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Dear Bigs, Littles, Family, Friends, and Partners,
We love the above photo of Little Brother Justin and Big Brother Cole exploring the
beautiful island of Oahu together. Do you have a match photo to share? Please send to
your Case Manager and we will feature in our next newsletter. There is nothing better
than seeing photos of our Bigs and Littles out and about having fun together! (speaking
of fun - take a look at the flyer at the end of the newsletter for info about our California
Pizza Kitchen fundraiser on Tuesday, October 20!)
From October 1 - 15 we will be holding a special competition for Bigs and Littles - the
winner will be featured on our annual Thanksgiving mahalo card and the drawing sent
to hundreds of people. Here are the rules:
1. Create a drawing of you and your Big on a white 8.5 x 11 piece of paper – you
can use markers, crayons, colored-pencils, etc.
2. The drawing must include the word "thankful" somewhere
3. Take a photo/scan of the drawing and text/email to your Case Manager by
October 15
4. Make sure not to fold the paper - we'll send you a self-addressed envelope to
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Best of luck to all our matches and happy October!
Dennis Brown
President / CEO
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hawaii Island
We have two new employees on Hawaii Island! Kimberly Liberato will be running
our School-Based program in West Hawaii, while Kamea Wong is our new
Community-Based Case Manager / Match Coach in East Hawaii. We are so
excited to welcome them to the team and can't wait to hear their success stories
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serving youth on the Big Island!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu
Last month we had the opportunity to match four sisters! Uncle Lexter came to
us looking for female role models for his four nieces he is raising...and we found
perfect matches for each! Pictured here is Big Sister Tomeka and Little Sister
Leandrea, Big Sister Kim and Little Sister Laurelle, and Big Sister Miranda and
Little Sister Leizhel. (Not pictured: Big Sister Marisa and Little Sister Lovelle)
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kauai
Congratulations to Kauai Big Sister Summer from Waimea High School for being
awarded the Big Brothers Big Sisters EIH BRAH scholarship. The scholarship will
assist with expenses for Summer’s new adventure as she attends the University
of Hawaii Manoa this fall. Summer served as a Big Sister at Kekaha Elementary
School, where she was instrumental in impacting the lives of keiki for
three years! We wish Summer well in her future endeavors! Here’s a photo of
Summer and her family on the day she received the great news! Special thanks
to all those who donated to this scholarship.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui
On Tuesday, September 22, the Maui Afterschool Mentoring Program kicked off
our series of volunteer trainings starting with Lahainaluna High School. We are
excited to work with our amazing returning Bigs and stoked to have some
motivated and engaged volunteers to add to our ohana. In the training we
discussed expectations of being a volunteer, child safety and potential signs of
child abuse, and how to build relationships with Littles. It was fun, informative, and
got everyone in the mentoring spirit!
Mahalos
On September 24 the Finance Factors
Foundation hosted a golf tournament
benefitting Big Brothers Big Sisters
Hawaii, which raised $20,000 to support
our mentoring programs! We are so
thankful for everyone at Finance Factors
for their partnership and support of our
keiki!
We are proud to recognize Maui's Big
Brother Edgar for his TWELVE YEAR
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commitment to his Littles Lawrence and
Gregory (pictured on their first match
meeting and then at their graduation).
Thanks to the Old Lahaina Luau they
received tickets to the luau, which is
where the match spent their very first
outing together.
A hearty shout out to the Hawaii Lodging
& Tourism Association for presenting
Big Brothers Big Sisters on Kauai, Maui,
and Oahu with grants through the Visitor
Industry Charity Walk events! We are
grateful for your partnership in continuing
to provide mentoring services for
Hawaii's keiki. Pictured here is Kauai's
Case Manager Nicole Cowan receiving
the award from HLTA’s President Mufi
Hanneman, Chairperson of Kauai’s
VICW-Marc Brennor and HLTA-Kauai
Chapter President Christina Gabriel.
Mahalo to Peggy Sue’s who partnered
with Maui Classic Cruisers to host the
20th Annual Peggy Sue’s Classic Car
Show on Sunday, September 27. All
proceeds from the event benefitted Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Maui.
We are so thankful for everyone who
used their Maka'i Card and supported
Foodland's GiveAloha campaign through
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the month of September. Mahalo!
The Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center invited
our Maui team to their monthly
Family Friday event. Little Sister
Mackienze and mom Deanna made
beautiful wired jewelry with sea glass
and beads. Thank you for inviting us
back to your event!
Upcoming Events
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