Featured beneficiaries
ʻAha Pūnana Leo
In 1983, ʻAha Pūnana Leo was created as a grassroots effort with the sole purpose of reviving ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Now, ʻAha Pūnana Leo serves as a local, national and international model for language revitalization. Over the past several decades, ʻAha Pūnana Leo established and built numerous programs throughout the islands, helped to lift a 90-year ban on teaching Hawaiian in public and private schools, advocated for other indigenous people and raised awareness about the consequences of the loss of indigenous languages.
Child & Family Service
https://www.childandfamilyservice.org
Child & Family Service (CFS) is a community-based organization with a mission of strengthening families and fostering the healthy development of children. CFS statewide community programs include preschool education, prevention of child abuse and neglect, programs for at-risk youth, domestic violence emergency services, therapeutic counseling, employment assistance, programs for elder care, and more.
Domestic Violence Action Center
https://domesticviolenceactioncenter.org
The Domestic Violence Action Center (DVAC) is dedicated to alleviating the problem of domestic abuse in Hawaiʻi. DVAC is the only agency in the State that accepts large numbers of high-risk divorce, temporary restraining order, post-decree, and paternity cases. DVAC is also the only agency in the community with a full complement of services to assist as a victim navigates the system and moves her (his) life to freedom and self-sufficiency. With advocates accompanying victims to court, seeking financial support, pursuing educational goals, obtaining child support, or maneuvering the military, medical or mental health systems a victim is empowered and closer to safety if she is working with one of our programs.
Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi
The Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i (GSH) mission is to "build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place," empowering each to become a G.I.R.L. - Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader. GSH flagship program, Girl Scout Leadership Experience, offers age-based journeys that develop skills in the four pillars of STEM, the Outdoors, Life Skills, and Entrepreneurship. These skills are backed by hands-on activities like STEM Fests, overnight camps, and after-school leadership initiatives.
Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center
The Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center serves Hawai’i communities by reducing the harm and fighting the stigma of HIV, hepatitis, homelessness, substance use, mental illness, and poverty in our community. They focus efforts on those disproportionately affected by social determinants of health, including but not limited to: people living with and/or affected by HIV, hepatitis, substance use, and the transgender, LGBQ and the Native Hawaiian communities. They foster health, wellness, and systemic change in Hawai’i and the Pacific through care services, advocacy, training, prevention, education, and capacity building.
Junior Achievement of Hawaiʻi
Junior Achievement of Hawaiʻi (JA) is dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA's programs in the areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy inspires young people to experience and realize the opportunities and realities of work and life in the 21st century.
U.S. VETS Hawaiʻi
https://usvets.org/locations/waianae
U.S. VETS Hawaiʻi's mission is to prevent and end veteran homelessness. The organization was founded by veterans to serve fellow veterans by helping veterans and their families transition from homelessness through housing, comprehensive services and advocacy.
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