Testimonials

I would like to thank you and the wonderful organization you work with at Childrens Justice Center.  During this holiday season the staff at Child Welfare Services have been able to bless the children with christmas gifts and the children have been so happy to receive these gifts.  The gesture of a gift allows us to say to the children that we are thinking of them, we haven’t forgotten about them and that we care about them.  In addition, these children have experienced unfortunate hardships at such a young age and some do not have the opportunity to spend the holiday’s with their families so it allows us to tell them they are not alone and  we want them to think of the staff at Child Welfare as well as Children’s Justice Center as their extended family that they can trust and rely on.   Your organization is such a valuable resource to Child Welfare Services because as a deparment under the state, we don’t have any additional funding.  We are kind of like the poor helping out the unfortunate chidren.  With your assistance you allow us to make things possible.

Last week, I was able to go with Lester to Maui Food Bank and I did not realize that it is because of the Children’s Justice Center that we are able to obtain a valuable resource that every growing child needs.  I was able to provide a family with food during the holiday season while they struggle financially.  The children were excited to help me carry the food I obtained from Maui Food Bank into their home.  I observed the children making plans to take a snack to their christmas party at school on their last day of school before the holiday break.  It was a blessing in disguise because these children took what I blessed them with and blessed other children at their school with a snack provided all because CJC assists CWS in obtaining a simple resource that they otherwise were lacking in.

In addition, Purchase Orders provided to a child during the turmoil is such a relief to everyone’s piece of mind.  Being able to provide the child as well as the resource caregiver with the necessary clothing a child needs during the first few hectic days is another valuable resource.  Without these purchase orders we as a department cannot provide a better situation for the child.  These purchase orders allow strangers to bond giving both the resource caregiver and the child that sense of relief that they need in those first critical days.

Overall, the staff at Child Welfare would not be able to accomplish things we would like to accomplish without the blessings of the “Friends of the Children’s Justice Center.”