Grants
Advertiser Staff
Aloha Care gives $30,000
Aloha Care has awarded grants totaling $30,000 to six nonprofit projects that support people who have diabetes but cannot afford healthcare. Each project will receive $5,000 from Aloha Care's Neighbors Grant program to help provide affordable medicine.
In addition, Aloha Care has given the following awards: $10,000 to the Queen's Physician Foundation Group to conduct a diabetes education program on O'ahu and Kaua'i; $10,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for projects on the Big Island and Maui; and $5,000 to The Diabetes Education and Counseling Center to support Big Islanders with diabetes.
Aloha Care serves more than 44,000 health plan members on O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i and the Big Island.
$30,000 raised with kids' help
Kama'aina Kids has raised more than $30,000 in donations for its inaugural Earth Day community service project.
The donations were collected by children and staff to support the organization's scholarships, educational supplies and facility upgrades at Kama'aina Kids sites.
Last year Kama'aina Kids served more than 27,000 children and families and awarded scholarships to more than 1,000 families in need.
Bishop Museum gets $380,000
The fifth annual Bernice Pauahi Bishop Awards Dinner has raised more than $380,000 for Bishop Museum. The museum will use the money for its programs that help residents and visitors learn more about Hawai'i's culture and heritage.
The awards ceremony was first held in 1998 to honor community members who have made lifelong contributions to Hawai'i and its people.
Golf proceeds to help hungry
The nonprofit organization Aloha Harvest was awarded $10,000 from Friends of Hawai'i Charities.
The grant, part of the proceeds raised in the Sony Open golf tournament this year, will help feed needy people.
Aloha Harvest delivers food to O'ahu social service agencies that offer food provided by more than 300 local hotels, restaurants and distributors.
Friends of Hawai'i Charities, the charity sponsor of the Sony Open in Hawai'i, distributed a record $800,000 to nonprofit organizations this year.
In the five-year history of the PGA Tour event, more than $3 million has been been generated, with the help of charity partner The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.
First Hawaiian assists Scouts
Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America received a $50,000 grant from the First Hawaiian Foundation — the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank — to help provide camping opportunities for youth in Hawai'i.
The council is dedicated to promoting values in Hawai'i youth through its programs, which include camping and outdoor experiences.
