2013 Holiday Party in Support of Hawaii's Foster Children and their Families

Cotton candy, balloon art, ornament making, snacks, Kana Kaloka (Santa Claus), lunch, face painting, live music and animals! It was a day of festive liveliness at the annual Holiday Party in support of Hawaii’s foster children and their families!

On Sunday, December 15, The Locations Foundation, supported by Prudential Locations, LLC, joined hundreds of other volunteers at the Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall for a day of Holiday cheer as Child and Family Services of Hawaii hosted their annual Holiday celebration. Hundreds of foster children attended; it’s such a great way for siblings living in different foster homes to reconnect with family and each other during the Holiday season.

In 2008, we volunteered with a cotton candy booth, and we’ve been attending every year since. This year we made over 1500 cotton candy treats! We were absolutely, hands down, the favorite booth at the party. Our line literally never ended, in fact when the party was officially over, volunteers from the other booths came over for a sweet treat before we broke the booth down.

One of the volunteers who works with Family Services told me that every year she brings her own children so they can volunteer and help in some way. Since they are getting older, she thought this year they might not want to attend. When she asked her son, he said, “Is that the party where we can eat as much cotton candy as we want? Then I’m going!”

A big mahalo goes out to the host of Prudential Locations' staff and REALTORS® who participated in the event, including: Sandy Lau, Elizabeth La Riva, Denise Fisher, Heather Arias (and daughter Kaiya), Eve Shere, Linh DePledge, Yvonne Tuihalafatau (and Daniel), Joy Flaherty, Shante Hyatt, Catherine Pumaras, Nancy Nguyen, Jodie Tamaye, Lee Wang, Jonathan Pang, Dolores Bediones, Ada Peroutka, Melvin Leon Guerrero, Shannon Smith, Kumiko Burns, Donna Yamagishi, Gay Sapp, Linda Okita, Greg Mukai, Tammy and Gary Murakami, Sherrie Kuroda, Lisa Cloward and Jesse Gresham.

Jodee Farm (R) Partner

Locations Foundation President 

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