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The 25th annual Discovery Fair at Leeward Community College offers a family-oriented day of engaging educational interactive exhibits, carnival games, food booths, entertainment and a variety of “Safe Communities” activities and information. The fair is presented on Saturday, November 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Pearl City campus. Admission and parking are free.

Highlights of the fair are the more than 50 bustling hands-on learning activities for the entire family. For the fourth year in a row, the fair also features Weed and Seed Hawaiʻi and Safe Communities Day, offering fun and informative activities. Meeting Honolulu Police Department’s trained dogs, fighting virtual fires and exploring a variety of emergency vehicles add to the day’s excitement.

Weed and Seed Hawaiʻi showcases a number of federal, state and local law enforcement exhibits including Keiki IDs, McGruff, the Crime Dog, how to prepare for emergencies and fraud awareness.

Hawaiʻi Medication Take Back program will be onsite and encourages the public to turn in unused or expired medications for safe, anonymous disposal.

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Returning crowd-favorites

  • Genomic Jewelry—making custom jewelry encasing your own DNA
  • Quicksand Goo—a mysterious substance that’s both solid and liquid
  • Mad Hatter—creating wearable hats from recycled materials
  • Virtual firefighting
  • Dollar book sale

Additional fair offerings

  • Hands-on clay sculpting, including the opportunity to dive into pottery wheels
  • Bug City—a close up look and feel of the creepy, crawly insect world
  • Polymer Worms—squiggle, squeeze and turn liquids into solids
  • Instant Snow: Snow in paradise?—make snow magically appear
  • Old to New Papermaking—create artisan paper from recycled materials
  • Rockets!—create and launch your personalized rocket
  • Scholastic Book Fair with Clifford the Big Red Dog
  • Meet McGruff, the Crime Dog
  • Food booths
  • Galactic Games—a galaxy of carnival games
  • Continuous entertainment

In celebration of the 25th anniversary, free totebags will be given to the first 1.000 patrons.

“This unique partnership between Leeward Community College and Weed and Seed Hawaiʻi is wonderful, as we work together to make education fun for the youth and their families,” said Manny Cabral, Leeward CC chancellor.

“We appreciate this tremendous opportunity to partner with Leeward Community College,” said Maile Kanemaru, director of Weed and Seed Hawaiʻi. “Bringing awareness to Weed and Seed Hawaiʻi is critical as we continue to ‘weed’ out crime and ‘seed’ positive programs in our communities.”

—By Kathleen Cabral

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