on Monday.
The public is invited to a 10 a.m. dedication ceremony that will feature a formal blessing, entertainment and food donated by area businesses.
Volunteer apprentices from the Hawaii Carpenters Union teamed with Department of Parks and Recreation carpenters, plumbers and electricians to convert the former Pahoa Fire Station into a center for seniors.
Seniors who have been using the adjacent Pahoa Community Center now can go to the new facility to enroll in weekday classes ranging from foreign language to dancing, sign up for a nutrition program and obtain picture identifications.
Information booths and various other services will be assembled for public benefit during Monday’s dedication ceremony.
Dan Nicks, AKA “Elvis Presley,” the Puna Men’s Chorus, Ernie Cruz, the Alu Like Senior Group, and the Pahoa Senior Center ukulele class instructed by Nohealani Sarong will entertain the attendees.