Hot Shots – 12/4/24

Funds Help Local Moms, Their Babies

Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i recently awarded a $75,000 grant to nonprofit Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawai‘i. The goal of the funding is to allow more access to health care services for vulnerable families with children. Pictured at the check presentation are (from left) Sunny Chen, executive director, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawai‘i; David Tumilowicz, senior director of marketing and community health, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i; Kari Wheeling, chief clinical officer, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawai‘i; and Lisa Kimura, community health lead, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i. Photo courtesy Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i

Hocking Building Now Home To Affordable Units

The Hocking Building in Chinatown is officially an affordable-housing rental for those earning 30%-50% of the area median income. A groundbreaking was held in November and featured (from left) Patrick Inouye, vice president, First Hawaiian Bank; Glenn Miura, principal, CDS International; Alan Shintani, CEO and chairman, Alan Shintani Inc.; Mark Hashem, partner, Hocking Building LP; Tanya Metzker, investment manager, Indigo Real Estate Services; Kevin Unemori, partner, Hocking Building LP; Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi; Jeff Weiss, president, Hunt Capital Partners; David Oi, finance director, Hawai‘i Housing and Finance Development Corp.; and kahu Kordell Kekoa.