Club delivers Christmas gifts to Ka Hale A Ke Ola

Members and friends of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset delivered more than 70 Christmas gifts for keiki and young adults at Ka Hale A Ke Ola Resource Center in Lahaina on Dec. 21.

Project Chairperson and past President Joanne Laird worked with Children's Services Coordinator Misty Bannister to secure the names, ages and genders of 45 children and young adults ages 4 months to 24 years old. Personal gifts valued at $50 each were purchased for each child. Bannister and Ka Hale A Ke Ola staff members Edna Kama and Clarence Alo accepted the gifts.

Extra toys and gifts were also delivered from 5A Rent-a-Space, which provided 24 backpacks with individual gifts for school-aged children.

"We are so grateful for the kind and very generous friends we have at the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset," Bannister said. "They really went above and beyond to fulfill the wishes of the keiki at our Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless shelter in Lahaina. I feel blessed with the gift of meeting these amazing people and connecting them with our precious keiki."