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Alternate Energy is the title sponsor of Oahu's Bowl for Kids' Sake for the 4th year in a row - we are so excited and grateful! Is everyone ready to get your groove on at the Disco Bowl in 2016?
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Mahalo to the sponsors of Maui's 2015 Gingerbread House Celebration:
Lollipop Sponsor: Aloha Sheet Metal
Lemon Drop Sponsors: Aloha International, Maui Brewing Company, Maui Electric, Enterprise Holdings
Gum Drop Sponsors: Central Pacific Bank, Hale Mahaolu, Dorvin D. Leis, Savers
Donations: Bob & Tess Cartright, Edgar Tomas
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Our gratitude goes out to The Hawaii Community Foundation, County of Kaua'i Fund, Annie Sinclair Knudsen Memorial Fund, Richard Smart Fund, and Kent & Polli Smith Family Fund who recently awarded grants to our programs on Kauai and Hawaii Island. Thank you for the opportunity to continue to impact our keiki and communities.Your unwavering support and belief in our mission is appreciated! (pictured here is Big Sister Christina and Little Sister Anuhea from our Hilo Union site)
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We are so grateful to those who sponsored Thanksgiving dinner for our matches on Oahu: Edna Halemano and her family, Wayne Hirakawa, Paul Hirakawa, Mrs. Lee 2nd grade class and Mrs. Tupper's 4th grade class at Nu'uanu Elementary, and Lara Sniffen and her children who are in those respective classes.
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Haleakala Skyline Eco-Adventures donated passes for our Maui matches to enjoy the zipline - mahalo!
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BIG mahalos to Big Sister Caren Kusaka for arranging for matches to meet each other with a day of fishing, crabbing and picnicking on Oahu last month.
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Mahalo to Kauai United Way for giving Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kauai the opportunity to participate and assist in their Annual Walk-A-Thon held on October 31. It was an early but fun morning!
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Thank you Teri Edmonds from If the Shoe Fits for starting up the shoe drive again this year. Her goal is to collect 13,000 shoes to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui to keep them out of the landfill!
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Kualoa Ranch hosted a horsemanship clinic match activity last month. Most of our Bigs and Littles had never been around a horse before so it was a very fun day. Mahalo, Kualoa Ranch!
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We go bananas for bananas! Hilo Food Basket donates a weekly banana box for our East Hawaii Island matches to enjoy during afterschool mentoring sessions. Our Bigs and Littles are grateful for a healthy snack!
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Thank you to Savers for donating costumes and Edgar Tomas for donating goodie bags that included flash lights and candy for all of the attendees of Maui's spooky Halloween event last month!
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YOUR KOKUA MAKES A DIFFERENCE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii is proud to be partnering with Subaru Hawaii this holiday season for the Subaru Hawaii Share The Love campaign, which donates $250 to a pre-determined list of local nonprofits for every Subaru vehicle sold between November 1 and December 31. We are one of the lucky nonprofits selected for this generous donation.
In addition, an online contest encouraging the public to vote for their favorite participating nonprofit will be held on SubaruHawaii.com where we can win an additional $5,000 if we get the most votes!
All you have to do is go online to SubaruHawaii.com between November 1 and December 31, 2015 and vote for us. You can vote once a day, so please make sure to bookmark the page and vote every day!
It just takes a few seconds of your time — your kokua can help us win and continue to strengthen our programs that ultimately make a positive impact on so many local island communities.
Remember, visit SubaruHawiai.com every day and vote for Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii.
Mahalo nui for sharing the love!
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