Kihei Youth Center Staff

Aloha from the Kihei Youth Center, This is the first of our quarterly newsletter that will be mailed/handed to our members and their family at the end of each quarter. This will give us an opportunity to share with you the great things that are happening at KYC. We hope you enjoy the newsletters and will share it with one another. On behalf of the KYC staff and board of directors, we say mahalo to you for giving us the opportunity to work with your child(ren)!

Mahalo nui loa,

Lehua Huddleston-Hafoka, Executive Director

Lehuanani Huddleston-Hafoka

Executive Director

Margaretta High Eagle

Administrative Assistant

Bill Baldwin

Youth Worker II

Thomas “Ko’i” Lum

Youth Worker II

Kimberly Sensano

Youth Worker II

Shanley “Hoku” Sumiki

Youth Worker II

Akanete “Nete” Toluta’u

Youth Worker II

What are Hawaiian Values, as stated in our mission statement? (Hawaiian) values transcend culture. Love, cooperation, respect, sharing, unity, etc. are not unique to the Native Hawaiians alone, as they are found to be at the root of all the world's cultures. KYC has adopted these particular Hawaiian Values as a means to deliver our services:

The core Hawaiian values are as follows:

-Aloha (Love and inner spirit)

-Malama (Caring for one another and the Environment)

-‘Ohana (Family and Community)

-Lokomaika’i (Generosity, Loving-kindness)

-Kupono (Honesty)

-Pono (Balance and Righteousness)

-Lokahi (Harmony, Unity and Collaboration)

-Ha’aha’a (Dignity and Respect)

-Kuleana (Responsibility and Accountability)

-Le’ale’a (Playfulness & Fun-lovingness)

The Kihei Youth Center is a community-based non-profit organization established in 1983 to help address the critical need for positive, healthy supervised activities and programs for the youth of Kihei, Maui. Over the last 25 years, as the community has grown from a quiet little South Maui town to the island’s fastest growing resort/residential population center, the Kihei Youth Center has expanded from a small recreational drop-in program to an established community hub that provides a comprehensive range of structured recreational activities, educational programs, cultural enrichment/appreciation programs, leadership development projects and family-oriented community events. With the organizational mission of

“strengthening the community through positive youth and family development by providing educational, recreational, vocational, cultural, social and prevention programs in a safe, healthy, nurturing environment embodied by Native Hawaiian values”, the Kihei Youth Center currently serves as many as 500 Kihei youth per year between the ages of 8 and 17 years old. Kihei Youth Center is proud to celebrate 25 years of service to the County of Maui!