Compiled by Assistant Editor Alfredo G. Evangelista. Send your community briefs to info@filamvoice.com.
Binhi at Ani
Celebrate your special events at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. The Center can be rented on Mondays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1,400 (which includes the cleaning fee) plus GET and a $500 security deposit or from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. for $1,200 (which includes the cleaning fee) plus GET and a $500 security deposit.
On Sundays, the Center can be rented from 1:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. for $1,050 (which includes the cleaning fee) plus GET and a $500 security deposit.
If alcohol is provided and/or served, there is an additional fee of $300 and you must hire two licensed bartenders.
If alcohol is BYOB or placed in coolers, there is an additional fee of $500.
The office is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays by appointment only. Telephone (808) 877-7880.
A Bayanihan Christmas: Aggie Cabebe Scholarship Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, December 21 at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center. Table Sponsor (premium seats for 10) are available for $1,000 while individual seats for the buffet dinner are available for $50 each. The Dinner is to sustain the memory of Aggie Cabebe—a remarkable trailblazer in Maui’s Filipino community—for generations, with the dinner funding the Agrifina Cabebe/Binhi at Ani Scholarship. The Dinner will also honor Hedy Udarbe, the 2025 recipient of the Promoting the Bayanihan Spirit Award. For more information, contact Arnel Alvarez at (808) 357-0748 or Lenra1268@gmail.com or Alfredo Evangelista at (808) 294-5510 or AlfredoGEvangelista@gmail.com.
Bayanihan Feeding Program provides a Sunday lunch to Hale Mahaolu Residents in Central Maui (Hale Mahaolu Elua and Hale Mahaolu Akahi) and Maui Adult Day Care.
Through October 31, 2025, a total of 39,407 lunches have been distributed.
Teams serving during the month of October 2025 include Central Pacific Bank, Confederation International Association of Samahang Ilocano Group, Maui County Federal Credit Union, Philippine Nurses Association Maui Hawaii and Seventh Day Adventist (Kihei and Lahaina).
There is a need for additional teams of volunteers to prepare the free lunches. Create a Team by contacting Melen Agcolicol at (808) 205-7981. Tax-deductible donations are accepted via Paypal or a Credit/Debit card or by mailing a check payable to Binhi at Ani, 780 Onehe‘e Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732 [Memo: Feeding Program].
The Bayanihan Feeding Program is a partnership with Maui Food Bank and is supported by grants from Bayer Crop Science Hawaii and Nareit Hawaii.
The annual Bayanihan Food Distribution Program was held on Saturday, November 15 at Lahaina Intermediate School. Over 125 volunteers assisted in packing and distributing the boxes.
The monthly Bayanihan Food Distribution Program was created during the pandemic and is now held annually before Thanksgiving. 2025 was the second year it was held in Lahaina.
Through November 2025, over $80,000 in monetary donations were received enabling the distribution of 9,463 food boxes including 11,120 plate lunches, 1,000 turkeys, 106,478 canned goods, 85,304 pounds of produce, 6,674 bags of rice, 17,041 packages of noodles, 3,661 dozens of eggs, 3,868 loaves of bread/pan de sal, 6,200 McDonald’s certificates, 21,697 beverages, 26,310 snacks, 3,810 containers of spaghetti sauce, 6,006 Maui Gold pineapples, 2,160 gallons of milk, 2,318 boxes of mashed potatoes, 730 whole chickens, over 2,500 dragon fruit, and other miscellaneous items such as toilet paper, coffee, goat cheese and masks.
Enhance®Fitness for Kupuna at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center classes are continuing. Offered in partnership with the County of Maui, Office on Aging, classes are held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 a.m. to 7:15 a.m.; from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.; from 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Enhance®Fitness is an exercise program for those over 50 years of age that improves cardiovascular fitness, strength, flexibility and balance. Since July 2022 and through May 2025, there have been 944 classes with seventy-five participants. For more information on Enhance®Fitness, contact Enhance®Fitness Coordinator Ginny Kiick (808) 280-6251 or gkiick@hotmail.com or Wellness Coordinator Claudettte Medeiros (808) 463-3166 or claudette.b.medeiros@co.maui.hi.us.
Maui Filipino Community Council Foundation
The Maui Filipino Community Council Foundation will hold its annual Dr. José P. Rizal Scholarship Dinner on Jan. 10, 2026 at the Maui Beach Hotel ballroom. The goal of the event is to raise scholarship funds for graduating seniors and continuing college students. It will feature nine recipients for the Dr. Jose P. Rizal awards, and a Filipiniana attire gala contest. Tickets are $75. For tickets call (808) 250-5395. For more information, call or text (808) 250-5330.