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Public Charter School Keeps It Local With ‘Aiea Business
Local, family-owned business The Embroidery Gift Shop in ‘Aiea has been recently awarded a contract to service all school uni- form needs for the school year 2020-21 at Kamalani Academy in Wahiawā.
with them to keep our mon- ey within our island,” Fung states.
Fung adds that Kamalani Academy will continue to partner with local business- es to create alliances that can be mutually beneficial, citing the school’s commit- ment to a sense of kuleana toward locality.
Focused on a “keep it local” mentality and eager to help small- and medi- um-size businesses, Ka- malani Academy principal Amanda Fung explained the public charter school’s philosophy to lift up others in the community.
For Verna Rapez, own- er of The Embroidery Gift Shop, the partnership with Kamalani Academy rep- resents a great opportuni- ty in uncertain economic times caused by the pan- demic.
“Kamalani’s vision is ‘To create a space where children become leaders, prepared for a 21st century we cannot even imagine.’ I believe working with the community is part of that process,” Fung states.
“Our school is very lucky to have a supportive community. In that same sense of aloha and mālama, we support other local part- ners and consistently work
Family-owned and -op- erated for more than 30 years, The Embroidery Gift Shop consists of a mother/ daughter team, along with their loyal, dedicated and experienced staff. The busi- ness offers quality comput- erized embroidery service and personalized products. It also offers custom-de- signed digitizing, and ca-
Owner Verna Rapez of The Embroidery Gift Shop in ‘Aiea is partnering with Kamalani Academy on a school-uniform contract. PHOTO COURTESY MIGUEL GONZALEZ
Kamalani Academy is a public charter school, serv- ing students in kindergar- ten through eighth grade.
ter to businesses, schools, Academy has been a very keep their business locally clubs and organizations. positive experience and to help smaller shops like
For more information, vis- it embroiderygiftshophi.com and kamalaniacademy.org.
“Working with Kamalani we are grateful that they ours,” Rapez states.
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