Hot Shots – 1/12/22

Insurance Company Supports BBBS

DTRIC Insurance Co. recently gifted $5,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawai‘i. The funds will benefit the nonprofit’s mission to build and support one-on-one relationships to ignite the biggest possible futures for local youth. Dennis Rae (left), vice president of DTRIC Insurance and board chair of BBBS Hawai‘i, presented the gift to Dennis Brown, president and CEO of BBBS Hawai‘i.

PHOTO COURTESY DTRIC INSURANCE CO.

Island Insurance ‘Rises’ To The Occasion

Island Insurance Foundation, the charitable arm of locally owned company Island Insurance, committed $250,000 to University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s RISE project, raising the total amount of private donations for the endeavor to $1 million. RISE, which stands for Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs, will be an innovation and entrepreneurship center, as well as a site for student housing. Pictured are (from left) Susan Yamada, vice chair of the PACE board of directors; Vance Roley, Shidler College of Business dean; Dana Tokioka, Island Insurance Foundation president; and Kristi Bates, Shidler executive director of development.

PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA

CBR Gives Back During The Holiday Season

To spread some Christmas cheer, Coldwell Banker Realty’s six O‘ahu locations adopted two ‘ohana each through the Laulima Giving Program’s Adopt-a-Family campaign. In total, the real estate company donated $7,500 in gifts, which included bikes, linens, clothing, toys, household cleaning supplies and toiletries, and gift cards. Pictured are CBR agents (from left) Fran Magbual, Sam Paltikian, Lynn Plantz and Colette Nishimura.

PHOTO COURTESY COLDWELL BANKER REALTY