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is intended to further education for the families and children of the workers at <br />Hualalai. It is also intended to help with any medical expenses if the need arises <br />and at the end of all of this came in mentoring. <br /> <br />K. Schneider reported that there were approximately less than 40 kids who attended <br />nd <br />the Lifeplan Institute Hawaii Island 2 Annual Youth Summit held on Friday, <br />July 1, 2011, at the Four Seasons Hualalai at Hualalai Resort. It was a gender <br />mixture, but more girls than boys with a range of ages. She felt that it was <br />beautifully done as far as location and the presentation. Some of the challenges that <br />she noticed were some organizational issues such as engaging the children. They <br />had outdoor activities such as rock climbing and canoe paddling. In the afternoon, <br />they had 15 minutes breakout sessions in a career which was not well done. She <br />felt that the presenters should have been told that you need to have something more <br />interactive when you’re presenting because these kids are clueless to everything it’s <br />going to take to be in the profession that you’re in. <br /> <br />K. Schneider felt that Lifeplan has a good model that they want to implement and it’s <br />still being developed. K. Peters said that she didn’t think CSW have to do mentoring <br />because it’s being implemented by Lifeplan and the committee wouldn’t come close <br />to their humongous project that they are doing. She stated that CSW should put <br />their efforts elsewhere because it’s already being conducted. N. Kelly suggested <br />that CSW help find mentors. <br /> <br />N. Kelly mentioned that she heard about the Youth Challenge Program that is <br />looking for mentors which is located at the former Kulani Correctional Facility. <br />Primarily 60 to 70 percent of the kids are from the island and the rest of the slots are <br />filled from the neighbor islands. They are looking for people to be mentors for these <br />kids after they leave the program because the problem for these kids is transitioning <br />back into society. <br /> <br />D. Pung pointed out that the Lifeplan model is wonderful, but it is too sophisticated <br />for our kids. The Youth Challenge Program or the Senior Project is more feasible for <br />the committee to do. K. Peters added that she does not know what CSW’s role <br />would be in Lifeplan. <br /> <br />K. Peters said that she was talking about mentoring young women when she signed <br />up for mentoring. Her vision is scaled down to something that CSW could do. She <br />does not want to get involve in this grand project because the committee’s resources <br />are very limited. She is willing to do something that is very specific, focused, time <br />limited, and effort limited. She does not want to be involved in a project that has no <br />direction with no results. She suggested sending a letter to every high school asking <br />if they have a girl interested in a particular career, then the committee is offering a <br />career day luncheon. It will be up to the girls in the schools who are interested, but <br />may not have a mentor to ask questions. <br /> <br />N. Kelly mentioned the career opportunities fair in Hilo and they bus kids in. They <br />are looking for people to coordinate a fair in West Hawaii. <br /> 4 <br /> <br />