Summer is a great time between the school years to take a break and “sharpen the saw,” but also to give thanks to those who made this past school year such a success.
Junior Achievement programs are completely volunteer led, so without volunteers there are no programs. Volunteers teach “needs and wants” to first grade sponges, help 4th graders run “hot dog stands” and advise high school company program teams on the marketing, manufacturing, finance, HR and leadership issues.
During the 2018-’19 school year, 177 JAHI volunteers spent a total of nearly 20,000 contact hours helping over 3,500 students in 165 classrooms in East Hawaii Island! We send our sincere thanks to each and every one:
Kayla Adviento
Chang Aiona
Micah Alameda
Karilu Annes
Mari Anthony
Jill Atwal
Rockelle Augustin-Sanborn
Greg Ayau
Marie Balzotti
Brooks Bancroft
Adam Bauer
Brady Bennett
Dayna Bersamin
Dayna Branco
Daniel Briski
Brian Brokaw
Ashley Buasriyottiya
Elena Cabatu
Mana Canon
Jennifer Caro
Donna Carrano
Brittney Carreira
Mike Carroll
Michele Carvalho
Chantelle Castillo
Maarciar Cayabyab-Ignacio
Natalie Chaung
Divine Chow
Kimo Chow
Andrew Chun
Matt Cordero
Lisa Correa
Sasha Cuba
Darice Cullio
David DeLuz Jr.
Jackie Deluz
Heidi Desimone
Susie Dill
Chuck Erskine
Andrew Farias
Taitana Ferriera
Keene Fujinaka
Nanea Fukuda
Maria Gacula
Kuulei Garcia
Jaewin Gonsalves
Kayla Goode
Patrick Guillen
Christine Gumbs
Susan Hara
Vern Hara
Melissa Harmeling
Ronnelle Hayashi
Carolyn Hendershot
Jennifer Henricks
Stacy Higa
Amy Honda
Hilo HS Key Club
Janice Ikeda
Roxann Ikeda
Aisha Iokea-Goodman
Amanda Ishigo
Nori Ishii
Raylynn Iwasaki
Wendy Kagawa
Chelsee Kagimoto
Lara Kaiwi
Jason Kalawe
Naea Kaopua
Alex Kay-Wong
Alina Kealoha-Kawaguchi
Shelby Keane
Nancy Kelly
Lorna Kelson
Maria Kesel
Daniel Kuramoto
Randy Kurohara
Susan Labrenz
Ashley Laybon
Kimo Lee
Porsche Leopoldino
Dennis Lin
Bryan Lindsey
Jen Lui
Bill Maffett
Dian Mahoney
Winnie Makaea
Marisol Malagon
Emily Malate
Petra Marcus
Emi Marika
Barry Mark
Jill Mark
Cheryl Matsumura
Ryan Matsuo
Alisha Medeiros
Donn Mende
Malia Mikaela
Natashia Mikami
Joann Miranda-Paiva
Miki Miyasato
Ray Miyazono
Alane Moniz
Lisa Moniz
Stephanie Morin
Larae Mortensen
Irene Nagao
Cecily Nago
Kimi Nakagawa
Zoi Nakamura
Kara Nelson
Jeff Ng
Mariah Nichols
Nichol Nishiyama
Brent Norris
Shane Okimoto
Adam O’Leary
Sherry Onodera
JE Orozco
Kay Oshiro
Jesica Pacheco
Heather Padilla
Jasmyn Paulo
Allegra Petras
Roberta Pinnow
Camlyn Pola
Lani Pratt
Kisha-Rae Pulgados
Rick Ragle
Anna Robert
Russell Rodriquez
Deanna Sako
Aurielle Sambueno
Jonelle Santos
Shannon Schafer
Sharon Scheele
Gail Shimabukuro
Gail Shimabukuru
Jackie Shipp
Alan Shiraishi
Dawn Shiroma
Scott Shiroma
Kirsten Simons
Paulla Speegle
James Staub
Donna Stimson
Michael Stimson
Tina Strong
Steven Sylvester
Mark Tagami
Kristy Taise
Tyson Tajiri
Audrey Takamine
Colleen Talich
Taira Tam
Shannon Tamimi
Art Taniguchi
Luke Taniguchi
Helen Tien
Jason Ueki
Orlino Ulibas
Nico Verissimo
Anthony Vizzone
Sandra Wacker
Kyle Wada
Kevin Waltjen
Toni Wamar
Grace Watanabe
Hoku Wela
Stacey Williams
Lee Wilson
Ashley Yamamoto
Jerel Yamamoto
Irene Yamanaka
Fern Yamane
Jennifer Yogi
Sheryl Younger
Want to find out more about volunteering?
In JA we make volunteering easy! If you can read, and if you like kids, you can do it!
The best thing to do, if you’re at all interested in finding out more, is to contact district manager Alan Shiraishi, who can give you all of the scoops and answer any questions. Reach Alan at jahilo@jahawaii.org or 808-292-0570.