{"id":219662,"date":"2025-08-05T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=219662"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:38:05","slug":"waianae-moku-keiki-literacy-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/05\/waianae-moku-keiki-literacy-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Backpacks, books, big smiles: Wai\u02bbanae Moku holds keiki literacy event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/leewardcc-keiki-literacy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Keiki at the Waianae Moku Education Center \" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-219667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/leewardcc-keiki-literacy-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/leewardcc-keiki-literacy-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/leewardcc-keiki-literacy-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More than 125 community members came together at Leeward Community College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/waianaemoku\"><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku education center<\/a> on August 1, for a joyful keiki reading event that provided keiki with books, backpacks and school supplies&#8212;just in time for the new school year.<\/p>\n<p>The free family event aimed to promote literacy and learning, while building community spirit. Keiki enjoyed storytelling, read-aloud sessions, crafts, and snacks, and each child received a new book and a backpack full of supplies.<\/p>\n[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/rjjhtGKyuAA&#8221; el_aspect=&#8221;916&#8243; align=&#8221;right&#8221; el_id=&#8221;wrap-video-right&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<p>The event was made possible through the support of several local partners, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asian Pacific American Librarians Association &#8211; Awarded the $500 Talk Story Grant that helped purchase school supplies.<\/li>\n<li>Women of <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> &#8211; Served as the grant\u2019s fiscal sponsor and donated free children\u2019s clothing, toys, books and plants.<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Koolaupoko\">Ko&#699;olaupoko<\/span> Hawaiian Civic Club &#8211; Donated Hawaiian-English books to support bilingual literacy.<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Maili\">M\u0101&#699;ili<\/span> Elementary School &#8211; Donated 100 backpacks.<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Kiapu\">K\u012b&#699;apu<\/span> &#8211; Helped secure additional funding for books, snacks and supplies.<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Texeira (Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>) &#8211; Donated craft materials.<\/li>\n<li>Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Library &#8211; Applied for the initial grant and organized the event.<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku peer mentors &#8211; Co-led the event alongside staff.<\/li>\n<li>Leeward Hui <span aria-label=\"Ohana\">&#699;Ohana<\/span> &#8211; Staffed a table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;This event really reflects the spirit of community and education,&rdquo; said <span aria-label=\"Hauolihiwahiwa\">Hau&#699;olihiwahiwa<\/span> Moniz, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Hawaiian and Pacific resource librarian. &ldquo;We\u2019re grateful to all our partners for making sure our keiki feel excited and ready to learn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keiki gathered at Wai\u02bbanae Moku for stories, supplies and an uplifting start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65,71,56,1233],"class_list":["post-219662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","tag-waianae-moku-education-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219662"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219776,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219662\/revisions\/219776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}