Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 1, 1 January 1988 — Alu Like NHLSP Gets New Van [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Alu Like NHLSP Gets New Van

hi the true spirit of the holidays, the Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor presented a 1988 Ford Aerostar van to the Alu Like Ine. Native Hawaiian Library Services Project in November.

Lynne Waihee, Hawaii's first lady and honorary chair of the Governor's Council on Literacy, observed the presentation at the Honolulu Inlemalional" Country Club. The gift of the van was made possible by various fundraising efforts of the Pearl Harbor club, according to chapter president Steve Moore.

NHLSP is an outreach program of Alu Like ine. I he van will be used by the administrative branch to support literacy awareness and literacy tutoring activities on Oahu, including taking books and tutors to literacy workshops. The library project encourages the communities' use of available public and private library resources for individuals and groups. Speaking before the Rotary Club of Pearl Harbor at

their weekly meeting, Mrs. Waihee expressed gratitude at the club's efforts to help Hawaii literacy. "As a teacher, she said, "literacy is a cause very dear to me." Mike Tancayo, president of the Board of Directors of Alu Like ine. thanked the Pearl Harbor chapter. "For the abundance we receive," he said, "mahalo nui loa." According to Tancayo, the van is the first gift of its kind to Alu Like ine., a private, nonprofit community based system for Hawaiian eeonomie and social selfsufficiency.

Attending the ceremonies with Mrs. Waihee and Tancayo were Mahealani Merryman, Administrator for the NHLSP; Gard Kealoha, Public Information Officer; and Patricia Boyd-Rivera, Outreach Coordinator, NHLSP. In addition to her teaching experience, Mrs. Waihee's other efforts in reading and literacy include her involvement with the Multiple Sclerosis Read-a-thon and her role as chair of the Public Library Card campaign.

Hawaii First Lady Lynne Waihee, center, accepts keys to 1988 Ford Aerostarvanon behalf of the Alu Like ine. Native Hawaiian Library Services Project. Also pictured f rom left to right are Alu Like officials Mahealani Merryman, Miehael Tancayo, Mrs. Waihee, Steve Moore, president of the Pearl Harbor Rotary Club and Ken McNutt, Rotary's vice president of Community Services.

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