Hawaii nonprofits in the news
Links to recent news stories about nonprofits in Hawaii:
- Kahea sues DLNR over permits and fights new telescope on Mauna Kea Kahea, The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance, has sued the state for allegedly failing to comply with Hawaii environmental protection law in approving hundreds of permits for research and other work in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. In other action, the group said it and other Native Hawaiian and environmental groups would oppose the nonprofit Thirty Meter Telescope Corp.s $1.2 billion project to use Mauna Kea for what would be the worlds largest telescope. (The Honolulu Advertiser)
- Group gives backpacks to homeless kids again Locations Foundation donates school supplies to more than 700 Hawaii kids at Weinberg Village in Waimanalo, Women in Need, Family Promise, Institute for Human Services, Vancouver House, Loilani Hale, Next Step Shelter, Kahale a ke Ola Homeless Resource Center on Maui, Ohana Ola Transitional Housing, Waianae Civic Center Shelter (U.S. Veterans Transitional Housing) and the One Malu Windward Spouse Abuse Shelter. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
- Outdoor Circle dogs Wienermobile The Outdoor Circle made the headlines in July fighting to ban the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile from island streets and shopping center parking lots as inappropriate advertising. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
- Hyatt Regency volunteers give Waikiki Center a makeover More than 40 volunteers, managers from the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa and hotel contractors, gave the Waikiki Community Center "an extreme paint-over," made the center's auditorium lighting more efficient, tiled a 900-square-foot room, power-washed and sanded the buildings and begin prepping for a bathroom renovation. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
- Economic education helps Island students improve decision making News about the economy these days has usually been depressing and negative, but the nonprofit Hawaii Council on Economic Education has put all the talk about money and the economy to work helping students learn basic finance principles. (Honolulu Magazine)
- B.E.A.C.H. says plastic-choked waters are potentially dangerous A newly organized Hawaii nonprofit, Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawaii, or B.E.A.C.H., is studying the environmental and health impacts of plastic debris, including BpA leaching into local waters, while cleaning up hard-to-reach beaches. (Honolulu Weekly)
