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Mr. Adams: And you were in private business relationship as a member of his <br /> employ. <br /> Ms. Bello: Correct. <br /> Mr. Adams: And the use of the Lokahi Giving Tree or the Salvation Army I <br /> assumed you used both of those to identify a family in each of <br /> those years. <br /> Ms. Bello: Yes. <br /> Mr. Adams: And that's how you chose both Lokahi and Salvation Army was <br /> simply you knew that there was...that they had eyes on potential <br /> families that could use that support and approach them on your <br /> own. <br /> Ms. Bello: The first year I approached the Lokahi people...Lokahi Project <br /> because I had seen it on the news that there was these families that <br /> needed things throughout the holidays. After that, Salvation Army <br /> contacted me knowing what we were able to do. Different <br /> organizations in my private entity contacted me and so this past <br /> year I talked to Captain Komatsu. We wanted to do it thru the <br /> volunteer...Pepeekeo volunteer company IAlpha...giving back to <br /> the community as a service project per se. <br /> Mr. Adams: Captain...can you characterize for me the status of the <br /> volunteers...volunteer firefighters...the lAlpha that works <br /> for...what's is that...what's their status if you will. <br /> Mr. Komatsu: Their status? <br /> Mr. Adams: Right. <br /> Mr. Komatsu: They're a complete volunteer company right now. <br /> Mr. Adams: Okay. <br /> Mr. Komatsu: We have about...I think eleven people on their volunteer right <br /> now. <br /> Mr. Adams: So they follow the direction of the active duty fire captains? <br /> They're working for the County...if there's a fire...they're using <br /> County equipment. <br /> Mr. Komatsu: Right and County training. They get page, they get toned out, and <br /> they get pagers and stuff like that. So they're kind of like on a <br /> 9 <br />