‘Friends’ Grant To Club Equates To Double Gift

Following a work party July 26 at Lanikai Elementary School, Pali Lions Club presented a $10,000 Weinberg Friends grant check to Parents Inc. At the ceremony were (front, from left) Lions Takuo Tani, Carole Toguchi (Kapahulu club), Angie Wong Barrios, Ivy Epan, Clarence Izuo (standing), (second row) Leona Ching, Francis Kubota, Shirley Kaluhiwa, Parents Inc. board members Michelle Kreis and Marlene Texeira, Parents Inc. executive director Lisa Groulx, Lions David Kunioka, Jay Floan, Reinhold Metzger, John Thombs, DJ Tano, Jorge Jaime, (back) Lion Gary Hiramatsu, Parents Inc. board member Kathi Kreinik, Lion CJ Kalopodes Jr. (Kapahulu club), Parents Inc. board member Brent Kiyota, and Lions Brisan and Jits Kunioka. Photo by Espie Chapman.

The Weinberg Friends program continues to nourish the community, and two Windward Oahu groups — a school and a nonprofit family service organization — are its latest recipients.

Parents Inc. of Kaneohe accepted a $10,000 check from Pali Lions Club July 26, which represents the Lions’ “reward” from the Weinberg Foundation, for being a friend by sprucing up the Lanikai Elementary School campus that day and building a giant chess board for the students.

Coming from Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation’s Friends account, the donation goes first to Pali Lions Club, which earns it by meeting requirements of the volunteer project; the club then turns the check over to a charity of its choice.

Parents Inc. (Providing Awareness Referrals Education Nurturing Therapy Support) is a social service agency focused on preventing child abuse via education and treatment services for families.