Grants
Advertiser Staff
Foodbank given $15,000
The Hawai'i Foodbank has received money to help meet a dramatic increase in the need for hunger relief services in Hawai'i. The organization plans to use its $15,000 grant to support the mission of feeding Hawai'i's hungry.
The emergency aid was provided by America's Second Harvest, through a $1 million grant from Phillip Morris Companies Inc.
OHA assists recovery center
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded Malama Na Makua A Keiki Inc., doing business as Malama Family Recovery Center, a grant of $30,000.
The center is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide a continuum of gender-specific substance abuse treatment, life skill enhancement, and educational and therapeutic living services for eligible women and their families.
The grant will help Malama Family Recovery Center to integrate traditional Hawaiian cultural values and activities into its treatment curriculum. Among these traditions is the practice of ho'oponopono, the Hawaiian way of making things right through communication and forgiveness.
"We are thrilled and grateful to have the Office of Hawaiian Affairs support our efforts in developing more culturally relevant programs and services for Native Hawaiians," said Jud Cunningham, executive director of Aloha House, which handles administrative services for Malama Family Recovery Center. "As the host culture, Native Hawaiians have values and traditions that blend well with the goals of substance abuse treatment programs."
Aloha House has been providing services for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug dependency, as well as other behavioral disorders, for more than 25 years. The agency provides programs for both men and women.
Malama Family Recovery Center joined Aloha House as a partner nearly two years ago. Another partner in this project is Ohana Makamae, Inc., a Hana, Maui-based community service organization.
Mental health center gets aid
Mental Health Kokua has received $2,500 from Alexander & Baldwin Foundation and $25,000 of a $50,000 grant from the Atherton Foundation, to be used for acquisition of an apartment complex and psycho-social service center on Maui. The center will promote recovery for adults with serious mental illness.
An additional $10,000 grant has been received from the James Pettus Foundation to help move Mental Health Management services on O'ahu to the Pan Am Building on Kapi'olani Boulevard.
Waipahu fund helps groups
The Waipahu Community Foundation has awarded quarterly grants to Boy Scout Troop 32, Waikele Elementary School, Village Park Athletic Association, Waipahu High School, Cub Scout Pack 167, Waipahu Jackrabbits Association and DREAM Team Hawaii Inc.
Hearing system to be improved
Hawai'i Services on Deafness has received a $27,000 grant from Verizon Foundation toward a new hearing system for the hearing impaired at Neal Blaisdell Center Concert Hall.
The new system consists of 50 headsets and receivers. It picks up the sound waves generated by the performers and converts them to an infrared format, which is then transmitted to the headphones, providing a more distinct sound for deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members.
The system replaces one that Verizon Hawai'i, then GTE Hawaiian Tel, provided through a grant to HSOD in the mid-1980's, which has since lost power and become obsolete.
