Grants
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Seagull School gets $8,000
The Seagull School at Mauna Lani on the Big Island recently received an $8,000 grant from the Samuel N. and Mary Tenney Castle Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation to support the school's tuition-assistance program.
"The grant provides funds for the school's financial aid program and will be awarded to families based on financial need," said Hilda Gonzales, school director.
The Seagull School provides an early education program that meets the needs of working parents of children ages 2 to 5. The school, at Mauna Lani Resort, is open to everyone in the community.
Outdoor Circle to bestow honor
The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle is recognizing Jay McGaughy, with Rainmaker Inc., for helping to keep Kailua beautification projects green, often at no expense to the organization.
During a 12-year relationship with the Outdoor Circle, McGaughy has saved the organization about $4,000 in time and equipment, said Carol Ann Ellett of the Lani-Kailua group.
McGaughy will receive a certificate of appreciation.
$5,000 given to Maui Center
The J. Walter Cameron Center has received a grant of $5,000 from First Hawaiian Foundation, the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank, to support the center's annual fund drive.
"Funds from the grant will be directed to operations. This year, repairs to the center's air-conditioning system have been costly," said Audrey Rocha-Reed, president and chief executive officer of J. Walter Cameron Center.
The Maui center houses and supports nonprofit agencies that provide assistance in health and social services for Maui residents. Among the agencies are the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the Mental Health Association.
Ecology work receives grants
The Hawai'i Conservation Alliance provides grants to preserve, promote and protect Hawai'i's native ecosystems. Recipients for 2003:
- Dr. Tamara Ticktin of the University of Hawai'i Botany Department; $6,000 for a project titled "Regeneration Status of Native Trees in Wai'anae Kai Forest Reserve: Implication for Conservation and Restoration of a Co-Managed Forest Reserve."
- Dr. Sheila Conant and Wendy Kuntz, UH Zoology Department; $9,000 for a project titled, "Mobile Species and Conservation Partnerships: Movements of 'I'iwi on Mauna Kea."
- Dr. Don Drake and Ane Bukutis, UH Botany Department; $4,000 for a project titled, "Investigating Seed Bank Dynamics and Limitations to Seed Availability in Hawaiian Mesic Forest Communities."
- Dr. Shiela Conant and Lindsay Cooper, UH Zoology Department; $9,000 for a project titled, "Dispersal and Foraging Ecology of the Laysan Albatross in Relation to the North Pacific Longline Fishery."
- Alvin Yoshinaga, UH Center for Conservation, Research and Training and Drs. Jerry and Carol Baskin of the University of Kentucky; $5,000 for a project titled "Seed Germination Ecology of Hawaiian Montane Species: A Continuation of Efforts to Acquire, Organize, and Share Data to Facilitate Propagation and Restoration Efforts."
- Liba Pejchar, University of California at Santa Cruz; $9,043 for a project titled, "Habitat Selection, Source-Sink Dynamics and Conservation of the 'Akiapola'au."
