Hot Shots – 12/24/25
Photo Courtesy ClimbHI
‘Climbing’ To Success
ClimbHI has raised more than $500,000 to provide five more years of workforce development programs to the state Department of Education, with a goal to reach $1 million. The commitment builds on ClimbHI’s success in helping more than 400,000 students in the past five years. Pictured at the recent celebration are (from left) Julie Morikawa, president of ClimbHI and Keith Hayashi, DOE superintendent.
Photo Courtesy First Hawaiian Bank
Bank Makes Impact With Giving Campaign
First Hawaiian Bank employees and retirees donated more than $886,000 to 36 charities as part of its annual Kōkua Mai employee giving campaign. Pictured are (front row, from left) Michelle Ynfante, FHB assistant project manager; Tina Andrade, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i president and CEO; Be-Jay Kodama, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i vice president of philanthropy; Joely Chung, FHB senior vice president and enterprise operational risk division manager; and Kayla Smith, FHB marketing programs officer; and (back row) Raine McAngus, Aloha United Way business development manager; Ka‘ili Trask O’Connell, AUW vice president of resource development and donor relations; Michelle Bartell, AUW president and CEO; Michelle Meredith, Hawai‘i Children’s Cancer Foundation executive director; James Donnelly, Make-a-Wish Hawai‘i mission impact adviser; David Washburn, Hawai’i Foodbank director of institutional giving; and Vernon Wong, FHB senior vice president and regional business manager.
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Partnership Feeds Kūpuna
Spectrum and the Outdoor Channel recently hosted a Hunt Fish Feed event at Honolulu Community College. Among the volunteers preparing 150 bento boxes to be delivered to YMCA locations and distributed to kūpuna are (from left) city Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam; Rebecca Lieberman, Spectrum director of government affairs; chef Tammy Mahealani Smith; state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole; and Joel Pabo, Spectrum field service manager.
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