February Updates

We have applied for non-profit 501c3 status! Cross your  fingers!  

We received a generous donation of $200.00 worth of Itunes gift cards!  Maui District Speech Language Pathologists met in February and one received a $50.00 card to further her work with children with communication deficits.   We have 3 more cards yet to distribute.  

Debra Morrill, John Mills,. Jennifer Lynn are supporting the Kalama ILC Garden Project.  Hear it from Debra: Jennifer Lynn & I  have been back to the Kalama Intermediate School Garden twice this week.  Dr. John donated hoes, rakes, gloves, digging & weeding tools, compost, and seeds to the kids and they ROCKED their garden! In 30 minutes, with all six kids working, the garden was transformed! Weeds were almost gone, and beets and HUGE tomatoes were harvested. Today we formulated a plan for the next 2 weeks while I’m on the mainland... they’ll be harvesting more beets and planting green beans, bok choy, sunflowers, and possibly sugar snap peas in the beds they’ll prepare with fresh compost. Teacher Michelle Arnold is AWESOME... As are the kids... It’s so much FUN!!! LOVE it.....xoxxo Deb

The KKHS Smoothie Project got off to an amazing start.  Let me have teacher Mara Murphy tell you in her own words:

   I am happy to report that we sold 150 smoothies on our first day!!!  We opened shop on Friday, and it went better than I thought it would.  Our students were so excited.   We are putting together an envelope of thank you cards this week.  I want to send pictures as well, and didn't have time to take them on Friday.   Thanks again for your donation, it would not have been possible to do this without it. Steve made this process very easy by giving us the idea and the outline.    We have some kinks to work out in the next few weeks, but the business part of it will be easy.  It was finding the money to get started that was the hardest part of this process.  Again, thanks so much for thinking of us.  We are all so excited and can't wait to see how this does long term.   Mara