The first unit arrived to find a working fire in the rear of an abandoned, single-story residential structure, with the doors and windows secured with sheets of plywood.
The Honolulu VA Medical Center projects include modernizing generator systems, upgrading the Center for Aging HVAC, renovating the kitchen at building 110, and making repairs in the Ambulatory Care Clinic.
Local businesses and organizations shared information on health care, emergency prep, education, and services for people with disabilities and their families.
The annual event was first held in August 2021, and since then hundreds of volunteers show up each year to help pick up litter along the sidewalks and roads, and paint over graffiti on buildings, bridges and traffic control boxes.