The Honolulu Council placed toy boxes in the community, on the waterfront at Pearl Harbor and at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, resulting in 20 overflowing Toys for Tots boxes being donated to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive, along with a cash donation. They also donated toys to the Armed Services YMCA.
In addition, they partnered with the USO to put together 4,000 Christmas bags for the single service members at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and U.S. Coast Guard District 14. The bags included hand-written Christmas cards from the Lanakila Senior Center, where the seniors drove through to drop off their cards. Cookies were donated by the council’s newest affiliate member, Diamond Bakery. Coupons from Papa John’s Hawaii, Ruby Tuesday, Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ and JN Auto Group rounded out the bag’s goodies.
The Outstanding Military Spouse Awards Program, recognizing spouses from the eight commands on island, was pivoted to a hybrid event and can be viewed at https://www.navyleaguehonolulu.org/nlhc-outstanding-spouse.html. The Honolulu Council Sea Services Awards Recognition Program was also held virtually, recognizing 50 of the best and brightest in the sea services, and can also be found on their website.