Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 4, 1 April 1987 — Helm-Mitchell Scholarship Fund [ARTICLE]

Helm-Mitchell Scholarship Fund

A George Helm-Kimo Mitchell Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established on the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of the two Protect Kaho'olawe 'Ohana members who were lost at sea in their efforts to stop the bombing on the 'aina they so dearly loved. The fund is for a neighbor island student seeking post high school education in Hawaiian Studies and music. A portion of the monies donated during memorial events in March will be used to establish the fund. All of the money raised through the First Annual Helm-Mitchell 20-mile relay race Mar. 28 from Kaunakakai to Kamalo and back went into the scho!arship fund. Donations should be made payable to the Protect Kaho'olawe fund and may be sent to P.O. Box H, Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748, or to P.O. Box 62012, Honolulu, Hawaii 96839. Helm, a product of the Hawaiian homestead district of Kalamaula on Molokai, was educated at St. Louis School in Honolulu, the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Brigham Young University Hawaii. Mitchellwas born andraised in the Hawaiian community of Ke'anae, Maui, and graduated from Baldwin High School and Fresno State College. Helm was a musician, singer and entertainer who performed with Wayne Reis in the trio Kekumu and with Steve Mai'i at the old Go)d Coin Restaurant now known as Kabuki. Mai'i is one-half of the Steve and Theresa ^ (Bright) duo. ^