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Grants

The following foundations and entities contributed recently to Maui County community nonprofits and others:

Akaku: Maui Community Media received two grants to support its Youth Broadband Education Awareness Mentoring (YBEAM) program on Molokai. The first is a $4,000 grant from the Maui Economic Development Board Ke Alahele Education Fund that seeks to advance STEM education. This will help to provide stipends for Molokai YBEAM alumni to gain additional training and mentoring on paid productions. The second is a $7,500 grant from the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation to support a facilitator on Molokai.

YBEAM teaches youth how to produce short community video stories using broadband technology in an all-mobile environment. Participants shoot, edit and distribute their content using Apple iPod Touches. Youth produced stories air on cable channel 55 and on “http://www.mauitube.org”>www.mauitube.org besides being able to be shared on social networks.

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The Maui Historical Society has received an $11,745 grant from the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation to make improvements to the archive’s climate systems at Hale Ho’ike’ike (Bailey House Museum) in Wailuku.

“We are honored and grateful to receive funding from the Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation to repair and upgrade our archive, which will safeguard and preserve the longevity of our artifacts,” said Sissy Lake-Farm, executive director of the Maui Historical Society. The artifacts and documents preserved by the society are specific to Maui County and available for viewing in the museum by appointment. Visit www.mauimuseum.org for more information.

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The Montessori School of Maui Philanthropy Student Committee raised funds for the Boys and Girls Club of Maui and Leilani Farm Sanctuary through a fundraiser at Flatbread Company in Paia and a Walk-a-Thon on the Montessori School of Maui campus. Each organization was presented with a check for $1,250 at an all-school assembly on May 21.

“At the end of the school year, it is such a joy to see our participating students have a deep understanding of philanthropy,” said Rene Anderson-Vorfeld, head of school for the Montessori School of Maui. “The students often join the committee again and again as their enthusiasm to help our Maui community grows. It is a wonderful thing to watch.”

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Students and staff of Hui Malama Learning Center were presented with a gift of $7,491.14 by Hawaii Petroleum through its Ohana Fuels “Fuel Up. Do Good” Community Giving Program.

From January through March 2015, a portion of sales from Ohana Fuels Top Tier fuel-efficient gasoline, sold at eight of the Ohana Fuel Stations located throughout Maui, was designated for donation to Hui Malama Learning Center’s enrichment programs.

In addition to the funds raised through the program, Ohana Fuels also provided Hui Malama with the Minit Stop location and equipment to conduct carwash fundraisers, which helped raise additional funds.

The funds donated by Ohana Fuels will allow the school to expand academic and mentoring programs as well as community service projects.

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Saltchuk, a family-owned company and the parent company of Aloha Air Cargo, Hawaii/Maui Petroleum, Ohana Fuels, Minit Stop, Young Brothers and Foss Hawaii, has pledged $10,000 to Book Trust in support of Maui elementary school students. Book Trust, a national literacy organization, provides books to children from low-income families, books students choose themselves and that become their very own.

Book Trust operates in 15 states and serves over 36,000 children, including 4,500 students in Maui.

The Saltchuk Hawaii donation allows Book Trust to provide the opportunity for 100 children to select and own roughly 3,000 books over the course of the school year.

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