Miracle
MOMENTS
CREDIT UNIONS
5 I N 5 C A M PA I G N
Many thanks to Hawai‘i’s Credit Unions! In late
2013, Hawai‘i’s Credit Unions created a statewide
initiative named “5 in 5” to raise $500,000 in five
years for Kapi‘olani Children’s Miracle Network.
Not only did the employees exceed the goal,
they are celebrating sooner than expected. In
June 2017, Hawai‘i’s 61 credit unions presented
Kapi‘olani with a check for $536,444. The money
was raised in less than four years through a variety
of events including golf and bowling tournaments,
bake sales and craft fairs. In honor of the achieve-
ment, the rehabilitation reception area in
Kapi‘olani’s Diamond Head Tower was named
“Hawai‘i’s Credit Unions for Kids.” We are very
grateful for the support of our credit unions!
U N I V E R S I T Y O F H A W A I ‘ I A L O H AT H O N
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa students raised $12,540 at their second annual
AlohaThon benefiting Kapi‘olani’s Children’s Miracle Network, almost doubling
their 2016 total. AlohaThon participants danced for 12 hours and created fundrais-
ing teams to challenge others to raise money.
The most memorable challenge came from the event’s public relations director,
Promise Sarmiento. Promise promised to donate her hair to cancer patients if
AlohaThon reached its $12,000 goal. When the students revealed the final
numbers, Promise snipped off her hair and explained, "I want to not only be a role
model for the keiki, but for anyone who wants to do something to help! A simple
gesture of donating your hair means more than you will ever know.”
Phi Mu fraternity started the event in 2016 and it continues to grow. The
student-led team is already counting down the days to AlohaThon 2018 and
hoping for another record-breaking year.
COSTCO WHOLESALE
DON QUIJOTE
Mahalo to our newest local partner, Don Quijote! In July, During the month of May, Costco
Don Quijote stores launched the company’s inaugural Wholesale Warehouses held its Miracle
CMN program with the Miracle Balloon Campaign. Cus- Balloon Icon Campaign. The familiar
tomers were asked to donate, then write their names balloon icon reminded Costco members
at all seven locations to donate. They
on colorful paper balloons. Don Quijote turned those
tags into creative displays that impressed shoppers from did in record-breaking numbers. Hawai‘i Costcos raised more than
Honolulu to Pearl City to Waipahu. The three locations $474,000, a 46 percent increase from last year! In the past, funds
of Don Quijote raised more than $11,400 for Kapi‘olani’s have supported lifesaving equipment, such as Cardiohelp units,
Radiothon for Kids. The money will support medical which take over the work of a child’s lungs and sometimes heart.
services that might not otherwise be possible. This year, donations will go towards the new Kapi‘olani Emergency
18 of Costco.
Department where an imaging room will be named in honor