Great Grants

Walk the Talk, The Hawai'i Community Foundation's annual employee fundraising initiative, has donated $8,860 to assist several local nonprofits and community programs. They are: Ma Ka Hana Ka 'ike, a hands-on learning program in Hana, Maui; Jacqueline J.H. Bean Memorial Fund, that helps women with cancer; Poetry Slam Inc. (Hawai'i Slam), for writing and performance workshops for teens; Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation, for a stroke rehabilitation program; Book Trust, to buy books for students at Pa'ia Elementary School on Maui; Ka Makana 'o Lili'uokalani, to assist orphaned children of Hawaiian descent; Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance-Next Step Shelter, for birthday parties for children living at the shelter.