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Hawaiian Electric recently donated a total of $36,000 to six West Oʻahu nonprofits that are working to improve the lives of youth, kūpuna and/or underserved com- municates. Funds went to Boys & Girls Club of Ha- waiʻi’s Nānākuli Clubhouse to help keep its programs and resources operating; Nānākuli High and In- termediate School senior Shanny Gita (via a scholar- ship from Hawaiʻi Lodging and Tourism Association); Hiʻohia, a Native Hawaiian nonprofit that shares cultur- al information with West- side schools; U.S.VETS– Waiʻanae, which serves non-veteran, vulnerable households in the area to prevent homelessness; Valley of Rainbows, a Waiʻanae-based organiza- tion that will launch the Kūpuna Disaster Prepared- ness Project to provide emergency supplies for up to 250 seniors; and lastly, Waiʻanae Coast Communi- ty Foundation, which coor- dinates food distributions in Kapolei and ʻEwa Beach, including at University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu
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Campbell High School grad Matthew Gante received a $2,000 scholarship at ‘Ukulele Festival Hawai‘i. PHOTO COURTESY ‘UKULELE FESTIVAL HAWAI‘I
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... There’s a good chance Westsiders might bump into Mayor Rick Blangiardi out and about, as he recently announced that he’ll work from Kapolei Hale at least once a month. “I believe it’s important for me to spend time at Kapolei Hale each month,” states Blangiardi. “Not only do we have an incredible city workforce in Kapolei, but spending time in Kapolei allows me to get to know the concerns of our residents better, along with the issues impacting their lives” ... Through Aug. 22, residents can head to their local Ross Dress for Less store to donate to Boys &
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Girls Club Hawaiʻi — spe- cifically, the Hale Pono– ʻEwa Beach, Nānākuli and Waiʻanae branches. Ross will match the first $400,000 raised. Visit ross- stores.com ... ʻUkulele Festival Hawaiʻi award- ed Campbell High School alum Matthew Gante with a $2,000 scholarship for his passion in ʻukulele play- ing. Son of Marlon and Luzviminda, Gante gradu- ated from the ‘Ewa Beach school this past spring and is an incoming freshman at Pacific Lutheran Universi- ty in Tacoma, Washington, where he will study nursing ... gkeller@midweek.com
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