Aloha Kakou...

This year I was fortunate enough to be a part of Nā Hawaiʻi's scholarship award panel. Sitting in on the interviews turned out to be the highlight of my week, I found it rewarding and felt that I should share it with the entire Nā Hawaiʻi hui. It takes all of our members to make the scholarship happen, and you should all take pride in what we do!

Besides meeting the five outstanding finalists, I finally met Mr. Henry Pelfrey whose name I've heard time after time. Henry truly has a big heart and wisdom to match. Nā Hawaiʻi is very fortunate to have him around.

Every finalist was a winner and their stories touched me deeply. This process reminded me that Nā Hawaiʻi is something wonderful and more than somewhere for me to test out my kitchen experiments -- although I do appreciate having you all as my human guinea pigs. I only wish that we had more to give these deserving young people so I am asking that you make a monetary donation to Nā Hawaiʻi if you are not participating in the River Walk on June 23rd. Please kokua -- remember we have a purpose and it is tax deductible! For those who will be at the River Walk I'm dreaming up my next kitchen experiment - "Hawaiian Ding-Dongs" -- eh, no worry, I'll keep it rated G!!

Aloha & Mahalo to all!