HONOLULU, HAWAII. “MAHALO” Walmart for your support and generous donation towards our mission in getting books to children in Hawaii. GO! READ
HONOLULU, HAWAII. Ohana100’s youth volunteers had a great time reading with children at Aliiolani’s semester Family Reading Night on Friday, October 26th. GO! READ Ali’iolani EL
Ohana100 provided support to Fisher House Annual 8K Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk and Roll for military families at the Ford Island. Volunteer Beth helped to collect water and she also participated in the race.
Twice a month, Ohana100 volunteer Rose L. spends time with the children/families staying at Fisher House- Tripler Medical Center.
HONOLULU, HAWAII. WE GOT OUR ALOHA BOOKS! Recipients from across the islands shared some photos. Enjoy!
HONOLULU, HAWAII. ALOHA BOOKS INAUGURAL EVENT was held @ PAUOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL on AUGUST 10, 2018. Ohana100’s newest project gifted a free new book to kindergartners at charter and public schools throughout the State of Hawaii. It also provided books to children in Head Start and social services programs throughout the state.
We dedicated the Aloha Books Project in remembrance of Senator Daniel Akaka who was an educator, a proud public servant and our grandfather. He believed strongly in the importance of literacy and the value of a good education.
Mahalo to all our partners and volunteers who worked very hard to process and deliver Aloha Books to children across the State of Hawaii.
Mahalo to our friends at Simon & Schuster for believing in our literacy mission! Mahalo to Grant Kogami - HCAP for donating space to house and process the 20,000 Aloha Books. Mahalo to Dale Arakaki and all Pahoa Staff for hosting our 1st Aloha Books Kick-off Event. Thanks to Walmart stores for transporting books to the neighbor islands. Mahalo to Heinz and Joe for flying books to Maui. Mahalo to host sites Stacy Brown -Family Support Hawaii on the Big Island, Jason Yoshida - King Kaumualii EL on Kauai and Rosa Stone - Lihikai EL on Maui who provided support and deliveries of books on the ground in the neighbor islands.
Mahalo to our Ohana100 Team! Mary Akaka, Gabrielle Alo, Cody Ancheta, Esmenio & Roselily Andres, Dale Arakaki, Stacy Brown, Lynn Cabato, Theresia Charley, Frenchie Coffinet-Smith, Heinz deCouet, Heidi Fowler, Christy Furukawa, Tiana Ganiko, Lena Goto, HCAP Staff, Bryan & Charmaine Ilar, Beth Ismail, Sheena Juliano, Joe Kiefer, Grant Kogami, Tiare Lando, Rose Leong, Catherine Mattson, Courtney Mattson, David Mattson Sr., Aaron Mahi, Patricia Munoz, Stephanie Okabe, Patricia Oshiro, PAUOA EL Faculty, Staff & Parents, Lyra Panarigan, Julian Ramirez, Karen Scharfenstein, Victoria Soriano, Rosa Stone, Sandra Taga, Lois Tagami, Curren Tagami, Karen Tengan, Kayla Ueshiro, Walmart Stores- Hilo, Kona, Maui & Kauai, Jason Yoshida, Alyssa Young, Natalie Young & Yasmine Young.
Hawaii volunteers celebrated another successful year of service in Honolulu. MAHALO for all that you do for Hawaii Keiki's and THANK YOU for being part of our Ohana Team!!
Hawaii Team services 65 sites and reads with over 1,100 kids every month.
KAUAI, HAWAII. Frenchie took to the air to deliver books for kids at Child & Family Service- Kauai and King Kaumualii Elementary School. Alumni Sheena read with the kindergartners. Thank you both for traveling to Kauai and making it possible for the children to get their books!
Dr. David Mattson connected with students grades 9 to 11 at Kamehameha Schools, sharing his path and motivation to pursue medicine.
