O'ahu briefs

Advertiser Staff

CENTRAL

AT&T workers donate books

A group of AT&T employees and retirees this month donated 350 backpacks filled with school supplies and 300 new books to students at Waipahu Elementary School.

Called the Pioneers, the AT&T group is part of a nationwide campaign to distribute 17,000 backpacks filled with books and supplies to schoolchildren.

The Hawai'i group also participates in the "A Book About Me" program that provides personalized hardcover books for elementary school children.

EAST HONOLULU

Michaelmas pageant slated

Children at Honolulu Waldorf School will present a Michaelmas pageant filled with drama, songs and a dragon.

The performance will be from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. today at the school's Niu Valley campus, 350 Ulua St.

Michaelmas is an ancient autumn festival named after the archangel Michael.

HONOLULU

Program seeks tax volunteers

AARP Tax-Aide, a free tax counseling and preparation service, is seeking volunteers who want to learn tax law and help prepare tax returns for middle- and low-income people.

Each year from Feb. 1 through April 15, AARP Tax-Aide volunteers prepare returns at more than 10,000 sites nationwide and at www.aarp.org/taxaide. In Hawai'i last year, 180 volunteers helped more than 21,700 taxpayers.

Volunteers will receive free tax training from the Internal Revenue Service.

For information, call Kalfred Chang at 531-8863, or John Ponsen at 955-5462.