Keiki Find That Writing About Giving Can Be Therapeutic
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As Kaneohe Elementary School students see the world around them shrink in the recession, they have not forgotten the plight of charities.
In the second annual AIG “Charity Is” essay contest, about 20 students in grade 6 wrote on the theme:“If I were given $100, I would donate it to ... ” * First-place winner Brittany Bardsley-Marcial recommended Catholic Charities Hawaii, especially for its help with the homeless. Observing homeless people as she would ride in the car with her mother, she concluded that “no one, in this day or age, should have to live like this.
It’s terribly sad an absolutely wrong.
“Catholic Charities acknowledges the suffering of others,” she wrote. “Their thoroughness toward the homeless calamity gives me confidence that my $100 will be money well-spent.” * Second-place essayist Marianne Mesina recommends St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, although “to me, all charities are worth helping. Each day (they) do what they can to help people in need ... but let’s help too. Charities need help and donations. If we help charities we help people in need.”
Mesina reported how St. Jude makes discoveries about “at least 60 different kinds"of diseases.“By helping St. Jude, we can help children who have catastrophic diseases by giving them a chance of living their future.” * Third-place winner Ku’uli’i Hanohano is a fan of Dogs Trust in the United Kingdom.“From what I have read about this charity,” she wrote, “they sound like they could use a bit of help. Helping others is always a good thing.
“They wouldn’t have to worry too much about buying food, and they might even save some cash! This would surely make me proud!”
The students won $150,$75 and $45, respectively (plus movie tickets). Of the cash awards, half or more was donated to their recommended charities. AIG provided caps, T-shirts, pens, notepads, small clocks and $10 McDonald’s gift cards to the contest, and Windward City McDonald’s gave all contestants Gold Star certificates. The contest is coordinated by Dennis Hida, a school parent who works for AIG Hawaii. He also donated all of the prize money.
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