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KHON2 News Segment
Featured on KHON2: Kupuna Caregiver: “Memory Cafe” helps those living with memory loss, their care partners
by Sara Mattison
The Cultivating Care: Memory Café at Hoʻōla ʻĀina Pilipili Garden was featured on KHON2, highlighting how ʻāina-based, dementia-friendly programming brings together kūpuna, caregivers, and student volunteers. The segment shares the impact of creating inclusive outdoor spaces that support connection, well-being, and a sense of belonging.
Featured in Midweek: Voice
An Outdoor Community Learning Space for All in Mānoa
Week of March 18, 2026 (Cover Story and Page 4) by Caitlin Thomas
Hoʻōla ʻĀina Pilipili was featured in MidWeek as an inclusive garden and learning space at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The article highlights the garden’s accessible design, community workdays, and the Cultivating Care Memory Café, a program that brings together people living with memory loss, their care partners, and student volunteers for connection, creativity, and time outdoors.
Generations Magazine Cover story (Jan. 2026)
Read the full article: https://generations808.com/jan-feb-2026/
KITV Island news
Healing Garden at UH Mānoa Grows Community and Inclusion. Dec. 14, 2025
A KITV Island News feature highlighting the Ho‘ōla ʻĀina Pilipili garden and its role in fostering inclusion, wellness, and community at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Mahalo to AARP for their support of the Ho‘ōla ʻĀina Pilipili garden and for helping amplify this story through the AARP Community Challenge program.
Feature article by UH News
Sage Publications Video
Summer Maunakea, PhD, professor, and Ho'ola 'Aina Pilipili staff share their journey creating an accessible and culturally rooted community space in Hawai'i, including inspirations, designing an accessible garden, health and wellness programming, next steps, and recommendations for creating accessible community spaces.
Watch full video here: Ho'ola 'Aina Pilipili: Accessible & Culturally Rooted Community Spaces
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