Grants
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SISTERS OFFERING SUPPORT GETS $25K
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded a grant for $24,999 to Sisters Offering Support to help those affected by the abuse and violence of commercial sexual exploitation. Beneficiaries include male and female youth and adults who have been lured or coerced into the sex trade, entrapped into an abusive lifestyle and exploited by others who profit from their activities.
Two programs will be funded by the grant: Illuminations, which provides life, social and vocational skills to victims and survivors; and Outreach Services, which provides support to victims who are incarcerated, runaways, truant or substance abusers.
UH EXTENSION OFFICE AWARDED
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $36,609 to the University of Hawai'i's Kane'ohe Extension Office to increase food safety and minimize risk to Hawai'i's small farmers by assessing methods to reduce the amount of pesticides used on crops.
The goal of the project is to identify environmentally friendly pest-control techniques.
ARMY DIVISION RECEIVES $500
Hawai'i Air Ambulance has donated $500 to the Military Assistance to Safety in Traffic.
MAST, a division of the U.S. Army, transports seriously injured or sick people across O'ahu to receive urgently needed medical treatment.
The donation will help to refurbish MAST crew headquarters.
WONG FOUNDATION DONATES $16,500
The Arc in Hawaii, an advocate nonprofit organization for people with developmental disabilities, has been awarded grants totaling $16,500 from the Harry C. and Nee Chang C. Wong Foundation.The money will be used for computers and therapeutic equipment.
CLUB HELPS UH DEPARTMENTS
The University of Hawai\'i Women\'s Campus Club has announced 12 grants totaling $13,575 to university departments not fully covered by 2005 budgets. Each year all profits from the club\'s thrift shop and Exchange newsletter make the grants possible.UH-Manoa received seven grants and University of Hawai'i community colleges a total of five. The two largest grants went to Honolulu Community College for a canopy to shade the Early Childhood playground equipment and for the college library\'s systemwide curriculum materials.
