HOW TO HELP

If you want to help, send checks payable to "The Advertiser Christmas Fund," to Helping Hands Hawai'i, 2100 N. Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, HI 96819. Monetary donations may also be dropped off at any First Hawaiian Bank branch or The Advertiser's cashier's desk.

To donate online, go to www.honoluluadvertiser.com/xmasfund.

Material goods may be dropped off at the Community Clearinghouse at 2100 N. Nimitz Highway, near Pu'uhale Road, during these hours: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays, Dec. 6, 13 and 20 only: 8 a.m. to noon.

To schedule a donation pick-up for large items, or to make a monetary donation by phone, call 440-3800.