Hot Shots – 11/5/25

Photo Courtesy Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i

Blessing Held For STEM Center

Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i recently held a traditional Hawaiian blessing for its state-of-the-art STEM Center for Excellence at Camp Paumalū on the North Shore. Pictured (from left) are kahu Kordell Kekoa; Lori Teranishi, GSH board member; Kanoe Nāone, GSH CEO; and Beth Whitehead, GSH board chair. The center provides a space for GSH to carry out its science, technology, engineering and math initiatives and will empower girls through accessible, hands-on learning opportunities in robotics, coding, astronomy and environmental science. 

Photo Courtesy Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i

Supporting Public Health

Chamber of Commerce of Hawai‘i donated $50,000 to Waimānalo Health Center. As a trustee of the Public Health Fund, the chamber supports nonprofits that advance public health. Pictured are (from left) Sherry Menor, president and CEO, Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i; Patty Sutton, chief operations officer, Waimānalo Health Center; Kawena Haugh, grant administrator, the Public Health Fund and executive assistant and corporate secretary, Chamber of Commerce Hawai‘i; and Marc Alexander, vice chair, Chamber of Commerce Hawai’i Public Health Fund Committee and executive director, Hawai‘i Medical Association.