House offers hope for women leaving prison

The transitional Beacon of Hope House in Kailua is set to open next month

By Pat Gee

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 23, 2013

~~<p>Daphne Hookano, a former addict once convicted of selling drugs, and the Rev. Sam Cox, a soft-spoken Methodist minister, come from different backgrounds but share the same vision of transforming the lives of women once they leave prison.</p>
<p>They met and hit it off three months ago when Cox decided to donate his former Kailua home as a transition house for women released from the Women's Community Correctional Center, calling it the Beacon of Hope House, he said in an interview. Hookano was recommended to him as a program facilitator.</p>
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Daphne Hookano, a former addict once convicted of selling drugs, and the Rev. Sam Cox, a soft-spoken Methodist minister, come from different backgrounds but share the same vision of transforming the lives of women once they leave prison.

They met and hit it off three months ago when Cox decided to donate his former Kailua home as a transition house for women released from the Women's Community Correctional Center, calling it the Beacon of Hope House, he said in an interview. Hookano was recommended to him as a program facilitator. SUNRISE SERVICE Login for more...