Volunteers celebrated Earth Day with HUGS children in Kapolei. Earth and Environment was the theme for all activities Tammy read with young children, Liz coordinated the youth Trivia Challenge and Len provided each child with their very own watermelon seed packet to take home and care for. The children were also treated with the WONDERFUL WORM PUDDING!!! So ONO!!!! It was a fun and educational evening. Thank you Audrey for the opportunity to visit with the kids. GO! READ HUGS
During the Month of March, Ohana100 volunteers read to programs around the island of Oahu. Ms. Sandra read to 1st graders at Mokapu Elementary at Kaneohe Marine Corp Base. She always brings the characters in her stories to life. In Honolulu, Aunty Rose read to kids at Lanakila Head Start. Oh! What a Wonderful day it was to sing Happy Birthday! These are just a few of our volunteers who are making a big difference in the lives of Hawaii's kids every month. GO! READ
On Monday, Feb 27th Ohana100 volunteers Ms. Kathy and Catherine visited head start kids at Kailua EL. They kids were very excited to hear stories about a dinosaur and a hen. Ms. Kathy will get to visit to Kailua once a month to share more wonderful stories. GO! READ Kailua EL
On Friday, February 24th volunteers visited families at the Kahuku EL Library where they read and distributed books to kids .
On Thursday, February 23rd Ohana100 volunteers read to Lehua ELGrades K, 1, 2, 3 & 4 and also gifted books to the entire student body to take home. IT was a wonderful experience for our volunteers to visit each classroom and share their special stories. Thank you Ms. Chan for coordinating this special visit. GO! READ Lehua EL
On Thursday, January 12th volunteer Ms. Lauren read with Kainalu Head Start students. The kids are excited to hear that Ms. Lauren will visit their class regularly. GO! READ Kainalu HS
On Wednesday, January 11th, Seven of Ohana100 Ambassadors read and distributed books to over 300 kids in Grades K and 1 at Ewa Elementary School. It was a great way to kick off the new year. Students and staff presented each volunteer with a warm aloha and a flower lei. Thank You Ms. Melody for coordinating this day. GO! READ Ewa EL
On Tuesday, January 10th and Thursday, January 12th, Ohana100 Ambassadors read with and distributed books to over 100 children in Grades K and 1 at Palolo Elementary school. The children were happy to hear the wonderful stories. Beginning this semester, Ms. Lacy will visit the kids once a month. GO! READ Palolo EL
On Monday, January 9th Ohana100 read with families at the Salvation Army Women's Way program. Each family were presented with a gift basket filled with books and a stuffed animal to take home to enjoy and to read with their child. GO! READ Women's Way
On Thursday, January 5th Ohana100 GO! READ volunteers met with families, read with and distributed books to kids in Waianae to support the Child & Family Service Heathy Families program. Thanks to Ms. Felicia for coordinating this event. GO! READ Waianae Kids
During the month of December Ohana100 volunteers spread the joy of giving to over 1,000 children across the Island of Oahu and Maui/Lanai/Molokai. They read to over 800 students every month since September, sharing special stories and especially during the holidays. The children of from these programs (HCAP- Head Start, PACT- Early Head Start and Head Start, Diamond Head Keiki Center, Mary Jane House, Pauoa Elementary Kindergarteners, CFS- Oahu and MEO- Early Head Start and Head Start) were able to go home with books for the holidays! Mele Kalikimaka to all! GO! READ
All of KDWT HAWAII Ohana celebrated Family Volunteer Day by preparing holiday gifts for 30 programs throughout the State of Hawaii for over 1,000 kids. Thank you to James, Bell and Ms. Karen S. for donating a combined total of over 160 new stuffed animals for part of the gifts to kids for the holidays. Mahalo to all our Ohana (Ancheta, Andres, Bantolina, Cacatian, Fines, Ilar, Kaaiwela, Pachico, Peralta, Scharfenstein, Soriano, and Sullivan) for being part of this special day!
Thank you to all our Ohana volunteers!!! You All Make A World Of Difference!
Happy Thanksgiving To Everyone!
KDWT Ambassador Catherine read to kids around the Island of Oahu during the month of August and early September. She shared the importance of reading everyday and everywhere. Below: Catherine read to kids on the east side of the island at Koko Head HS. Just as the story was getting exciting, an alarm went off that cut story time. No worries! Catherine plans to return again, with another cool story to read with the kids. GO! READ Koko Head
Catherine read to kids on the West side of Oahu, heading towards the North Shore, to Wailua and Kunia Head Start programs. The kids were very good listeners. GO! READ Wailua & Kunia
Catherine read to Mokapu El 2nd Graders and KMCB HS on the Windward side. She read to kids Kaewai, Puuhale EL and KPT PACT kids in Kalihi. While on the Leeward Coast, she read to Kaimiloa EL HS and Waipahu Community HS and Kaimiloa HS.
With our GO! READ project, Catherine dedicated part of her summer to promoting literacy. She helped to prep and organize book distributions. She also read to over 500 kids since the beginning of the 2016. She hopes to expand her reach and read to more kids on the other Hawaiian Islands and to kids in New York. Great Job Catherine! GO! READ
On August 23rd, KDWT Ambassador Catherine saw a few familiar faces. She read stories to the kids and some parents were able to join this storytime. You could tell that the kids enjoyed the story as they leaned forward with OOHS! and AHHS! They especially loved their new book. GO! READ Wailua HS
On this day August 22, all Head Start programs on the Waianae Coast received books. Ohana100 read and distributed books to kids at Nanakuli and Keiki Country Head Start. So nice to visit with the kids. Everyone greeted us with lots of Aloha. The kids enjoyed the stories, especially their new book.
On Monday, August 15th Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO) program received books for their entire program (servicing Maui, Molokai and Lanai). Maui kids were also treated to story time with Ms. Fran and Ms. Liz. Just down the road, Lihikai School grades K, 1, and 2 also received books.
Below: On Monday, August 15th MEO Staff Lydia Jaoa picked up books from Ohana100 Volunteer pilot Mr. Joe who transported over 1,000 books to Molokai and Maui. Thank you Joe for your time and service. Also Thank You to Ms. Amaral for coordinating the pick up of books for both islands. GO! READ MEO
On Thursday, August 18th Ohana100 volunteers gets 140 books to kids at Kauai Child & Family Service Program. King Kaumualii Elementary was the first stop on the island . Ohana100 distributed over 640 books to the entire school. Ms. Karen, Ms. Fran and Catherine read to 300 students in grades K, 1 and 2. GO! READ Kaumualii
Ohana100 continues to support the Mary Jane House (MJ House) and PACT- Big Island for the second year, visiting the programs on August 17.
MJ House does a lot for mothers and their young child. Books and reading provides comfort for many of them. GO! READ MJ House
Big Island PACT provides support to children in Puna, Hilo, Keaau, Mt. View, Hawaiian Beaches, all over the island. KPT staff helped to ship books over the them. Thank you KPT Staff and GO! READ Big Island PACT
KDWT Ambassadors and GO! Read Senior Volunteers participated in GO! READ distributions throughout the state of Hawaii. The first Fall Giving started with Kalakaua MS.
On Wednesday, August 11th Kalakaua MS jump started the school year and rallied their kids to get excited about reading with their AR Program. Mr. Hamilton ignited the room with the reading battle between grade levels. For the 2nd year, Ohana100 provided free new books to help support their AR program.
As part of our GO! READ Challenge students that showed improvement and excelled were recognized and awarded with two books each. Keep up the great work! GO! READ Kalakaua MS
Ohana100 Adult and Youth (KDWT Ambassadors) volunteers met to plan for Fall activities for the new school year. The youths stamped books for upcoming Fall Book Givings.
On Thursday, May 19th Ohana100 volunteers Mr. Kawika and Ms. Fran surprised children in the Koolau Coast of Oahu. Kahuku EL grades K and 1st children were thrilled about taking home a book. GO! READ Kahuku EL
What a beautiful day! Volunteers continued the giving of books at Hauula EL grades K, 1 and Head Start. Kids waited patiently on the lawn to receive their books. GO! READ Hauula
Since March, Ohana100 volunteers has read monthly to 280 children, from Jefferson HS, Kaewai EL K, 1 Classes & HS, Kaiulani HS, Kauluwela HS, Kipapa HS, Pauoa El K classes & HS and Salt Lake HS. In May, every child at each program were able to go home with a book, just in time for summer break.
Ohana100 would not be possible without the support of our volunteers. Ohana100 volunteers were celebrated with special luncheon for their hard work in promoting literacy in Hawaii.
On Tuesday, May 10th nearly 80 children in grades K, 1 and Head Start were read to and gifted free books from our dedicated volunteers Catherine, David and Sand. GO! Read Kaewai
On Monday, May 9th KDWT Ambassador Catherine read to children at Salt Lake Head Start and to celebrate Teacher's Appreciation Day, she gifted Ms. Ver with books for her class library. On Thursday, Ms. Lois read and gifted the entire class with their very own book. GO! READ Salt Lake
On Saturday, April 9th KDWT West Oahu did some spring cleaning and baked goods. They coordinated a garage sale to raise funds for the purchase books for kids in need.
