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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has awarded $826,377 in grants to three community-based organizations on Maui that have tied their missions to helping improve conditions for Native Hawaiians.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 Mayor’s Small Business Awards, the county Office of Economic Development announced yesterday.

Young Brothers, Limited and Hawaiian Tug & Barge are now accepting grant applications for their Community Gift Giving Program from non-profit community organizations in Maui County.

The County of Maui is now accepting proposals for tourism related programs on Maui, Moloka`i and Lana`i for the calendar year 2013 under the County Product Enrichment Program.

The Maui County Office of Economic Development is offering a grants training workshop on Lana`i on Friday, October 5.

Lokelani ‘Ohana, a Wailuku-based nonprofit serving the developmentally disabled, recently received a $9,500 grant from the Camphill Foundation.

The Alexander & Baldwin Foundation gifted an estimated $435,000 to 106 Maui charities in 2010.