WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
ALL THROUGH THE OFFICERS
HAVE DONE IT FOR 18
YEARS NOW.
YOU'VE SEEN THEM, THEY
SPEND THREE DAYS ON THE
ROOF OF STORES TO RAISE
MONEY.
YOU'VE SEEN THEM, IT'S
CALLED COP ON TOP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING ON "LIVING 808".
THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO TO
HELP SPECIAL OLYMPICS
HAWAI'I.
TELL OUR VIEWERS OUT
THERE WHAT THIS IS ALL
ABOUT FOR YOU.
GOING OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY, HELPING OUT
SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND
GETTING TO KNOW THE
PEOPLE AND GOING ON THE
SCAFFOLDING.
WHEN IS IT HAPPENING
THIS YEAR?
IT'S GOING TO BE
HAPPENING AUGUST 24TH.
AND 22, 23, 24 ON THE
NEIGHBOR ISLAND.
GREAT, SO YOU HAVE A
CHANCE TO SUPPORT OUR
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS.
THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE
FUNDRAISER FOR YOU.
ONE OF OUR LARGEST
FUND-RAISERS AND THE
AMAZING THING ABOUT IT
IS IT HAPPENED DIRECTLY
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE ARE DONATING
CHANGE FROM THEIR CARS,
$25.
IT'S AMAZING.
THROUGH THOSE THREE DAYS
AT 22 DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS WE'LL RAISE
HOPEFULLY $25,000.
WOW, THAT'S
INCREDIBLE.
CAN YOU LET EVERYONE
KNOW WHERE EXACTLY THE
MONEY FROM THE
BENEFIT SPECIAL OLYMPICS
HAWAI'I?
OUR PROGRAM IS FREE
OF CHARGE TO ANYBODY
ELIGIBLE FOR OUR
PROGRAM.
SO THE MONEY GOES TO
PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND
SPORTS TRAINING AND
COMPETITION FOR OVER
3700, 3800 SPECIAL MIX
ATHLETES.
BUT WE ALSO DO HEALTH
SCREENINGS FOR OUR
ATHLETES.
WE ALSO HAVE A SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY FILED SCHOOLS
WHICH DOES SPORTS
COMBINEDDED WITH REGULAR
GENERAL SPECIAL ED
STUDENTS TOGETHER.
THAT'S TERRIFIC.
ON THE COP SIDE OF
THINGS DOING THIS, WHAT
IS IT LIKE SPENDING TIME
OUT THERE.
WE DONATE BUT HOW DO YOU
PASS THE TIME.
SOME PEOPLE THINK
IT'S ALMOST TORTURE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A JOY TO
SEE THE COMMUNITY COMING
OUT AND JUST DONATING
WHAT THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE IN THEIR CAR,
CHANGE AND DOLLARS AND
JUST SEEING THE
INTERACTION THAT WE CAN
GET WITH THE COMMUNITY
THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T
-ALWAYS HAVE AS AN
OFFICER.
IT DOES ADD UP TOO,
THAT CHANGE THAT YOU
HAVE.
EVERYONE HAS A CHANGE
HOLDER IN OUR CUP TOO.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE
CAN EXPECT TO SEE YOU
AT?
SO WE'RE AT ALL
WALMARTS EXCEPT FOR THE
DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS,
SAM'S CLUBS, NUMEROUS
SHOPPING CENTERS
INCLUDING A LOT
DIFFERENT SAFEWAYS.
SHOUT OUT TO SAM'S CLUB,
A MAJOR SUPPORTER.
WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT
SUPPORT BUT I REALLY
REALLY WANT TO GIVE A
HUGE SHOUT-OUT TO THE
LAWT COMMUNITY FOR
BASICKING SACRIFICING
THREE DAYS AND IN SOME
CASES THREE DAYS AND TO
NIGHTS.
IT'S HPD BUT IT'S
SHERIFF'S AND MILITARY
POLICE.
WE GET AMAZING SUPPORT
FROM SUPPORT AND THEY
ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY
MAKE THIS EVENT HAPPEN.
YOU DO SO MUCH
THREE DAYS IS A TASK
THOUGH FOR THIS.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT SPECIAL
OLYMPICS HAWAI'I THAT
PERSONALLY MAKES YOU
WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN
THIS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE
SUPPORTING THAT FROM
BEFORE.
JUST THE JOY WE GET
TO SEE FROM THE
ATHLETE'S PERSPECTIVE.
SOMETIMES THEY COME OUT
TO OUR SITES AND THEY
ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE US
AND THE SMILE THAT WE
GET FROM THEM AND JUST
THE JOY OF BEING AROUND
THEM.
AFTER THE THIRD DAY
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT
EXHAUSTED AND WE'RE
SWEATY BUT JUST SEEING
THE JOY ON THEIR FACES
GIVES US THAT PICKUP TO
FINISH IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
WHERE WILL YOU BE AT SO
PEOPLE CAN LOOK FOR YOU?
CAN YOU FIND ME
PROBABLY AT THE KAPOLEI
WALMART.
I'LL BE UP ON THE TOP
OVER THERE, SO IF YOU
SEE ME, SAY HI.
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