#Backpack Buddies

100 Women Who Care Maui finds fast, simple, and effective way to raise $20K each quarter

The group, 100+ Women Who Care Maui has raised more than $425,000 for local nonprofits or causes since starting in 2014. The group meets four times per year and is now raising more than $20,000 for a Maui nonprofit at each meeting.

Aloha Backpack Buddies bags prepared for Maui Head Start preschoolers

MEO has participated in the Backpack program since February 2021, and currently distributes food packages to students at 10 different Head Start sites, including one on the island of Molokaʻi.

$30K donated to support family programs offered by Parents And Children Together

In recognition of the essential family-centered programs provided daily by Parents And Children Together to improve the lives and futures of Hawaiʻi’s most vulnerable population, Nareit Hawaiʻi has donated $30,000 to support its public outreach. 

Fairmont Kea Lani’s 8th Annual Tree of Hope Campaign Kicks Off with $17K Donation

Fairmont Kea Lani’s 8th Annual Tree of Hope Campaign supporting Maui Food Bank kicks off this year with a $17,000 donation from the Consumer Attorneys of California. 

Maui Residents Earn AARP Hawai‘i’s Highest Award for Volunteer Service

AARP selected Maui’s Bill and Lena Staton to receive the 2017 Hawaiʻi Andrus Award for Community Service, the organization’s highest honor for volunteerism.