Kalihi YMCA Raises funds for School's Out Program

Honolulu, HI, April 23, 2007— The Kalihi YMCA Golf Endowment Tournament is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year on May 18 at the Pearl Country Club.  All proceeds raised at the golf tournament go directly to the YMCA’s “School’s Out” program, which offers teens an exciting alternative for their “free time.” The “School’s Out” program provides after school and weekend activities that help young people learn constructive life skills like problem solving and decision making, and it gives them access to training, counseling and educational assistance. The "School's Out" program is also an opportunity for teens to create a positive bond with the adult staff and volunteers who oversee the program.

Over the years, XXXX teens in the Kalihi and neighboring communities have taken advantage of this program.

About the Kalihi YMCA Golf Tournament

What:    20th Annual Kalihi YMCA Golf Tournament
When:    May 18, 2007, Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.
Where: Pearl Country Club
Who:    Victor Kimura, Tournament Chair; Director of Operations, Kyoya Management Co. Ltd.
Who:    Keith Vierra


About the YMCA of Honolulu
For more than 138 years, the YMCA of Honolulu has been a place where friends and neighbors come together to build strong communities. Each year the YMCA of Honolulu serves thousands of children, teens and adults in a wide variety of in programs, including before and after school, youth sports, teen leadership programs, substance abuse counseling and treatment programs and health and fitness. The YMCA of Honolulu serves more people on Oahu than any other direct-service, non-profit  organization.

The YMCA is the largest school-age childcare provider in Hawai`i. Through a partnership with the  Department of Education, the YMCA of Honolulu provides after school care for 6,000 children in grades K-6 through the A+ program at 43 public schools on Oahu. The YMCA also employs 40 full-time substance abuse counselors assigned to 15 public schools on the island, serving more than 2,000 teens each year.

The YMCA of Honolulu currently operates nine branches throughout Oahu, including  Atherton, Central, Kaimuki-Waialae, Kalihi, Leeward, Mililani, Nuuanu, Windward, and Camp H.R. Erdman, the YMCA resident camp on the North Shore.


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Press Contact:

Susan Nakamura
Director of Marketing & Communications
YMCA of Honolulu
snakamura@ymcahonolulu.org
808-541-5467