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| Apr 1, 2025 | Maui mayor’s plan to phase out vacation rentals would increase housing but shrink the economy | “Most importantly, they fail to acknowledge the cultural loss we face when our people are forced to leave—when generations of knowledge, tradition, and aloha are displaced from the very communities that shaped them,” Bissen said in a statem... |
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Trying to build out your real estate team in 2024? The churn rate for real estate agents is high a... |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Editorial: Take bold steps on short-term rentals | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Ever the optimist, Gov. Josh Green on Wednesday announced a rosy outlook for a “strong” state budget as costs for the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire recovery became clearer — a... |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Travel | Hawaii Travel: 21 fantastic poke bars and markets — and a poke festival this June | There are so many things to love about the Hawaiian islands — the beaches, the rainforests, the mai tais and food. And especially the poke.
As soon as I arrive on Kauai or Maui, I hightail it to a local market, poke stand or food truck to g... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Poke fest | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Photo courtesy Koloa Landing Resort
Koloa Landing Resort returns with its annual Kauai Poke Fest on June 8, and announced Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund ... |
| Jan 6, 2024 | Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green, Mayor Bissen, Nonprofit and Community Leaders Announce Maui Interim Housing Plan | GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS JOIN TOGETHER TO
LAUNCH $500M MAUI INTERIM HOUSING PLAN
The collective effort, called the “Maui Interim Housing Plan” commits to securing a pool of 3,000 housing units with 18-month commitments to provide a... |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Coco Moon Launches Maui Strong collection in remembrance of the historic town of Lahaina | Maui Strong Bamboo Coverall
Maui Strong Quilt
"Maui Strong" honors the town of Lahaina that was devastated by wildfires in 2023, and 100% of proceeds from the collection will go to the Maui Strong Fund. KAILUA, HI, UNITED STATES, ... |
| Dec 6, 2023 | Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $5M to Maui relief efforts | EVAN AGOSTINI/INVISION/ASSOCIATED PRESS
MacKenzie Scott arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, in March 2018, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott has donated $5 million to the Hawaii Community Foundation for Maui fire recovery and relief effort... |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Editorial: Give generously to those in need | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Today is Giving Tuesday. Dear readers: If ever there was a time when those with enough, or more than enough, should consider sharing their good fortune with those who ha... |
| Oct 21, 2023 | How to help victims of Maui wildfires | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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Park Kaleiwahea, left, Senate assistant sergeant at arms, and Taylor Date, from the office of Rep. Scott Nishimoto, start a de... |
| Oct 17, 2023 | How to help victims of Maui wildfires | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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Park Kaleiwahea, left, Senate assistant sergeant at arms, and Taylor Date, from the office of Rep. Scott Nishimoto, start a de... |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Kokua Line: Do Maui wildfire funds charge administrative fees? | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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The historic Lahaina banyan tree rises among the Wildfire wreckage on Aug. 10 in Lahaina, Maui.
Question: We have donated money to multiple organization... |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Kokua Line: How is the Maui Strong Fund spending the money? | Question: I gave to the Maui Strong Fund and wondered how they are spending the money.
Answer: More than $110.5 million was donated to the Maui Strong Fund as of Friday, of which more than $18.5 million has been awarded to about 100 organiz... |
| Aug 20, 2023 | Lahaina firefighters among those who lost homes | COURTESY JONNY VARONA
Jonny Varona and Aina Kohler lost their home in Wahikuli to the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire.
COURTESY JONNY VARONA
Jonny Varona and Aina Kohler lost their home in Wahikuli to the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire. Pictured is their ... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Local News | Sanitas Brewing in Boulder to hold Maui fire fundraiser | Sanitas Brewing Company, 3350 Frontier Ave. in Boulder, will host a fundraiser from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday to raise money for people affected by the wildfires in Hawaii.
There will be Hawaiian-style tacos served, a raffle and live music from ... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Windows Hawaii Supports Maui Strong | Sponsored By:
PHOTO BY GEORGE F. LEE
At Windows Hawaii, we’re committed to building stronger communities. As our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends affected by the recent tragedy, we’re proud to announce our commitment t... |
| Aug 14, 2023 | Georgia takes the spotlight among Trump’s legal woes | All signs point to a big week ahead for the probe into former President Trump's 2020 election subversion efforts in Georgia. The Fulton County DA looks set to put the case before a grand jury this week.
The big picture: Sources told CNN tha... |
| Aug 12, 2023 | Cash donations recommended for Maui as some relief groups overwhelmed | JAMM AQUINO / [email protected]
Hawaii lieutenant governor Sylvia Luke, left, receives donated goods during a donation drive at the State Capitol for the victims of the Maui wildfires on Thursday, Aug. 10, in Honolulu.
State and lo... |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Maui relief donation drive being held at state Capitol | JAMM AQUINO / [email protected]
Donated goods were placed onto a cart for sorting Thursday during a donation drive at the state Capitol for the victims of the Maui wildfires.
Related Photo Gallery: Maui wildfire donation drive bein... |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Paula Fuga to donate proceeds from Blue Note shows to Maui | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Paula Fuga performs at the 45th annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards on July 20, 2022.
Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning entertainer Paula Fuga is donating 100% of the ticket proceeds from her shows ... |
| Aug 10, 2023 | How to help Maui and Hawaii island wildfire victims | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Kim Tanaka, vice principal at Pu‘u Kukui Elementary School, carried a case of donated bottled water for evacuees Wednesday at Maui High School.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.... |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Editorial: All hands needed as wildfires rage | Devastation. Destruction. And deaths.
What was expected to be a weather system passing well south of Hawaii abruptly and shockingly ended up whipping Maui wildfires that would burn down historic Lahaina town, kill at least six people and in... |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Maui County raises death toll to 55 | VIDEO COURTESY LT. GOV. SYLVIA LUKE
Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke joined the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday afternoon for an aerial survey of the wildfire damage in West Maui.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
People pick through the ... |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Fundraiser for Maui wildfire victims grows to over $1M | COURTESY JUSTIN JOHNSON
The view aboard U.S. Coast Guard vessel of wildfires burning homes and businesses in Lahaina.
In a span of just four hours today, donors wanting to help residents affected by the Maui wildfires expanded the Maui Stro... |
| Dec 24, 2020 | Hawaii Community Foundation received $10M from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott | Hawaii nonprofits got a chunk of the $4.2 billion that billionaire MacKenzie Scott announced she would give away in four months.
The Hawaii Community Foundation received $10 million for its Hawai‘i Resilience Fund, which is said was the lar... |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Lanai nonprofits to receive $47K from Hawaii Community Foundation to respond to COVID-19 outbreak | The Hawaii Community Foundation is offering $47,250 in grant funding to support COVID-19 response efforts on the island of Lanai.
A total of $37,250 will go to the Lanai Community Health Center for COVID-19 tests, as well as food supplies f... |
| Sep 8, 2020 | Fender® Launches All-New Signature Ukulele With Five-Time Grammy® Award-Winner Billie Eilish | |
| May 26, 2020 | New, flexible Hawaii scholarship fund aims to ‘give these kids hope’ | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Roosevelt High School graduate Zoe Oda threw her mortarboard into the air Wednesday.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Myka Kukahiwa took a selfie before receiving his diplom... |
| Oct 22, 2019 | Column: Imagine a day without water, then ensure it never happens | If you’ve never experienced it before, it’s hard to imagine a day without water. Here in Hawaii, it may seem that we are blessed with abundant fresh water and that we may never have to go without. However, the demand of an ever-fluctuating... |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Column: We can do much today to invest in our isles’ water systems | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
If you’ve never experienced it before, it’s hard to imagine a day without water. Read more
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| Aug 12, 2018 | Hawaii scholarship recipients, donors are recognized | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
Donors who awarded over $6 million in scholarships and more than 350 of the recipients gathered Saturday at Pomaikai Ballrooms at Dole Cannery for the annual Hawaii Comm... |
| Jul 12, 2018 | 6 Hawaii pro athletes unite in challenge to raise funds for isle disaster areas | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
A drone captured this image of the fissure 8 lava channel Wednesday morning. Overflows from the channel destroyed three more homes in the Leilani Estates subdivision.
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Hawaii’s Kolten Wong, left... |
| Jul 11, 2018 | 6 Hawaii pro athletes unite in challenge to raise funds for isle disaster areas | ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS
Hawaii’s Kolten Wong, left, Marcus Mariota and Max Holloway.
Six pro athletes, including Tennessee Titans Quarterback Marcus Mariota, have launched the “Be A Hero for Hawai‘i Challenge” to raise funds for isle commun... |
| May 4, 2018 | Tickets on sale for Kauai benefit concert featuring Jack Johnson | BRUCE ASATO / 2014
Jack Johnson will be one of the headliners at the Kokua for Kaua‘i concert on May 12 to benefit recovery efforts on the flood-damaged island of Kauai. Johnson is pictured during a Waikiki Shell concert in 2014. |
| Apr 22, 2018 | Recovery efforts and funding continue to flow on Kauai | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
COURTESY HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Volunteers cleared mud Friday from Aloha Preschool on Kauai’s North Shore.
As electrical power and drinking water were restored to a... |
| Mar 29, 2018 | Get families in housing, ASAP | DENNIS ODA / [email protected]
In the recent Hawaii Poll conducted for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 42 percent of 800 people surveyed said they think homelessness has grown worse over the past year.
It seems simplistic to suggest tha... |
| Aug 16, 2017 | Federal cuts threaten local nonprofits | PIXABAY
The nonprofit sector’s single greatest source of revenue comes from the government in the form of grants and contracts. To the extent that those funds are cut, no amount of local philanthropy can even begin to replace those funds.
A... |
| Dec 15, 2011 | Business Briefs | Food banks given credit union donations
Hawaii Foodbank and its neighbor island food distribution partners have received $39,772, or the equivalent of 66,286 pounds of rice, from 29 credit unions on Oahu, Hawaii, Maui and Kauai.
The “Have a... |
| Organizations raising funds, donations for COVID-19 assistance | The following organizations are raising funds and accepting donations as part of an effort to help others during the COVID-19 pandemic.
>> Salvation Army Hawaiian &Pacific Islands is asking for donations of hygiene products at the... |
| Column: Helping educators attain homes will help build Hawaii’s future | DENNIS ODA / [email protected]
Community leaders Tuesday announced at a news conference in the C. Brewer Building a new initiative to address the housing crisis and improve teacher retention. Among them were Keith Amemiya of the Hawai... |
| Editorial: Help is on the way amid coronavirus pandemic; Let’s support businesses; Good time to build TMT | JAMM AQUINO / [email protected]
A couple pauses to admire the shoreline near Kapiolani Park on Thursday in Waikiki.
Help is on the way
It can be hard to find a bright spot when everything’s going dark.
Restaurants, libraries, gyms,... |
| Editorial: Today’s a good day to give generously | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
The pandemic isn’t over, as everyone is saying these days, and neither is the economic pain. That’s still a reality for more people than we’d all hoped would be the case... |
| Pandemic inspired donors but critical needs persist for nonprofits | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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The Salvation Army is hopeful for its charity outlook this holiday season despite higher costs for goods and looming inflation. ... |
| Despite risks, innovation can show the way | Late last year, Pierre and Pam Omidyar announced a six-year commitment of $50 million to the Hawai’i Community Foundation to fuel their philanthropic investments in Hawaii. As part of this commitment, the Omidyars asked the Foundation to co... |
| College scholarships await applicants | Hawaii high school seniors and college students can begin applying for hundreds of scholarships to help pay for college.
The Hawaii Community Foundation — which manages hundreds of charitable funds — is accepting applications through Feb. 1... |
| Campaigns, grants focus on risks of youth vaping | COURTESY PHOTO
The state Health Department has put out materials for its an anti-vaping campaign. Shown are four examples of innocuous-looking vape cartridges.
With the vaping epidemic drawing in new users every day, Hawaii is embarking on ... |
