SPOTLIGHT- Community
2008
Congratulations to Moanalua Gardens residents, Simon (96) and Ciriaca (79) ADARNA, on their 60th Wedding Anniversary! A dinner party was held on March 29th at the Empresss Restaurant with a lion blessing, hula and a magic show. Friends and family traveled from the Neighbor Islands and West Coast to help celebrate this joyous occasion.
Information from Moanalua Gardens Community Association Bulletin April 10, 2008 Issue
| DONOR | CONTRIBUTION | RECIPIENT | SOURCE |
| Village Gallery, Maui | $5,000 donation | Lahainaluna HS art dept. | Maui News 05/04/08 |
| Isemoto Contracting | $50,000 donation | UH Hilo | Star Bulletin 05-15-08 |
| Young Brothers/Hawaii Tug Barge | $150,000 scholarship for neighbor island students masters in bus ad program | UHM Shidler College of Business | Honolulu Advertiser 05-16-08 |
| Maui Petroleum | $150,000 scholarship for neighbor island students masters in bus ad program | UHM Shidler College of Business | Honolulu Advertiser 05-16-08 |
| Hawaii Petroleum | $150,000 scholarship for neighbor island students masters in bus ad program | UHM Shidler College of Business | Honolulu Advertiser 05-16-08 |
| Walgreens | $50,000 College of Pharmacy | UH Hilo | Honolulu Advertiser 05-13-08 |
| Forest City Enterprises | cleaning up schools | Pearl Harbor Kai | KHON2 News 06-04-08 |
| Outrigger Enterprises Group | scholarships | Hawaii high school seniors | Saturday Briefing, Outrigger newsletter 05-31-08 |
| Wailea Community Center | scholarships | Maui high school seniors | Maui News 05-25-08 |
| Brookfield Homes Hawaii | wish list of teachers | Waikoloa Elemenatry | 06-10-08 Star Bulletin |
| Castle Foundation | $1.179 million grant | Hawaii P-20 Initiative | HA 05-29-08 |
| Island Air | Island Explorers program | students interested in flying careers | Star Bulletin 05-14-08 |
| Marriott International | offers summer intern program for high school students | Pacific Business News 05-30-08 | |
| Dowling Community Improvement Foundation | $25,000 grant | Maui Media Lab Foundation donation to Molokai | 06-20-08 email Press release |
| Island Insurance Foundation | $15,000 donation | KAMP - Kids At Risk Mentoring Programs | 06-11-08 Midweek |
| Sukamto Foundation | $6,000 donation | Waipahu High Athletics Program | 05-29-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| Prospect Asset Management, Inc. | $100,000 donation to scholarships | UH Shidler students | 06-04-08 Star Bulletin |
| Ignatius T.C. Chan - the T.C. and Angeli Chan Endowed Scholarship Fund | $50,000 donation in scholarship | UH Shidler students | 06-04-08 Star Bulletin |
| Tesoro Corporation | $230,000 donation and joined with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to create coral reef conservation program | Hawaii public schools and community | 06-22-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation | 28 Ukuleles | Pauoa Elementary School | 05-20-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| Sprint Hawaii | Pauoa Elementary School | 05-20-08 Honolulu Advertiser | |
| Waianae Coast Rotary Club | drive for school supplies July 7-19 | public school students | 06-25-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| Jim & Anne Sadayasu | $50,000 donation | UH Hilo - faculty endowment funds | 05-18-08 Star Bulletin |
| Donna Walden | donations over the years | public school students | |
| Corinda Wong - Prudential Locations' Locations Foundation | School supply drive | homeless keiki on Oahu and Maui | 06-27-08 Prudential Locations press release |
| Al Takata - East Honolulu Rotary Club | School supply drive | Palolo Elementary students | 7/19/08 Honolulu Advertiser, E1 |
| Carlsmith Ball LLP | $150,000 donation | UH Richardson School of Law | 08-05-08 Star Bulletin |
| Michael McCormick | Best Buddies in Hawaii | 08-03-08 Honolulu Advertiser | |
| D.R. Horton-Schuler | $25,000 to leeward elem schools | Mauka Lani, Maili, Barbers Point, Ewa and Makakilo | 07-31-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | $814,000 to fund six Keiki Steps for one year | INPEACE - Institute for Native Hawaii Education and Culture | 07-21-08 Shining Stars |
| Native Hawaiian Education Program (under US DOE) | $4.048million grant for 3 years to fund Keiki Steps | INPEACE - Institute for Native Hawaii Education and Culture | 07-21-08 Shining Stars |
| Army's Pohakuloa Training Area | Backpacks full of schools supplies | 50 students at each school: Waimea Middle, Hilo Union Elem, Kaumana Elem, Waiakea Elem, Waiakeawaena Elem, Keaau Middle and Pahoa Elem | 07-12-08 West Hawaii Today |
| Russell and Akiko Oda | scholarship fund | UH Hilo students | 07-18-08 Star Bulletin |
| Ron Terry | $25,000 scholarship fund | Geography majors at UH Hilo | 08-18-08 Star Bulletin |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | $670,000 grant | Imiloa Astronomy Center on Big Island | 08-18-08 Star Bulletin |
| Barry & Virginia Weinman | $3M | UH JABSOM | |
| Actus Lend Lease | Community Day | Campbell & Waipahu High Schools | |
| Thomas Lee - The Audio Visual Company | $50,000 donation | DOE | Pacific News Bytes Oct/Nov 2008 www.technologynewsbytes.com |
| Mobi PCS | bringing back Brown Bags to Stardom, encouraging technology learning and use in program | all high schools | Pacific News Bytes Oct/Nov 2008 www.technologynewsbytes.com |
| Assistance League of Hawaii | Operation School Bell | Aiea Elementary students | Leeward People Honolulu Advertiser 06-25-08 |
| Times Super Markets | "Shop and Score" programs for Adidas athletic equipment and uniforms | all Oahu high schools | 09-24-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| Kraft Foods in Hawaii | "Shop and Score" programs for Adidas athletic equipment and uniforms | all Oahu high schools | 09-24-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| Waste Management of Hawaii | $10,000 | Nanakuli High & Inter Robotics Club | 09-08-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| Kapolei Property Development/James Campbell Company | $190,000 | West Oahu public schools | 08-28-08 Honolulu Advertiser |
| COMSUBPAC | no-cost PE program, tutoring program | Lehua Elementary | COMSUBPAC press release |
| Haseko Hawaii - Training Fund | $15,000 | Campbell HS Agricultural Learning Center | 10-30-08 Shining Stars |
| Wahiawa Lions Club | $1,000 | Leilehua Complex schools | 10-23-08 CAS's Highlights |
| Frito-Lay Hawaii - Mr. John Erickson | $3,000 to each school donation; creating program and sponsoring year after year | Hawaii Distinguished Schools Program | 11-18-08 DOE News release |
| Barry & Virginia Weinman | $3 million | John A. Burns School of Medicine | Midweek 10-15-2008 |
| Hawaii Foodbank | $17,000 weekend meals | students at Kaiulani Elem | |
| D.R. Horton-Schuler | Read-to-Win Program | 5 West Oahu Schools | |
| Thomas Lee - The Audio Visual Company | $10,000 Video Surviellance | Waimalu Elementatry | Donated cameras help secure school |
| Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation | 30 ukulele | Waimalu Elementatry | School given 30 ukulele by Sprint, foundation |
| Brother Greg O'Donnell | Time | Waiawa | Teaching a captive audience |
| Freeman Foundation | $1.2 Million | Hawaii Community Colleges | Shining Stars |
| Rotary Clubs | $1,000 | Waimalu Elementatry | 11-24-08 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| Ward Centers | $96,830 | 75 Non-profits, Schools | Shining Stars |
| The Korea Foundation | $250,000 | UH Center for Korean Studies | 11-20-08 Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
| The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation | $90,000 | Aikahi Elementary School | Foundation Gives playground fund a $90,000 boost, HA |
| US State Department's Bureau of Educational &Cultural Affairs | 2 grants totaling $992,000 | East-West Center | 11-26-08 Star Bulletin.pdf |
| Island Insurance Foundation | $50,000.00 | Farrington High School -Project EAST | Star Bulletin |
| American Savings Bank | Seeds of Service Program | Stevenson Intermediate | 12-10-08 Star-Bulletin |
| Hawaii Pacific Island Campus Compact | grant of $25,000 | Kapiolani Community College | 12-01-08 Star-Bulletin |