A heartfelt MAHALO goes out to our MES community who rallied behind our students and school to make this year’s Fun Fair a success!  It is not official, but we estimate our Fun Fair evening sales to be $27,000!  This is more than last year!!

Our success lies in the loyal and tremendous support of our families, teachers, staff, and neighbors.  Thank you all for everything you do for us.

There is a special group of people who deserves a special thank you and our recognition.  These are our committee chairs.  They have spent countless hours planning and working to make the Fun Fair happen.  Without their dedication and support there would be NO Fun Fair.  You are all inspiring!

Mahalo to our Set Up committee: Alan Serikawa , Scott Kobayashi, and Bryan Tanouye for providing and coordinating the entire set up of the Fun Fair!

Mahalo to the Finance committee: Alison Lopes, Toby Hirashima, MaryAnn Reed and Robb Taone who were in charge of the treasury.

Mahalo to the Manpower committee: Fred Wang and Lisa Lee who scheduled all the volunteers.

Mahalo to our Food committee:  Lori Ikenga, Allison Lopes, and Gail Camara for making sure we were well fed.

Mahalo to the Volunteer Lunch Committee: Gail Chang who came on board with less than 2 weeks to provide a wonderful lunch to all our Thursday morning Fun Fair set up volunteers!

Mahalo to our School Bag Room committee: Lani Arakaki who made sure our kids had a safe place to store their bags during the fair.

Mahalo to our Teacher representatives: Joanne Rosen, Nanett Arakawa, and Kim Sumida who coordinated the games, and teacher volunteers.

Mahalo to our Bake Sale committee:  Rose Fielding and Patti Miyasato for coordinating the delicious treats.

Mahalo to our Craft committee: Maydean Martin and Mona Higa who coordinated the donation of beautiful craft items.

Mahalo to our Cub Scouts, and their cub master Todd Ajimura for their steady support and their popular shaved ice and cotton candy.

Mahalo to our First Aid provider:  Roger Pinell who tended to bruises and scrapes.

Mahalo to our Keiki Korner committee:  Landy Shiroma and Wade Shimoda for energizing the 1st grade families to run the Keiki Korner.

Mahalo to our PA committee: Kyle Oyasato for bringing music and excitement to the Fair.

Mahalo to our Plant & Produce committee: Terri Kimura and Gina Nakahodo for creating an exciting sale with beautiful produce, diverse plants and fish!

Mahalo to our Parking committee:  Joe Erban who helped to provide parking for our committee volunteers.

Mahalo to our Publicity committee:  Debbie Takafuji and Kirsten Kajiwara for making our Fun Fair posters and photocopying and distributing all the fliers.

Mahalo to our Redemption committee:  Tina Numumnart who searched all year long for the best prizes.

Mahalo to our Rides committee:  Kim Hirayama and Candace Fujishima for turning our big field into the most exciting place with rock climbing, slides, and dizzying rides.

Mahalo to our Scrip committee: Tricia Young and Susan Kanetake for distributing and selling our scrips.

Mahalo to our Security committee: Jay Nakasone, who with the help of the Honolulu Police Department’s Law Enforcement Explorers and many officers ensured the safety and fun of our Fair.

Mahalo to our Senior Citizen committee:  Roger and Sandra Pinell who coordinate with the Moanalua Senior Citizen Club to recruit their assistance for preparing food and cooking the andagi.

Mahalo to our Website committee:  Lyanne and Stephen Figart who helped to keep everybody informed with on line information.

Our committee chairs provide the leadership needed to plan a successful Fun Fair, they are in turn supported by many committee volunteers.  Thank you for your support.
 
Volunteering with the Fun Fair brings people together.

Mahalo to our teachers who made a tremendous effort to involve all the parents, recruit volunteers, and worked the set up on Wednesday afternoon so our parents had a lot less to do in the evening.

Mahalo to our staff who volunteered all evening, donated to the fair, and supported our efforts in everyway possible.

Mahalo to Bobby Chinaka and his cafeteria staff for cooking the kalua pig, baking shortbread cookies and bread, for letting the Moanalua Seniors use the kitchen to cook andagi. and for letting the Fun Fair take over the cafeteria.

Mahalo to Todd Shimabukuro and his custodial staff for helping to keep the campus clean and safe.

Mahalo to Principal Arai and VP Mann-Molay for their support.

Mahalo to our Overnight Security crew:  Maydean Martin’s Ohana, Roy Manuel’s Ohana, Jay Nakasone and Robb Taone shared the responsibility of securing our campus from 8pm to 6am.  This sleepy but happy group of people patrolled the campus to ensure the rides and tents were not vandalized.  The next day, Maydean was busy with the Craft booth, Roy was busy helping with the set up crew, Mr. Nakasone had students to work with and JPOs to supervise, and Mr. Tanoe had a class full of excited 4th graders to teach.

Mahalo to our Morning After Clean Up crew:  Daryl Kanayama, Akemi Hostrop, Sandi Adbelahad, Jeff Tsuda, Dan Miyamoto, Lyanne Figart, Sharon Inouye. Kristina Lee, Landy Shiroma, Kevin Chang, Lori & Chad Ikenaga, Sheri Gushi, and Bryan Tanouye returned to campus the morning after the fair to clean up the campus.  Thank you to the cafeteria staff and the custodial staff for helping to clean the cafeteria and campus.

Mahalo to the Moanalua Senior Citizen Club for helping with the food preparation on Thursday morning.  You are a vital part of our community and we thank you for your support.

Mahalo to the Moanalua High School service clubs who always come out in force to support our Fun Fair.  You provide not only support, but serve as great role models for our students.

Mahalo to the Moanalua Lions club for volunteering the entire night in supporting our Fun Fair.

A special Mahalo goes out to our many volunteers whom without your support we could not have a Fun Fair.  There were so many volunteer and we are so grateful.  If we inadvertently missed you in our thank you letter, please accept our apologies. (Our individual committees will be issuing their special thanks shortly.)

On behalf of the MESPTO, mahalo nui loa for your generous support.

Lori Shimoda
MESPTO, president