Grants
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Preschools get Castle aid
The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to Kama'aina Kids to support playground renovation for the childcare organization's preschools in Aikahi and Enchanted Lake.
The money will also be used to increase educational materials for the children. The grant will be used in conjunction with a $25,000 grant from the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation.
Students learn about theater
Students in the Leeward school district will get educational tours of the historic Hawai'i Theatre in May thanks to a $20,000 grant from the James and Abigail Campbell Foundation.
Entitled "Showtime at the Hawai'i Theatre," the program includes a historical video, a demonstration on the 1922 Robert Morton Theatre organ, a showing of the silent film "Hula Honeymoon" and an overview of the theater, including its superstitions, legends and ghosts.
Among the schools participating are Kapolei Middle School, Wai'anae Intermediate School, Nanakuli Intermediate School, Highlands Intermediate School and Waipahu Intermediate School.
Verizon helps literacy effort
Verizon Hawaii has donated $15,000 to Kaiser Permanente to buy books for Kaiser's Reach Out and Read literacy program.
Children are given a book during their well-child or physical visits at a Kaiser clinic. In addition to the book giveaway, volunteers read to children in all of Kaiser Permanente's clinic waiting rooms. The literacy effort is part of Kaiser's preventive pediatrics program.
Lyman House gets $40,000
The National Endowment for the Humanities has made a $40,000 grant to the Lyman House Museum in Hilo for a gallery exhibit, "Sense of Place and Local Identity," and related programs including a traveling exhibit, Web site and films.
The money is one of 27 grants totalling $689,000 given by the National Endowment for the Humanities in April.
Alumna's gift to help UH
The University of Hawai'i Foundation has received a $10,000 bequest gift from the late UH-Manoa alumna Inez Kong Pai in support of the foundation's Fund for Excellence.
Pai earned a master's degree in Asian history from UH-Manoa. The O'ahu native published "The Ever White Mountain," a compilation of classical Korean poetry that she translated in the 1950s. Shortly before her death in 1998, she received the Award of Merit from South Korean President Kim Dae-jung for her efforts on behalf of Korean independence.
Center receives $5,000 pledge
The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, through its Educating the Heart program, has committed to making a $5,000 donation to the Waikiki Community Center to help poor and needy people in Waikiki.
Director gives to film school
Director Roland Emmerich, whose films include "Independence Day" and "The Patriot," has made a $100,000 donation to the University of Hawai'i Foundation to support the UH Academy for Creative Media.
The grant will help the academy buy equipment and support student scholarships.
Mission Houses exhibit gets aid
Mark and Carolyn Blackburn contributed $5,000 and the First Hawaiian Foundation also gave $5,000 to the Mission Houses Museum to support its exhibition, "Lasting Impressions: Printing & Engraving in Hawai'i."
The Blackburns are also major lenders to the exhibition, which features Native Hawaiian prints and engravings that have never been displayed, the museum said. The exhibition will be displayed through June 26.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described the amount donated by Director Roland Emmerich
