Somewhere down the road, we hope that one or more of the beneficiaries of billionaire Marc Benioff’s generosity will pay it forward.

Benioff, chief executive of software company Salesforce, funneled money to 183 projects in Hawaii seeking funding through DonorsChoose.org. The gesture will fund requests for five new trumpets for Dole Middle School; probes and software for Keaau High students on Hawaii island; and a slew of other worthy projects.

Let’s hope the students learn a valuable lesson in philanthropy — one they will remember when they, too, become billionaires.

Sanders (not the colonel) opens at Ward Warehouse

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders must sense that he’s got a shot at winning delegates in little Hawaii. That, at least, is the assumption one could make from the opening of the Democratic presidential candidate’s campaign office in Honolulu. The announcement went out Tuesday, the day before the Ward Warehouse office was due to open.

There’s not much time to spend in the new digs before the big decision on Democratic Caucus Day, March 26. But in the scheme of things, covering the rent at Ward shouldn’t be a heavy burden for the crack fundraisers of the Sanders campaign.