Ken’s friend at Manoa gave him the idea of collecting $5 from people before Thanksgiving, then taking advantage of the sales to buy as many turkeys as possible to donate to the Salvation Army, or whoever is cooking and serving free Thanksgiving dinner to the community. For us, it’s the Salvation Army. So goal 1 was community service. Goal 2 was to get our kids together behind this project to do a good turn and socialize outside of school. For our first annual attempt, Ken just emailed our ohana list (the families that camp together) and I emailed some of my colleagues. We ended up giving 40 turkeys this year (almost more than the Salvation Army could handle – but we’ll figure that out next year).
The kids in front of the pantry
