» The Atherton Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to Keiki o ka Aina’s Supporting Families Affected by Incarceration Program to provide monthly activities for more than 300 children and their mentors. Mentors in the program are paired with youth between the ages of 4 through 17 who have a parent in prison.
» The Hawaii Kai independent senior living community made a $1,594 donation to Outward Bound for Veterans as part of parent company Holiday Retirement’s national fundraising effort. Outward Bound for Veterans is a nonprofit that helps returning service members and recent veterans readjust, providing wilderness trips to foster healing and help rebuild confidence.
» Giving Back of Paia, Maui, received $100,000 from the Island Innovation Fund for its innovative healthy aging program, Move with Balance. The Island Innovation Fund supports competitive grant-making to spur innovation from local nonprofits, and the Omidyar Ohana Fund is providing $3 million over three years to the fund.
» The Hawaii Affiliate of Susan G. Komen’s Pink Tie Ball in March raised $78,000. Up to 75 percent of the proceeds will stay in Hawaii to fund community breast cancer programs, and 25 percent will fund breast cancer research, the organization said in a press release. This year the Hawaii affiliate will be granting funds to 15 local organizations from funds raised at the ball and from the 2011 Race for the Cure.
» State senators in the spring presented the Hawaii Foodbank a check for $9,400. Senators had been holding fundraisers to help address hunger throughout the state.
Sen. Pohai Ryan, who chaired the Foodbank drive, said she’s proud of the lawmakers’ offices for volunteering their time to raise money for the cause.
The Senate Clerk and support staff offices raised $1,400. They were topped only by Sen. Mike Gabbard’s office, which raised more than $2,100.
» The Office of Hawaiian Affairs awarded Heeia-based nonprofit Kakoo Oiwi a $100,000 grant to implement its Mahuahua Ai o Hoi Heeia Wetlands Restoration Project. The award is part of OHA’s Community Grants Program. Kakoo Oiwi will hire and train new taro farmers and plant three new acres of loi (irrigated terraces) using taro varieties historically grown in the region.
