Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 8, 1 ʻAukake 1993 — Ka nūhou mai Alu Like [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ka nūhou mai Alu Like

News from Alu Like

(presented by Ka Wai Ola O OHA and Alu Like as a public service)

ALU LIKE

Opportunities from Alu Like

Entrepreneurship classes to start Hawaiians on Kaua'i (and O'ahu), wouid you like to learn how to start a business of your own? Expand an existing business? Write a business pian? Do you have a particuiar talent or ability or experience that ean be turned into a viable business? Do you see a need in your eommunity that you could build a business around? Do you know of an opportunity that you ean turn into a business? The Alu Like Entrepreneurship Training Program will start its next "How to start a business" course on O'ahu, Monday Aug. 16. Cail 524-1225 for information and applications. The Kaua'i course runs six Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., beginning on Sept. 18. For information eall Annette Creamer, Alu Like's Kaua'i island representative, at 245-8545. Business preparation is what the Entrepreneurship Training Program offers the Hawaiian community. The program has over 600 graduates. The course is covered in a relaxed and culturally sensitive manner and covers the A to Zs of entrepreneurship: business attitude, marketing, organization, management and business planning. Succeeding in the business world The business community has always been a strong supporter of the Alu Like Hawai'i Computer Training Center. The center's

advisory board includes civic and community leaders such as Winona Rubin, director of the state Department of Human Services, Dr. Miehael Chun, president of Kamehameha Schools, S. Haunani Apoliona, Alu Like executive director, and ehainnan Gordon Bruce. They help ensure that student training meets the demands of the modern

workplace. Board members and business leaders recently met to "talk story" with students who are graduating and will soon move into the workforce. It was a lively, enlightening and humorous discussion. Students asked questions such as "Can you succeed without a college degree?" and "What qualities help people most in the business world?" The business panelists shared their thoughts on what made for a successful business career. They included Bob Hyam, senior vice president of HMSA, Gordon Bruce, director of administration of the James Campbell Estate;

James Massey, Bank of Hawai'i senior vice president and director of informalion management and services; Anton Krucky, IBM Pacific Area general manager; and Bill Souza, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs special assistant to the director. During a potluck luneh session, students were able to speak with the business leaders and share on

a one-to-one level their ideas and concerns about entering the business community. Students were inspired by the panelists, who were equally impressed with the caliber of the students. It is the calling together of education, business and government that makes the Hawai'i Computer Training Center a successful example of how striving together reaps great rewards for Hawaiian students seeking to achieve their fullest potential. E alu like mai kākou, no nā 'ōiwi o Hawai'i! Making a dream eome true on Moloka'i When George K. Aiwohi, Jr. and his family decided to move

from O'ahu to Moloka'i, a lot of sacrifices were made as the family adapted to the "slower paee of life, elean air, no traffic and being close to my brother (who lives at Kalamaula)," said Aiwohi. Shortly after settling in, Aiwohi began to job hunt, aware of the job shortage on Moloka'i. He persevered and a few weeks later was hired as a bus and van driver for a loeal tour company. He also supplemented the family ineome with his talent as an instrumentalist/singer by forming a musical group that soon was playing several nights a week at the Kaluako'i Resort and Golf CIub. Soon Aiwohi became a familiar figure in the community. Working both day and night did not stop him from being an active volunteer. He loves children and spent many hours working with troubled youths. His commitment to aiding these youths led him into a vocation that he onee only dreamed of. One day he saw a newspaper job announcement for a program aide position and decided to apply. To his surprise he was called for an interview and soon after, his new employer, Lyn Bonk, director of Hale Ho'o Kūpa'a, called Alu Like to discuss the possibility of enrolling Aiwohi into a job training program. "When opportunity presented itself, all I had to do was to take those initial giant steps in order to begin to make my dream a

reality," said Aiwohi. "Mahalo to my supervisor and to Alu Like for believing that I could do the job." In May he successfully eompleted an on-the-job training with Alu Like's Employment and Training Program as a youth eonselor. His winning smile, warm personality, willingness to learn and his commitment to help others has proven a valuable asset to Hale Ho'o Kūpa'a. The Moloka'i Island Center staff is proud to highlight George K. Aiwohi, Jr. as its participant for this month. Congratulations and good luek to you, George! by Ruth L. Poaipuni, employment specialist Grandmother meets demands of complex world Lucy Kauluhinano Chillingworth, a proud mother of six ehildren (four girls and two boys) and grandmother of 15, eame to Alu Like when she felt she needed more training to better meet the demands of this complex world. She was accepted to the the Alu Like Hawai'i Computer Training Center and graduated in March with a feeling of success. She is now employed as a receptionist with the Alu Like Employment and Training Program on O'Ahu and her future looks brighter with the help of everyone. She says "Alu Like is working together and is working for me." by Joseph F. Serrao, employment specialist

Sharing their thoughts on success in business were (left to right): Bob Hyam, Gordon Bruce, James Massey and Anton Krucky, at Hawai'i Computer Training Center.