Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 9, 1 September 2012 — DONATION DRIVE NETS SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 2 CHARTER SCHOOLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DONATION DRIVE NETS

SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR 2 CHARTER SCHOOLS

Two Hawaiian-focused charter schools reaped 10 boxes eaeh of donated school supplies as the 2012-2013 school year got underway. Hālau Lōkahi and Hālau Kū Māna received a variety of classroom necessities, like pencils, glue, scissors, crayons, markers, construction paper, folder paper, three-ring binders, composition notebooks, spiral notebooks and manila folders. The drive was made possible through a partnership between OHA's Education lnitiative and Hui 'Ōiwi, the Hawaiian club at Honolulu Community College, whieh delivered the supplies to the schools on Aug. 8. Here, OHA's Charene Haliniak, left, is pictured with phneipal Mahina Duarte of Hālau Kū Māna at the school's Makiki campus, where students showed their appreciation with a Hawaiian oli for the drive's organizers, including Haliniak, OHA's Aliee Silbanuz and Hui 'Ōiwi's Una Flux, Mia Leota, JaimeLyn Acevedo, Chasity Brianna Guzman, Dianna Asuasu and Melissa Tupa. - Photo:Alice Silbanuz