Grants

Advertiser Staff

CPB donates food, money

Central Pacific Bank recently donated more than 1,345 pounds of canned goods, rice and other food items along with $2,100 to Hawaii Foodbank.

"In the spirit of giving, hundreds of our employees went all out to give from their hearts in trying to make a difference, especially during the holidays, for the many homeless families here in Hawai'i," bank CEO Clint Arnoldus said. "The Hawaii Foodbank is doing such a wonderful service for the community and we really would like to extend a warm mahalo for their continual efforts in providing for Hawai'i's homeless."

People's Fund awards grants

Hawai'i People's Fund has awarded grants to Hawai'i groups working on issues of peace and social justice:

• Compassion in Dying Hawaii, $2,000 for educational workshops on end-of-life issues.
• Hawaii Chapter National Lawyers Guild, $1,000 for organizing and bringing a national speaker to a forum on the U.S. Patriot Act.
• Hawaii Labor for Peace & Justice, $2,000 for its ongoing labor education project.
• Mental Health Association, Maui County Branch, $2,000 for police recruit education program and educational materials regarding the civil rights of those with mental illnesses.
• Not-In-Our-Name Hawaii, $1,000 for educational materials and expansion and media outreach.
• Refuse and Resist Hawaii Chapter, $1,250 for the revision, printing and distribution of a report on Makua.
• U.S. Japan Committee for Racial Justice, $2,000 for the documentation of and case study materials from a grassroots conference in Puerto Rico.

Hawai'i People's Fund has provided support to grassroots efforts for progressive social change in Hawai'i and the Pacific since 1972.

Mediation group gets $4,800

The Mediation Center of the Pacific has received a $4,800 grant from the Rev. Takie Okumura Family Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation. The grant will support the development of a Parent-Child Mediation Program to help families in Hawai'i prevent and resolve problems peacefully through open communication and dialogue in a safe environment.

Tracey Wiltgen, executive director of the center, said the money will support the training of adult and student mediators to enable them to work together to address and mediate family issues that arise between parents and teens.

"We are truly excited about this project because not only will parents and children learn new ways of communicating and negotiating peacefully with each other while working out solutions to their immediate programs through mediation, but pairing student and adult mediators will strengthen the skills of the student mediators," said Wiltgen.

$8,000 goes to Seagull School

The Seagull School at Mauna Lani has received a grant of $8,000 from the Samuel N. and Mary Tenney Castle Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation to support the school's tuition-assistance program.

The school is nationally accredited and provides a high-quality early education program that also meets the needs of working parents of children ages 2 to 5 years.

According to school director Hilda Gonzales, the money will be awarded to families based on financial need.