People Helping People in Oahu, Hawaii

Honolulu Star Bulletin newspaper article "First Friday party will raise money for Aloha alumni" page A6 5/1/08."The public can help raise funds to help jobless former employees of Aloha Airlines who need emergency medical assistance by attending a "First Friday block party"..."in the area fronting Murphy's Bar & Grill. Nuuanu and Merchat streets will be sectioned off for the 6-10 P.M. fundraiser. Live entertainment will be provided, and Aloha Airlines memorabilia and T-shirts will be on sale. Aloha Airlines filed for bankruptcy March 20 and shut down paassenger service Arpil 1, (2008) leaving thousands of employees suddenly without jobs. The monthly First Friday Chinatown arts event, sponsored by the city, is organizing the block party with support from
Don and Marion Murphy, the Lokahi Giving Project, KHON2 and other donors." For more information:
For information, contact Capt. Bill Johnson (ret.) at 291-2476; Na'i McCarthy at 781- 3716; Chris Opiopio at 428-1817; or Carol Yamada at 391-8856. (From HONOLULU ADVERTISER.COM :http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080425/GETPUBLISHED/80425070
"Posted on: Friday, April 25, 2008
'Aloha for Aloha' block party set for Friday, May 2"
Update 7/1/08 with some good news for former Aloha Airlines employees. $72,049 was raised as of the article by Suzanne Roig.

Hawaii Tokai International College will have a da of yoga practice, "A Yoga Marathon for Peace fundraiser ". Participants are encouraged to collect pledges to cover the $108.00 attendance fee of which 80% of the proceeds will go to the Institute for Human Services and Hawaii Helping the Hungry Have Hope. There will be performances by the Institute for Human Services' kids yoga classes and the kids of Uke N8ture. For more information contact:
Debbie Azama at dazamapark@hotmail.com or
Maria Steele at mariasteele@msn.com. Now isn't that nice of them to help out Hawaii!

I don't own my own computer, yet. I use the public library computers for right now. Every year, the public library has a book sale by The Friends of the Library. I found some very good videos I enjoy for just a dollar. In your community public library's book sale is worth going to to find some great bargains that will surprise you!
Friends of the Library annual book sale is on now. This is where you can get economical books, some very rare editions, and is the announcer for summer here in Hawaii. Hawaii has eight island and six are inhabitalbe. One sleepy little island is Molokai. Molokai in Hawaii, has been a very hard hit community for job losses. Life goes on, and people can get help. To help people who are laid-off, in the private and public sector "alohaatheart.com"HelpingHands.org is there for Molokai and Oahu. There is a Helping Hands for worldwide help HelpHandsWorldide.com where many can get help from disaster relief too. Helping Hands.org to help disabled veterans too.
There is a Helping Hands Foundation to help pepole in need. ..."In the span of one month, four companies_Molokai Ranch, Aloha Airlines, ATA airline and Weyerhaeuser Co. in Hawaii_all announced they would close permanentaly, sending 2,362 Hawaii employees into the job market."...from "There are just no jobs on Molokai by Suzanne Roig.

Just when you think that the world is cruel, you read an article or hear on television news that someone is doing nice things for someone else. It warms your heart to know that though the world seems bad, it isn't so bad because of people like you who are kind and helpful. The Annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk is under way in May. Being a professional I am a searcher for scholarships for emiritus education. The annual Oahu Nursery Growers Association has their plant sale and some of it is for scholarships too! Cool! A celebrity who does a lot for charities is a>. Another very kind charitable organization is the Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc. To check for Hawaii's charities go to Hawaii Charity Charitable Organizations Directory. People helping people in Hawaii warms your heart and gives the world a glow of hope.

This past Sunday in the Dining Out Section (5/17/09) of the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper, there was a very touching story about Janell Araki. Chai's Island Bistro Restaurant at Aloha Tower Marketplace is holding a funding for Janell Araki to help her with her medical expenses. Makaha Sons and Jake Shimabukuro will be entertaining at the benefit. For more information call (808) 585-0011. Donations for Janell Araki can be sent to: Friends and Family of Janell Araki
P. O. Box 6477
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
Attn: Janell Araki
There is the People Helping People Network too.

The Bacon Brothers actor Kevin Bacon and Michlel Bacon and 95 other people hiked 14,110 foot Pikes Peak to raise money for a cancer charity foundation, "Love Hope Strength Foundation. The Bacon Brothers performed live three songs at the mountain, Pikes Peak. The "Love Hope Strength Foundation has held fundraising concerts to raise money and awareness about bone marrow cancers, at Machu Picchu in Peru and Mount Everest too.

Businesses too have a heart for the world. There are many business who have helped and are continuing to help. Every time I go to McDonalds to grab a bite to eat I drop a little change in their collections boxes as many others give though times are hard.

Bank of Hawaii branches is accepting donations for
Army Sgt. 1st Class Sualauvi Tuimalealiifano who wants his home to be more accessible for the handicapped. He is paralyzed from the neck down from injuries suffered after his army team was ambushed by Taliban fighters in Soughern Afghanistan in 2007. He has reenlisted and is assigned to a work program at U.S. Pacific Command at Camp Smith, here in Hawaii. He is one of the Wounded Warrior of America. Any one who wishes to donate can go down to any Bank of Hawaii here in the State of Hawaii.
The one stop resources for military people, and their famililes is MilitaryOneSource.com.

The Jordan Thomas Foundation helps children get help rebuilding lives. I saw on television about a courageous boy, Jordan Thomas.

Barry Manilow has donated violins to schools in Washington, through his Manilow Music Project. In our Honolulu Advertiser newspaper October 14, 2009 which has lots to read it is so nice to see these articles about how kind people really are! It's so nice that people care!

Hawaii a beautiful place to live and I should know I live in Hawaii. Come and see the different sides of Hawaii; my home is on Oahu. My blog oahuhawaiinow.blogspot.com introduces you to the many different sides of Hawaii. A picture says a thousand words and what better to describe home, Hawaii. Hawaii's history is beautifully told in this timeline by Webmaster P. J. Oda. Hawaii today with the complexity of modern living has been marveled with the universities, hospitals, and more is home to many people.

Have you ever awoken one morning and wondered what can I do today to help the world? There is so much of this beautiful world to preserve. People have worked hard to save the world too. Some of the nicest people saving the world are:
1. United Nations: http://www.unitednations.com they have a site to help feed the world's hungry, give medical help, save forests, help feed and shelter animals, and teach literacy. This site is the hungersite.com/. If you'd like to donate rice to countries freerice.com.
2. The environment has lots of helpful people. One of the helpful people is pickensplan.com/.
There are so many nice people like you who are doing very nice things. So many nice people doing so many nice things that it would take pages of books to fill! When all the nice people get together in the world you'll see that the world is a lot nicer place than you ever knew! Keep up the good work out there.

E pule kakou a day of prayer to help you and your family whatever the need be, tune in and get help with prayer.

Sanctioned by the United Nations as "The Friends of the United Nations" event the Pan-Pacific Festival- Matsuri Hawaii in June 5-7 on Oahu, Hawaii. History of the Pan-Pacific Festival-Matsuri Hawii began in 1980.

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If writers want to help stop world hunger go to: BlogCatalog for their Bloggers Unite for Hunger and Hope.
In Hawaii we have a Hawaii Writers Conference,. We have a quaint way of hanging too it's called 'talk story. We have a Talk Story Conference locally too. More about Hawaii from my blog, oahuhawaiinow.blogspot.com






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