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.

GO! READ

Mobilizing volunteers to read to children in early child care programs, schools and community programs in Hawaii, New York and abroad. Children receive free new books, to build their own library at home.

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