Grants

Advertiser Staff

Abuse group gets $5,500

Verizon Wireless has awarded a $5,500 grant to the Hawai'i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, a statewide coalition of domestic violence programs aimed at ensuring the safety and protection of battered women.

The grant is part of Verizon Wireless' HopeLine program, a nationwide initiative that supports agencies' efforts to help victims rebuild their lives.

As a result of HopeLine and the company's predecessor's phone recycling programs, Verizon Wireless has collected more than 500,000 used wireless phones to benefit domestic violence victims and advocacy groups since 1995. Today, Verizon Wireless stores throughout the country welcome donations of wireless phones that no longer are being used.

Verizon Wireless refurbishes, recycles and/or sells collected phones for parts, using the proceeds to provide grants and phones for distribution by domestic violence shelters. The company has donated voice mailboxes to shelters so women have a discreet way to receive messages from potential landlords and employers.

Youth theater receives aid

Honolulu Theatre for Youth has received substantial grants from local foundations in support of its programs:

• $5,000 from The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation to increase program presence in Windward O'ahu.
• $10,000 from the Zuckerhorn Foundation in support of the season.
• $10,000 each from The Cooke Foundation and Verizon Hawaii in support of a three-year project that brings together HTY, the University of Hawai'i history department, Wahiawa Elementary School and elder members of the Wahiawa community. The project expands on HTY's successful drama residency work by incorporating oral history study and ultimately having HTY's playwright in residence, Y. York, create an original script about the process.
• $50,000 from the Robert E. Black Memorial Fund in support of the HTY drama education program Developing Creative Curriculum: Enriching the Education of Hawai'i's Children. The program is a partnership with the University of Hawai'i at Manoa College of Education and the state Department of Education.
• $5,000 from the A & B Foundation in support of 2002-03 season tours to Maui County.
• $7,500 from the George N. Wilcox Trust for HTY's Kaua'i tours.
• $50,000 from the Strong Foundation for 2001-02 season support.
• $5,000 from the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation in support of HTY's Maui County tours.
• $5,000 from the George & Ida Castle Trust for drama education at La'ie School.
• $10,000 from the Samuel & Mary Castle Foundation in support of HTY's production of "Runny Noses," "Tiny Tales" and "Musubi Man."
• $3,500 from the Jhamandas Watumull Fund to underwrite the production of "Musubi Man."
• $20,000 from the Bretzlaff Foundation in support of the 2001-02 season.
• $25,000 from the Shubert Foundation in support of the 2001-02 season.
• $5,000 from ABC Stores/Kosasa Foundation in support of the 2001-02 season.