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Family shelter gets computers
Aloha Tower Marketplace has donated 11 used computers and eight monitors and keyboards to improve the computer skills of children and adults in the Onemalu Family Shelter.
The computers will be used primarily to help the children improve their keyboard skills and to complete school projects. Ultimately, use of the computers will be extended to adults, providing them with some of the basic skills needed to get a job.
The computers were donated through the Department of Education Homeless Concerns Program.
2 defibrillators donated to zoo
The Honolulu Zoo will receive two defibrillators from the American Heart Association thanks to a grant from the Weinberg Foundation.
Defibrillators are emergency response devices used for restoring heart rhythm after a heart attack. The City Council's Parks and Recreation Committee formally accepted the donations recently.
The zoo has trained 10 employees in the use of the device. Defibrillators have also been donated to other city departments.
$39,900 helps Project Coach
Two grants totaling $39,900 from the Family Health Services Division and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Department of Health have enabled Easter Seals Hawaii to provide training and support to families, childcare settings and community preschools in East Hawai'i.
The program, called Project COACH, promotes positive behaviors, creating better home and classroom environments, kindergarten readiness and networking with community resources. The program focuses on children ages 3 to 5 who might need help in making friends, developing skills for kindergarten or learning positive behaviors.
The Milton & Henrietta Kushkin Fund awarded an unrestricted grant of $500. The money will be used to support one of the other 11 programs provided by Easter Seals Hawaii.
$10,000 to aid meals program
Lanakila's Meals on Wheels was awarded $10,000 by the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc.
The donation is in celebration of the foundation's annual "Sharing the Joys of the Holiday."
The money is given to organizations involved with helping Hawai'i's disadvantaged.
The donation will help in supporting both the Group Dining and Home Delivery Programs and provide meals to meet increasing demand.
Allstate backs Junior Achievers
Allstate Foundation has donated $10,000 to Junior Achievement of Hawaii. The money will be used to support expansion of the organization's programs for 500 students in Hilo, Hawai'i; in Maui County; and on O'ahu. The grant will finance 20 Junior Achievement classes in elementary, middle and high schools.
Homeowner goal supported
The Hawaii Home Ownership Center has been awarded a grant of $40,000 from First Hawaiian Foundation, the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank, for the school's capital campaign. The grant will enable the school to achieve its goals of providing education and counseling to prospective homeowners and helping others to become homeowners.
