Hot Shots – 1/29/20

Kaiser Awards $50K Community Grant

Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i has awarded a $50,000 community benefit grant to Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership in partnership with Mana Up. Pictured are (from left) Noriko Namiki, YWCA CEO; Colleen McAluney, Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership program manager; Mike Hasselle, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i director of supply chain management; Michelle De Vol, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i director of membership administration and quoting services; Terri Funakoshi, Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and Leadership director; and Maria Borje-Bonkowski, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i regional compliance officer.

PHOTO COURTESY KAISER PERMANENTE HAWAI‘I

‘Ohana Health Plan Donates To YMCA

‘Ohana Health Plan has donated $10,000 to support YMCA of Honolulu’s Healthy Weight and Your Child, an evidence-based child weight-management program offered on O‘ahu. Pictured are ‘Ohana Health Plan state president Scott Sivik and YMCA of Honolulu president and CEO Michael Broderick.

PHOTO COURTESY ‘OHANA HEALTH PLAN

JTB Endows Scholarship At HPU

JTB Goodwill Foundation announced the endowment of a $30,000 scholarship fund at Hawai‘i Pacific University benefiting students in its Hospitality and Tourism Management program. Pictured are (from left) John Gotanda, HPU president; Craig Ibara, JTB Hawai‘i director of purchasing, tournament coordinator and HPU alumnus; Lena Young, JTB Goodwill Foundation director/treasurer and JTB Hawai‘i adviser; and Hiroyuki “Keith” Kitagawa, JTB Goodwill Foundation chairman and JTB Hawai‘i president and CEO.

PHOTO COURTESY JTB GOODWILL FOUNDATION

WWI Centennial Leadership Honored

The World War I Centennial leadership team was honored by five historical organizations with the Lex Brodie’s Above and Beyond award for its work during the WWI Centennial. Pictured are (from left) Kathy Johnson, Daughters of the American Revolution Hawai‘i regent; Catherine Bailey Miloni, Colonial Dames of 17th Century president; Donna Ching, Friends of the Natatorium; Scott Williams, Lex Brodie’s vice president of marketing and brand management; Arthur Tulak, WWI Centennial committee chairman and Above & Beyond award winner; Lynda Hylander, May˝ ower Society president; and Jane Mann, Daughters of the American Colonist president.

PHOTO COURTESY CATHERINE MILONI