More Bookmobile Funds
Turtle Bay Resort presented the Friends of the Library Kahuku a check in the amount of $8,951.83 on December 15, 2009.
These funds were raised through a silent auction held during the two nights of Turtle Bay Resort’s Fifth Annual Seafood Festival. Turtle Bay Resort and many of its suppliers and friends donated everything from Jack Johnson autographed ukuleles to fine art and dinners to vacation packages.
Over the past years, funds raised from the Seafood Festival’s silent auction have gone to the Friends of the Library Kahuku in order to acquire and outfit a bookmobile to service the North Shore and Ko’olauloa areas. Additional funds are needed every years since the state system has no money to cover the operations of the bookmobile…so Turtle Bay Resort’s involvement will continue in order to cover the costs of drivers and maintenance. Over $50,000 has now been raised.
The Bookmobile is now on the streets, delivering books and granting internet access to those who cannot make it into the Library. This is just in time too, since the Library will be closed for a month for repairs. The upcoming schedule is:
December 21, 2009: 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Beach Christian School (59-578 Kamehameha Hwy., Haleiwa); and 2 p.m. 4 p.m. at Kuilima Estates (Turtle Bay Condominiums-West, next to mail boxes; Kahuku).
December 28, 2009: 9 a.m. 11 a.m. at Ponds at Punaluu Assisted Living Community (53-594 Kamehameha Hwy., Hauula); 12:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. at Hanohano Hale (53-549 Kamehameha Hwy., Hauula); and 3 p.m. 4 p.m. at Kaaawa Elementary School (51-296 Kamehameha Hwy., Kaaawa).
January 4, 2010: noon 1 p.m. at Hauula Civic Center (54-010 Kukuna Rd., Hauula); BYU-Hawaii campus: 1:30 p.m. 2:45 p.m. at Temple View Apartments family housing by Building R and farm; and 3 p.m. 4 p.m. at Student Family Housing by Building W.
January 11, 2010: 11 a.m. 12:30 p.m. at Sunset Beach Christian School (59-578 Kamehameha Hwy., Haleiwa); and 2 p.m. 4 p.m. at Kuilima Estates (Turtle Bay Condominiums-West, next to mail boxes; Kahuku).
