School Supplies Drive

In the summer of 2022, APO Hawaii launched a new program to help students in a public school who are identified to be from low-income families -- School Supplies Drive. This project is geared toward soliciting and collecting supplies that are needed by students at Honowai Elementary School.

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The choice of Honowai Elementary is based on the Hawaii Department of Education’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) list of schools serving low-income children. Over 70 percent of the Honowai Elementary children come from low-income families as determined by the number of students receiving full- or reduced-price student meals. Over 60 percent of the student population is of Filipino ancestry.