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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, September 22, 2002

Grants

Advertiser Staff

• The Hawai'i Intergenerational Network has been awarded the following grants:

  • $4,000 by the G.N. Wilcox Trust to develop a corps of senior volunteers to start FELLOWS programs in schools.
  • $10,000 from the Atherton Family Foundation and $4,000 from the Cooke Foundation Ltd. to continue the Senior Kupuna in the Preschools Project to place senior citizens in schools to help mentor children needing special attention.

"These grants help schools to utilize an important resource in our community ... our growing number of seniors. Training and support to the volunteers are essential components of volunteer recruitment and retention," said Mae Mendelson, executive director of the network.

• The Hawaii Foodbank has received a $35,000 grant from the A&B Foundation to help provide emergency food for O'ahu's families.

In fiscal year 2001-2002, the food bank distributed 8.5 million pounds of food, a 1-million-pound increase over the previous year.

"Throughout the years, A&B and their foundation has helped to ensure that the people of Hawai'i could count on them in times of need. This is just another example of the fine work they do. I speak for the nearly 120,000 needy that the Hawaii Foodbank, its agencies and Neighbor Island food banks help feed each week, and thank A&B for thinking of us," said Dick Grimm, president of Hawaii Foodbank.

• Blueprint for Change was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation to expand its Neighborhood Places concept to the central Honolulu area and the Puna District of the Big Island.

In past years, the Geist Foundation has partnered with Blueprint for Change to give financial support to Neighborhood Places in Wai'anae and Waipahu on O'ahu and in Kailua on the Big Island.

Blueprint for Change and Neighborhood Places provide a broad range of support services to families and communities at risk for child abuse and neglect.

It is the vision of Blueprint for Change that every child in Hawai'i grows up in a nurturing home and a safe environment.

The state of Hawai'i has formed a partnership with Blueprint for Change to work with communities and providers statewide to develop a more responsive child welfare system.

• The Citigroup Foundation has awarded a $15,000 grant to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Honolulu to help further its school- and community-based mentoring programs. As a result, more of Hawai'i's youth will benefit from one-to-one mentoring that promotes caring, competence and self-confidence.

Citifinancial's Ala Moana branch manager and Big Brother Gordon Takaki applied for the grant on behalf of four Citifinancial branches: Ala Moana, Alakea, Dillingham and University.

Citigroup Foundation, a division of Citigroup Inc., supports organizations that focus on education and community development.