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Posted on: Friday, August 5, 2005

Grants

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DAMIEN BAND GETS JAPAN TRAVEL GRANT

The Damien Memorial School Band will perform in October with bands from around the world at the Mie Kobunsai High School Cultural Festival in Japan, thanks to a $37,000 grant. The grant does not cover all expenses, however. Band members also will travel to New York for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Anyone wishing to help finance the trips can call band director Jennifer Canales at 440-9539.


OHA DISTRIBUTES FUNDS TO 4 GROUPS

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded the following grants:

  • $25,000 to the Papakolea Community Development Corporation in support of the community's newly built resource and technology center.

  • $24,999 to Kula no na Po'e Hawai'i for the Ku'Ike (Rise Up For Literacy) Project, a multi-year demonstration project aimed at improving children's reading skills and promoting reading in children's homes.

  • $25,000 to Keala Pono Indigenous College for the development of educational forums on the subject of nationhood building for Native Hawaiians and other interested parties.

  • $24,999 to Moanalua Gardens Foundation to support its teaching about native culture and Hawai'i environment.


    KA'ALA FARM WINS CAMPBELL MONEY

    The James & Abigail Campbell Family Foundation has awarded Ka'ala Farm a $25,000 grant. Ka'ala provides an immersion experience to O'ahu fourth-graders. Students work in the lo'i kalo (taro paddy) and learn the art of kapa making, about native plants and the art of fishing and caring for the ocean's resources.


    FIRST HAWAIIAN AIDS BAPTIST SCHOOL

    First Hawaiian Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to Hawai'i Baptist Academy to help construct middle school facilities on land adjacent to the campus. The new campus will complement the historic homes of upper Nu'uanu and will be designed to conserve energy resources.


    QUEEN'S DONATES TO TSUNAMI RELIEF

    The Queen's Medical Center has donated more than $20,000 to the American Red Cross Hawai'i for Indian Ocean tsunami relief. Queen's staff held a week of fundraisers, including a bake sale, barbecue lunch and craft sale.


    AB FOUNDATION ASSISTS HOSPITAL

    The Alexander & Baldwin Foundation has awarded a $10,000 capital grant to Castle Medical Center to support construction of a new hospital wing and renovations of existing hospital facilities.


    ANGEL NETWORK RECEIVES $1,000

    The Hawai'i Food Bank has awarded a $1,000 grant to Angel Network Charities Inc. to aid in the purchase of food for the remainder of the year.


    EK FERNANDEZ HELPS YMCA

    EK Fernandez Shows has donated $10,000 to the Honolulu Armed Services YMCA's Injured and Fallen Hero Fund.


    PEOPLE'S FUND AIDS 11 GROUPS

    The Hawai'i People's Fund has awarded nearly $18,000 in emergency and regular grants to the following community-based organizations: American Friends Service Committee-Hawai'i; Aloha Peace House; DMZ Hawai'i/Aloha 'Aina; Freedom of Information Awareness Month; GMO-Free Maui; Hawai'i Freedom Project, Japanese American Citizens League Honolulu Chapter; Ka Lei Papahi o Kakuhihewa, Mission Team on Peace & Justice; The Safe Zone Foundation; United Self-Help; United Strategies for Justice, and U.S. Japan Committee on Racial Justice.

    Proposals for the fall grant-making cycle are due by Oct. 3. Call 845-4800 or consult: www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org.

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