MidWeek Windward - Oct 13, 2021

MIYASHIRO PROMOTED
The Kāne‘ohe resident is a software development supervisor at UHA Health. SEE PAGE 2
PULLING THROUGH
Marines and sailors at MCBH particpated in a comeradery competition. SEE PAGE 2
$1.5 Million Grant For YWCA O‘ahu
SBY MARIA KANAI
mall-business owners can learn how to meet the challenges brought on by the pandemic, thanks to four new pro-
grams available at Kokokahi YWCA.
In 2020, COVID-19 impacted business both large and small across Hawai‘i and YWCA O‘ahu saw this firsthand. As a non- profit helping women and minority-owned small businesses through the pandemic, it was abundantly clear to YWCA O‘ahu that these businesses it was supporting were struggling. In addition to financial challeng- es, many of these small-business owners didn’t have enough resources to train staff in the unfamiliar COVID-19 landscape or didn’t understand the new requirements, due to English not being their first language. The Wells Fargo’s “Open for Business” grant couldn’t have come at a better time. A roughly $420 million small business recov- ery effort created to help small businesses impacted by COVID-19 keep their doors open, retain employees and rebuild, the
SEE PAGE 6
FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 13, 2021
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
Stakeholders recently gathered at Kokokahi YWCA for the launch of the “Open For Business” program that will provide free e-commerce cohort training
to minority-owned small businesses and their employees who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO COURTESY YWCA O‘AHU
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