Mahalo Scott Hawaii!

What's this all about?

Aloha all,

Most of the folks who come here know about the legendary Auntie Pupule, Lynn Vasquez, and how the Slippah Project got started. If you aren't familiar, it all began in 2005, when Lynn posted on the Hawai'i Threads bulletin board that her Christmas wish would be to give simple rubber slippers to the less-fortunate kids of Mayor Wright Housing in Honolulu, where she lived. The denizens of HT immediately jumped on the idea and donated money, slippers, food, candy, toys and clothes to make the wish come true.

I wrote an article telling the whole story of how this began for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin which appeared as the Christmas 2005 cover story. You can read that article here: Christmas wish fulfilled 11/28/2009: Star-Bulletin: Holiday project by 'Auntie' puts slippers on the feet of needy keiki

All these years, it has been an ad-hoc organization, which is to say, just Lynn and me, collecting money and with volunteers and friends delivering Christmas gifts to kids in ever-widening areas in Hawai'i, every year.

--Blaine, Nov. 26, 2009 (Happy Thanksgiving!)

The Slippah Foundation

On Nov. 30, 2009, with the help of another legendary local woman, Kehaulani Watson, we officially became The Slippah Foundation, a genuine, Hawai'i 501c3 nonprofit corporation! The board consists of Lynn, Kehau and me. You can now make your checks to The Slippah Foundation. I am in the process of setting up the PayPal account to go directly to the Slippah Foundation account.

--Blaine, Nov. 30, 2009 (It's OFFICIAL!)

Slippah Project Takes Next Step

Yesterday we became official; today Ryan Ozawa blogs about us! Mahalo Ryan! What a heady week, and it's only just begun!

--Blaine, Dec. 1, 2009

Jan. 5, 2009

Happy New Year 2009!!

Dang! I dunno wea to start. It's been so long.

Let it flow Lynn, let it flow.

The Slippah Project. And I've been writing about it's progress on HawaiiThreads.com where it all began.

I still have a few deliveries to make and then it will be pau.

I never imagined we would be able to service the amount of Agencies, Public Housings and People of Hawaii this year. It was my ten year goal. But God had other plans. Yep! He shua did. I remember each person and child. Rain or shine we delivered. Our mission was accomplished because we all wanted to share the Magic of Christmas. Dreams and Wishes comes true; you just gotta believe.

Read the rest of this post here.

Lynn

Mahalo to Royal Hawaiian Movers!
Donation boxes will be located in many RHM offices.
RoyalHawaiianMovers.com

Mahalo to Marissa and Dean of Oahu Express Ltd.
Flat bed truck for transporting slippahs to Waianae Coast
& shipping slippahs to Kaua'i, Maui, Hawai'i.
OahuExpress.com

Mahalo to PortaBox! PortaBoxHawaii.com

Mahalo to Intercontinental Distributors!

Mahalo Scott Mullen, SlipperSaver.com

Hawai'i Criminal Justice Center

Marcus Shimomi, Hawaii Footwear Promotions

Lorraine. M Taki, Intco Investments Co.

Zori Zori Inc., Locals Footwear

HAWAII THREADS UPDATES 2008

PRESS COVERAGE:

12/25/2005: Star-Bulletin - Christmas wish fulfilled

11/14/2007: Star-Bulletin - Progress measured in feet

11/5/2008: Star-Bulletin - Slipper drive hopes to get 3,000 pairs for kids' feet

12/7/08: http://tr.im/1zjn

12/21/08: Kaua'i World - Working to measure holidays in ‘feet’

12/24/08: MidWeek - In Iraq for the Holidays

11/28/2009: Star-Bulletin: Holiday project by 'Auntie' puts slippers on the feet of needy keiki