Grants

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Money supports forgiveness fest

The Hawaii Center For Attitudinal Healing received a $5,000 grant from the Okamura Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation. The money supported its International Forgiveness Day Festival held earlier this month at the East-West Center.

The festival was organized by community youth specialist Merton Chinen, a board member of the center for attitudinal healing and coordinator of the Forgiveness Lifeskills Project. The project's goal is to facilitate understanding of forgiveness as a healing skill for personal and community change.

Jamba Juice raises $20,255

MDA Hawai'i has received $20,255 from Jamba Juice. The money was raised through the third annual Jamba Juice Banana Man Chase held July 19 at Ala Moana Park.

A total of 515 runners, walkers and strollers participated by chasing five triathletes clad in Banana Man costumes over a 5-kilometer course. Twenty-five winners in various categories won free Jamba Juice for a year. The Banana Man Chase is held annually nationwide for various charities.

AIDS project gets $12,500

Life Foundation, Hawai'i's oldest and largest AIDS organization, has received grants of $2,500 from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation and $10,000 from the HMSA Foundation to support the HIV Awareness Renewal Project.

Life Foundation was founded more than 20 years ago to confront an epidemic that at the time did not have a name. In the ensuing two decades, the program campaigned to stop the spread of HIV and provided social services to more than 2,000 HIV-positive people.