Ensuring youth are ready for the challenges of life through
Resilience
Enrichment
Advocacy and
Developmental Programs for
Youth of Hawai‘i
After 30 years of serving the community of West Hawai‘i, the organization our community has come to know as the Friends of the Children of West Hawai‘i has kicked of 2021 with a new name, a new brand, and a new mission: ensuring that the youth of Hawai‘i are ready for the challenges of life through Resilience, Enrichment, Advocacy, and Developmental services for Youth.
Financial Assistance to qualifying children for clothing, educational supplies, activities, sports, and more.
Youth Leadership and Enrichment while also providing self governance in the planning and implementation of activities.
Currently in development, the Ready Center Initiative will provide regional community centers for youth and families.
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Each year since 2018 Get Ready Hawaii has partnered with Keauhou Shopping Center for the annual GET READY FOR SCHOOL project. This project works to provide school supplies to children in need in West Hawaii as they begin their new school year. Through the month of July the vendors and businesses at Keauhou Shopping Center collect new backpacks, binders, water bottles, and other school supplies. Those school supplies are then distributed to students in need through the annual "Back to School Bash" at Keauhou Shopping Center. This year's event will be held Saturday, August 1, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. We encourage any families who need supplies to visit us at this event.
Families who are not able to visit this event are welcome to complete the GET READY FOR SCHOOL REQUEST FORM below to request school supplies. Get Ready Hawaii staff will reach out to those families unable to attend on August 1 to arrange a pick-up point.
One of the most needed school supplies in the modern classroom is a laptop of notebook computer. If you would like to support the program with a financial donation to contribute to the purchase of these essential pieces of equipment for education, please click the "donate now" link below to make a donation through our PayPal, or mail a check to us at:
Get Ready Hawaii
PO Box 9041
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745