Grants
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$10,000 to aid PACT center
The Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Parents and Children Together to support the Individual Development Accounts program at PACT's Economic Development Center at Kuhio Park Terrace.
The Economic Development Center is a program designed to strengthen people's ability to secure and keep employment. Participants who have been unemployed or underemployed can select from a large array of services, including assessment, basic economic literacy, budget planning, résumé development, small business startups and career development.
Opportunities are also offered to participate in the Individual Development Account program, a leveraged savings program designed to promote greater economic stability for individuals and their families.
Salvation Army gets three grants
The Salvation Army recently received three grants totaling $46,000 from the G.N. Wilcox Trust to help sustain three of its programs.
Salvation Army Family Treatment Services received $30,000 for general property upkeep, appliance purchases and maintenance needs at its Kaimuki campus.
The Salvation Army Lihu'e Corps on Kaua'i received $10,000 so its Family Services Center can install a drainage system in its state-certified "Soup Kitchen," which will provide hot meals for many homeless and disadvantaged seniors.
The Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters received $6,000 to help maintain its support services.
Family agency receives $196,000
Child and Family Service has received a $30,000 grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation and a three-year, $150,000 grant from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation to support a three-year video-conferencing project.
The project will allow CFS to incorporate video-conferencing technology into its service delivery and training program sites statewide.
The Seto Foundation has awarded Child and Family Service a $5,000 grant that will be used to renovate a playground for young children attending Hau'oli Na Keiki, a school for children with autism.
The Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation has awarded CFS a $5,000 grant for a teaching collaboration between Seacliff Preschool and Kilauea Head Start on Kaua'i.
The Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation has awarded the agency a $2,600 grant to support Head Start programs on Kaua'i and $3,500 to support Sexual Abuse Support Services on Maui.
Library system gets surprise
The Hawai'i State Public Library System received a surprise donation from Borders Books, Music & Café and Waldenbooks.
The donation, through the Friends of the Library of Hawaii, took place Oct. 11, the 90th anniversary of the Hawai'i State Library.
Customers of the two bookstores presented donations to benefit Hawai'i's public libraries in a recent statewide gift-card campaign, which was supported by Gov. Linda Lingle. Money from the campaign will be used to buy books for the libraries.
"I would like to thank the public for their generosity and support of our public libraries," said Jo Ann Schindler, the state librarian. "We really appreciate their aloha for libraries."
St. Andrew's teachers aided
St. Andrew's Priory has received an $18,000 grant from the Robert E. Black Fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation to support teachers in completing the National Association for the Education of Young Children accreditation process at its Queen Emma Preschool.
The grant will help provide staff development workshops and allow the hiring of special advisers to assist with the accreditation process.
"We are extremely grateful to the Robert E. Black Fund for this grant that will give expertise and support for our teachers as they complete the accreditation process. The grant provides the time and resources that are scarce during the workday and enables our teachers to fully utilize their knowledge and creativity in this process," said Caroline Ward Oda, head of St. Andrew's Priory, which operates Queen Emma Preschool.
