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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, November 25, 2002

Grants

Advertiser Staff

A&B Foundation aids food banks

Four of Hawai'i's community food banks, Maui Food Bank, Kauai Food Bank, Hawaii Foodbank and Hawaii Island Food Bank, recently accepted grants from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation designated for emergency food to be distributed to families needing food and household supplies.

In total, $100,000 was awarded.

Also participating were members of management from A&B's business operations, which finance the Foundation. They include Matson Navigation Company, A&B Properties Inc., Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., East Maui Irrigation Co., Kahului Trucking & Storage, Kauai Coffee Co. and Kauai Commercial Co.

The grants come from A&B Foundation's Manawale'a program, established to provide assistance to those in the community temporarily affected by unemployment or under-employment. Manawale'a is Hawaiian for "a generous heart, to give freely and willingly."

"Our research showed that, over the past year, the demand for the food banks' services has increased dramatically, probably the result of a slowed economy and recent social service reforms," said A&B Foundation President Allen Doane.


Youth group gets $15,000

Starwood Vacation Ownership Inc. and its Hawai'i subsidiary, SVO Pacific Inc., which oversees the sales and marketing efforts of the Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resorts Villas, presented a check for $15,000 to Represent Youth Outreach, at Lahaina Business Park. The gift was the result of donations from close to 100 employees, plus a matching contribution from SVO Pacific.

Represent Youth Outreach is a new nonprofit organization focused on providing a support system for the youth of West Maui by helping them find success through excellence in life, career and education, achieved by providing a positive vision of life. Practical support includes helping youth to complete General Education Diploma courses, providing tutoring and study sessions, computer, drama, arts and craft classes and connecting needy families with social services. Other plans include activities such as elderly outreach, family nights, Bible classes, discussion nights and counseling.


Gardens given irrigation money

The Kona Outdoor Circle Educational Center and Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens have received a grant of $12,000 from the Cook Foundation Ltd. of the Hawai'i Community Foundation for the purpose of upgrading the gardens' irrigation system.

The grant provides money to modernize the system and improve efficiency to conserve water. The gardens are arranged in terraces that represent the ethnic diversity of the Islands and range from Australia to Asia, from the Mediterranean to Central America.

The Kona Outdoor Circle, as a branch of The Outdoor Circle, Honolulu, was started in 1948 with a mission to "Keep Kona Clean, Green and Beautiful," and to act as a steward of the land and facilities including the gardens and the Kealakowa'a Heiau.


Moanalua group receives $2,500

Moanalua Gardens Foundation recently received a $2,500 grant from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation for its Partners in Education Program. Through this program, MGF partners with public and private schoolteachers to provide environmental and cultural educational experiences. Elementary students participate in both class and informational field sessions.

The program helps teachers and students increase their knowledge and understanding of Hawai'i by providing updated curriculum material.