Kauai Aloha Endowment

I have always thought of summer as a time of new beginnings. Perhaps that’s because it’s the close of another school year, and hundreds of seniors are looking toward their future with great anticipation.

This year, I was invited to deliver a commencement address to the graduating class of a small private school on Kaua‘i. It is always a challenge to find a message that can have significant meaning to a young person at such a pivotal time. I decided to talk about volunteerism and service to one’s community

It is my belief that a lifetime commitment to community service must start at a very young age. Children surrounded by family and friends who are active volunteers in their communities are much more likely to model that behavior as adults. Witnessing the extraordinary results of volunteerism can be a life altering experience. On Kaua‘i, our children are blessed to be surrounded by example after example of the power of community service.

Our collective support of the Kaua‘i Aloha Endowment serves as perhaps the most profound illustration of how love for one’s home can be expressed unselfishly, and in a manner that benefits all of us and the generations to come. Please join us in this historic endeavor.

Aloha Pumehana

Our Purpose

The Kauai Aloha Endowment, in collaboration with Hawaii Community Foundation, was established to insure that resources will forever be available to preserve that which we most cherish about Kauai: her natural beauty, culture and the spirit of her people. It will endeavor to unite Kauaians and Kauaians-at-heart in Aloha. This Endowment will endeavor to unite all Kauaians and Kauaians-at-heart in Aloha.

A heart-felt Mahalo to all who have contributed to the Kauai Aloha Endowment during April, May and June, showing support for the Vision and Purpose of the Endowment.

Mahalo to Our April–June Donors

Ms. Pamela B. Burns
Mr. Daniel Case, Esq
Milton & Henrietta Kushiken Fund
Ms. Lynn P. McCrory
Friends of Ron Kouchi
Lelan Nishek
PAHIO Resorts, Inc

This quarter’s donations
Previous donations
Total donations to date
Total donors to date

100.00
100.00
1,000.00
250.00
50.00
250.00
1,000.00

$2,750.00
$97,283.98
$100,033.98
95

Other Support

Many individuals have given generously to support establishing the Kaua‘i Aloha Endowment in ways other than a financial donation, such as in-kind or volunteering their time. We acknowledge with gratitude their contributon in this section. Many of these supporters have also contributed financially.

Princeville Corporation & Hotel
Joyce & Ed Doty—Na Aina Kai
Derek Glaskin
Roger Jacobs
Linda Masterson
Emily Miller
Joe and Marty Paskal—Postcards Café
Bill Peay
Rita Peeters—Nite Owl T-Shirts
Marion Penhallow
Barbara Smith
Lowell Strombeck
Lynn and Thayne Taylor
Chipper Wichman—Limahuli Gardens

Aloha—Service in Action

The Kauai Aloha Endowment Vision is to Protect, Preserve and Enhance
Kauai’s Unique Treasures…Today, Tomorrow and Forever.

While the Endowment fund at Hawai‘i Community Foundation continues to build, our emphasis has been creating a strong internal structure, planning a Campaign for Community Awareness, Development and Grant Giving Stategies.

Our nonprofit, Friends of Kaua‘i Aloha Endowment, now exists to generate operating funds and eventually investment funds for the Endowment. The address is PO Box 3007, Lihue, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, 96766, tel. 808-246-6700. An initial website, www.kauaialohaendowment.org, is offered thanks to Kaua‘i’s Hindu Monastery and Bill Peay. Please explore and share it with others.

A beautiful art print has been donated for our Endowment fundraising. At this time we’re creating notecards, stickers, tee-shirts, magnets and posters featuring the artwork, which will all be completed in the fall.

Barbara Curl, Chair, Kauai Aloha Endowment

Recognition

It is important to recognize and appreciate the continued support of the staff of the Hawaii Community Foundation, in particular Nani Larsen and William Trugillo of the Kauai office of HCF with the guidance of the President and CEO, Kelvin Taketa.

General Information

• Phase I Mission: Establish the Endowment Fund (1998–2001).

• Phase II Mission: Sharing the Message—Building the Endowment (2001–2003). The goals to be accomplished are:

1) To strengthen and align the Kaua‘i Aloha Endowment Community—Advisory Board, Intention Group, Committees, Constituency and Contributions by continuing to create and build the internal administrative and operational structure for the future.

2) Create strong action-oriented committees and results: Campaign for Community Awareness—Public Relations, Marketing/Identity, Video, Website; Endowment Development to raise the principal to $1 million; Visitor Endowment; Community Resources/Meetings; Student Education; Administration; Finance; Grant Giving/Accountability Strategies.

3) Co-creating and Establishing our Giving and Accountability Strategies with the Hawaii Community Foundation

4) Assessment, Evaluation, Honoring and Celebration of Phase II.

5) Plan for Phase III.

Please hold our Purpose, Vision, Missions and Goals
with Aloha for all Kauaians and Kauaians-at-heart,
and continue to share the message with others.
Mahalo.