Community Engagement
Providing support to enhance community programs and groups by sharing knowledge and skills to improve services benefiting children, teachers, and volunteers, as demonstrated through gratitude. Programs include the Literacy Campaign and Promoting Early Literacy.
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
The Ko'olauloa Battle of the Books is an after-school reading program for elementary students in the Kahuku area of Oahu that is organized by the Kahuku Public and School Library.
RB40
RB40 is a Project of the KS Class of 1989 Friends Giving Forward that raises funds for an educational scholarship.
Supporting the Health and Well-being of Women & Children
HUGS (Hawaii)
Ronald McDonald House (Hawaii)
Salvation Army- Women’s Way/Womens in Need & Therapeutic Nursery Program (Hawaii)
Straub Clinic (Hawaii)
Tripler Medical Center Pediatrics and PICU Units (Hawaii)
Catholic Charities of WNY-WIC Programs (Chautauqua, Erie &
Niagara Counties)
Mount St. Mary’s Hospital- Maternity Unit and Emergency Room
Priscilla Project (4x)
Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo- Emergency waiting Room
Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo- Life Program for children with Illness
Supporting Early Childhood Programs that offers early intervention and therapeutic Services
Green Acres School a program of the Heritage Center (Erie County).
Cantalician Center (Erie County)
Family Help Center (Erie County)
New Directions Youth & Family Services @ H.G. Lewis Campus (Niagara
County)
New York State School for the Blind in Batavia, NY (Genesee County)
Building Libraries
Hawaii Literacy- Kuhio Park Terrace & Mayor Wrights Sites
Hawaii National Guard- Youth Academy
Maunalua EL -Molokai, Hawaii
Jericho Road- Vive La Casa Library, Buffalo, NY
Murealando- Havana, Cuba
Turod EL- Turod, Philippines
Early Children Care Programs
Children and Family Services -Kauai, HI
Child & Family Services- Healthy Families Program - Oahu, HI
Diamond Head Keiki Center, HI
Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP)- Head Start and Early Head Start (Oahu)
KCCA Preschools- Muriel, Kuapa, and Mother Rice
Parents and Children Together (PACT) Early Head Start & Head Start on Oahu and the Big Island
Mary Jane House, HI
Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO) Early Childhood Services, HI
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Agri-Business Development Centers - 13 Centers across NY State: Batavia, Fredonia, Holley, Newfane, Florida, Geneva, Goshen, Kingston, Lake Ontario, New Paltz, Middletown Orange County, Red Creek and Seneca Falls.
Cattaraugus and Wyoming Counties Head Start (Warsaw, Salamanca, Franklinville, YMCA- Olean)
Catholic Charities of WNY-WIC Programs (Chautauqua, Erie & Niagara Counties)
Buffalo United Charter School (Erie County)
Bolivar-Richburg Elementary School (Allegany County)
Delevan El
Family Help Center
Family Justice Center
Holley EL
Orleans Outreach Center - Jefferson County, LaFargeville, NY
PS 99 Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center, Erie County, NY
Supporting Farmworkers, Migrant and Seasonal workers
Agri-Business Development Centers - 13 Centers across NY State: Batavia, Fredonia, Holley, Newfane, Florida, Geneva, Goshen, Kingston, Lake Ontario, New Paltz, Middletown Orange County, Red Creek and Seneca Falls.
Supporting Family literacy or Education Nights
AR Program - Kalakaua Middle School
AR Program -Jefferson Middle School
Family Reading Night- Aliiolani Elementary
Family Reading Night- Kaewai Elementary
Family Literacy Night- Webling Elementary
Family Reading Night & AR Program Kalakaua Middle School
Reading Shelf -Heeia Elementary School
DEAR PROGRAM- Newfane Middle School
Family Night - Westminster Charter School (Buffalo, NY)
Reading Night- Delevan Elementary School PTO
Outreach community Events
Apple Festival (Clarence, NY)
Clarence Hollow Scarecrow Festival (Clarence, NY)
Community Volunteer Day- Amherst Senior Center (Amherst, NY)
Healthy Baby Festivals across WNY- Catholic Charities WIC Program
Mommy & Baby EXPO - Mt. St. Mary's Hospital (Lewiston, NY)
WNY Children's Book EXPO- Monkey See Monkey Do (Buffalo, NY)
Make A Difference Day- Oahu Public Libraries, A Points of Light project
Supporting Military Families/Programs
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY
Fisher House @ Tripler Medical Center, HI
Pediatrics and PICU Units @ Tripler Medical Center, HI
Mokapu Elementary, HI
Nimitz Elementary, HI
Ft. Shafter Elementary, HI
Danielle Inouye Elementary, HI
Pearl Harbor Elementary, HI
Supporting Seniors
Amherst Senior Center- Working to secure senior readers.
Asbury Pointe- Retirement Home
Clarence Senior Center- Working to secure senior readers.
Orchard Heights Assisted Living Center
Maluhia Adult Day Care
Tripler Army Medical Center - Center for Aging
Programs Supporting Families
Family and City Courts in Buffalo Child Care Centers
Family Help Center
Family Crisis Center
Family Justice Centers
Niagara Child Protective Services Program
Supporting Farmworkers, Migrant and Seasonal workers
Agri-Business Development Centers - 13 Centers across NY State: Batavia, Fredonia, Holley, Newfane, Florida, Geneva, Goshen, Kingston, Lake Ontario, New Paltz, Middletown Orange County, Red Creek and Seneca Falls.
Early Children Care Programs
Children and Family Services -Kauai, HI
Child & Family Services- Healthy Families Program - Oahu, HI
Diamond Head Keiki Center, HI
Honolulu Community Action Program (HCAP)- Head Start and Early Head Start (Oahu)
KCCA Preschools- Muriel, Kuapa, and Mother Rice
Parents and Children Together (PACT) Early Head Start & Head Start on Oahu and the Big Island
Mary Jane House, HI
Maui Economic Opportunity (MEO) Early Childhood Services, HI
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Agri-Business Development Centers - 13 Centers across NY State: Batavia, Fredonia, Holley, Newfane, Florida, Geneva, Goshen, Kingston, Lake Ontario, New Paltz, Middletown Orange County, Red Creek and Seneca Falls.
Cattaraugus and Wyoming Counties Head Start (Warsaw, Salamanca, Franklinville, YMCA- Olean)
Catholic Charities of WNY-WIC Programs (Chautauqua, Erie & Niagara Counties)
Buffalo United Charter School (Erie County)
Bolivar-Richburg Elementary School (Allegany County)
Delevan El
Family Help Center
Family Justice Center
Holley EL
Orleans Outreach Center - Jefferson County, LaFargeville, NY
PS 99 Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center, Erie County, NY