Grants
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Groups assist youth program
The Frear Eleemosynary Trust, the McInerny Foundation and the G.N. Wilcox Trust have contributed a total of $35,000 to support the continuation of Adult Friends for Youth's alternative out-of-school education program. Twenty-two students have completed the program, with 19 earning high school diplomas.
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation gave a $10,000 grant to Adult Friends for Youth for general program support. The gift was part of program in which Weinberg Foundation employees select recipients.
Adult Friends for Youth also received a total of $22,000 from Friends of Hawaii Charities, The Schuler Family Foundation and the Seto Foundation for general program support that includes therapy programs, parenting classes and efforts against gang activity.
A number of organizations contributed to Adult Friends for Youth's Student Transition Convention. A total of $43,500 was donated by the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation, American Savings Bank, Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties, Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Gear Up Hawaii, HomeStreet Bank, Insurance Associates, Kaiser Permanente, KTA SuperStores, The Lions Club of Honolulu and Locations Foundation.
$20,000 goes to Nisei center
The Atherton Family Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center to help build Maui's first intergenerational center. The center, to be build on a site on Kahului Beach Road, will include an adult daycare facility and a preschool.
HECO supports Power Hour
The Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii has received a $10,000 grant from Hawaiian Electric Co. to provide continued support for the youth organization's popular literacy-based Power Hour program.
Power Hour, begun in association with HECO in 1997, provides youngsters with an after-school Learning Center that includes homework assistance and tutoring services.
Participants are rewarded with points for attendance, homework, special projects and tutoring services.
Family retreat gets donations
The Families Can*Sur*-Vive sector of the American Cancer Society has received several donations. The Frear Eleemosynary Trust provided $6,000, the Jessie Ann Chalmers Charitable Trust $4,000 and the Hawaii Children's Cancer Foundation $6,000.
The family retreat provides an interactive opportunity for participants to discover their individual and family strengths while encouraging trust, open communication and problem-solving skills.
Shinseki Gallery given $10,000
The Hawaii Army Museum Society has been awarded a grant of $10,000 from the First Hawaiian Foundation, the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank, for the Hawaii Army Museum's Shinseki Gallery.
A&B Foundation helps youth arts
The Maui Arts & Cultural Center has received a $15,000 grant from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation to support its nationally recognized arts programs for students.
Throughout the year, more than 5,000 Maui schoolchildren take part in Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Can Do! day workshops in movement, rhythm, visual arts and drama.
