Hot Shots – 2/11/26

Photo courtesy First Insurance Co. of Hawai‘i

Baking Up Donations

Members of First Insurance Company of Hawai‘i’s planning committee proudly don their aprons at a bake sale fundraiser for Aloha United Way. In 2025, the company donated more than $16,000 to AUW. The annual campaign is one of many ways associates help strengthen FICOH’s impac on the island community. FICOH associates pictured (from left) are Brittany Osurman, Jun Wada, Bebe Farrior, Terri Stephens, Christie Gomes, Michelle Dumaguit, Chris Chang and Keyzherr Mallanao.

Photo courtesy Hawai‘i Pacific University

HPU Receives Health Care Grant

Hawai‘i Pacific University received a $10 million, five-year grant to fully fund the tuition of health care professional students who commit to caring for patients in rural Hawai‘i for five years after graduation.The multi-year grant is part of Hawai‘i’s Rural Health Transformation plan, supported through a federal initiative. Celebrating the announcement are Leocadia Conlon, (third from left), physician assistant program director and associate professor at HPU; with (from left) HPU master of medical science physician assistant program students Annika Alcon, MinJi Cha and Chloe Sabandal.