Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 3, 1 March 1990 — Contributions needed for Cal-Hawaiʻi center [ARTICLE]

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Contributions needed for Cal-Hawaiʻi center

Monetary contributions are now being sought to create a Hawaiian community center in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. Organizers envision the center as a gathering plaee for people of Hawai'i who live in southern California. A plaee to hold island-style festivals, hold cultural events and share the spirit of Hawai'i. The Hawaiian Community Center Association, a non-profit corporation, was formed to raise funds to build the center and to cover operating costs through memberships. Membership dues, by law, ean be used only for administration and maintenance of the center. Donations to the building fund through grants and pledges in any amount will be used only for actual construction of the center. Memberships ean be taken in the following categories: $25 contributor, $250 life member, $1,000 president's club (life member), $2,500 corporate or hui member (life member), $5,000-plus, "Keiki O Ka 'Aina (life member). Organizers say support has been promised by Kenneth Hahn, supervisor of the second district of Los Angeles County, and by Mas Fukai, eouneilman for the city of Gardena. A possible site for the center may be in a portion of Alondra Park in Lawndale, Calif . , according to fundraising information put out by the Hawaiian Community Center Association. Officers and directors of the association are: Alcario Pelayo, chairman; Linda Hilaeion, treasurer; Sharon Paulo, secretary; and Leonard Chow, Claude Hilaeio, Keala Tsukiyama, Andy Ah Po, Clinton Helenihi, Aunty Mary Kovich and Larry Wong. By law, directors and officers are not allowed to draw a salary or realize any monetary gain from the association. They are volunteering their time

and effort to realize the goal of creating the eommunity center. For further information contact the Hawaiian Community Center Association at 1102 West 150th St., Gardena, Calif., 90247. Their phone number is (213) 532-1279.