#Kauaʻi Economic Development Board
Hawaiʻi’s first-ever Youth Apprenticeship in creative media launches with $200,000 grant from Harold K. L. Castle Foundation
ʻEwalu Industries has been awarded $200,000 from Harold K. L. Castle Foundation to support the CREATE Hawaiʻi (Creative Routes Empowering Apprentices Toward Employment) Youth Apprenticeship, a workforce initiative preparing high school students for careers in creative media and storytelling.
Maui and Molokaʻi community hubs among 5 selected to bridge gap between funding, ʻāina stewardship
Following a competitive proposal process initiated in October 2025, the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program announced five organizations to establish the first-of-its-kind Community Funding Hubs for Resilience and ʻĀina Stewardship. The five regional hubs are across the moku/hui moku (districts) of West Kauaʻi, Waiʻanae (Oʻahu), Molokaʻi, Central Maui and Kohala (Hawaiʻi Island).
