"Lei the Way" & Craft Ribbon Leis w/ A Local Nonprofit @Nu'uanu Valley Park

🌸 Join Common Grace/Malama Mentors for our first-ever “Lei the Way” Volunteer Event! 🌼

~ Who We Are:
Common Grace is a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit that connects students with caring mentors from local high schools, churches, and civic groups through its Malama Mentors program. In the MM program, High School Mentors meet with students one-on-one every week on campus to build trust, encourage growth, and provide consistent support. These relationships that the teen mentors and young mentees have help students feel valued, supported, and empowered.

~ About the Event:
This volunteer event is a way to support Common Grace’s largest program - Malama Mentors - and honor the programs graduating High School mentors.

~ Volunteer Objective:
Participants in this event will craft beautiful ribbon leis that will be gifted to our graduating senior mentors.

~ Why the name "Lei the Way"?:
The name “Lei the Way” was chosen because it reflects hope for the mentors’ success and also represents how mentoring works as a two-way street, where mentors learn as much from their students as the students learn from them. When gifting these leis to our mentors, we hope they feel that the Malama Mentors program helped to "lay" (lei) the way for them to a successful life filled with more opportunities to connect and give back in their adult lives.

~ Volunteer Event Details:

• When?: Earth Day - Wednesday, April 22nd
• Where?: Nuʻuanu Valley Park near Queen Emma Summer Palace
• Time?: 10:00am-2:00pm HST
• What to bring: Creativity, a Water Bottle, and Aloha spirit. All materials, lunch, snacks, and additional drinks will be provided! Feel free to donate extra snacks or drinks if you would like.
• What to Wear: It will be at the park, so where comfortable clothing such as sandals and shorts. Also, sunblock is highly recommended!
• Parking: This park has parking but space is limited. Please come at least 15 minutes before the event to avoid any parking issues/delays.

We hope to see you there!!

Info: Volunteers will hear more about the day and learn about our company.

Info: Staff will then start passing out snacks and drinks

Info: Staff will then show a quick tutorial on how to make a simple 2-strand ribbon lei. If you already know how to make a lei, staff will let you start on your own. Optional: If you know how, you can also make 3-strands.

Info: We will then start crafting lei number 1.

Info: We will take this time to eat, rest, and talk story!

Info: There will be a second type of lei option if the volunteers want to switch. If not, we will proceed to the 2nd ribbon lei.

Info: This is when we will create the second lei.

Info: Time to take group pictures and show off our leis!

Info: A 10 minute time frame to stretch, walk around the park, take pics, each more snacks or drinks water, etc.,

Info: Time to squeeze in another lei!

Info: Staff to collect all of the leis from volunteers, give a small appreciation gift, and say goodbye.

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