BUSINESS NAME
Hawaii State AFL-CIO’s Labor Community
Services Program
Spring 2016
24th ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER
CARRIERS’ FOOD DRIVE
In this issue:
 National Association of
Letter Carriers’ 24th
Annual Food Drive
 2015 AUW Spirit of
Community Awards
 Nelson Mandela Day:
July 16, 2016-Saturday
 Labor of Love-Wailuku
Elementary SchoolSeptember 2016
Inside this issue:
NALC Food
Drive
1
AUW Spirit of
Community
2
Nelson Mandela
Day of Caring
2
Labor of Love
2
Nearly 300,000 pounds of donated food was collected on
May 14, 2016 across the state of
Hawaii in this union driven Food
Drive that has grown to be the
largest one-day food drive in
our nation!
Food donations will continue to
be collected over this week and
anticipate to collect over
500,000 pounds of donated
food. Each island’s donations
stays on that island to help their
community.
Mahalo to the unions who have
supported this NALC event,
postal workers, donors, and the
many volunteers it took to
transport, sort and pack the
donations! This is a perfect
illustration of the many hands
needed to accomplish a much
needed humanitarian effort to
help those most in need.
Thanks are in order to the
many unions across our state
who's hard work made this
event a success!
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HGEA
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HSTA and HSTA-R
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IAM 1998
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IBEW 1186
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IBEW 1357
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ILWU Local 142
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IUEC
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Laborers
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Masons Local 630
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NALC
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Operating Engineers
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SAG-AFTRA
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SIU
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UFCW
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UPW
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Hawaii State AFL-CIO’s Labor Community Services Program
Aloha United Way’s Spirit of Community Awards Honors Organized
Labor for 2015 Direct Mail Campaign and Golf Tournament
In photo:
 Hawaii State AFL-CIO
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HGEA
HSTA & HSTA-R
IBEW 1186
ILWU Local 142
OPEIU
The 2015 Union Retiree Mail Out direct
campaign brought in collectively nearly
$165,000 for Aloha United Way, Maui
United Way, and Hawaii Island United
Way. This is an increase of nearly
$60,000 from 2014.
Mahalo to the unions who participated in
this very successful direct mail campaign:
 HGEA
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HSTA
IBEW 1186
ILWU Local 142
UHPA
The Hawaii State AFL-CIO’s 2015
Charity Gold Tournament was also
recognized for donating $65,000 to
AUW. Please save the date for our
next tournament:
MARCH 31, 2017 at the Pearl
Country Club
During the long years of Nelson Mandela’s
confinement, he came to cherish William
Ernest Henley's poem, "Invictus."
INVICTUS
Nelson Mandela Day of Caring– July 16, 2016
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Please save the date for
this year’s Mandela Day
project. Organized labor
will be headed to the Lunalilo Home on July 16th
to make the outdoors
more accessible to the
kupuna who reside there.
There are over 40 residence who live in the
home and Jill Martinez,
Director of Activities
asked for access to raised
bed gardens, outdoor
seating areas and coverage for
the residence and their visitors.
Union volunteers and their
families will donate 4 hours of
their time to make a difference
in someone else’s life. The
volunteers are taking action
and inspiring change as Nelson
Mandela did, helping to change
the world for the better.
Nelson Mandela International
Day is an annual day to honor
the legacy of the late civil rights
activist and South African
leader Nelson Mandela through
volunteering and community
service. This service project
was inspired by a call Mandela
had made for the next generation to take on the burden of
leadership in addressing the
world’s social injustices, saying
“it is in your hands now.”
Save the date: JULY 16,
2016 from 8:00 a.m.-12:00
p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Contact
[email protected] for
LOL coming to MAUI September
2016!
The Labor of Love will be
held on Maui at Wailuku Elementary School. Coordination
is currently underway to secure the dates for this year’s
project that will take place in
September 2016. There are
721 students who attend Wailuku Elementary School and
many of their families are being affected by the HC&S shut
down. The LCSP is working
closely with the Wailuku
Elementary to try to
fulfill the needs they currently have.
Please kokua and come
out to support by volunteering!
Contact
[email protected]
For more information