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Nareit Hawai‘i Donates Funds To Bolster FilCom’s Vaccine Efforts
(From left) State Sen. Clarence Nishihara, Gladys Quinto Marrone of Nareit Hawai‘i, state Rep. Ryan Yamane, city Councilwoman Radiant Cordero, Chanda Keawe of Public Storage, Eddie Galdones of Wet ‘n’ Wild Hawai‘i, David Cianelli of Pearlridge Center, state Rep. Ty Cullen, Cris Valenciana of Public Storage, U.S. Rep. Ed Case, state Sen. Bennette Misalucha, Edmund Aczon of Filipino Community Center, and state Rep. Henry Aquino commemorate Nareit Hawai‘i’s grand donation to Filipino Community Center. PHOTO COURTESY NAREIT HAWAI‘I
Thanks to a $50,000 boost from Nareit Hawaiʻi, Filipi- no Community Center will extend its vaccination pro- gram around Oʻahu, and even throughout the neighbor is- lands.
than 250 residents were inoc- ulated.
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“People trust the Filipino Community Center and are comfortable coming here,” states executive director Don- nie Juan. “When they see other people coming to us to get vaccinated, they think ‘We need to do that, too.’
“There is a great need to get our most vulnerable residents protected from COVID and our (Real Estate Investments Trusts) members wanted to step forward to help out,” states Nareit Hawaiʻi’s exec- utive director Gladys Quinto Marrone. “Nareit Hawaiʻi’s donation to the Filipino Com- munity Center is inspired by unity, supporting one another and moving everyone forward together to beat COVID. We applaud the FilCom CARES COVID vaccination program and how it is keeping families healthy and strengthening our communities.”
“This generous donation from Nareit Hawaiʻi will al- low us to expand the reach of our message to correct disin- formation about the COVID vaccine and to overcome communication obstacles, particularly within the older generation, that are keeping many residents from getting
vaccinated,” he adds. “We vaccinated and protect their will also be collaborating with health.”
partners in other communi- According to Nareit Ha- ties throughout the state to waiʻi, research data published encourage more people to get by the state Department of
Health shows that Filipino and Pacific Islander residents have contracted COVID at a higher rate than other ethnic groups in Hawaiʻi, but are among the
least likely to be vaccinated. To change this, the Waipahu organization held a FilCom CARES COVID vaccination drive, during which more
For more information about Filipino Community Center, call 808-680-0451 or visit filcom.org.
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