Sacred Hearts Giving From The Heart To AUW

Sacred Hearts Academy students recently gave $11,060 to Aloha United Way, the results of fall semester fundraisers by both lower and upper school students. At the presentation were (front, from left) Aulii Ludington, Naia Lum, Angelique Racpan, lower school vice principal Remee Tam, (back) head of school Betty White, Aloha United Way’s Kim Gennaula, Aina Katsikas, Angela Wong, Erica Freitas and student activities director Toni Normand. Photo from Hayley Matson-Mathes.

Sacred Hearts Academy showed its heart recently by making a huge gift to Aloha United Way.

The students worked during fall semester to earn money to help the AUW campaign, and they seemed to have the Midas Touch: The student council presented AUW officials with a check for $11,060 in early December, just in time for you-know-what.

Earlier, they had organized a fall bake sale, where tables groaned with the snacks and baked items from their families’ home kitchens, and hungry customers helped bring in a record-setting profit of more than $4,500 from the annual sale.

Students in grades 7-12 donated $3 each for Dress Down Day, buying the privilege of wearing casual attire instead of their uniforms. A similar theme earned charity dollars on Halloween with Costumers for a Cause. Lower school students ran a Coins for a Cause campaign, collecting spare change in classroom jars.