Awards
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Alu Like gets $420,000
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded its Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant of $420,000 to Alu Like Inc.
The purpose of the grant is to provide Native Hawaiians access to educational, cultural and community resources through traditional library services and the Internet.
Alu Like Inc., will use the money to support and enhance services for Native Hawaiians at the Native Hawaiian Library at 567 S. King St., Suite 400, and to make its database and materials available via the Internet.
The Native Hawaiian Library provides traditional and electronic library services, an afterschool reading program for parents and their young children, storytelling sessions and homework assistance, adult literacy services and lifelong learning opportunities, and Hawaiian language translation and genealogical research.
Defibrillators distributed
The American Heart Association has presented automated external defibrillators to a number of community organizations on O'ahu, Maui and the Big Island. The sites that received them were: the Castle Complex Schools in Kane'ohe; the Community Clinic of Maui's Lahaina Comprehensive Health Center, its Kahului Lono site and its Wailuku Ka Hale A Ke Ola site; the Haleiwa Family Health Center; Hui Malama Ola na Oiwi in Waimea on the Big Island; Kokua-Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services in Kalihi; The Salvation Army's Kona Community Clinic on the Big Island and its Safe Haven locations in Lahaina and Kahului on Maui; Waialua Elementary School; Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center's James and Abigail Campbell Clinic in Nanakuli, its Kapolei Clinic and its Integrative Health Services building in Wai'anae; and the Waikiki Health Center.
The defibrillators are among 60 that eventually will be distributed to sites throughout the state through a $240,000 grant given to the heart association by the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.
Auto program gets $10,000
The DaimlerChrysler Corp. presented Honolulu Community College with a $10,000 check recently, with the money earmarked for the school's College Automotive Program, formerly known as the Chrysler Apprenticeship Program.
In the past the corporation has donated vehicles, equipment, tools, books, training aids and a scholarship fund to the school. Recently the school received a new Dodge Viper and a PT Cruiser for students to train on.
The local DaimlerChrysler dealerships select students in their second semester and provide work-site training and experience. After the selection the dealership pays $500 toward every semester each student completes. Following graduation the students have a two-year agreement to work full time, develop into a productive technician and pass a national certification in eight areas of automotive repair. Each student is awarded $2,000 for completing this objective.
Pearlridge aids chess group
Pearlridge Center recently donated nearly $1,000 to the Hawaii Chess Federation through Helping Hands Hawai'i. As a result, 25 Hawai'i schools received four tournament-grade chess sets each to help start student chess clubs.
Randy Prothero, Hawaii Chess Federation president, recently presented a plaque to Lurline Kawainui, Pearlridge special projects manager, recognizing Pearlridge Center as a 2002 Hawaii Chess Federation sponsor.
Every Tuesday, Pearlridge hosts free chess play and classes to the public. Member of the Pearlridge Chess Club meet at Uptown Pearlridge Center Court from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. weekly.
The Hawaii Chess Federation hosts five open chess tournaments each year and is the local affiliate of the United States Chess Federation. USCF is the official sanctioning body for over-the-board tournament play in the United States and boasts more than 88,000 members.
