HANALEI — The North Shore Lions Club was working hard to break the record Sunday at the Hanalei Elementary School cafeteria. “Last year, we served up about 800 breakfasts, netting about $13,000,” said Louis LaFratta, chair of the North Shore
HANALEI — The North Shore Lions Club was working hard to break the record Sunday at the Hanalei Elementary School cafeteria.
“Last year, we served up about 800 breakfasts, netting about $13,000,” said Louis LaFratta, chair of the North Shore Lions Club pancake breakfast. “That was a record year for us, and this year, we’re working to break that record. Everything we make goes back to the community.”
A steady stream of people flowed past tables laden with silent auction items en route to the breakfast line, enticed by the home-style Hawaiian music produced by kumu Naomi Yokotake and her brother, Mits Yokotake.
Proceeds from the breakfast go toward fueling projects that benefit the community, including vision and hearing projects, scholarships and other service projects.
“We work with the Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay because of the Rescue Tube program,” said Lion member Russ Boyer, who was soliciting contributions for North Shore Lions shirts. “We have 44 members in the North Shore club, but we keep busy with projects.”
Jean Chapp, a Westside resident who is a member of the Kapaa Lions Club, said it was important to support each other and the projects each club does.
“I had to get up early to get here,” Chapp said.
