MAKANA ALOHA HAWAII GIVES Do your employees volunteer in their communities? Has your company recently donated money or supplies to a good cause? Building Industry Hawaii wants to know. Email details about your donation and a color photo to Paula Bender at paula@trademediahui.com, or scan the QR code on this page.
STUFF THE BUS! Pearlridge Shopping Center, Ground Transport Inc. and the Hawaii Department of Education held “Stuff the Bus,” a school supplies drive, in June and July. Goodfellow Bros. and other businesses answered the call to assist students in public schools in ‘Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu and Kapolei Complex who are facing housing challenges. On July 19, the GBI team dropped off 210 packs of crayons, 154 composition books, 120 packs of colored markers, 62 sets of 12-pack No. 2 pencils, 47 glue bottles and glue sticks, 12 packs of pens, six packs of colored pencils, five spiral notebooks and one backpack. Maria Millare, regional engineer for GBI says, “We are honored to help support the communities in which we live and work.”
Goodfellow Bros. employees pose with donated school supplies during "Stuff the Bus." PHOTO COURTESY GOODFELLOW BROS.
AT MAKE-A-WISH HAWAII, SWINERTON BUILDERS SEEDS TAIYO’S ENDOWMENT Swinerton Builders recently contributed $12,000 to Make- A-Wish Hawaii Wishes Forever endowment funds in honor of former wish kid Taiyo (last name not disclosed). At 19 years old, the Hawai‘i resident was closer to realizing his dream of becom- ing an entrepreneur than any of his peers. His wish was to launch a heavy equipment rental company. Unfortunately, Taiyo, who battled skeletal muscle tissue cancer, did not get to see his business come alive — but he did get to enjoy a generous starter kit thanks to Make-A-Wish Hawaii and friends Glenn and Debbie Furuya of Leadership Works. The business starter kit included a new hydraulic dump trailer. It’s the kind of gift heavy-equipment enthusiasts can get excited about. In the spirit of paying it forward, Taiyo’s family wanted to honor his legacy by selling the trailer and using the funds to establish the Wishes Forever endowment fund that will help generate money to grant other kids’ wishes in perpetuity. Swinerton’s $12k contribution to Make-A-Wish Hawaii helps kickstart the growth of the Wishes Forever endowment fund to grant wishes for years to come.
From left: Swinerton's Aaron Yamasaki, senior VP/division manager; Jennifer Creedon, division HR manager; and Colin Fujiki, preconstruc- tion manager pose with Make-A-Wish's Madalyn Kenney and Trini Kaopuiki; Swinerton's Summer Vaimaona is at right. PHOTO COURTESY SWINERTON BUILDERS
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