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Dear Bigs, Littles, Family, Friends, and Partners,

Summer is coming to a close and our afterschool mentoring sites are getting ready to kick-off a brand new year of mentoring fun! Know a high school student or adult who is interested in meeting once a week with a Little Brother or Little Sister? Contact Tyler Kurashige at tkurashige@bbbshawaii.org for more information about our School-Based mentoring programs across the state.

On Oahu we have a special online mentoring program for teens called the Holomua Program. Community mentors correspond with teens at Castle High School through weekly email prompts and meet in person once a month to do fun activities. The goal of this one-of-a-kind mentoring program is better college/career readiness for our students. Interested in learning more? Contact Bridgitte Daniel at bdaniel@bbbshawaii.org.

Wishing everyone a positive and productive start to a new school year,

Dennis Brown
President / CEO

PS. Missed previous editions? Click here for more Big & Little Scoops.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hawaii Island

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hawaii Island participated in the Hawaii Island United Partner Agency Fair at Prince Kuhio mall last Saturday. Each organization had a table with materials and an activity for kids to complete to get a stamp in their keiki passports. Mahalo to our outstanding volunteers Ka'iu and Crystal for helping represent our School-Based program with a smile!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu

On August 15th and 22nd over 1500 bowlers came together to Bowl For Kids' Sake at the "Revenge of the Nerds" Bowl presented by Alternate Energy! We are so thankful to all our sponsors for helping us raise over $250,000 for our mentoring programs! See below for a list of our generous partners. We are thankful for each and every one of you!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kauai

We welcome our newest Community-Based match to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kauai! Here’s Big Sister Nicole and Little Sister Trachelle during their very first match meeting on August 17th. They are off on a new journey of exciting adventures!

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui

Little Brother Ka’eo surprised his Big Brother Brian at his workplace to present him with the Big Brother of the Year Award on Maui. Brian was definitely caught off guard and all of his co-workers were impressed with what he’s been doing! The pair has been matched since January 2013 and has lots of adventures yet to come. Mahalo Brian!

Mahalos

BIG MAHALOS to everyone who supported the Revenge of the Nerds Bowl For Kids' Sake on Oahu - whether you were a Big, Little, parent, partner, sponsor, bowler, vendor, MC, or volunteer! Because of YOU we have been able to raise over $250,000 and are still going strong! Click the Honolulu Star-Advertiser ad to the left to visit the event website and THANK YOU to everyone for supporting our mentoring programs!

Huge shout out to Business Manager Brian Ahakuelo and his IBEW Local 1260 team for featuring Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kauai on their “Living 808” segment with Taizo Braden and Trini Kaopuiki. We are grateful for their partnership and the many community service projects that their members at KIUC and Manu Kai on Kauai are involved in. Thank you for caring about Kauai’s keiki! Click the image for a link to the television segment.

Atlantis Submarine donated a gift certificate to the Lucky Ticket Draw at Maui's Bowl For Kids' Sake. Here's a picture of Big Sister Hoku and Little Sister Litty who enjoyed the ride/tour last Saturday. Mahalo Atlantis Submarine!

Mahalo to Aloha United Way for inviting our Oahu staff to help them kick off the 2015 campaign on Friday, August 28th! Don't forget to use #96090 to donate to Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii!

Big Brothers Big Sisters is honored that Grove Farm Co. Team continues to be a huge supporter of our mission of serving Kauai’s keiki. During the annual Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair held August 13th -16th, Grove Farm included us in their flyers and informational section of their booth to help us recruit more Bigs and Littles! Mahalo Grove Farm!

Big mahalos to all our matches who helped fundraise for the "Revenge of the Nerds" Bowl For Kids' Sake! You all are the BEST! Special shout-out to Big Brother Brice and Little Brother Larry who raised over $1,000 selling shave ice at Waianae Mall and hosting car washes at Wainae Store during the month of August! You're an inspiration to us all!

Mahalos

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