08/11/2026
🌺 Recap of Mele Mahalo – A Patient Appreciation Event 🌺
Last Monday, we kicked off National Health Center Week with Mele Mahalo: A Patient Appreciation Event, bringing more than 1,400 members of our community together for a special evening celebrating our patients and ohana. 🤙🏽
It was a beautiful evening on the Waianae Coast filled with ono food, live local music by Chardonnay and Hana Boy, local craft vendors, a community resource fair, keiki activities, and a showing of Live-action Moana under the stars, courtesy of Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Our keiki also received free backpacks and school supplies to help them get ready for the new school year, while families had the opportunity to tour our WCCHC Mobile Dental Clinic and learn more about the care we bring directly into our communities.
We were also honored to welcome Paloma Hernandez, Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHc), to the Waianae Coast to celebrate alongside our community.
A big mahalo to our generous sponsors who helped make Mele Mahalo possible: Papa Ola Lokahi, AlohaCare, NACHC, Hawaii Dental Service Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, and the Office of Senator Samantha DeCorte.
Most of all, mahalo to our patients, families, and everyone who came out to spend the evening with us. We are grateful for your continued trust and proud to serve our Waianae Coast and West Oahu ohana with aloha. 🌺