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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2012
First Hawaiian Bank CEO, Bob Harrison, at the bank’s downtown headquarters.
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First Hawaiian Bank employees and retirees are donating a record $811,705 to 32 charities in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan as part of the company’s annual Kokua Mai employee-giving campaign.
The company said 99 percent of its workforce contributed to the fund to bring the total amount of donations to $7.8 million since Kokua Mai’s inception in 2007.
“While First Hawaiian Bank has a history of supporting community causes, having over 99 percent of our team members participate in Kokua Mai for three straight years is an accomplishment we are all very proud of,” First Hawaiian Chairman and CEO Bob Harrison said. “It’s a reflection of our dedication to our customers and the communities we serve and I wanted to thank our employees and retirees for coming together and sharing their aloha this holiday season.”
Kokua Mai’s giving program enables 100 percent of the donations to go directly to local charities selected by employees. The bank, its employees and the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation annually donate more than
$4 million to over 400 charities. This year’s Kokua Mai campaign ran Oct. 1-31 with employees conducting department fundraisers throughout the four-week period including sales of baked goods, shave ice and sushi.
This year’s Kokua Mai recipients are American Red Cross, Hawaii, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands Chapters; Aloha Harvest; Aloha United Way; Ayuda Foundation; Big Brothers, Big Sisters Hawaii; Blood Bank of Hawaii; Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii; Catholic Charities Hawaii; Child and Family Service; Domestic Violence Action Center; Easter Seals Hawaii; Family Programs Hawaii; Goodwill Industries of Hawaii Inc.; Hale Makua; Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation; Hawaii Foodbank; Hawaii Island United Way; HUGS (Help, Understanding and Group Support); Imua Family Services; Kama‘aina Kids; Kauai Hospice; Kauai United Way; Lanai Community Association; Make-a-Wish Hawaii and Guam; Maui United Way; Palama Settlement; Pali Momi Women’s Center Fund; Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii; Salvation Army, Hawaiian &Pacific Island Division; Special Olympics Hawaii Inc.; Teach for America; and Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.