The First Hawaiian Bank Foundation has given Damien Memorial School a $100,000 grant to help the Kalihi school with its first major construction project in three decades.
FHB Foundation President Sharon Shiroma Brown presented the grant Tuesday during an honors assembly in the school gym. Receiving the ceremonial check were Damien President and CEO Bernard Ho and senior Jayce Ikehara, representing students. The money will be paid out over a five-year period.
The construction plans include building a new athletic complex, library and student services building, and resurfacing the practice football field and track.
Other grants:
» The HMSA Foundation gave grants totaling $668,800 to 11 community organizations in the last quarter of 2012.
The largest individual amount was $150,000 to Aloha Medical Mission for its outreach program that provides dental education to kindergarten students and their parents, HMSA said in a news release.
HMSA also gave $130,000 to Hawaii Health Systems Foundation for its statewide palliative and hospice care training program. It will train physicians, nurses and social workers to help people cope with the pain, symptoms and stress caused by a serious illness.
The project will focus on Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital on Kauai, Kula Hospital on Maui and Leahi and Maluhia hospitals on Oahu, and will expand to include acute-care hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Three organizations received $100,000 each: the University of Hawaii Maui College for its oral health program for Native Hawaiian prenatal mothers and children; Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific for new examination rooms for physiatrists; and Special Olympics Hawaii for a facility where people with intellectual disabilities can get health screenings, physical exams and vision testing.
HMSA also gave $40,000 to the Ka‘u Rural Health Community Association and $30,000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness Hawaii.
Organizations receiving grants of less than $10,000 each were the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, American Heart Association, The Arc of Hilo and the University of Hawaii Foundation.
» The Thomas J. Vincent foundation, a Hawaii-based philanthropic organization, recently gave $100,000 to MA‘O Organic Farms to create a scholarship endowment for its agricultural enterprise.
Revenue from the endowment will help students who have graduated from their Associate of Arts degree farm-to-college internship to continue to participate in the program.
Students in MA‘O’s Youth Leadership Training college internship program run the daily operations of the organic farm. The program recruits interns solely from the Waianae Coast.
» First Insurance Co. of Hawaii has increased its scholarship endowment to $100,000, from $35,000, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College of Business.
The First Insurance Company of Hawaii Endowed Scholarship for Excellence provides scholarships to two Shidler students each year. The first two recipients were selected for the scholarship last year.
» The Omidyar ‘Ohana Fund of The Hawaii Community Foundation gave a $25,000 challenge grant to Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center, the only nonprofit mediation center in East Hawaii and one of only five in the state.
The fund will match contributions two to one, up to $25,000. "That means we need to raise $12,500 in order to receive the full match," said Executive Director Julie Mitchell.
To make a tax-deductible contribution, contact Mitchell at 935-7844, ext. 116, or julie@hawaiimediation.org. Donations may also be mailed to Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center, 101 Aupuni St., Suite PH 1014-B-2, Hilo, HI 96720.
» Creative Arts Hawaii, Aloha Grown and the Parker Ranch Store presented a $5,000 donation to the Food Basket: Hawaii Island’s Food Bank. The donation will allow the Food Basket to provide 12,500 meals to families in need on Hawaii island.
The three companies sold limited-edition "Malama" shirts during the holiday season, with all proceeds benefiting the Food Basket.
Visit www.foodbaskethi.org for more information.
