Grants and gifts

Advertiser Staff

Tiki's raises charity money

Tiki's Grill & Bar raised more than $22,500 for three charities with three grand-opening events.

All ticket proceeds went to support the nonprofit groups. Tiki's donated all the food and beverages.

• $8,000 went to the Waikiki Community Cen-ter, which provides child care, classes, social services for adults and seniors, and community services such as an emergency food bank, thrift shop and support groups.
• $6,276 went to the Aloha Shriners Patients' Transportation Fund, which helps with transportation expenses for children throughout the Pacific who need orthopedic care and treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu, or treatment for burns and spinal injury at another network hospital in Sacramento, Calif.
• $8,254 was raised for the Aloha United Way 2002 campaign. The organization helps approximately 450,000 people on O'ahu each year through a network of 64 health and human service agencies.

"Our goal is to be good corporate citizens and be connected with great causes," said Bill Tobin, Tiki's Grill & Bar partner/general manager. "We want our employees to have that same commitment to the community, and were especially pleased when 65 of our job applicants willingly volunteered to do cleanup work with us at the Battleship Missouri Memorial as part of Aloha United Way's A Day of Caring in September."

Hotel industry gives $2,000

The Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation recently awarded the Hawaii Lupus Foundation Inc. $2,000 for education programs on lupus. The industry group raises money through its annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk.

Lupus, a chronic disease in which the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue, can affect any organ and range from mild to life-threatening. There is no cure.

Anti-violence program aided

The Hawai'i Friends of Civic and Law Related Education was awarded $5,000 from the Public Health Fund of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i. The money will go toward the Violence Prevention Through Literacy program designed by Hawai'i Friends for secondary students at risk of dropping out. The students read, facilitate discussion and distribute picture books about conflict to elementary schools. Wai'anae and Kaimuki High Schools currently participate.

Pali Lions receive grant

The Pali Lions Club has received $10,000 from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation under the Weinberg Friends Program.

The Pali Lions applied for the grant to help organizations on the Windward side, said president Cecelia Izuo.

The money will be used to repair cabins at the Kokokahi YWCA, allowing continuation of the Y's much-needed youth programs.

The Pali Lions Club is a volunteer service organization that serves the Windward community, providing materials and labor for service projects.

Schools and the community are welcome to submit requests for help.