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Bank of Hawaii donates PCs
Bank of Hawaii has donated more than 300 personal computers to 21 nonprofit community organizations and public schools.
As the bank replaces selected computers, it will continue to make donations, said Bill Nelson, vice chairman at Bank of Hawaii.
Priority was given to public schools and organizations that serve small businesses or low- and moderate-income families.
The organizations and schools receiving the computer donations include Waialua High and Intermediate School, Palolo Elementary School, Special Olympics, Waikiki Health Center, Aliamanu Intermediate School and the Healthcare for the Homeless Project.
3R's volunteers help two campuses
The nonprofit volunteerism program Hawai'i 3R's undertook two school projects this month to save the state more than $100,000 in campus repair work.
Volunteers painted the interior of the library at 'Ele'ele Elementary School on Kaua'i and repainted the interior of a classroom building at Mililani Waena Elementary School.
The 3R's project — with the mission "to repair, remodel and restore" — was started in 2001 by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye to try to bring in volunteers and money from government and community organizations to reduce the repair backlog at the public schools.
Schools and volunteers provide the "sweat equity" while 3R's provides the money to purchase materials.
Elementary division wins accreditation
Kamehameha Elementary School has been accredited for the full term of six years by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
The association provides accreditation upon the completion of a comprehensive self-study by the school staff and an on-site evaluation of the school's programs and services.
The Kamehameha Elementary staff prepared for the accreditation visit for more than two years.
New York journalist to speak at Manoa
Culture critic and social commentator Frank Rich — recently named associate editor of The New York Times — will give a free lecture at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Campus Center Ballroom.
Rich will discuss how the American media have changed over the past decade, beginning with the Gulf War, and how the succession of rapid-fire news has affected the way the media work.
