Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center

12/25/2025

H3RC is closed on Christmas Day - on December 25, 2025.

12/24/2025

As we close out the year, we want to pause and say mahalo.

To our supporters, partners, volunteers, and funders. Thank you for standing with us, believing in our mission, and making this work possible. Your generosity and trust allow us to show up for our community every day.

Most importantly, to our clients. You are the reason we do this work. Your resilience, honesty, and courage continue to guide and inspire everything we do at HHHRC. We are grateful to walk alongside you.

Holiday Schedule Update

HHHRC will be taking a brief holiday pause from December 25 through January 1.

All Clients: If you are a client and need support or updates, please reach out directly to your case manager.

Limited Program Services: Limited services will be available on December 29 for those in urgent need of support.

Syringe Services: Our outreach team will be in the field on December 30 to continue serving syringe service participants.

Clinic Services: Our clinic will be open on December 29 by appointment only.

We appreciate your understanding as our staff takes this time to rest and recharge, so we can continue showing up fully in the year ahead.

From all of us at HHHRC, we wish you a season filled with warmth, rest, and connection. We look forward to continuing this work together in the new year.

12/23/2025

Due to the holiday schedule, we will not be hosting a food distribution this month. If you or someone you know needs support, please visit the link in our bio for information on other nearby food distributions. Thank you for your understanding, and we’ll see you next month.

12/22/2025

Executive Director Heather Lusk, alongside Jessica Yamauchi from the Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute, penned a powerful op-ed highlighting the importance of hepatitis B vaccination for newborns as a critical public health measure.

Protecting babies at birth saves lives, prevents chronic illness, and strengthens the health of our communities for generations to come. We’re proud to help elevate this conversation and advocate for evidence-based care rooted in prevention and equity.

Click the link in our bio to read!

Hawaii maintains the highest rate of hepatitis B in the United States. Deaths related to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) are three times higher in the islands than on the continent. These deaths are preventable. The U.S. has nearly eliminated mother-to-b...

12/19/2025

As the year comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to look back with deep gratitude and to look ahead with purpose.

This year, H3RC supported our community through HIV care and prevention, harm reduction, food access, housing support, and advocacy that centers dignity and compassion. We showed up for people when systems fell short and created spaces of care, safety, and belonging across Hawaiʻi.

At the same time, our work is becoming harder. Public health funding is under threat, stigma remains real, and LGBTQIA+ communities continue to face increasing barriers to care and safety. That makes this moment and the next one even more important.

There are a few meaningful ways you can stand with our community right now:

• Make a year-end donation or join our Friends for Life program to help sustain critical services
• Share this post to help amplify our mission and the impact happening locally
• Stay connected by volunteering, attending an event, or signing up for our newsletter

Your support fuels real care, real advocacy, and real change.

🔗 Link in bio to get involved

12/17/2025

Thank you to the owners and patrons of Chiko’s Tavern for collecting food and donating it to H3RC to help support our clients this holiday season.

Small acts of generosity like this make a real difference for people in our community, and we’re grateful for the care and thought behind it. 💜

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12/17/2025

🎄✨ Client Holiday Party is Tomorrow! ✨🎄

Join us for a festive afternoon of food, connection, and community. This gathering is open to all clients, their families, friends, and supporters.

Everyone is welcome, and we would love to celebrate the season together. 💜🌺

12/16/2025

Applications are now open!

Change happens when community shows up — and if you’re passionate about creating meaningful change for Hawaiʻi, this is your chance.

H3RC is seeking new members for our Board of Directors, a group of leaders who help guide our mission, support our frontline staff, and strengthen the health and wellbeing of those most impacted by stigma and inequity.

If you care about harm reduction, the LGBTQIA+ community, housing, or supporting people often left out of traditional systems of care, we’d love to hear from you.

Make a difference. Lead with heart.

More information and the application are available at the link in our bio, or email info@hhhrc.org for additional details.

12/15/2025

💜 Opioid Overdose Prevention & Response Training 💜

Join us this Thursday, December 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a free online training on opioid overdose prevention and response, hosted via Zoom.

Learn how to recognize the signs of an overdose, how to respond, and how to use nasal naloxone to save a life. This training is open to anyone who wants to help keep our community safer.

🔗 Register at the link in our bio.

12/10/2025

Mahalo for joining us at Puamana.

This year’s Puamana gathering was filled with art, storytelling, connection, and the strength of community. What began years ago as a space for people living with HIV to be seen as artists rather than by stigma continues to grow into a celebration of creativity and healing.

We are grateful to every artist, performer, volunteer, and community member who shared their talent and heart with us.

Mahalo to for allowing us this beautiful community space, and mahalo to for continuing to support community programing like Puamana.