GoFundMe Fundraiser
To be completely transparent, we've canceled two major fundraising opportunities due to COVID-19. Please know that our staff have been working hard to fight for Hawaii’s lonely children during the crisis and will continue to do so after. We are now asking for your support in helping us fight to keep our staff and to maintain our programs in 14 elementary schools and 11 high schools for the 2020-2021 school year. Please see below the services we have offered for our community and we hope to continue, with your help. Mahalo!
-Micah Ganiron, Mālama Mentors Director
-Micah Ganiron, Mālama Mentors Director
2019-2020 Program Overview
Island-Wide Events
Throughout the year Mālama Mentors offered 3 island-wide events for all mentors and mentees to attend: Christmas Trolleys, Pālolo Chinese Home Christmas Concert and Splash-of-Color at The Salvation Army Kroc Center. We host these events because we believe that spending time together outside of the school environment deepens the friendship mentors and mentees have with each other. Also, many of the children we work with have few resources and do not have many opportunities to engage in extracurricular activities.
Throughout the year Mālama Mentors offered 3 island-wide events for all mentors and mentees to attend: Christmas Trolleys, Pālolo Chinese Home Christmas Concert and Splash-of-Color at The Salvation Army Kroc Center. We host these events because we believe that spending time together outside of the school environment deepens the friendship mentors and mentees have with each other. Also, many of the children we work with have few resources and do not have many opportunities to engage in extracurricular activities.
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Face-to-Face Mentoring
Over 180 high schoolers signed up to become mentors and spend one-on-one time with an elementary student a teacher or counselor nominated in need of extra attention from a caring role model. Mentoring sessions were once a week for an hour at a partner elementary school. |
COVID-19 Online Mentoring
After Spring Break, all public schools across the state transitioned to distance learning in order to abide by the Governor's stay-at-home orders. In turn, our mentoring needed to transition quickly from weekly in-person sessions to weekly virtual sessions. Thankfully, throughout an entire quarter of social isolation, Mālama Mentors was able to continue its mentoring sessions through other platforms such as Zoom, FaceTime, and even phone calls. |
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Summer All-Star Mentors
Mālama Mentors offered a new training series called “All-Star Summer Program” to outstanding mentors from the 2019-2020 Mālama Mentors Program. Head coaches individually chose high-achieving, passionate mentors to be part of this opportunity. Guest speakers led discussions and activities on topics to help mobilize these young leaders to be change-makers in our communities. Our goal was to train these mentors to be outstanding citizens in our community, leaders in their classroom and ready for the workforce in the coming years. |
Title 1 School Supply Drive
Title 1 schools are given federal supplemental funds to assist schools with the highest student concentrations of poverty. With the help of our supporters, we were able to provide to each school close to 100 of each of the following supplies to Title 1 Elementary Schools we are partnered with: folders, composition books, pencils, colored markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue, masks, hand sanitizers, and earbuds. We also partnered with Keiki4Keiki to provide an additional $250 worth of school supplies to Aiea Elementary where 100% of students qualify for Title 1. |
Testimonials
"I feel like it’s been a good social connection, because it actively promotes inclusiveness and respect. "
-Terri, Mom of mentee at Kainalu Elementary School
"My favorite memory I have with Pu'uwai would be his CPAC performance. I was the first one he was looking forward to seeing after the play. No one lei’d him or gave him flowers but I did and he was so happy to see me!
It warmed my heart."
-Emma, Castle High School Mentor
"As the counselor of Kalihi Elementary, I am always open to partnerships that could help create a safe place for our students to grow and learn how to cope with the daily challenges they are facing. I am very thankful for Mālama Mentors. The students from Kalihi Elementary who are in this program have shared nothing but positive feedback with me."
-Ms. Kesi, Kalihi Elementary Counselor
-Terri, Mom of mentee at Kainalu Elementary School
"My favorite memory I have with Pu'uwai would be his CPAC performance. I was the first one he was looking forward to seeing after the play. No one lei’d him or gave him flowers but I did and he was so happy to see me!
It warmed my heart."
-Emma, Castle High School Mentor
"As the counselor of Kalihi Elementary, I am always open to partnerships that could help create a safe place for our students to grow and learn how to cope with the daily challenges they are facing. I am very thankful for Mālama Mentors. The students from Kalihi Elementary who are in this program have shared nothing but positive feedback with me."
-Ms. Kesi, Kalihi Elementary Counselor
