Egg Hunt Highlights Awareness Causes

Photo courtesy of Kala Bishaw-Juario

By Jack Kiyonaga, Editor

Kaunakakai Elementary students were treated to an evening of Easter eggs. 1500 plastic eggs were spread across the school’s campus, enticing students and their families to an entertaining activity with a positive twist.

“We wanted to add a fun event before the Easter holiday for our students and families outside of school hours as we celebrate and bring awareness to so many causes during the month of April,” explained Kala Bishaw-Juario, parent community networking center for Kaunakakai Elementary.

April is Autism Awareness, Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Abuse Awareness Month. Early in April, the school had hosted the Molokai Community Action Team, who had come to educate students on child abuse prevention and sexual abuse awareness.

The goal of events like these is “creating a space and time for our students and their parents to be involved and have fun with their children,” said Bishaw-Juario, “while bringing awareness and building relationships between staff, students and their extended ‘ohana.”

The egg hunt allowed parents and families to meet up with school staff for a free dinner before the hunt as well. Over 100 students showed up with families and siblings in tow to chase down hundreds of plastic eggs along with several gold eggs containing cash prizes.