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UPDATE (November 20, 2023): Due to a shortage of volunteers, the Aiea Family Fun Fair will not be held this year. The parade and blood drive will go forward as usual. This post has been updated accordingly.

From Karen Higa and Claire Tamamoto:

Come join us at the Aiea Christmas Parade this year!

The Aiea Christmas Parade will be held on December 9, 2023. Please join us at this community event to celebrate the holiday season, whether it’s as a participant or a spectator! (If you’d like to participate in the parade, please see the application form below!)

Many schools, businesses, churches, and community groups have participated in previous years. The parade featured marching bands, classic cars, floats, and, of course, Santa. This year the parade will start at 9am at Pearl Ridge Elementary School and will end at the Old Sugar Mill Site on Halewiliko Street next to the Aiea Library.

The Blood Bank of Hawaii will be at the Aiea Public Library that day for a blood drive. Hawaii needs more than 200 blood donors every day. Do your part! You can schedule an appointment to give blood by scanning the QR code in the flier below, or you can go to bbh.org.

The Aiea Christmas Parade is sponsored and funded by the Aiea Community Association, which is an IRS designated 501(c) 3 organization. The ACA is a non-profit community-based organization dedicated to serving the Aiea Community.

If you have any questions or would like more information about the parade, please contact Karen Higa at aieaparade@yahoo.com.

We hope you can help us to promote this family-friendly community event. Your help and support would be greatly appreciated.

Mahalo and Happy Holidays,

Karen Higa
Aiea Parade Committee

Claire Tamamoto
Aiea Community Association

Application forms

Files distributed for the September 2023 meeting of the ACA are posted below.

The next community day for Loko I’a Pāʻaiau will be on October 7, 2023 from 9am to 1:30 pm.

The next ACA meeting will be on October 16, 2023.

The next Friends of Aiea Library booksale will take place on November 18, 2023 at Aiea Library, 9am to 2pm.

This year’s Aiea Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday, December 9, 2023 at 9am. The parade route will be the same as the last few years (Pearl Ridge Elementary to the old Aiea Sugar Mill).

The following are files distributed for the August 2023 meeting.

If you would like to help to assist those affected by the horrible tragedy in Lahaiana, volunteers at Loko I’a Pa’aiau (the fishpond located in the McGrew Point area) will be hosting a supply drop-off today, Friday, August 11, from 2-6 pm.

The fishpond is located at 122-184 McGrew Loop, Aiea, HI 96701.

See also Pa’aiau’s Instagram post.

Needed items include:

• Water & non-perishable food
• Flashlights & batteries
• Baby wipes & body wipes
• Toiletries
• Medicine
• Clothing
• Blankets & towels
• Futons or air mattresses or sleeping cots
• Face masks
• Gloves
• Trash bags
• Storage containers

The volunteers at Pa’aiau are unfortunately not able to take monetary donations. If you would like to donate monetary donations, they respectfully direct you to one of the following organizations:

• Hawaii Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund
• Salvation Army Maui
• Hawai’i Peoples Fund

The following are files distributed for the July 2023 meeting.

Please see the following fliers for events that may be of interest to the community:

From Pearlridge Center’s management:

Pearlridge Center will be hosting a live concert on July 3, 2023, from 5 pm to 9 pm. The headlining band is Common Kings (https://commonkings.com/about), an American/Hawaiian/Samoan reggae band from Orange County whose debut album was nominated for a grammy!

Common Kings will be preceded by additional participating performers. 

The concert will take place in the Wai Makai Food Truck/old Sears Parking Lot area.

Here are documents that were distributed for the May 2023 meeting.

As a reminder, there is no ACA meeting tonight (May 15, 2023). The May 2023 ACA meeting will instead take place next week Monday, May 22 at 7pm.

From the Board of Water Supply:

The Board of Water Supply (BWS) has confirmed the low-level detection of various perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at its Kaamilo Wells Pumping Station., which is located in Aiea. Please see the media advisory for more specifics: