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As the end of summer break nears, it’s a time to prepare for new beginnings— in- cluding back-to-school efforts.
they need to succeed.
The Salvation Army Hilo Tem-
highlighters, school boxes, paper towels, pencils, pencil pouches, pens (black, blue and red), portfo- lios, rulers, scissors, small calcu- lators, and wide-rule binder paper.
JULY 20, 2022 HAWAI‘I ISLAND MIDWEEK 3
Support Salvation Army’s Back-to-school Supply Drives
By Capt. Raghel Santiago, corps officer with The Salvation Army Kona Corps
My husband, Capt. Jose Santi- ago, and I are honored to serve as corps officers for The Salvation Army’s Kona Corps. We also work closely with Envoy Gary Todd, who oversees The Salvation Ar- my’s Honoka‘a Corps, and Capts. Sam and Felicia LeMar, corps of- ficers for The Salvation Army’s Hilo Temple Corps.
ple Corps, located at 219 Pon- ahawai St., is collecting school supply donations until July 29. Donations can be dropped off 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. To drop off a donation, call 808-935- 1277. The Salvation Army Kona Corps, located at 75-223 Kalani St., is collecting back-to-school supplies until Aug. 14. Donations can be dropped off 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. For more in- formation, contact Capt. Raghel at 808-326-2330 or email raghel. santiago@usw.salvationarmy.org.
Our Hawai‘i Island social ser- vices programs include at-risk youth services and housing; food distribution and feeding programs; family thrift stores in Hilo, Hono- ka‘a and Kailua-Kona; homeless services; and religious services and programs. Last year in Hawai‘i, we provided over 1 million meals.
We all encourage our island communities to support our back- to-school supply drives to help keiki in need. With the cost of back-to-school items being out of reach for many Hawai‘i Island families, our goal is to help make sure each keiki has the supplies
Requested items include back- packs (most needed), colored markers, colored pencils, compo- sition notebooks, crayons, eras- ers, facial tissue, glue, glue sticks,
For more details about The Sal- vation Army’s various back-to- school supply drives, or to make monetary donations to support the efforts, visit schoolsupplyhawaii. org and follow us on Facebook.
Wishing our island keiki a blessed school year!
Volunteers help sort back-to-school supplies before the 2021 distribution at The Salvation Army Kona Corps. PHOTOS COURTESY THE SALVATION ARMY KONA CORPS
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