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Hey, Seattle folks, come out to Nectar Lounge this Sunday, August 28 from 5-10pm for a family-friendly lu’au. Proceeds from the event help the Service Board to support Seattle youth.

Lu’au Party at Nectar Lounge

Join us for our second Lu`au celebration on August 28th at Nectar Lounge in Fremont. This all-ages party will feature music, contests (pie eating and hula-hooping!), karaoke and delicious food served plate-lunch style by Pai’s Foods!

(via the Service Board)

There are people doing good things, too.

London residents wait to be allowed through a police cordon to help council workers with the clear up after the rioting that took place the previous night outside Clapham Junction railway station in Battersea, London, Tuesday, Aug. 9. Britons swept up, patched up and feared further violence Tuesday, demanding police do more to protect them after three nights of rioting left trails of looted stores, wrecked cars and burned buildings across London and several other cities.

(photo by Matt Dunham / AP via PhotoBlog)

18-year-old gives his $40,000 scholarship to other teens

Allan Guei, 18, was a star basketball player at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area before he graduated last month. He also had a GPA above 3.0, and his good grades made him eligible for an unusual competition: A free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium. The top prize: $40,000 in scholarship money.

Guei, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast, knew how much that financial aid could mean for his family. So he was feeling a fair share of pressure as students and teachers crushed into the gym to watch Guei and seven other randomly selected, academically successful students make foul shots. Guei won the free-throw contest by one basket and netted the $40,000.

But it’s what he did next that’s truly astonishing.

(reporting from Laura T. Coffey via TODAY.com)