Annual Community Cares event raises funds to help cancer patients, people in need on the Big Island

The 12th annual Community Cares event.
Sukhi Ridgeway, 8, gets her nails painted by nail artist Mika at the ninth annual Community Cares fundraiser at the Kona International Market. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
Kristen Younges gives a massage to a patron at the 10th annual Community Cares fundraiser at the Makaeo Event Pavilion at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
Binti Bailey performs at the 10th annual Community Cares fundraiser at the Makaeo Event Pavilion at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)
Organizer Tiana Steinberg looks at bids placed on silent auction items at the 11th annual Community Cares Event at Makaeo Pavilion. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

KAILUA-KONA — For more than a decade, Community Cares founder Tiana Steinberg has changed the lives of cancer patients on the Big Island, one wig at a time.