Posted on: Sunday, December 14, 2008
Grants
The McInerny Foundation, $250,000 to Easter Seals Hawaiii for its new West O'ahu service center.
The HMSA Foundation, $25,000 to Hawaii Foodbank toward the distribution of fresh produce to 20 O'ahu communities.
The Thomas and Elizabeth Brodhead Foundation, $5,000 to the Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society in support of its scholarship program .
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, $10,000 toward Hawaii Primary Care Association's Annual Education Conference and Quality Summit.
The National Center for Research Resources, part of a nationwide $55 million grant for biomedical research centers, one of which will be at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
The Haseko Training Fund has awarded James Campbell High School's Agricultural Learning Center a grant of $15,000. The center previously received a grant in 2004 to launch an aquaculture program, and financial assistance from Haseko to purchase a hydroponics system.
Shriners Hospitals for Children recently received $50,000 from Island Insurance to help build a new hospital. The new facility will be 40 percent larger than the current hospital.
The City and County of Honolulu, $20,000 to the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival for the Vision in Film Award
AVCO audiovisual company, $50,000 to the Hawaii Department of Education for the purchase and installation of SMART technologies interactive products for the classroom.
The American Resort Development Association, $20,000 for the Steve Hirano Memorial Scholarship at Hawai'i Pacific University.
Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation, $10,000 to Family Promise of Hawaii to help homeless families achieve self sufficiency.
Young Brothers, Ltd, $50 to The American Red Cross in support of the Maui County Disaster Response Program.
Waste Management of Hawaii, $2,500 to the 2008 Celebrate the ARTS! gala dinner; $10,000 to the Nanakuli Intermediate and High School Robotics Club; $1,000 to Kekaha Elementary School on Kauai to purchase school supplies and uniforms for underprivileged students.
The Haseko Training Fund, $30,000 grant to the Hawai'i Building Industry Foundation's Project ComPACT: Building Skills to Build Lives program.
The McInerny Foundation, $22,000 and the G.N. Wilcox Trust, $5,000, toward the Parker School Scholarship and Financial Aid Fund.
ABC Stores, $50,000 to Shriners Hospitals for Children toward to replace the aging hospital with a new facility.
U.S. Department of State, $350,000 to The East-West Center to support a new six-week institute on environmental stewardship for undergraduate students from Southeast Asia.
The Hawai'i Community Foundation, $105,000 to The University of Hawai'i at Manoa's Lyon Arboretum toward expansion of its native plant collection.
American Savings Bank, $10,000 to Girl Scouts of Hawai'i toward the "Commit to a Girl" After School Hours Program; more than 35 boxes of gently used business attire for Goodwill Industries and new and gently used Halloween costumes for Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii.
Aloha United Way Society of Young Leaders, school supplies to more than 400 homeless O'ahu students. Parsons Brinckerhoff, most pounds donated in the Canstruction food drive, which netted 48,775 pounds of canned goods for needy. Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, $7,200 for the American Heart Association through the 2008 Start! Heart Walk. The Kosasa family, owners of ABC Stores, $10,000 to The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation toward creation of the Kosasa Gait and Wheelchair Clinic. Waikiki Health Center's annual Back-to-School Campaign, with the cooperation of Longs Drugs, UHA, Outrigger Shops, Ltd., Times Supermarkets, Moiliili Community Center Seniors Group and Bank of Hawaii-Kapahulu employees, $21,000 for immunizations, physical exams and general medical care to help disadvantaged students; also, $2,000 from Hawaii Medical Service Association. Rotary Club of Windward O'ahu, $10,000 for the Marimed Foundation residential youth program and the labor of 33 members who revitalized the Foundation's educational building. The American Resort Development Association-Hawai'i, $20,000 from the ARDA-Hawai'i Golf Tournament to benefit the Steve Hirano Memorial Scholarship at Hawai'i Pacific Univesity. U.S. Department of Health & Human Service, $330,113 for a statewide program aimed at addressing heart disease and stroke in Hawai'i. U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development grant to Moloka'i Community Rural Health Association Inc. for construction of improved facilities. Hawai'i Medical Service Association, two $75,000 grants to expand healthcare staffing on the neighbor islands. University of Hawai'i Foundation $25,000 gift, matched by Shidler's Matching Funds, for a total of $50,000 toward establishment of the Association of Government Accountants of Hawai'i Endowed Scholarship Fund at the U.H. Shidler College of Business. The American Battlefield Protection Program, $60,400 to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Friends of Hawaii Charities, $10,000 to Catholic Charities Hawai'i's Mary Jane Program. Carlsmith Ball, $150,000 to the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, toward establishment of the school's first Law Faculty Scholar position. National Institute of Health, $2.7 million to Department of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine, to address the problem of obesity. Jim and Anne Sadayasu, $50,000 to University of Hawai'i-Hilo, toward endowed faculty funds at the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business and Economics.
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