{"id":890,"date":"2011-10-20T02:12:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T02:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=890"},"modified":"2021-12-17T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T01:24:38","slug":"jabsomhalloween-carnivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/10\/20\/jabsomhalloween-carnivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless children get Halloween treat from medical students"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Medical students Ken Ortiz and Thomas Aldan prep stuffed animals for the carnival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the sixth year in a row, students at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> will hold Halloween Carnivals so that children at the state’s homeless shelters will have some holiday fun.<\/p>\n

The students bring costumes, crafts, face paints, games and food for the homeless families who reside at the Kakaʻako<\/span> and Waiʻanae<\/span> shelters. The carnivals are more than a chance for fun, these events ensure the homeless children aren’t left out the joyous anticipation of Halloween. <\/p>\n

“We are putting on the Halloween carnival so these kids have a fun and safe place to do crafts and games with their families,” said carnival co-chair Jodi Kagihara<\/strong>. “Something they can enjoy so when they go back to school the next day they can talk about it with their friends.”<\/p>\n

The medical students\u00a0solicit donations from the public for food and other items for the carnivals. For information on donating to the carnival go the the School of Medicine’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through the H.O.M.E. Project<\/a> (Homeless Outreach and Medical Education), medical students also run medical clinics twice a week at the shelters, where the large number of residents are “the working homeless.”<\/p>\n