Posted on: Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Grants
Salvation Army gets $8,000
The Honolulu Chamber of Commerce gave an $8,000 grant to the Salvation Army for Hana Pono'i, a program which teaches self-sufficiency skills to people who need financial assistance. Hana Pono'i participants attend self-help workshops on basic financial resource management and the steps toward improved food security and health.
OHA grant to help feed poor
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs recently awarded $30,000 to the Mala 'Ai 'Opio Community Food Security Initiative, a project by the Wai'anae Community Re-Development Corporation. The grant will assist in establishing a local food system to fight hunger, improve nutrition, strengthen food security and empower low-income families to move toward self-sufficiency. The redevelopment corporation operates Mala 'Ai 'Opio, a five-acre, student-operated organic farm and café in Wai'anae. Money to go to building houses
First Hawaiian Bank has received a $324,526 grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle to assist the Nanakuli-Wai'anae Kauhalepono Project sponsored by the Hawaiian Community Development Board. The housing project will provide 25 new steel-frame, prefabricated modular homes for low-income residents of the Nanakuli-Wai'anae Hawaiian Homeland areas. Reading group gets $5,000
Read Aloud America has received a grant of $5,000 from First Hawaiian Foundation to support the Read Aloud Program. RAP is a family literacy program designed to create communities of lifelong readers and bring families together to share in reading. The program reaches more than 57,000 participants through 28 programs in Hawai'i schools. Red Cross given $10,000 grant
The Hawai'i State Chapter of the American Red Cross has been awarded a grant of $10,000 from the First Hawaiian Foundation to assist in providing disaster relief, health and safety education and emergency communications for residents of Hawai'i. The Red Cross of Hawai'i is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers. All disaster assistance is free and is made possible by donations. Service group receives grants
The Hawaii Community Services Council has received two grants totaling $31,000 to support its mission to provide training and technical assistance to other nonprofit organizations. The Atherton Family Foundation donated $25,000 to underwrite the council's workshop programs for nonprofits in Maui, Hawai'i and Kaua'i counties. In the past, these programs were offered only in Honolulu. Verizon Foundation donated a $6,000 technology grant for laptop computers and projection equipment to improve the effectiveness and portability of the council's workshops and presentations. Kona Hospital receives $10K
Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation has awarded $10,000 to the Kona Hospital Foundation's Campaign For Renewal. The grant will support the $5 million fund-raising drive to improve and modernize Kona Hospital. Specifically, the grant will upgrade the exterior and interior of the hospital, create a radiation therapy unit, support nuclear medicine and renovate the emergency room.
