Salutes • Grants
Mental Health Association gets $8,500 in grants
Advertiser Staff
To support its public education and community action activities, the Mental Health Association in Hawai'i has received contributions and grants totaling $8,500 from the following organizations: $5,000 from the Public Health Fund of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i to update and reprint "Finding HELP: A Consumer Guide to Mental Health Services in Hawai'i"; $2,500 from AstraZenica Pharmaceuticals; and $1,000 from Servco Foundation through Aloha United Way.
• The Hawai'i State Office of Mothers Against Drunk Driving recently received charitable grants in the amount of $10,000 from the G.N. Wilcox Trust and $5,000 from Frear Eleemonsynary Trust. The money will be used to continue the Youth Alcohol Impact Program, an education and prevention program targeting high school students throughout the state to reduce underage drinking, impaired driving and the tragedies that can result.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is a nonprofit organization dedicated to stopping drunk driving, assisting victims of drunk drivers and preventing underage drinking.
• Hawaiian Electric Industries has donated $5,000 to Kama'aina Kids-Ewa Pre-school. The money will be used to upgrade the school's playground equipment.
Since it opened in 1997, the preschool has experienced a surge of young families moving to the area.
"Our preschool has already served over 1,000 youngsters, ages 2 to 5 years old, from the 'Ewa plain and neighboring communities. We now offer an infant/toddler care program caring for children as young as 2 months of age. We are so grateful for the support and vision of Hawaiian Electric Company," said the preschool director, Michelle Fuller.
The grant is HEI's second to the Kama'aina Kids.
Kama'aina Kids has been serving Hawai'i's keiki for more than 30 years. It is dedicated to nurturing children's emotional, social, physical and cognitive growth.
• Read Aloud America has received a grant of $5,000 from the Atherton Family Foundation to expand RAP, the Read Aloud Program, to a new site.
The Atherton Foundation supports programs and projects that benefit the people of Hawai'i. Founded in 1915, the foundation carries on the values of its founders, Juliette Atherton and her son, Frank Cooke Atherton. It is now one of the largest endowed grant-making resources in the state devoted exclusively to charitable activities.
RAP, the Read Aloud Program, is a family literacy program designed to create communities of lifelong readers. RAP brings families together twice a month during each semester to share the pleasure and enrichment of reading and reading along. Through simple, focused, fun activities parents and children learn and grow together.
Since its first program in 1999, RAP has served more than 27,000 participants through 12 programs in Hawai'i's public schools. It offers parents simple tools for increasing their children's chances for success in life.
