OHA offers grant money to improve lives of Hawaiians
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is making $8.9 million in grant money available to community-based organizations that can address key priorities of improving conditions for Native Hawaiians.
Organizations may apply for between $100,000 and $500,000 in grant money to fund any one of six specific priorities meant to help enhance OHA’s efforts.
At the top of OHA’s priority list are grant proposals aimed at reducing obesity and improving the overall health of Native Hawaiians. Other priorities include increasing family income, homeownership, and housing stability for renters. Rounding out the six priorities are: improving test scores in middle school and high school, valuing history and culture and achieving sustainability as responsible stewards of land and water.
The deadline to apply is Dec. 17. The grants would fund a two-year period between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2017. Details about the application process are available at oha.org/grants.
Orientation meetings with organizations that want to apply will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 2 in Waimea and at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Oct. 21 in Hilo. Registration is required to guarantee a seat.
Culinary arts luncheon schedule set
University of Hawaii Center, West Hawaii has announced its culinary arts fall luncheon schedule.
The luncheons are held at 81-964 Halekii St. in Kealakekua, in the courtyard of Building 4.
On Oct. 10, Korean fare will feature local beef. Local shrimp or fish will be served with a Vietnam flair Oct. 17. Oct. 22 will celebrate food from Greece. Oct. 24 is a Thailand day and local catch will be offered. The food of the Philippines and Indonesia will feature local pork Oct. 31. Nov. 12 is Italian day. The Nov. 14 meal will include Indian food prepared with local lamb. Nov. 19 will celebrate France.
Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and costs $20 per person. Reservations will be taken starting at 8 a.m. Monday the week of the luncheon. Call 969-8802 for reservations and give 48 hours prior notice for changes or cancellations.
Auntie’s Angels seeks fresh produce donations
Auntie’s Angels will hold its monthly Soup Kitchen and Pantry for the low-income seniors living at Hualalai Elderly Housing on Saturday. Donations of fresh fruit and vegetables are requested.
Farmers and property owners are asked to share excess boxed produce that can be dropped off on Thursday or Friday by calling Jan at 329-7897.
Hawaiian filmmaker series begins at Kahilu Theatre
Kahilu Theatre has announced a film series aimed at connecting people and Hawaiian culture through cultural learning, film and talk story.
The Kuukulu Ola Hawaiian Filmmakers series includes seven films, plus talk story with the filmmakers after the screening, and six afternoon cultural workshops. The series was created to give a voice to traditional and contemporary Hawaiian culture and is curated by filmmaker, artist, and educator, Meleanna Aluli Meyer.
The series begins with film “Hookuikahi: To Unify As One” by Meleanna Meyer at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, plus a question and answer session and talk story with the filmmaker after the screening. The one-hour documentary captures powerful moments in Hawaiian history. Meyer will lead a workshop at Puukohola National Historic Site in Kawaihae on moolelo, Hawaiian story telling, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on the afternoon of the film screening.
Other highlights of the series include “The Haumana” on Oct. 8. The independent feature film is about protagonist Jonny Kealoha, a struggling Waikiki Polynesian luau show host, rediscovering the sanctity of his culture through hula. On Oct. 12, Ka Hana Kapa documents a collaboration between a hui of contemporary Hawaiian kapa makers and the Halau o Kekuhi from Hawaii Island. At 3 p.m. Oct. 22 Jerry Konanui, who works to save the many varieties of kalo, will conduct a workshop about kalo at Malaai Garden in Waimea, prior to the evening screening of “Malama Haloa: Protecting the Taro.”
The afternoon cultural workshops hold a maximum of 20 people maximum are held at various locations and cost $10. The 6:30 p.m. film screenings at Kahilu Theatre are $5.
Shriners meet for lunch
All Shriners are invited to lunch at The Fish Hopper Restaurant on Wednesday. For more information, call Jim Dakan at 895-9101.