Posted on: Monday, June 21, 2004
Grants
Advertiser Staff
Arcadia gets last portion of grant
Arcadia Retirement Residence has received the final installment of a $20,000 grant from First Hawaiian Foundation.
This completes a four-year grant from the foundation.
Mediation center receives $11,700
The Mediation Center of the Pacific has received an $11,700 grant from the Bretzlaff Foundation through the Hawai'i Justice Foundation. The money will support The Mediation Center of the Pacific's services for youth, including juvenile restitution and parent/youth mediation and the Statewide Peer Mediation Conference.
"The funds will help us promote and strengthen the use of mediation with youth," said Tracey Wiltgen, executive director of The Mediation Center of the Pacific. "Providing opportunities for students to participate in the mediation process, as well as to learn and develop mediation skills, improves their esteem and ability to communicate and problem-solve effectively."
11,000 walkers raise $946,000
It was a year of records for the 26th Annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk. A record 11,000 walkers statewide raised $946,000, topping last year's amount.
"The heavy rain did not dampen the aloha spirit of Hawai'i's hotel workers and their broad 'ohana across the visitor industry," said Ernest Nishizaki, Visitor Industry Charity Walk chairman and vice president and chief operating officer of Kyo-ya Co. Ltd. "It was a tremendous outpouring of generosity that will be felt by communities throughout the state."
Castle grants support college
The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation awarded two grants totaling $425,000 to Windward Community College through the University of Hawai'i Foundation: $200,000 for construction of the Lanihuli Observatory and $225,000 to support the Pacific Initiative for Environmental Studies at WCC.
The foundation awarded a grant totaling $93,000 in 2002, of which $72,900 was used for initial architectural drawings and planning phases of construction. To break ground and complete construction and equipment purchases, WCC is seeking an additional $125,000 in private gifts, to supplement the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation's $200,000 grant.
