Hot Shots – 8/12/26
Photo courtesy Sacred Hearts Academy
Blessing Held For Innovation Center
Sacred Hearts Academy faculty and staff were recently joined by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts, academy board members and Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation guests to bless the future home of the academy’s Clarence T.C. Ching Junior Innovation Center. It was funded with support from the foundation.
Photo courtesy 7-Eleven Hawai‘i
Company Embraces HUGS, Raises Funds
7-Eleven Hawai‘i raised $17,000 for Help, Understanding & Group Support through its canister donation campaign. From April to June, customers shopping at any of 7-Eleven’s 67 locations in Hawai‘i had the opportunity to donate to HUGS. Pictured (from left to right) are Alex Wereszczynskyj, development director of HUGS; Danielle Takahashi, customer experience and community manager of 7-Eleven Hawai‘i; and Maureen Purington, executive director of HUGS.
Photo courtesy Rami Hyun of Project Soldier
Saluting Veterans Of The Korean War
Korean War veterans were recognized recently at Maunalani Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in celebration of National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. Pictured (seated, from left) are veterans Paul Chang, Takaaki Kajiwara, Christopher Lee, Charles Omura, Andres Aguillon and George Naito. Standing (from left) are guests Hyeyoung Lee, the Korea Veterans Association (Women), Hawai‘i Chapter; Gunnery Sgt. Kristina Flournoy, U.S. Marine Corps; Cpl. Abdullah Diallo, U.S. Marine Corps, Sang-Gi Heo, vice president of Korean Veterans Association, Hawai‘i Chapter; retired Col. Harold Kwon, president, Korea Defense Veterans Association, Hawai‘i Chapter and senior vice commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Fort Shafter Post; Col. Isaac Taylor, public relations director, U.S. Army Pacific Command; retired Lt. Col. Joe Sweeney, community relations director, Korea Defense Veterans Association, Hawai‘i Chapter; Rachel Jung, Korea Veterans Association (Women), Hawai‘i Chapter; and Sharon Kishinami, Korea Veterans Association (Women), Hawai‘i Chapter.
