Grants
Advertiser Staff
Schools get computers
AT&T Hawai'i has donated 100 computer monitors to six O'ahu schools: Ala Wai Elementary, Kahuku High, Kalaheo High, Kalani High, Mililani High and Roosevelt High.
AT&T Hawai'i is also providing the labor to help set up computer monitors through AT&T CARES, a nationwide community initiative that provides AT&T employees eight paid hours to volunteer in the community.
Seven preschools on O'ahu helped
KCAA Pre-Schools of Hawai'i received grants to help implement a new research-based curriculum for early childhood education at its seven O'ahu preschools:
It received:
- $25,000 from the McInerny Foundation.
- $20,000 from the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation.
- $10,000 from the Mary F. and Walter D. Frear Eleemosynary Trust.
- $1,000 from the Jhamandas Watamull Fund.
Charity walk nets $810,000
The 2003 Visitor Industry Charity Walk raised a total of $810,000 statewide. O'ahu participants raised $278,108. Checks were presented to needy O'ahu organizations, including Angel Network Charities Inc., Honolulu Habitat for Humanity and Friends of Foster Kids.
"Throughout the year, Hawai'i's hotels and visitor industry individually support the local community in a variety of ways," said Murray Towill, HHLA president. "The charity walk is the collective effort of the hospitality industry giving back to the community and its many deserving causes."
Dung foundation gives $20,000
The Dung family of Honolulu traveled over the holiday season to Seattle to attend the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's 28th Annual Hutch Holiday Gala and to present a $20,000 grant from the Alana Dung Research Foundation to the center.
Speaking for the family before more than 850 community leaders, Adelia Dung expressed the family's gratitude over the treatment that Alana Dung had received in 1996 and 1997.
Alana Dung's plea for a bone-marrow donor in April 1996 drew 30,788 people to the Hawai'i Bone Marrow Donor Registry — nearly tripling the number previously on the list. She received a marrow transplant July 17, 1996, at Fred Hutchinson. She died on Oct. 14, 1997, at age 3.
The grant was presented by Stephen and Adelia Dung and their children, Spencer and Erin. The grant will help support the center's Early Detection and Intervention Initiative. The initiative's aim is to seek out new methods and technologies for diagnosing cancer at its earliest stages, when it's most treatable.
Allstate awards $10,000
The Allstate Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Junior Achievement of Hawai'i. The money will support the expansion of the organization's programs to 500 students in Hilo, Hawai'i; Maui County; and on O'ahu. The grant will pay for 20 Junior Achievement classes.
Junior Achievement educates and inspires young people to view free enterprise, business and economics as a way to improve their lives. Its mission is to ensure that every child in America gains an understanding of the free-enterprise system.
Habitat group gets $50,000
Marriott and Renaissance Resorts Hawai'i has donated $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity Maui. The organization was selected because of its mission to build and finance homes on Maui for low-income families.
A check was presented by Stan Brown, vice president, Pacific Islands and Japan, Marriott International to Sherri Dodson, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Maui. A Hawaiian blessing was also conducted at the Habitat site in Kula, Maui.
Senior program gets a boost
The Special Education Center of Hawai'i, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people with disabilities, has received a $10,000 grant from the J.C. Earle Family Fund, a donor-advised fund of the Hawai'i Community Foundation.
The money will be used for the center's Senior Center adult daycare program, which specializes in support for those with Alzheimer's and dementia. The SECOH Senior Center is in Kahala and offers person-centered, small-group activities as well as community activities such as shopping, visiting tourist attractions and going to restaurants.
