Hawaii Island United Way Campaign Kickoff UH Center, West Hawaii

UH Center, West Hawaii
Hawaii Island United Way Campaign
Kickoff
Sep 19 – Oct 24, 2014
University of Hawaii and the United Way
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Every fall the University of Hawaii participates in the United Way annual
fundraising campaign
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Hawaii Community College is included in this participation but we are
fortunate because the funds we raise go to the Hawaii Island United Way
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The money we donate as part of the United Way fall campaign stays on our
island and is used to support the United Way’s community partners
These are the Hawaii Island United Way Partners
who benefit from the fall HIUW campaign
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Alahou Clean & Sober
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Girl Scouts of Hawaii
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Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of American
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Habitat for Humanity West Hawaii
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Aloha Independent Living Hawaii
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Hamakua Youth Foundation
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American Red Cross
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Hawaii First Community Ventures
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Arc of Hilo
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Hawaii Island Adult Care, Inc.
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Arc of Kona
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Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation
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Salvation Army, Hilo Temple Corps
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Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii
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Hawaii Island Home for Recovery, Inc.
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Salvation Army, Kona Temple Corps
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Big Island Substance Abuse Council
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HOPE Services Hawaii, Inc.
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Three Ring Ranch
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Big Island Wellness Solution
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Hospice of Hilo
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West Hawaii Mediation Center
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Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island
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Kokolulu Farm & Cancer Retreats, Inc.
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Brantley Center, Inc.
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Kona Adult Day Center, Inc.
YWCA Hawaii Island
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Bridge House, Inc.
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Ku’ikahi Mediation Center, Inc.
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CareResource Hawaii
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Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
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Child & Family Service
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Mental Health Kokua
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Family Support Hawaii
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Neighborhood Place of Puna
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Food Basket, Inc.
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PARENTS, Inc.
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Friends of Children’s Justice Center EH
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PATCH – People Attentive to Children
We wanted to do something special to kickoff
the HIUW campaign so we came up with the
HIUW Rice Bucket Challenge
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The way it works is that someone nominates you to
participate in the challenge. You then have a working day
to either donate $120 to the Aloha United Way, that’s $5 a
paycheck, or dump a bucket of rice on your head.
In West Hawaii, everyone was going to
be together for E Imi Pono Day
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We asked for a couple of volunteers at the end of the
day’s activities
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Dr. Marty Fletcher, Director UH Center, West Hawaii and
David Tsugawa, English faculty bravely volunteered
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We talked them into taking the challenge and dumping
the bucket of rice on their head.
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It was great fun!
David Tsugawa, English Faculty took the
challenge…
This was
so much
fun…
Marty Fletcher, Director of the UH Center,
West Hawaii took the challenge…
I cannot
believe I am
doing this …
Where’s the Rice Bucket Now?
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Marty took his rice bucket to Hilo the following Monday for the
Admin meeting where he challenged Vice Chancellor Jason Cifra
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Jason opted to do the ice bucket challenge and passed the rice
bucket on to Chancellor Yamane
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We’re still waiting to hear what she did with the rice bucket
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David Tsugawa passed his rice bucket on to West Hawaii Student
Services
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Most recently, a rice bucket was seen in the hands of Kate Sims
and the UH Center Library & Learning Center
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We also heard Vice Chancellor Joni Onishi has a rice bucket in
her office
What about you?
If you’d like a rice bucket challenge kit, email
sanders@hawaii.edu.
Or save the rice and fill out the HIUW donation form delivered
to your campus mail box. Or access the 2014 State HIUW form
here.
When you help the HIUW, you are supporting our community.
Check out HIUW at http://hiuw.org/
HIUW Campaign Video
http://youtu.be/xIBHIx5CA3c
Mahalo,