MEO Youth Services team distributed 180 Thanksgiving cards to residents at Hale Makua Kahului on Nov. 19 and Hale Makua Wailuku on Nov. 26. The cards were created by 8th graders at Kamehameha Schools Maui as part of MEO’s Sources of Strength classes. MEO Youth Services offers suicide, bullying, substance abuse prevention curriculum in Maui and Moloka‘i public and private schools.
The group photo, taken at Hale Makua Kahului, shows: (from left) Alohi Gomes, director of social services at Hale Makua; Arriana Shirota, 9th-grader, Baldwin High; Kendrah Medeiros-Kiyonaga, 11th-grader, Baldwin; Titus Kamaka and Rylou Jardon, 8th-graders, Kalama Intermediate; and Carly-Rose Richards, 7th-grader, Kalama Intermediate.
Arriana Shirota is shown sharing a Thanksgiving card with a resident at the Hale Makua Wailuku. The resident mentioned being overjoyed with the thoughtfulness and was excited to post the card in the window of her room.
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