Hot Shots – 6/17/26

Photo courtesy Aloha Pacific Foundation

Foundation Raises Funds For Families

Aloha Pacific Foundation has raised more than $23,000 to support families affected by recent Kona low storms on O‘ahu’s North Shore. The funds will be donated to The Salvation Army. Pictured are (from left) Rhonda Aceret-Espinas, executive assistant, Aloha Pacific FCU; Vince Otsuka, president and CEO, Aloha Pacific FCU; Tina Kobatake, director of recruitment and engagement, Aloha Pacific FCU; Eric Banaticla, Waikele branch manager ,Aloha Pacific FCU; Robert Morita, board chair, Aloha Pacific Foundation; Jay Arakawa, chief operating officer, Aloha Pacific FCU;  Maj. Troy Trimmer, divisional commander, The Salvation Army Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division; Heather Guerrero Wong, director of donor relations, The Salvation Army Hawaiian and Pacific Islands; and Alice Abad, Waikele branch teller, Aloha Pacific FCU.

Photo courtesy River of Life Mission

Homeless Ministry Gets A Boost

The Albert T. & Wallace T. Teruya Foundation recently contributed $40,000 to the River of Life Mission to support its Mobile Homeless Ministry. Pictured (from left) are Roy Uyehara, Rosemarie Love, Dexter Teruya, and  Wayne and Natalie Teruya, who are all Albert T. & Wallace T. Foundation board members; and  Keali’i Kane Gray, executive director of River of Life Mission. 

Photo courtesy Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawai‘i

Company Supports Community Initiatives 

Matson recently gifted $100,000 to support Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawai‘i’s community initiatives. Pictured (from left) are Neill Char, vice chair of First Hawaiian Bank’s retail banking and consumer products group; Ku‘uhaku Park, senior vice president of government and community relations of Matson; Tyler Kurashige, president & CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawai‘i; and Jocelyn Chagami, director of information technology and technical solutions at Matson.