Grants
The following grants have been pledged or given:
• Swinerton Builders Hawai'i, $2,500 and volunteer labor to Habitat for Humanity Leeward O'ahu.
• Hawaii Medical Service Association, $219,592 to ARCS Foundation, Assistance League of Hawai'i, Bishop Museum, City and County of Honolulu, Emergency Medical Services, Family Support Services of West Hawai'i, Hawai'i Island HIV/AIDS Foundation, Hawai'i Pediatric Association Research and Education Fund, Hawai'i Primary Care Association, Mental Health Association of Hawai'i, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Niu Valley Community Association, Pacific Health Research Institute, Prevent Child Abuse Hawai'i, State of Hawai'i Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Sunny Buddies and The Pediatric Foundation of Hawai'i.
• The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities, funds to Hawai'i Pacific University, Maiden Voyage Productions and University of Hawai'i and Dr. Virginia Metaxas for humanities projects.
• The Chamber of Commerce of Hawai'i, $10,000 to the Hepatitis Support Network of Hawai'i to aid in hepatitis prevention.
• The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, $20,400 to the Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii to improve the quality of life for the disabled.
• The Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation, $50,000 to Hale Mahaolu in support of an affordable rental complex for the elderly in Kihei, Maui.
• Office of Hawaiian Affairs, $150,000 to Hawai'i Maoli to support the construction of a community center in Kapolei.
• A federal grant of $2.3 million to the Waimanalo-based Oceanic Institute for shrimp aquaculture research.
• The Barry and Virginia Weinman Foundation, $3 million to UH for establishment of a Dean's Chair in Medicine at John A. Burns School of Medicine.
• The Conrad Hilton Foundation, $5 million to UH in support of the construction of the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head.
• Costco employees, $180,000 to Kapi'olani Medical Center toward the purchase of an ultrasound machine for the Fetal Diagnostic Center.
• AlohaCare Hawai'i, $5,000 toward improvements to the two-mile multi-use pathway that runs along the Wai'anae Coast.
• ABC Stores and Friends of Hawai'i Charities, $5,000 each to the Volunteer Resource Center of Hawai'i in support of its work with youth and children
• Hawaii Medical Service Association, $75,000 to UH Foundation, John A. Burns School of Medicine to help Area Health Education Centers on the Neighbor Islands encourage youth to pursue healthcare careers.
• Mid-Pacific Country Club, Friends of Hawai'i Charities and the Sony Open, $5,000 each to the Castle Medical Center Breathe Free Program, Soroptimist International of Windward O'ahu for scholarship programs for women and Windward Rotary Endowment Fund for College Scholarships.
• Women's Fund of Hawai'i, $5,000 each to: Neighborhood Place of Wailuku; Hawai'i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Hope, Help and Healing Kaua'i; Kokua Kalihi Valley; Malama Family Recovery Center/Malama Na Makua a Keiki; ProjectFocus Hawaii; and Waimanalo Health Center.
• Grant Thornton partner Patrick Oki, $50,000, including a Shidler matching gift, toward establishment of an endowed scholarship fund at the UH Shidler College of Business.
• BAE Systems Ship Repair, $50,000 to Pearl Harbor Naval Association toward Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard's centennial celebration.
• The Mary Dillingham and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust, $500,000 to Goodwill Industries toward construction of the Ohana Career and Learning Center in Kapolei.
• The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc., $100,000 to Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific toward expansion of its charity care program.
• Book Bank USA, nearly 4,000 books, valued at $25,000, to St. Andrew's Priory. Also offering aid were members of the Kosasa Family Foundation.
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture, a $300,000 Rural Economic Development Grant to Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative to assist Island School with a campus improvement project.
• Office of Hawaiians Affairs, $100,000 to the William S. Richardson School of Law Hawai'i Innocence Project.