Nonprofit Focuses on Mental Illness
Everyone in this nonprofit has dealt with mental illness “Bud Bowles saved my life. He came to my aid when I was floundering and gave me a kit of tools so I could deal with my mental illness,” says Mark…
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Simplified Payroll and Grant Costing for Hawaii Nonprofits [Sponsored]
Paper timesheets, manual payroll calculations, reports compiled by hand—some nonprofits in Hawaii still do things the old fashioned way. Others have hired mainland payroll service providers with mainland customer support hours and a lack of familiarity with Hawaii law. Either…
Hawaii Fashion Designer Gives Back While Working on Her Latest Collection
Rumi Robertson helps others heal from domestic violence while working on her latest fashion collection Fashion designer Rumi Murakami Robertson says she is working on her latest collection: a return to her roots of business wear for women in a…
Advocates for Mothers and Babies
“Reading books is great,” says new mother Kayleigh Idemoto, “but being able to talk with an experienced mom who was the group leader, and also having that community of other new moms giving me support and telling me I wasn’t…
Make a Few Healthy Decisions to Support Hawaii Non-profits this Holiday Season [Sponsored]
Sharecare, HMSA and Blue Zones Project want you to FEEL GOOD while DOING GOOD. They are donating up to five hundred thousand dollars to five Hawaii non-profits and YOU can help! Here’s how: Step 1: Click here to download the…
Nonprofit Improves Native Hawaiian Education
InPeace was founded in 1994, long enough ago to have seen lasting results from its early childhood program. “Our Keiki Steps preschool will be in operation for 20 years next year,” says Maile Keliipio-Acoba, CEO of the nonprofit that started…
Providing New Life for Trafficking’s Victims
When Jessica Munoz took a job as a pediatric crisis and trauma nurse at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children in 2006, she noticed patients who were victims of sex trafficking. “I started seeing kids and young women coming…
“We Actually Turn These Kids Around”
One day, Aaron Kamau and his wife, Michele, were sitting in their living room discussing how they could help at-risk youth in their community. “I had been a Boy Scouts counselor for 18 years, working with kids in the classroom using…
Breaking the Homeless Cycle
“When I came to Housing Solutions Inc. 26 years ago, my background was totally from business, so I changed the company to operate more like a private enterprise rather than a nonprofit,” explains president and principal broker Terry Brooks. “I…
