John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
NICKY LEE, SENIOR AT PUNAHOU
SCHOOL BACK IN 2008, SHE CREATED
AN EVENT THAT HAS EVOLVED INTO A
SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION.
Trini: THAT'S RIGHT.
AN ORGANIZATION THAT RAISED MORE
THAN HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
I HAD A CHANCE TO HIT WITH THIS
LOCAL HERO AND HEAR HER AMAZING
STORY.
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FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
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GROWING UP, I WAS JUST A
COMPLETE HAM.
I LOVE SINGING AND PERFORMING
AND PUTTING ON SHOWS FOR MY
PARENTS.
THEY WOULD BE MAKING THESE.
THE SCHOOL WE'RE AT WAS JUST
SUCH A PERFECT PLACE FOR ME
BECAUSE THEY REALLY ENCOURAGED
US TO EXPLORE OUR PASSIONS AND
CREATIVITY.
SO THAT WAS WHY IN THE THIRD
GRADE WHEN MY TEACHERS TOLD US
TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FO FOR THE
COMMUNITY, I FELT CONFIDENT.
I WANT TO DO A CONCERT AND RAISE
MONEY.
WE RAISED $1,100 FOR THE
RONALD McDONALD CHARITY.
I WAS SO PROUD.
IT WARMS MY HEART.
KNOWING HOW MUCH THE CAUSE HAS
GROWN AND MUCH WE RAISED THROUGH
THIS DAY.
IT WAS A HUMBLE BEGINNING BUT
STARTED THIS MOMENTUM JOURNEY OF
FILL FILL LAN TROPE THAT STARTED KIDS
FOR A CAUSE.
GOING TO THE RONALD McDONALD'S
HOUSE AND MEETING THE FAMILIES
AND REALIZING I HAD MADE A
DIFFERENCE.
AND BEING ABLE TO COMBINE THAT
WITH MY PASSION FOR PERFORMING
AND SINGING THAT WAS WHAT MADE
ME SO EXCITED.
I KNEW FROM THEN THAT I WANTED
TO CONTINUE KIDS FOR A CAUSE.
EACH YEAR IT KEPT GROWING AND WE
KEPT GETTING KIDS INVOLVED.
NOT ONLY IS PHILANTHROPY FUN BUT
THEY CAN GET THEIR FRIENDS
INVOLVED, TOO.
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IT DEFINITELY ISN'T EASY.
WHEN AM I BEING NIKKI THE FRIEND
AND SING ENTER HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE TRIED TO
WORK ON AND SHARE A BIT OF WHAT
I'VE LEARNED WITH OTHER KIDS WHO
CAN GOING THROUGH THE SAME
THING.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF LATE NIGHTS.
A LOT OF DEDICATION.
WHAT'S DRIVEN IT IS JUST HOW
MUCH I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF
KIDS AND HOW THIS COULD DO SUCH
GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND
OTHER KIDS CAN GET INVOLVED.
REALIZING THAT MAKES EVERYTHING
WORTH IT.
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OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, KIDS
FOR A CAUSE, ONE OF THE MAIN
THITHINGS I'VE LEARNED IS, ONE HOW
TO SHARE RESPONSIBILITY AND
LEARN FROM OTHERS.
FROM IN THE BEGINNING LEARNING
FROM MY MOM ON HOW TO EMCEE A
CONCERT TO NOW TRYING TO LEARN
HOW TO MENTOR THE YOUNGER KIDS.
I COULD NOT HAVE DONE KIDS FOR A
CAUSE BY MYSELF.
NOW IN CALIFORNIA, WE SOMEWHERE
A GROUP THAT'S LEADING THE
CHARGE THERE.
THAT, WITHOUT ALL OF THEM, NONE
OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
I'M A SENIOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S A REALLY EXCITING TIME.
I'M GOING TO BE GOING OFF TO
COLLEGE.
THIS YEAR I'M TRYING TO
TRANSITION MORE FROM BEING A
FUNDRAISER AND FOUNDER TO
MENTOR.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CONTINUE
DOING.
I'M EXTREMELY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A KID, I'LL
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE KIDS FOR A
CAUSE.
Trini: ISN'T SHE
INCREDIBLE?
John: SHE'S GREAT.
AND TO THINK SHE'S TRYING TO GO
THROUGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S GOT ALL OF THAT AND FINISH
SCHOOL.
Trini: I AM GOING TO SIT MY
TWO KIDS AND HAVE THEM WATCH
THIS STORY.
IT SHOWS HOW ONE PERSON CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.
SHE'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
I DO WANT TO MENTION, ALTHOUGH
NIKKI STARTED OUT PASSIONATE
WITH SINGING SHE IS INTO KPOP.
WE SAW HER DANCING.
SHE IS SUPER TALENTED.
FOR HER FUNDRAISING EVENT, SHE'S
PUTTING ON KFEST.
ALL THINGS KOREAN.
KOREAN FOOD, A CONTEST.
DATE HAS BEEN SET AT
FEBRUARY 25TH AT POMAIKAI
BALLROOM.
IF YOUR CHILD WANTS TO GET
INVOLVED, THIS YEAR'S KIDS FOR A
CAUSE CAMPAIGN BENEFITING THE
RONALD McDONALD'S HOUSE
WRAPPED UP IN MARCH.
KIDZ FOR A CAUSE.ORG.
John: THANK YOU.
Trini: I'M NOT HER MOTHER
AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE.
THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO HIGH
HIGHLIGHT HER.