{"id":6966,"date":"2015-12-23T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T22:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/kaahhee\/?p=6966"},"modified":"2016-02-01T06:14:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T16:14:07","slug":"sharing-christmas-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/kaahhee\/2015\/12\/23\/sharing-christmas-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Christmas Cheer…Project Kahiau 2015: Part of the Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hope your holidays are going “swimmingly!” \u00a0Your christmas trees are packed and ready to share with the residents of the Yukio Okutsu Veteran’s Center today.<\/p>\n

Update: \u00a0The Christmas trees are now sitting in the rooms of the residents!! \u00a0Everyone was so happy to receive them, including the staff! \u00a0Project Kahiau…”One Tree in the Forest” was a huge success in creating a lot of cheer during this holiday season! \u00a0Flashback to how it began!<\/p>\n

It all started about a month ago, after a class discussion on being thankful & how we are truly blessed at school because we are a team, no one is left out. \u00a0 A comment was made, “like each tree makes up a forest, we are one.” \u00a0Then came the “NOW WHAT?” question and the birth of our Project Kahiau 2015: One Tree in the Forest.<\/p>\n

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Students decided to make edible christmas trees (instead of gingerbread houses) as we believe that everyone should be part of the forest. \u00a0Students planned, prepared, solicited donations at home, and we began phase 1! \u00a0Mahalo Ohana! \u00a0See the video below as the students created, decorated, and decided who to share their edible tree to…to mahalo someone in the community who they were honored to be a “part of the forest” with.<\/p>\n