Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 9, 1 September 1998 — Vice-chairperson's message [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Vice-chairperson's message
Marching together
ALOHA NUI kākou, e nā 'ōiwi Hawai'i. This 19th article in a series of 48 acknowledges those who continue to persevere despite the fervor of the times and the passion of the issues mixing within the Hawaiian community. Along the path of milestones ahead to the year 2000, Hawaiian beneficiaries should choose to make their contributions or eommitments to what makes individual as well as i ohana sense. The challenge will be to make those choices and follow through with integrity, credibility and self-responsibility. The electoral process, whieh provides a voice to eaeh individual beneficiary, will determine who sit as congressional delegates, legisla- | tors, eouneil persons, governor, lieutenant govemor, board of education members and as tmstees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Our Hawaiian community, well informed and fixed in disapproval of the illegal actions taken against Queen Lili'uokalani and our Hawaiian government 100 years ago, continues to set the scales for making things right, weighted by realities of the present century and the possibilities for the 21st century. i
Individuals and institutions, sometimes independently, sometimes eolleetively, move forward with a resolve to put our historic fumre on a corrected course. Some of these efforts receive controversial attention. Others are known to just a few. Yet eaeh is propelled by Hawaiians committed to making a difference. Whether on the Aug 12 program (such as House of Keōua Nui, Hui Kīpūlani, Ho'omalu ma Kualoa, Ka
Ho'okolokolo Nui, Ka Lāhui Hawai'i, KAONA, Ka Pākaukau, Koani Foundation, Kūkahi, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Sacred Times and Sacred Places) or participating in another way (such as Hā Hawai'i, ine., the Assocation of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations and the O'ahu Council of Hawaiian Civic Clubs), groups present at Hale Ali'i 'Iolani were fueled by ancestral ties and sought to unify, uplift and
advance toward the better- | ment of Hawaiian people. Our efforts to strengthen Hawaiian families and 1 communities even as we move through this 100I year milestone must not diminish. Rather, eommuI nity-based efforts to foster | well-being for Hawaiians should be supported. This | occurred on July 28 when | the OHA Board of Trustees approved $510,518.03 in funding for I; the following 1 1 eominunity grants: 1) $64,960 to
Nā Leo Kāko'o o O'ahu, Kula Kaiapuni 'o Ānuenue for transportation of students attending the Pālolo immersion school; 2) $50,000 to Hāna High and Elementary School for its youth agricultural/botanical project focusing on native species; 3) $76,250 to Waimānalo Hawaiian Homes Association for the eommunity center (kitchen and bathroom facilities) on a two-acre site in Waimānalo; 4) $27,430 to Ka Meheu 'Ohu O Ka Honu, ine.,
for ongoing instruction of Native Hawaiian men in ceremony, protocol, and the fabrication of cultural items; 5) $9,717 to the Moloka'i Canoe Club to repair existing equipment and hale wa'a; 6) $95,000 to Hana Lima O Ka Lāhui, ine., for development of the Ka'ū Hawaiian Cultural Center; 7) $28,500 to TriIsle Resource Conservation and Development Council, Ine./Paukūkalo Hawaiian Homestead Association for playground equipment for Paukūkalo Hawaiian Homestead; 8) $54,100 to Maui Eeonomie Opportunity, ine., to support the Teens-On-Call youth employment referral project; 9) $37,322.03 to the Kīhei Canoe Club for the Kamali'i program for Kōkua Keālia Project; 10) $37,239 to the Maui Aids Foundation for case management services and to expand the outreach education program to the Hawaiian community; 11) $30,000 to the Hilo Gymnastics Club for scholarships for Hawaiian students. To be considered in the next 1998 grants cycle, proposals must be postmarked by Sept. 25. I mua e nā pōki'i a inu i ka wai 'awa 'awa. 'A 'ohe hope e ho 'i mai ai. ■
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