Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 7, 1 July 2018 — OHA Mālama Loan Program [ARTICLE]

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OHA Mālama Loan Program

lsaac Brumaghim credits an OHA Mālama Loan with providingthe capital for research and development and then field-testing on hooks and lines. It also helped him to purchase sample products of designs for his line of hats, sweatshirts, T-shirts and coffee mugs. "The main thing was that my OHA loan gave me the freedom and the money to go and take that step forward in bringing my ideas to light and basically purchasing products and building an inventory as well as the packaging," he says. "Without any of those things it would have just been an idea. I would have been fumbling around for it forever. Sometimes you just need a helping hand from somebody who ean believe in your ideas and your visions. I was granted that. I'm very thankful for them for giving me their support and theirtrust." ■