Grants

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Swimming group receives $3,200

Hawaiian Swimming, a swimming committee of USA Swimming, Inc., has been awarded a $3,200 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Hawaii Preservation Services Fund.

The money will be used to design an exhibit — Hawaii Swimming Legacy — that will trace the history of competitive swimming in Hawai'i, focusing on the construction of the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium in 1927 and the Natatorium's role in the development of world-class swimming in the Islands. The exhibit is intended to educate the public and engender interest in restoring the memorial.

Outreach money to benefit youths

Adult Friends for Youth has received $56,000 from the McInerny, Seto and Pettus foundations and the G.N. Wilcox and Frear Eleemosynary trusts.

The grants will support therapeutic outreach services to young people whose difficulties are often beyond the scope of other programs.

Forestry council selects eight groups

The Kaulunani Urban Forestry Council has awarded $67,000 in cost-share grants to the following organizations:

• Nature Talks, book project to document the diversity of Hawai'i's backyard gardens.
• U.H. Urban Garden Center, Arbor Day tree give-away.
• Island School, for its campus expansion landscape project.
• Ho'oulu Lahui, Hana Aloha community education and native-plant program to propagate and distribute native plants on Arbor Day.
• Outrigger Waikiki Hotel, Arbor Day tree giveaway in Waikiki.
• Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture, to create the Artist's Garden for art classes and to provide trees and shrubs for fiber-arts programs.
• Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, to purchase plants for an expanded Arbor Day giveaway program.
• Kona Historical Society, to repair and maintain the Kona Heritage Ranch and beautify it with plant species commonly found on the property at the turn of the last century.
  
  
  

Drug-free agency gets $100,000

The Office of National Drug Control Policy has awarded $14.6 million in Drug-Free Communities grants. The matching grants are going to 157 community coalitions from 50 states and the District of Columbia to support anti-drug efforts.

An additional $24.1 million will pay for the continuation of 307 grants. The coalitions — made up of a diverse cross-section of parents, youths, teachers, religious and fraternal organizations, healthcare and business professionals, law enforcement, the media and community leaders — work to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youths.

The Drug-Free Communities Program provides grants of up to $100,000 to community organizations that serve as catalysts for citizen participation in drug prevention.

In Hawai'i, The Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, at 1130 N. Nimitz Highway, Suite A-259, is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the agency.