Charity

[AlohaBruce]

I support the teams decision on the charity pic, I trust you guys will
come up with he best choice. Hawaii Aloha Travel would like to donate
$500 for the event please let me know when some cash is needed. Mahalo
to all for the great work!

[Lika]

Wow! Awesome, Bruce!

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[Ryan Ozawa]

Thanks, Bruce, for the vote of confidence, and for the donation! Your
$500 and Lika's $200 means we've got $700 before we've really started,
a good place to be.

I was hoping to hear from more people, but we've got to move forward,
and it looks like Blood Bank of Hawaii is our leading candidate. Life
Foundation was a weak second, but it seems that people at that point
would prefer to consider groups not officially nominated. I'll send
BBH to Twestival HQ as our top candidate for their vetting process,
and will get in touch with BBH directly to see if they'd be interested
in working with us.

Mahalo, all!

Ryan

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Lika <likaj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wow!  Awesome, Bruce!

[J. Clark]

Ryan,

One quick consideration (I know, last minute. Sorry).
I understand the benefit of raising funds AND being a good place to give
blood,
but I wonder about the safety of the latter. If a person gives blood, then
being down a pint then heads off to the bar... Just a mention, no idea if
it's a serious concern.

This reminded me of the irony of weddings, where we always bring our
best and most favored relatives together for a great celebration, then put
them in their cars (often inebriated) to drive home.

When you contact them, would you please ask them about this? Perhaps
we can have some virgin drinks for those who give blood? I'll bring some
peppermint ice tea!

Wishing safety and good health,

judi

[Ryan Ozawa]

A good consideration, Judi. It's something we'll definitely discuss
with the BBH. Maybe they can just be on hand to take appointments for
blood donations, instead, and meanwhile focus on the chance to raise
overall awareness and social media engagement. I'm sure if there are
on-site donations, it would still be by appointment (using their
existing system), and their own procedures and precautions relating to
being physically qualified and prepared.

The first reply back from Twestival HQ was expected, which was,
"Wouldn't they rather have blood?" I made the same points made here,
but asked them if it's going to be an issue, and if so, if we can
unilaterally pick a beneficiary that wasn't officially nominated.
Apart from Life Foundation, the other two weren't strong candidates.
:)

Ryan

[Bruce Fisher]

Ric and Pamala Dizon from California are coming in for the Hawaii Twestival, they are offering badges badges for committee members at 50% off which will have the Twestival logo on it. Is there any interest in this?

[Lika]

Ooooooh! REALLY good point!

Liking Blood Bank as our charity. Who HASN'T had a loved one helped by BB?