Grants

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Easter Seals gets $59,500

Easter Seals Hawai'i has received $59,500 in grants from two organizations that support its mission to serve children with disabilities and special needs. Hundreds of children from ages 3 to 6 will receive speech therapy with help from a $44,500 grant from the Oscar & Rosetta Fish Speech Therapy and Forensics Fund. Also, $15,000 from the Alexander Tulloch Trust will give children with special needs a chance to experience camping and outdoor fun.

HPU receives nursing grant

The School of Nursing at Hawai'i Pacific University has received a $34,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will go toward partial-tuition scholarships for students in the master of science in nursing program.

First Hawaiian donates $15,000

First Hawaiian Bank has donated $15,000 to the Hawai'i chapter of Financial Executives International. The organization will use the money to boost its college scholarship fund for finance and accounting students in Hawai'i colleges.

FEI is an international professional organization consisting of current and retired financial leaders, university finance and accounting faculty and representatives from national public accounting firms.

Cancer Society given $15,000

The American Cancer Society has received three grants totaling $15,000.

• The Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation has given $5,000 to assist with programs that reach Asian and Pacific Island women on Maui, Moloka'i and Lana'i. The society features programs that focus on outreach, support services and improving the life expectancy of women with breast cancer.

• The Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation recently presented a $5,000 grant to assist with the Eat Your Rainbow Nutrition Project. The project teaches children about good nutrition.

The program, designed for children ages 2 to 5, will provide lessons on the important role nutrition plays in the prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases.

• The Schuler Family Foundation has donated $5,000 for three summer camps for children with cancer. The Camp Anuenue (keiki summer camp), Camp Ikaika (teen retreat) and Families Can Survive (family camp) programs will benefit from the donation. All children in Hawai'i ages 7 to 21 are invited to participate in the society's camp programs without charge.

Mo' Bettah gives $12,000

Special Olympics Hawaii has received $12,000 from the Mo' Bettah Together program at the Hawai'i Community Foundation. Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for Hawai'i children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. The organization is open to any individual regardless of skill level or extent of disability.