Thursday, May 10, 2018
Special edition
benefi ts PACT programs
Today’s edition of the
Tribune-Herald is dedicated
to Keiki Day.
What’s Keiki Day?
The annual charity event, now
in its fourth year on Hawaii Island,
benefits family service agency
Parents and Children Together.
PACT assists more than 18,000
parents, children and families
each year, serving around 400
Big Island keiki in its Head Start
and Early Head Start programs.
Founded on Oahu in 1968, the
private nonprofit organization
now has 18 programs statewide,
focusing on early childhood education,
domestic violence prevention
and treatment, child abuse
prevention and treatment, mental
health support and economic and
community development.
To help raise money for PACT,
more than 1,500 community volunteers
around the state are hitting
the street to sell Keiki Day
editions of West Hawaii Today,
the Tribune-Herald, the Honolulu
Star-Advertiser and the Garden
Island newspaper on Kauai.
Each special edition costs
$1. All proceeds benefit
PACT — celebrating its 50th
year — and its programs.
PACT receives funding from
state and federal resources as well
as private grants and donations,
but Keiki Day is the organization’s
largest fundraising opportunity
of the year. Funds from today’s
event will help PACT continue
to provide its many services and
fill the gaps created by cuts to
other social service programs.
Copies of the Keiki Day edition
also go to all public and private
schools on the Big Island,
thanks to the generosity of business
and individual sponsors.
Many teachers will use the newspapers
in their lesson plan.
Today’s edition features
artwork, stories and poetry
made by Hawaii Island students
as part of PACT’s Keiki Day
Creativity Contest. Winners were
selected by a panel of judges,
and are featured in this section
beginning on Page C4.
This year’s theme is “Together.”
Letter from the CEO
Page C2
Keiki getting a Head Start
Page C3
Contest winners
Starting Page C4