SYL helps Aloha United Way Book Packing Day
Our SYL members spent their Saturday morning sorting and packing over 5,000 books. In total, 9,200 books will be distributed to over 20 nonprofits throughout Oahu in support of literacy. These books were donated by the generous employees and customers of Barnes & Noble. Many of the books brought us back to memory lane. Some of our favorites as keiki were Where’s Waldo?, Dr. Seuss, Ferdinand the Bull, Good night moon, Where the Wild Things Are and so much more.
United Airlines donated 60,000 pieces of tableware and with the help of 55 volunteers, we packed over 2,000 tableware kits for Hawaii’s homeless community. It was non-stop unpacking boxes, wrapping tableware and packing kits from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. One of the highlights of the packing day was seeing keiki, students, nonprofit organizations and people from various businesses work together to help better our community. This successful service event would not have been possible without the prep help from UPS, Walmart Honolulu, Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resortand Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
SYL Membership Meeting and Book Drive
On September 14, 2017, Society of Young Leaders hosted our membership meeting at Aloha United Way.
SYL members and their guests were able to learn more about who SYL is, what we do, and how you can get involved in making our community better.
At our membership meeting we also collected books for Hawaii Literacy‘s Bookmobile. The Bookmobile travels weekly to provide families on the Wai’anae coast access to books and, ideally, a life-long love of reading and learning.
SYL Volunteering at Access surf
It takes a village to raise a child and our “volunteer village” spent a weekend packing school supplies for local youth. In just two hours, more than 1,100 backpacks and bags were filled with more than $25,000 worth in school supply donations. The school supply kits will be distributed through the Hawaii State Department of Education and Aloha United Way nonprofit partners.
SYL Volunteering at the Farm Fair
SYL members volunteered two days at the farm fair. Everyone had a lot of fun at the 55th Annual Farm Fair with @lanimoohawaii. The cow 
🐮 piggy bank was a hit with everyone!
SYL on Hawaii News Now
Mahalo to Hawaii News Now for supporting our Annual School Supply Drive. Last year we distributed over 1500 school supply kits to homeless keiki throughout Oahu and hope to do the same amount this year or even more. We believe that all children in our community should be provided adequate tools, resources and support to succeed in school. Our goal is to ensure that students are prepared for kindergarten, meet reading proficiency guidelines, transition successfully into middle school, graduate from high school on time and successfully enter college or the workforce.
SYL members worked with PACT to make this Mother’s Day special for the families of Kuhio Park Terrace. SYL members helped to create Mother’s Day gifts with children ages 7-14
2015 SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
Aloha United Way’s Society of Young Leaders and volunteers from across the island worked together today to prepare over 250 backpacks and over 375 kits of school supplies for local schoolchildren. The school supplies were collected during the Society of Young Leader’s Annual School Supply Drive, which took place June 15 to July 25, 2015. The supplies will be distributed to homeless and disadvantaged students at public schools grades K-12 by the Hawai‘i State Department of Education before the first day of school.