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Youth-run boutique from Queen Liliuokalani Trust provides essentials, leadership training for Waianae children
Summary
Students from the Queen Liliuokalani Trust described a youth-run boutique that gives children in need clothes and toiletries, operates a points-based redemption system, and ties into internships and a summer workforce program that mentors local youth.
Students from the Queen Liliuokalani Trust presented a youth-run “boutique” on an Olelo Channel broadcast, saying it supplies underwear, clothes, shoes and basic toiletries to children who otherwise lack them and offers leadership and workforce experiences for young people.
"We started boutique back in around 2020," said Palihua, a program participant. "It's to have kids underwear, clothes, shoes, deodorant," she said, adding the goal is to create “a space where kids could feel safe, loved, and heard.”
The boutique is staffed and run in part by Trust participants and tied to other youth efforts such as a summer…
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