Storm-relief supplies gathered for Samoa

By Marcie Kagawa

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013

~~<p>Volunteers loaded hundreds of boxes of nonperishable food, sheets and towels, and other supplies into three 40-foot Matson containers at the Lighthouse Outreach Center church in Waipahu on Tuesday, marking the start of a local disaster relief effort for victims of Cyclone Evan in Samoa.</p>
<p>Help Save Samoa, an organization led by Afimutasi Gus Hannemann, a Hawaii Kai resident who is a former American Samoa legislator, will be accepting donations of money, food, clothing and other supplies to benefit families and villages in the island nation devastated by the Dec. 13 storm.</p>
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Volunteers loaded hundreds of boxes of nonperishable food, sheets and towels, and other supplies into three 40-foot Matson containers at the Lighthouse Outreach Center church in Waipahu on Tuesday, marking the start of a local disaster relief effort for victims of Cyclone Evan in Samoa.

Help Save Samoa, an organization led by Afimutasi Gus Hannemann, a Hawaii Kai resident who is a former American Samoa legislator, will be accepting donations of money, food, clothing and other supplies to benefit families and villages in the island nation devastated by the Dec. 13 storm. HOW TO HELP Login for more...