Friends of the Library of Hawaii

Promoting and supporting Hawai‘i's public libraries

Give Aloha

 

 

 


You may donate to us at any Foodland
Organization Name: Friends of the Library of Hawai`i
Organization Code #:   77179 

Give Aloha is an annual program through which Foodland directs its charitable giving to the organizations that are important to its customers. All Hawaii 501 (c)(3) organizations are invited to participate each year. During September, Maika`i customers are invited to make a donation of up to $249 (per person, per organization) at checkout to their favorite non-profit organization registered in Give Aloha. Foodland matches a portion of each donation. This year, Foodland and the Western Union Foundation will match each donation up to a total of $250,000 for all organizations combined. Since the program began in 1999, a total of more than $30.9 million has been raised for the community.

Mahalo to Foodland and the Western Union Foundation!!!

Blue Hawaiian Helicopter Golf Ball Drop

Whether you golf or not, here’s your opportunity to support Hawai‘i’s 51 public libraries through the Links to Literacy Golf Tournament and a chance to support your favorite branch in particular.

On the day of the tournament, we will drop up to 1,800 golf balls from a Blue Hawaiian Helicopter over a designated hole at the Kapolei Golf Club! See a video from 2014 (hope for light winds). For a donation of $10, you will be assigned a numbered ball and have a chance to win fabulous prizes! Each of the first five balls into the designated hole will win a prize.

We gave away the $1,000 (plus the $500 to their library of choice) for the past two years!

In addition, you will be able to designate your Hawai‘i library branch of choice to receive $500 should your ball be the first into (at the bottom of) the hole. This is a $500 donation to the designated library in addition to the $1,000 award for the first ball into the hole.

Buy a ball online through the link provided below or call our office (M-F) and contribute by credit card over the phone, (808) 536.4174

How to Participate:

$10 Donation  =    One Ball

You may enter as many times as you’d like!

  • 1st Ball – $1,000
  • 2nd Ball – 50″ LED TV
  • 3rd Ball – $250 Gift Certificate
  • 4th & 5th Balls – $100 Gift Certificates
  • 1st Place Winner’s Library Branch of Choice – $500

Follow the link to Contribute for a Ball – Blue Hawaiian Helicopter Golf Ball Drop 2019  or print the hard copy

You do not need to be present to win. There is no purchase necessary. There is an 1,800 ball limit due to the capacity of the helicopter. Those who do not wish to contribute for a ball may show up at the golf course at 8 a.m. on the day of the tournament to claim a ball and a chance to win. Subject to availability.

Summer Reading Program 2016 Report

The Hawai‘i State Public Library System has released the statistics for the 2016 Summer Reading Programs. These annual programs are the largest program at our Hawai‘i public libraries that are funded primarily by Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i and our sponsors.

The theme this year was Health and Fitness: Mind, Body, and Soul and the programs took place between June 5 and July 16, 2016. Of the over 25,000 residents who registered for the programs, 60% completed the 4 or more weeks for a free book! Look for an even more exciting Summer Reading Program in 2017!

Click here to View and Read the Full Report.

Exercise Your Reading Muscles at the Summer Reading Programs

Readers of all ages can participate in the Hawaii State Public Library System (HSPLS) 2016 Summer Reading Program from June 5 through July 16.  Registration for the free six-week program at public libraries statewide begins on May 31.  Contact your local library for details and guidelines.

 

Participants are encouraged to read at least 20 minutes a day during the program.  Weekly incentives will be provided for their reading effort, which includes a Marcus Mariota READ Poster (11 x 17), while supplies last.  New this year, participants who complete 4 or more weeks will receive a free book!  We are very grateful to Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation for making a donation of Leap Frog books for participating children from babies to grade 5. 

 

“Staying fit includes giving our amazing reading muscles a work out!,” said State Librarian Stacey Aldrich.  “We are encouraging everyone to read at least 20 minutes a day.  For students, it can help prevent the summer reading slide and improve vocabulary.  For families, it’s a great way to spend quality time reading together.  We hope everyone will join and have a fun and reading-fit summer!”

                              

In addition, the program will feature lucky drawings for prizes and performances by artists from the University of Hawaii’s Statewide Cultural Extension Program.  Performance programs will be highlighted on the HSPLS website.

               

For more information about the HSPLS 2016 Summer Reading Program: visit www.librarieshawaii.org, like us atwww.facebook.com/HSPLSHIgov, follow us on www.twitter.com/HSPLSHIgov, or call your local public library.

 

Welcome!

The Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i is a nonprofit organization whose primary objective is to maintain free public libraries in the State of Hawai‘i, to promote extension of library services throughout the State of Hawai‘i and to increase the facilities of the public library system of Hawai‘i by securing materials beyond the command of the ordinary library budget. Other objectives are to focus attention on libraries and to encourage and accept, by bequest or gift, donations of books, manuscripts, money, and other appropriate material that can enrich the cultural opportunities available to the people of Hawai‘i.

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Founded in 1879, Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i has assisted in establishing and sustaining our public libraries over the last 140 years!

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Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Our mission is to support and promote Hawai‘i’s public libraries.

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Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i
501 Sumner Street, Unit 614
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817

Ph:   (808) 536.4174
Fax: (808) 536.5232

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