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…
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…
“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…
“When Henry Opukahaia, a Native Hawaiian, was traveling in New England in the 1800s, he was instrumental in inspiring the creation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions of the United Church of Christ. It was this board…
“I always strongly believed in working with young children,” Chuck Larson says. “But when I was getting my bachelor’s degree I was assigned to work in a kindergarten classroom. They never had a man there before at that grade level,…
There were dozens of volunteers on this December morning at Kahauiki Village, an 11.3-acre development that will eventually provide long-term housing to 153 homeless families on Oahu. Though there was excitement in the air, it was surprisingly quiet for a…
“I came here on vacation when I was 19. I decided then what I wanted to do with my life was move to Hawaii, become a cocktail waitress, marry a surfer and drive a moped,” Mary Scott-Lau recalls with a…
Fund-raiser for Shidler College of Business Alumni Association More than 100 wines are yours for the tasting at the 18th Annual Executive Vineyards event, a fund-raiser for the non-profit Shidler College of Business Alumni Association. The annual event — which…
“The martial arts teach you a way of life, a way to live. It’s not necessarily just being able to defend yourself,” explains Lee Donohue, president of Kick Start Karate, an after-school program to combat gangs and juvenile delinquency. “We…
