2022 Inspire Magazine

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EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN

Planting the Seeds of Change

HEALTHY PLANTS NEED STRONG ROOTS. AT HAWAI‘I PACIFIC HEALTH, EMPLOYEES ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE MISSION OF CREATING A HEALTHIER

HAWAI‘I, and their dedication extends far beyond regular work hours. The annual Employee Giving Campaign (EGC) empowers thousands of HPH’s team members to raise money for medical programs and services that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.

pledges for the not-for-profit health care system.

The theme of the 2021 EGC was “One gift grows into many when we all donate,” which highlighted the impact each individual contribution can make. Nearly 4,000 employees rallied behind the sentiment and donated $1,068,127 of their own dollars to nurture, strengthen and heal patients, their families and the community. This was the fifth straight year that HPH employees raised at least $1 million through gifts or

For many, supporting the EGC was personal. Asterlou Raquel, a surgical clinical reviewer and registered nurse at HPH, was a powerful voice for the campaign. The breast cancer survivor received her cancer care at Pali Momi Medical Center. Having experienced both sides of patient care inspired Raquel and her husband, Oscar, a nurse at Straub Medical Center, to give to HPH.

“I think it’s very important that the donors understand the impact they are creating,” said Raquel. “Cancer doesn’t just affect the person; it affects the entire family.”  Donations were heartfelt. But the campaign also delivered through fun activities. Departments across the health care system hosted virtual fundraising events, in-person contests, pre-packaged food sales and craft fairs.

The most successful virtual fundraising event was the COVID-19 Creativity Contest. Employees were challenged to repurpose plastic containers that once held COVID-19 vaccine vials. People voted for their favorite creation by making a donation. Virtual and in-person events raised $52,178.

THE 2021 EGC FUNDS WENT TOWARD:

Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children’s Child Life, Chaplain Services and Palliative Care programs, which support emotional, social and spiritual care for patients and their families.

Wilcox Medical Center’s stroke care and stroke education program, which provides the highest standard of stroke care for Kaua‘i.

Pali Momi Medical Center’s Emergency Department Fund as well as the ‘Ohana Fund, which helps patients in need obtain medication, medical equipment and transportation.

Kapi‘olani Children’s Miracle Network, a program that provides support for patient care, specialized medical equipment, emergency transport and preventive education.

Straub Medical Center’s Emergency Department Fund, which supports urgent and often lifesaving medical care for patients.

HPH employees also donated to Aloha United Way and Kaua‘i United Way.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO

Dear Hawai‘i Pacific Health Supporter,

OUR COMMUNITY MARKED SOME SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES OVER THE PAST YEAR AS WE STARTED TO MOVE BEYOND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. It is wonderful to see faces and smiles as mask-wearing guidelines are relaxed. People are gathering in restaurants, celebrating graduations and weddings, and traveling near and far to see family and friends. It’s a reemergence that I know we’re all happy to witness and experience.

Still, COVID-19 isn’t going away completely, and we must learn to live with it. There is likely no one who knows this more than those who work in the health care industry. I am extremely grateful for our doctors, nurses and staff at Hawai‘i Pacific Health who have worked tirelessly over the last two-plus years to care for our patients and community despite the numerous challenges they faced. Their courage and commitment are truly inspiring.

Our Pali Momi Medical Center team received national recognition for its efforts and was honored for the exceptional care it provides patients with the Healthgrades 2022 Outstanding Patient Experience Award™. Pali Momi has received this distinction four years in a row, and we are very proud of them.

As the 100th anniversary of Straub Medical Center came to an end, we held a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off our multi-year redevelopment project for the current campus. Straub’s legacy of putting patients first and providing high-quality health care is the inspiration for this new state-of-the-art health care campus of the future. The innovative design and features of the new campus will help us address the ever-changing needs of our community and truly reflect the quality of care Straub is known to deliver.

On Kaua‘i, we celebrated the culmination of another large construction project and unveiled our newly renovated Emergency and Trauma Department at Wilcox Medical Center. This $5.1 million project was funded by community donations and will elevate the level of trauma and emergency care available to the people of Kaua‘i.

At Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children, the new Cancer and Infusion Center is another milestone project for us, which you can read about in this issue. This center is a true reflection of Kapi‘olani’s commitment to the health care needs of Hawai‘i’s women and children.

None of this would have been possible without you. Despite the daunting challenges you faced throughout the pandemic, you continued to give in support of our patients, staff, programs and services. On behalf of everyone at Hawai‘i Pacific Health, thank you for your support of these projects, and more importantly, for your support of our patients. Working together, we are creating a healthier Hawai‘i.

Sincerely,

Ray Vara President & CEO Hawai‘i Pacific Health

ON THE COVER: Cruz, 7, with his pediatric oncologist, Dr. Darryl Glaser. Pediatric cancer patients will soon have a new home for their care. Read more on pg. 6

2 EMPLOYEE GIVING CAMPAIGN

Employees give back in big ways.

3 A message from Hawai‘i Pacific Health President & CEO Ray Vara.

5 A message from HPH Senior Vice President of Philanthropy Dawn Dunbar.

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KAPI‘OLANI HEALTH FOUNDATION

New plans to create a place of comfort and comprehensive care for women and pediatric cancer patients, and how your funds helped us protect our youngest against COVID-19.

Hawai‘i Pacific Health nurses were featured on the cover of MidWeek for Nurses Week in May. Left to right: Kapi‘olani radiology nurse Lori Ikeda, Straub neuro progressive care nurse Kawailehua Cornel, Pali Momi perioperative nurse Jasmin Pacheco, Straub cardiac electrophysiology clinic nurse Noelani Comorposa and Wilcox medical surgical nurse Tayler Rex.

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WILCOX HEALTH FOUNDATION

Emergency care on a trip to paradise; inside the new, technologically advanced Emergency Department; and a big boost for crisis care and future expansion.

STRAUB FOUNDATION

Breaking ground on the health care campus of the future, and marking a milestone for cardiac patients across the state.

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A morning bike ride ends in lifesaving surgery, plus streamlining a small space to maximize efficiency during an emergency.

CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK

Meet our 2022 Kapi‘olani Children’s Miracle Network Champion; from sips to chic shopping, three businesses encourage customers to give back; and celebrating a record-breaking two days on air.

DONOR LISTING

MESSAGE FROM THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Dear Friends of Hawai‘i Pacific Health,

THE PANDEMIC FORCED ALL OF US TO TAKE A PAUSE, BUT IN HEALTH CARE THE NEEDS OF OUR PATIENTS NEVER STOP. Fortunately, when there are challenges in medicine, our clinical teams respond, as they always do, by pressing forward. At Hawai‘i Pacific Health, we see how the experience of COVID-19 has resulted in a greater emphasis on living a healthier life. We all want to be closer to family and friends, hug others longer and remove the space between us that social distancing created.

We certainly have made progress to connect again with the assistance of vaccines and safety protocols. Your donations this past year were also valuable reminders of how important our medical centers are for our community. We were able to expand programs and services through expertise, vision and funding. Your gifts enable us to to expand and grow.

As you will read in our cover story, the next big endeavor for cancer care at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children is an example of how things can come together to streamline our approach and improve care for the better. A new Cancer and Infusion Center at Kapi‘olani will help broaden our oncology services, expand both of the infusion spaces for women and children, and open up even more opportunities for collaboration of specialists, advanced technology, research and clinical trials. Each year, we care for more than 1,000 breast cancer and pediatric cancer

patients who are diagnosed and treated at Kapi‘olani. That number only tells part of the story; it only covers a portion of those who use the lifesaving cancer services Kapi‘olani provides.

When patient needs are the catalyst for change, it makes these progressive steps that much more rewarding to our staff and donors. The field of medicine constantly evolves, and how we deliver care at Kapi‘olani Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, Straub Medical Center and Wilcox Medical Center evolves in response –in large part because of you.

We sincerely thank you for every dollar you give toward maintaining that continuum of quality care. Your contributions bring ren ewed energy and inspire us to keep true to our mission of creating a healthier Hawai‘i.

With gratitude,

Dawn M. Dunbar Senior Vice President Philanthropy

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At the Center of Care

About a thousand women and children are treated for cancer at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children every year. Now there are plans to create a new place of comfort and healing for them and their families.

A BATTLE WITH CANCER IS A JOURNEY. It is often fought month by month, week by week, and day by day by patients, their families and friends, and dedicated oncology doctors, nurses, technicians and medical teams across Hawai‘i.

For about a thousand women and children every year, that journey of care takes them to Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children. And soon, it will begin in a new, expanded, specialized Cancer and Infusion Center just for them. The new center will accommodate the latest technology and treatments for pediatric, breast and gynecologic cancers, as well as auto-immune and neuromuscular diseases, and other conditions that require lifesaving infusions.

Just as essential to the new space is a sense of comfort for women and keiki who may be facing years of treatments.

“We’re with the patient for a lifetime,” said Dr. Michael Carney, who has been treating gynecologic oncology patients at Kapi‘olani for more than 20 years. Unlike other cancer specialists, gynecologic oncologists are with patients throughout their specialized care – from diagnosis to surgery to any short- or longterm medical management. “With the new treatments, fortunately, we’re prolonging lives, which means we see people for a lot longer, and that’s a good thing.”

When it comes to kids, pediatric oncologists begin seeing some of their patients as infants and help them as they grow through stages of their care.

“I have patients in their 30s who will need transfusions every month for the rest of their lives,” said long-time pediatric hematologist and oncologist Dr. Wade Kyono.

“We all work together to support the family, because they become like our family ... we lean on each other.”

— DR. WADE KYONO, Kapi‘olani pediatric oncologist

Transfusions and infusion treatments take time. Patients on chemotherapy may need to come in daily for several days, or every few weeks for several months. In some cases of breast cancer, even in early stages, women may need weekly treatments for a year to prevent cancer from returning.

“It’s just overwhelming. Women can quickly go from seeing something unusual on their mammogram to having their lives completely turned upside down,” said Kapi‘olani breast medical oncologist Dr. Jami Fukui. “They’ll meet with a surgeon, a medical oncologist, a radiation oncologist, infusion nurses, other social workers, nurse navigators and medical assistants. A whole team is there to help them throughout their treatment.”

Treatments can be draining. Chemotherapy and infusions take a minimum of two to three hours, but the additional steps needed to ensure patients do not suffer dehydration or other side effects can lead to a seven-hour visit.

“It may take another four to six hours to give IV fluids before they are able to go home,” Dr. Kyono said. “Sometimes we need to monitor someone who just doesn’t feel well. Perhaps they can’t hold anything down, so we’re giving them IV fluid and antifungal medication for as long as we can during the day so they can go home instead of having to stay overnight in the

hospital. Then they may return the next day to do it all over again.”

For many women — who are often the primary caretakers for family or friends — those hours are still working hours.

“They’re still coordinating everything else they have to do for the day, it’s just that they’re doing it remotely and from the chemotherapy chair,” Dr. Fukui said. “The space we have is not really sufficient for someone to have a virtual meeting or conversation, or to bring their laptop. It is very tight, and if you are sharing the area with someone else, that’s really difficult.”

The current infusion area in the Women’s Cancer Center at Kapi‘olani consists of five bays separated by curtains. And in Hawai‘i, patients rarely come alone. Parents sit with their children who are undergoing treatment. Entire families come in to support their moms, grandmothers and aunties. Nurses will also often spend some time sitting with patients, talking story while gaining valuable insight into their emotional and physical conditions.

every year.

• 95% are in clinical trials.

• Kapi‘olani is a member of the National Cancer Institute-sponsored Children’s Oncology Group, which provides opportunities for young patients to receive the newest treatments in clinical trials.

“We’re definitely a little crowded,” Dr. Carney said. “Most days, we need space for seven or eight or nine people to receive infusions. We are treating everyone, but we can achieve a better experience.”

Downstairs, the Children’s Cancer Center has four rooms and three bays. The space can be challenging when the team is working with several kids who have received transplants or are undergoing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, which alters patients’ own T cells so they bind to cancer cells and kill them. Both are immunocompromised and must be isolated from others.

Expanded space for patients, their families and friends, and the various medical teams involved in Kapi‘olani’s well-coordinated care are part of the initial plans for the new center. This includes nonclinical areas

• Kapi‘olani is the only dedicated site for bone marrow collection and transplants for children.

Women’s Cancer Care

at KAPI‘OLANI

• Approximately 450 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, with an additional 450 treated every year.

• Kapi‘olani is the only women’s cancer facility in Hawai‘i that specializes in treating breast and gynecologic oncology patients.

• The center’s specialized team treats expectant mothers with cancer as well as provides in-utero treatment for rare conditions including neonatal hemochromatosis which affects a developing fetus’ liver.

Dr. Kyono carries his Beads of Courage with his stethoscope. Beads are given to children with cancer to celebrate and mark milestones throughout their treatment.

where doctors and families can have sensitive and sometimes emotional conversations in a safe, private place. Other items include comfortable chairs and serene surroundings for patients and those supporting them through those long treatments, as well as dependable Wi-Fi. There are also ideas for play spaces for the youngest patients as well as children spending time with their mothers who are undergoing treatment.

Also, by bringing both cancer centers together, oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, nutritionists, pharmacists and specialists will be able to more closely collaborate on comprehensive care plans aimed at one shared goal: turning cancer patients into cancer survivors.

“We all work together to support the family, because they become like our family,” Dr. Kyono said. “You share the good times, and during the bad times, we lean on each other.”

“I feel so privileged to meet these wonderful women at such a vulnerable time in their lives,” Dr. Fukui said. “The things they share and the insights they have from seeing the world in a different way motivates me every day.”

“I never cease to be amazed by these incredible patients, incredible specialists and incredible nurses. I have watched these nurses go so far beyond the call of duty to help patients and staff. It’s heartening,” Dr. Carney says. “It’s the people around me who make it possible to do what I really love to do.”

The Wait is Over

PA RENTS WERE READY. This was the day they had been waiting for — the day their child could finally get vaccinated against COVID-19. On Nov. 3, 2021, Hawai‘i Pacific Health became the first certified vaccination provider in the state to administer Pfizer’s vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old.

More than 600 keiki were vaccinated within the first two days after kids’ vaccine clinics opened at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children, Straub Medical Center and Wilcox Medical Center.

Dr. Kristyn Nishimoto is a pediatrician at Kapi‘olani and a mom. Her son, Dustin, was 8 at the time; her daughter, Emi, was 5. They both received their COVID-19 vaccines as soon as it was available.

“It’s kind of like Christmas; we’ve been waiting so long,” Dr. Nishimoto said. “I’m so excited to have my kids vaccinated – to be able to protect them, our community and those who can’t get vaccinated. I like to tell my patients and their families I wouldn’t do anything for them that I wouldn’t do for my own kids.”

For many, getting their children protected against COVID-19 was a family affair. HPH wanted to find an efficient and comfortable way to vaccinate multiple members of the same ‘ohana. So in November of 2021, HPH in partnership with the state Department of Health, Honolulu Fire Department and Aloha Stadium Authority opened the first-ever Keiki Vax

Children receive vaccines at Kapi‘olani’s clinic for kids 6 months through 4 years in June 2022 (top) and the Keiki Vax Squad Drive-Thru at Aloha Stadium in November 2021 (bottom).

Squad Drive-Thru at Aloha Stadium. Parents and kids could stay together in their vehicles during the process.

Kaleena Aoki said that’s exactly why her daughter chose to be vaccinated at the stadium.

“We did have some anxiety, but she wanted to get it,” Aoki said. “And we asked her where she would like to get it and she said she wanted to do it here (at the drive-thru) with Daddy, so they got it together.”

During the first weekend at Aloha Stadium, 833 adults and 471 keiki received their first dose of the vaccine. The next weekend, hundreds more did the same at HPH’s drive-thru clinic at Kapolei High School.

Then, just days after vaccinations for kids younger than 5 were approved, HPH brought back its clinics on O‘ahu and Kaua‘i so parents could finally obtain it for their youngest children as a way to protect their families and the community.

Dr. Dee Dee Wu, husband Brian, and sons Justin and Jacob visiting the Waimea Canyon State Park a few days after her lifesaving care at Wilcox Medical Center.

Incredible Recovery

In a moment, a fun family trip became an emergency situation and a doctor found herself on the other side of lifesaving care.

DR. DEE DEE WU’S TRIP TO KAUA‘I IN 2021 WAS MEMORABLE, BUT IT IS WHAT SHE DOESN’T RECALL THAT STANDS OUT MOST IN HER MIND.

“From the time I went into the water before waking up in the hospital, I don’t have any memory of what happened,” Dee Dee said.

The rheumatologist from New Jersey was visiting Anini Beach when her husband, Brian, spotted some turtles and invited her and their sons to snorkel with him. As they swam in, something went wrong.“I've snorkeled many times before, but when I didn’t join them, my husband swam toward me and found me unconscious,” Dee Dee said.

Brian and their 13-year-old son, Justin, started to bring her to shore. An off-duty lifeguard who happened to be nearby and another man, who had a flotation device, got her to the beach where Kaua‘i lifeguards immediately started CPR.

Paramedics rushed Dee Dee to Wilcox Medical Center’s Emergency Department (ED). Emergency medicine physician Dr. Thomas Del Ninno was among the first to treat her.

“I focused on optimizing Dee Dee’s resuscitation and then providing her ventilation,” Dr. Del Ninno said. “Immediately, the respiratory therapists helped manage her ventilator and kept a close watch on her. We also placed an

arterial catheter in to continuously monitor her blood pressure to prevent brain damage.”

With her medical background, Dee Dee recognizes the critical steps taken to save her life. “From being in the intensive care unit to being intubated for 16 hours and then leaving Wilcox three days later, it’s a pretty amazing turnaround,” she said.

Wilcox teams treat about one or two near-drowning patients every month. Dee Dee's case is one of several being studied in Hawai‘i as a possible instance of rapid onset pulmonary endema, or ROPE. ROPE can occur while snorkeling or

scuba diving. Negative pressure is generated in the chest by breathing through a narrowed tube, which can result in the infusion of fluids into the lungs. “It’s definitely a different experience being on the receiving end of health care,” Dee Dee said. “But I never felt scared or abandoned as a patient. I could not have asked for a better outcome really. I’m eternally grateful to everybody who was involved.”

Dee Dee says she is back to her regular exercise routine and is looking forward to making new memories during her family’s next trip to Kaua‘i, hopefully soon.

On a Good Note

Dee Dee's son, Jacob, celebrated Wilcox Medical Center with his music. Jacob has been playing piano since he was 7. Now 17, he held a virtual piano recital fundraiser that raised more than $13,000 in donations for Wilcox, the Kauai Lifeguard Association and Life’s Bridges.

Jacob playing his fundraising piano recital in honor of his mom’s care at Wilcox.

Room to Flow

WHEN DR. MONTY DOWNS JOINED WILCOX MEDICAL CENTER, THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CONSISTED OF A SINGLE ROOM.

He began in 1972 when just 27,000 people called Kaua‘i home. There were no computers or pagers. The small team of on-duty staff had to use a phone to call doctors in when a patient showed up in need.

What a difference 50 years makes.

In May, Dr. Downs played his guitar and harmonica for the blessing of Wilcox’s new, technologically advanced Emergency and Trauma Department. The project was the first structural renovation since the official department opened in 1996. During the 20 months of work, the Emergency Department remained open 24 hours a day, seven days a week — ensuring that Kaua‘i families and visitors could rely on Wilcox for care when they needed it most.

At the center of the new ED are two trauma resuscitation suites. The suites feature ample space for the latest equipment and have doors double the size of those on previous rooms, which will help increase the efficiency of care at Kaua‘i’s only Level III Trauma Center.

“They’re much larger and more open so we can easily move patients, equipment and trauma teams in and out,” said Wilcox emergency medicine physician Dr. Spencer Smith.

Three negative-pressure rooms will keep air from flowing out into shared spaces, an important safety feature when working with infectious disease cases. New care rooms for pediatric and OB-GYN cases are outfitted with specialized equipment for these patients. A dedicated room for behavioral and mental health patients includes telehealth capabilities so Wilcox staff and specialists from across the HPH system can engage with those who need their help.

Generous community donations funded the $5.1 million project aimed at serving Garden Isle people world-class care for the next 50 years.

“So much has changed for the better in this newly renovated department,” Dr. Smith said, “but it’s the same people with the same heart and commitment to our community.”

“There are so many things that are out of our control,” said Kaua‘i County Mayor Derek Kawakami at the blessing, “but we can be confident that in the darkest of our hours, this Emergency Department will be our beacon of hope.”

Left to right: Kauaʻi County Councilmember Bernard Carvalho Jr., Kahu

Jade Waiʻaleʻale Battad, Kauaʻi County Mayor Derek Kawakami, Wilcox ED Manager Kevin Myrick, HPH Design and Construction Project Manager David Yamaguchi, Wilcox President & CEO Jen Chahanovich, Wilcox ED Section Chief Dr. Spencer Smith.

Dr. Monty Downs, now retired from Wilcox, provided the music for the blessing ceremony in May 2022.

New trauma suites offer more room for collaborative trauma teams and the newest medical technology.

Supercharging the Future

THIRTY YEARS AFTER HURRICANE INIKI

KNOCKED OUT POWER TO THE ENTIRE ISLAND

OF KAUA‘I, three new one-megawatt generators will now keep the lights on through any emergency at Wilcox Medical Center.

“We always want to be prepared for the unexpected, and these generators are essential to caring for our patients when they need us most,” said Jen Chahanovich, president and CEO of Wilcox Medical Center and CEO of Kaua’i Medical Clinic.

Iniki was one of Hawai‘i’s worst natural disasters, causing an estimated $1.8 billion in damage in 1992. The storm also battered Kaua‘i’s power grid, leaving some parts of the island without electricity for several months. Wilcox treated dozens of people injured during the hurricane. Now the only Level III Trauma Center on the island, Wilcox receives an average of 25,000 emergency department visits every year. The three new generators will ensure critical operations can continue and patients will receive uninterrupted care, even during the next natural disaster emergency.

“We’re seeing large storms come through,” said Larry Kanda, disaster mitigation planner for the

Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA). “Hurricane Iniki was a Category 3 and Hurricane Douglas in 2019 was a Category 4. These generators are a high priority for Kaua‘i.”

In January, a blessing was held for the generators, which pack three times the power of the medical center’s previous 500-kilowatt machines. More advanced, automated technology monitors and confirms the power producers are running efficiently. In addition to supplying energy to the entire facility, the generators will support current and future expansion efforts. This includes new behavioral health and infection control areas, as well as pediatric rooms which opened this year in the renovated Emergency Department and Trauma Center.

The $13 million generator project was made possible through a multi-level partnership. Hawai‘i Pacific Health funded $9 million. The other $4 million came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, thanks to the help of HI-EMA.

The retired generators aren’t going to waste. They were donated to the County of Kaua‘i and will serve as backup units for the county’s wastewater service.

Left to right: Troy Branstetter, HPH vice president of general services; Roland Resurreccion, design and construction project manager; Jen Chahanovich, Wilcox president and CEO; and Michael Yamane, Wilcox Medical Center board chair.

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orthopedic surgeon; Ray Vara, HPH president & CEO; and Dr. John Balfour, HPH chief of general surgery, untie the maile lei at the Straub Redevelopment groundbreaking ceremony in December 2021.

Pictured below, left to right: Kahu Kordell Kekoa; Dr. Robert Schulz, HPH chief

plastic surgery;

Weldon, Straub

Developing a Health Care Campus of the Future

More than 100 years after a surgeon introduced the groundbreaking idea of treating entire Hawai‘i families in a single space, Straub Medical Center is building on its legacy and looking toward the next century of care.

FLEXIBLE. FORWARDTHINKING. TRANSFORMATIONAL. These are just a few words to describe the redevelopment of Straub Medical Center. One hundred years after “The Clinic” opened in Dr. George F. Straub’s two-story home on Beretania Street, Straub’s team broke ground for new facilities for the next century of health care.

The project will be more than just a rebuilding of the medical center. The new health care campus will be nearly triple the existing size, extending the block of South King Street across from Thomas Square. But, more importantly, it will provide the space, tools and resources necessary to address all aspects of patient care, from prevention and treatment to access and affordability. A key part of the

“The new Straub will not only mean that patients can get everything they need here at home; it also will offer the best and brightest physicians and staff the facilities and technology they require to provide the best care possible.”

— RAY VARA, Hawai‘i Pacific Health president & CEO

ongoing planning for the 15-year project has been creating areas that are not only ideal for the needs of both patients and Straub’s teams now, but are able to transform to accommodate new technology and practices for decades to come.

“Our vision is a health care facility that provides us flexibility,” said Art Gladstone, Hawai‘i Pacific Health’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer.

That flexibility extends to every aspect of the new campus, starting with the first phase — the parking garage. A new one will include 1,650 stalls — more than four times the current 400 — and eliminate columns for better visibility. Easyto-read digital signs will show drivers how many full-size spaces are available on each floor. But the thoughtful planning goes beyond

just parking.

“The new parking structure has the capability for six of its floors to be converted for clinical services, if the need arises,” Gladstone said.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that we need to be nimble and adapt to unforeseen circumstances.”

The second phase of construction centers on a new medical center. The additional building will be more spacious, allowing for larger patient exam and operating rooms, a bigger

emergency department, adjustable design elements for patients in various circumstances, areas for complex care and chronic disease prevention programs, and team-based care settings with rooms specifically for telehealth so more patients can access quality health care.

The building will also include the latest equipment and technologies that will increase efficiency and reduce hospital stays and patient costs.

“Straub has a stellar reputation, and we wants to ensure that it retains

Left to right: Ray Vara, HPH president & CEO; Andrew Rosen, Straub Medical Center board chair; Dr. Keith Matsumoto, HPH board chair; Richanne Lam, Straub Foundation board chair; Travis Clegg, Straub chief operating officer; and Dave Underriner, HPH executive vice president of Oʻahu operations and Straub CEO, at the Straub Redevelopment groundbreaking in December 2021.

Art Gladstone, HPH executive vice president and chief strategy officer.

that standing by moving forward with an aggressive, state-of-the-art redevelopment that will serve the people of Hawai‘i for the next 100 years,” Gladstone said.

The third phase focuses on outdoor spaces, including a porte cochère for easy and accessible patient drop-off. The final part of the redevelopment will be the renovation of the existing Straub Medical Center and Strode Medical Building. “The Clinic” opened in the Strode Building in 1933 at the corner of what is now Hotel Street and Ward Avenue. Although Straub’s new facility is much larger than the two-story, shingle-stone home where five doctors first teamed up to treat the people of Hawai‘i, the mission remains unchanged. Dr. Straub set out to create a clinic “where the patients always come first and where the health needs of the entire family could be met under one roof.”

“Dr. Straub said it in the 1920s, and his vision guides everything we do today,” said Ray Vara, Hawai‘i Pacific Health’s president & CEO. “The new Straub will not only mean that patients can get everything they need here at home; it also will offer the best and brightest physicians and staff the facilities and technology they require to provide the best care possible.”

Dr. George F. Straub, a surgeon, opened “The Clinic” on Jan. 2, 1921, with four other physicians from different specialties: Dr. Guy Champion Milnor, obstetrics and gynecology; Dr. Arthur Jackson, internal medicine; Dr. Howard Clarke, eye, ear, nose and throat; and Dr. Eric Fennel, pathology.

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The New Straub Health Care Campus of the Future

AT A GLANCE

760,000

100 square feet of space. bordered by South Hotel, South Beretania and Kealamakai streets, and Ward Avenue.

5 Acres

400

to be created.

ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION JOBS NEW FULL-TIME JOBS

when the campus is completed in 15 years.

Technology at the Heart of Change

IT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED ONCE. THEN BECKY GETSCHMANN-PADUA'S HEART STOPPED AGAIN. Medical staff, fortunately, were able to revive her. Days later, Becky was stable enough to be discharged, but she knew her multiple health problems made her next steps in treatment challenging.

“I remember sitting there, crying and thinking that this is it. I won’t be there to care for my 11-year-old granddaughter, who has no one else,” Becky said.

Becky began experiencing heart problems when she was 59 years old. She was diagnosed with aortic valve stenosis — when the opening to the aortic valve narrows and restricts blood flow to the heart. It is both common and serious. Surgeons inserted a bioprosthetic valve from cow tissues to prolong her life, but the operation was followed by health challenges.

Now, following her third hospital admission in just a few years, Becky was concerned she was running out of options. A decade ago, that may have been true. But now, Straub Medical Center’s state-of-the-art hybrid suite makes it possible for

medical teams to do minimally invasive procedures, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement, known as TAVR.

Traditionally, valve replacements required open heart surgery, meaning some older patients would not qualify as good candidates. TAVR allows doctors to insert a man-made valve through smaller incisions. The natural flow of blood moves it into place where it can regulate blood flow. Straub physicians performed their first TAVR procedure in the Clarence T.C. Ching Heart Center in 2018. In the beginning, the collaborative cardiovascular team completed two a week. Soon, they were able to perform five to six weekly in the center’s newly renovated cardiovascular catheterization labs. In 2021, Straub’s Heart Center teams completed their 500th TAVR procedure.

Becky was one of those patients. Cardiologist Dr. Jared Oyama evaluated her case and within a week, she was at Straub for her procedure.

“I woke up and was alive,” she

said. “I could not believe it. They sent me to a hospital room for 24 hours and I was discharged the next day.

“I felt so comfortable. The doctors, nurses and staff were all so comforting and positive even as we knew the procedure may be difficult and the outcome was uncertain.”

Now, Becky is doing well. She spends time with her dogs, enjoys time with her husband and celebrates milestones with her family, like her granddaughter’s 13th birthday this year. In her front yard grows a reminder of her journey — a tree her husband sculpted into a heart surrounded by red ti leaves that Becky dedicates to Dr. Oyama and the cardiac team for all the hearts they have saved. And she has a message for donors who make it all possible.

“Without continued contributions, I and many others would not be alive today,” she said. “I cannot thank you enough.”

When the hybrid suite opened four years ago it immediately elevated Straub's heart care services. Today, the suite that allows heart teams to move seamlessly from surgical to vascular and cardiac catheterization procedures in a single space continues to allow Straub’s experienced staff to treat complicated cases as efficiently as possible.

Here are some of the procedures possible because of the hybrid suite:

• TAVR/structural heart procedures.

• Repairing aneurysms in the abdominal aorta, thoracic aorta and iliac artery as well as stent grafts and hybrid coronary revascularization, which is a minimally invasive treatment for coronary artery disease.

Coming Full Circle

The accident occurred in just seconds. But the recovery ahead would take more than a year, creating a bond between Pali Momi surgeons and a bicyclist who suddenly needed their care.

ONE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN SUMMER 2019, GLENN TANGO SET OUT ON A BIKE RIDE FROM HIS HOME IN WAIKELE. As Glenn pedaled along Managers Drive, he spotted something on the side of the road. He swerved to avoid it but lost control of his bike.

The tires slid out from under him and Glenn fell. The landing was hard. Glenn got up and checked for injuries. He felt a small cut near his eye and was slightly sore on his left side, but overall he felt OK.

A couple saw Glenn fall and called 911, just to be safe. When the ambulance arrived and EMTs began to check Glenn’s vitals, he called his wife and asked her to pick him up (and his bike). She urged him to go to the hospital for a full checkup.

Knowing he wouldn’t win the argument, Glenn started climbing into the ambulance. Mid-step, he turned pale and his blood pressure dropped.

The ambulance rushed Glenn to Pali Momi Medical Center and within 30 minutes, he was in the Emergency Department being prepped for a CAT scan.

The images revealed Glenn’s

left kidney had ruptured. He was bleeding internally and needed surgery, fast.

Pali Momi Trauma Medical Director Dr. Maria Ver and surgeon Dr. Richard Inae both were at the medical center that day and performed the procedure necessary to save Glenn’s life.

“I believe Glenn was and still is blessed. He needed a trauma hospital, and Pali Momi was ready to care for him,” Dr. Inae said.

The team removed his kidney,

but Glenn’s journey to recovery had just begun. Due to the initial trauma, his intestines and soft tissue in his abdomen were severely swollen, which required additional surgeries, blood transfusions and a lengthy rehabilitation process.

Glenn stayed in Pali Momi’s intensive care unit for three weeks. Though he was away from home and his family, Glenn remained positive thanks to the caring nurses and aides who visited him each day.

“They’re all so nice!” he said. “Dr. Ver and Dr. Inae are very personable, and Dr. Inae is a well-experienced trauma surgeon. I was very happy with the care I got from Pali Momi.”

“We’re lucky here at Pali Momi that we have a culture of teamwork and collaboration in which people are always willing to help,” Dr. Ver said. “It’s rewarding as a physician to know that the program that you developed works.”

A year later, Glenn needed hernia surgery. He returned to Pali Momi and his trusted surgeon, Dr. Inae.

“A bond forms between

Glenn Tango chats with Dr. Richard Inae, the surgeon who operated on him twice in less than two years.

the patient and the physician, especially when it comes to surgery,” Dr. Inae said. “The patient and the patient’s family build trust in the surgeon. In Glenn’s case, this trust was accelerated by a life-or-death situation and was further reinforced during his recovery process.”

Like many who call Central and West O‘ahu home, Glenn’s connection to the medical center runs deep. He grew up “right down the road” on Pali Momi Street and recalls visiting Dr. Joseph Nishimoto — Pali Momi’s beloved founder — at his plantation-style clinic in Pearl City.

“It was just a one-doctor operation with his nurses. He was a pretty down-to-earth guy, friendly guy,” Glenn said.

He and his family continue to hold ties to Dr. Joe and Pali Momi to this day.

“My family has a lot of experiences over here,” Glenn said. “My sister has made use of the Emergency Department in the last few years, and my mother came here many years ago.”

“It is wonderful to know that Glenn trusts that Pali Momi will give him the highest quality of care to ensure he has the best outcome he can have,” Dr. Inae said.

Glenn officially “graduated” from follow-up care in October 2020. Though happy to see his patient return to full health, the surgeon knew he’d miss Glenn’s visits and his “tough” but jovial personality.

“He was a big part of our general surgery clinic family for 16 months, and we still remember him and will continue remembering him for years to

“I believe Glenn was and still is blessed. He needed a trauma hospital, and Pali Momi was ready to care for him.”

—

DR. RICHARD INAE, Pali Momi surgeon

come,” Dr. Inae said.

Today, Glenn has resumed his active lifestyle. When he’s not at work, he enjoys taking in the arts and going to the theater with his wife, Elizabeth. Glenn walks a few miles every day and spends weekends stand-up paddling at Ala Moana Beach Park.

He’s also back in the bike saddle, regularly joining group rides along the Pearl Harbor Bike Path.

As a token of gratitude, Glenn and Elizabeth sent a donation and a note to honor his surgeons and his nurse Marissa for their exceptional care during Glenn’s unexpected time of need.

“We appreciate when people and foundations support our community. Hawai‘i Pacific Health and Pali Momi Medical Center are big parts of that,” he said.

Glenn with Dr. Maria Ver, Pali Momi trauma medical director, who was on duty the day he arrived for emergency surgery.

Supporting Emergency Care

TO PARAPHRASE A FAMILIAR ADAGE, IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO GROW A HOSPITAL.

At Pali Momi Medical Center, it is often small donations from people in the community that add up to large impacts.

That was the story behind the newly renovated Emergency Department waiting room.

“The new design has really allowed us to focus more attention on the patients coming in and helped us work more cohesively as a team,” said ED Manager Aaron Taylor. “It’s still a small area, but we have distinct areas where we can triage as a team in order to get patients evaluated quicker and give priority to those who need it most.”

Every minute counts when it comes to treating injuries in the ED. So much of the Emergency and Trauma Care donations to Pali Momi go toward building more efficiencies, be it through purchasing equipment to streamline the diagnostic process,

or creating training opportunities for staff so they’re best prepared to treat whatever comes through the ED doors.

“There are always new procedures, new ways of treating old illnesses, and we as health care providers always have to be aware of what’s going on in the health care environment,” Taylor said. “Every gift makes a difference.”

“We need to ensure that we strongly support these types of services so that we can provide for the much-needed care for our ‘ohana,” said Wade Gesteuyala, who works in West O‘ahu and has given consistently to Pali Momi’s Emergency and Trauma programs since 2019.

“Pali Momi’s centralized location and the emergency services provided are critical as the population growth on this side of the island continues,” Gesteuyala said. “I am honored to be able to contribute.”

An Enduring Journey

He was just 7 years old when he fought a battle for his life. Now 2022 Kapi‘olani Children's Miracle Network Champion Xander Cabales is turning his journey into a message of hope for others.

XANDER CABALES SAYS HIS MISSION IN LIFE IS TO INSPIRE OTHERS.

“It’s important for me to talk about all of the things that Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children did for me to get where I am right now,” the 16-year-old said.

Nine years ago, Xander experienced a life-changing event. He had just finished the second grade and was enjoying his summer playing with friends and his brothers.

“Xander was super energetic. He was funny, outgoing — the kid who would get up on stage and dance,” said his mom, Laura.

Then, the 7-year-old came down with a fever. His parents gave him overthe-counter medicine, but by the next morning, Xander’s fever had spiked to 105 degrees and a severe rash covered his body. Then, the skin around his eyes and mouth began to slough off and his breathing became shallow.

Laura and her husband, Ronnie, took Xander to a nearby emergency department. But even after doctors diagnosed and treated him, his parents knew something still wasn’t right.

“The rapid course the illness was taking made us think, hey, this is something worse than what they’re telling us,” Ronnie said.

They took Xander to the Kapi‘olani Medical Center Emergency

Department for a second opinion. There, infectious disease specialist Dr. Marian Melish diagnosed Xander with the life-threatening skin disorder Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and, later, toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), a severe form of SJS that only affects about one in a million people each year.

“It was such a shock. I had never heard of it," Laura said. "Knowing that not only would he not come home, but that he may possibly not make it through the day ... there are no words. It was probably the lowest we'd ever been.”

Xander was placed into a medical coma and spent four weeks on life support in the Kapi‘olani Pediatric Intensive Care Unit before showing signs of responsiveness.

“Toxic epidermal necrolysis is a condition that is rare, but not so rare that we didn’t already have a protocol at Kapi‘olani for dealing with it,” Dr. Melish said. “We had been quite successful in the past by treating patients as if they had a major burn. This allows the damaged skin to heal. It was important to treat his airway as well, which meant that his throat needed to have a tube

put in it to help him breathe.”

“As parents, you don’t know what to expect,” Ronnie said. “But after seeing how they were taking care of him, that spoke volumes to us. It was like, we’ve got him; you guys don’t have to worry.”

Due to the infection, Xander lost 60% of his skin. His eyes, skin, lungs and esophagus were severely damaged. His road to recovery required the care of several specialists at Kapi‘olani, including ophthalmologist Dr. David Young.

2022 Kapi‘olani CMN Champion Xander Cabales with (left to right) his mother, Laura; brothers Tyce and Jaiden; and father, Ronnie.

“Given the rarity of this disease and how severe it can be for children, this was the place to be,” Dr. Young said. “To be able to coordinate all the different specialties — infectious disease, ophthalmology, the nurses who specialize in children’s health — this is what it takes to care for a child in Hawai‘i.”

As his health improved, Xander needed to relearn how to hold his head up, sit, walk, talk and eat. The rehabilitation and Child Life teams at Kapi‘olani used video games to motivate him to continue his difficult but necessary therapy.

“I often felt weak, so being able to play video games at Kapi‘olani was something I could enjoy that was helping me get better,” Xander says.

Xander with Kapiʻolani opthalmologist Dr. David Young.

journey he’s been through,” Laura said. “He’s proud of his scars. That reassures me that we should be the same way — embrace our imperfections that are not really imperfections. They make us unique, and they just show how strong he is.”

His resilience made Xander a natural choice for Kapi‘olani’s 2022 Children’s Miracle Network Champion.

“The medical staff … gave us Xander back. They saved our son.”

— RONNIE CABALES, Xander’s dad

Xander’s family attributes his miraculous recovery to the team of Kapi‘olani specialists who cared for their son.

“The medical staff instilled hope in us,” Ronnie said. “They gave us Xander back. They saved our son.”

Xander is now in his junior year of high school. He enjoys jiujitsu and expressing his creativity through detailed drawings of dinosaurs, monsters and superheroes.

“He is so proud of who he is and the

“Xander represents just how difficult some of these medical problems can be and how it takes a special place and a special person to be able to come out of that as well as he did,” Young said. “Xander is a champion — he’s Kapi‘olani’s Champion in being able to showcase all the good things that can happen here.”

As Xander embarks on his Champion year, he is most excited to share his message of positivity, kindness and resilience with others.

“Most people may not know me as of right now, but through this, a lot of people can understand my story, and they can understand what a lot of kids in the hospital may have gone through,” Xander said. “Being able to show how much Kapi‘olani did and what they accomplished to help save me — that’s a really big part for me in being a Champion.”

XANDER’S STORY OF STRENGTH AND PERSEVERANCE IS CAPTURED IN HIS CHAMPION PIN, which the aspiring young artist designed himself.

“It really symbolizes different things that may not be pointed out unless you knew the context behind it,” he said.

• Sunglasses are Xander’s trademark accessory, and not just because they look cool. Because of SJS/ TEN, Xander developed photophobia, or sensitivity to light. Dark sunglasses help protect his eyes.

• The cracks in the lens represent Xander’s scars, which he has all over his body. Xander is proud of the marks, which represent his strength and what he has overcome. He encourages other kids to be proud of their own “battle scars.”

• Blue and black are Xander’s favorite colors. Blue also is the color for SJS/TEN awareness.

• The “X” represents the unique spelling of Xander’s name.

• The black border symbolizes the protection and never-ending support of his family.

“It is truly indicative of who he is and how strong of a person he is, especially through this journey,” said his dad, Ronnie.

Miracle Moments

Mom’s the Word

CUSTOMERS

DISCOVERED

CMN: MIRA-

Amanda

Erin

Chief Operating Officer

Gidget Ruscetta and Neiman Marcus Brand Experience Manager

SOMETHING SPECIAL AT NEIMAN MARCUS IN MAY. During Mother’s Day weekend, the store donated 10% of all in-store purchases to the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children. Neiman Marcus has been a consistent supporter of Kapi‘olani for the past decade, but this fundraiser spoke right to the heart of the store’s community.

Amy Tomita Castro.

Powering Up

CLE MOMENTS

“The pandemic posed unique challenges for many of us. Mothers we knew, both our employees and clients, had to work especially hard to help with their children’s care and education while schools were closed,” said Erin Isa, Neiman Marcus general manager. “This was our way of celebrating them and to give back to Kapi’olani Medical Center, which provides care for so many of the women and children in our state.”

A special guest greeted shoppers during the event. Kapi‘olani’s 2020-2021 Children’s Miracle Network Champion, Haumea Friel, shared smiles and her custom-designed pin and still had time to find a new dress!

The shop-for-a-cause event raised $10,000 for Kapi‘olani kids.

GRABBING YOUR FAVORITE SUMMERTIME SIP MAY HAVE HELPED GIVE BACK TO KAPI‘OLANI CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK IN 2021. Coca-Cola Bottling of Hawai‘i, LLC led two campaigns for CMN. The first was held in partnership with Walmart’s annual CMN fundraiser and featured special displays with signs noting that Coca-Cola would donate 25 cents for every Coca-Cola beverage purchased in the stores. The company then held a similar campaign at Times Supermarkets, with money from purchases of Powerade, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Dr. Pepper and other drinks going to the Kapi‘olani Radiothon for Kids. All those cents added up. Coca-Cola contributed $8,780 to Kapi‘olani CMN.

2020-21 CMN Champion Haumea Friel’s smile lit up signage on special Coca-Cola displays in Walmart in 2021.

Making a Change

PEOPLE COME FOR SATISFYING BOWLS OF CURRY TOPPED WITH THEIR CHOICE OF MORE THAN 30 TOPPINGS. But in 2021, customers of Curry House Coco Ichibanya could bring comfort to others with just a few coins. The eatery’s Ala Moana Center location set up a canister at the cash register and encouraged people to add their spare change to the collection for keiki at Kapi‘olani. The warmth of island diners shone through. In just two months, the team at Curry House Coco Ichibanya raised $2,917 to donate during the Kapi‘olani Radiothon for Kids. This is just the beginning of their giving. The restaurant is committed to continue supporting Kapi‘olani CMN in the future.

Left to right: HPH Director of Philanthropy

Price, Neiman Marcus General Manager

Isa, Kapi‘olani

15 Years of Giving Kapi‘olani Radiothon for Kids

SINCE 2007, THE KAPI‘OLANI RADIOTHON FOR KIDS HAS RAISED MORE THAN $3 MILLION FOR KAPI‘OLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN. But the 15th anniversary event in 2021 hit a new record. In just two days, businesses, families and individuals gave $575,615 in a completely virtual event, surpassing the previous record set during the first year of the pandemic by nearly $150,000.

KSSK radio personalities shared the stories of Kapi‘olani patients and their families, physicians and more from the iHeartRadio studios while Kapi‘olani staff members volunteered to take donation calls to the medical center. Although they were separated by miles for safety reasons, everyone felt the connection of working together to help local families.

“This is what aloha is,” said Scotty B, KSSK radio personality. “Recently, in one way or another [because of the pandemic], all of us have been touched by tragedy or challenge and a helpless feeling, which kind of puts us in the frame of mind of what goes on at Kapi‘olani every day. The Radiothon is a very precise way that you can give and do something. It’s about giving even when you don’t really have a lot of extra, because someone else needs it more.”

The event was full of emotional and unexpected moments. One of the largest surprises was a $100,000 donation from UHA Health Insurance, which is the biggest gift in Kapi‘olani Radiothon history. UHA has supported Kapi‘olani for more than a decade, including as

“When this Radiothon began, nobody had any idea it was going to get this big ... What an amazing ride this has been!”

— MICHAEL W. PERRY KSSK Radio Personality

a Kapi‘olani Radiothon sponsor and and phone bank volunteer for the annual event.

“The work that Kapi‘olani does touches so many of us,” said Suzanne Eugenio, UHA director of marketing. “Our associates really have a heart for giving, and this gives them an opportunity to extend their gratitude and contribute in a meaningful way.”

“When this Radiothon began, nobody had any idea it was going to get this big,” said Michael W. Perry, KSSK radio personality, who has been part of the on-air fundraiser since it began. “What an amazing ride this has been!”

Presenting sponsor D. Suehiro Electric, Inc. continued its years of giving in 2021. Part of its sponsorship dollars went to creating a school supply station for Kapi‘olani’s Brain Station, a cheery classroom space hospitalized kids can use to keep up with their school work while undergoing treatment.

Additional donations from businesses including Swinerton Builders, Bank of Hawaii, First Hawaiian Bank, AlohaCare, Windward Auto Group and others funded a bookshelf on wheels for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It was filled with 150 books in honor of the event’s 15th anniversary, as well as other items on Kapi‘olani’s wish list such as giant remotecontrolled cars for kids in the Rehabilitation Department and plush versions of Ruby, Kapi‘olani’s hospital facility dog, for kids to cuddle with. Farmers Insurance Hawai‘i awarded a grant for the critical care transport program to provide lifesaving transportation for infants and children throughout the state.

1. Left to right: KSSK’s Michael W. Perry, Karen Keawehawaiʻi and Sweetie Pacarro with one of the remote-controlled cars purchased for Kapiʻolani with funds raised from the Kapi‘olani Radiothon.

2. Left to right: Kapiʻolani Chief Operating Officer Gidget Ruscetta, Kapiʻolani Pediatric Neonatologist Dr. Charles Neal, Dawn Schaffrick, NNP-BC, and NICU Manager Karin Shinkawa.

3. Left to right: D. Suehiro Electric, Inc.’s Business Manager Kathryn Yamauchi and Project Manager Jobelle Kamealoha with items D. Suehiro donated to Kapi‘olani’s School Supply Station.

4. Left to right: UHA Health Insurance Director of Marketing Suzanne Eugenio and Marketing Manager Brandon Hinaga.

5. Left to right: KSSK's Curt Williams, Director of Promotions & Marketing Flash Hansen and Children's Miracle Network Program Director Colette Forcier reveal the record-breaking amount of Kapi‘olani Radiothon donations in 2021.

A Huge Mahalo to Our Generous Donors

Gifts to help our medical centers provide health care services and specialty care in the community; expand medical research; create education and training programs for our team; fund essential capital improvements; and sponsor public health initiatives.

The following list recognizes contributions and pledges of $250 or more in support of Kapi‘olani Health Foundation, Pali Momi Foundation, Straub Foundation and Wilcox Health Foundation between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021.

* The Foundations of Hawai‘i Pacific Health honor the memory of these individuals.

$1,000,000 & Above

Anonymous

Turner Farm Foundation

$100,000-$999,999

Anonymous (6)

Atherton Family Foundation

Bank of Hawaiʻi Foundation

Costco Kona

Costco Maui

Estate of Thomas J. Mac Ivor

First Hawaiian Bank Foundation

George P. & Ida Tenney

Castle Fund

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hegarty

Hyundai Hope on Wheels

Kosasa Foundation

Maurice & Joanna Sullivan

Family Foundation

McInerny Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pietsch

Mark and Karen Polivka

Sorenson Family Fund

Tobacco Prevention & Control

Trust Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

UHA Health Insurance

William G. Irwin Charity Foundation

$50,000-$99,999

Anonymous

A.C. Kobayashi Family Foundation

Ace Hardware Foundation

Costco Hawaiʻi Kai

Costco Iwilei

Costco Waipiʻo

D. Suehiro Electric, Inc.

Jarrod and Celi Dogan

Frederick S. & Mary B. Lyman

Charitable Trust

Hawai‘i Resilience Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Duane K. Kurisu

Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club

St. Baldrick’s Foundation

Steve and Marilyn Katzman Philanthropic Fund

Trailsend Foundation

Walmart - Hilo

$25,000-$49,999

Anonymous (various)

American Savings Bank

Costco Wholesale

Cutter Automotive Galleries

Gather Federal Credit Union

Hawai‘i Ace Hardware

Retailers

Hawaiian Electric Industries

Charitable Foundation

LSC - Illinois Credit Union League

National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii

Nicolai Family

Mr. Carl Nordin

Panda Express - Hilo

Panda Express - Moanalua

Panda Express - Royal

Hawaiian

Dustin Ridgeway and Annie Stamps

Rockefeller/NCI Cancer

Center Settlement Fund

Sam’s Club Keʻeaumoku

The Joseph & Vera Long

Foundation

Walmart - Honolulu

Walmart - Kapolei

Walmart - Mililani

Walmart - Pearl City

Walmart - Waipahu

$10,000-$24,999

Anonymous

Ace Hardware - Captain Cook

Ace Hardware - Kamuela

Ace Hardware - Kapaʻa

Ace Hardware - Lahaina Gateway

Ace Hardware - Pukalani

Albert & Betty Ota Children’s Foundation

Alexander & Baldwin

Aloha Petroleum, Ltd.

AlohaCare

Bank of Hawaiʻi

Andras Bratincsak, MD

Cal-Nev-Ha Children’s Fund

Child’s Play Charity

Clint and Suzy Churchill

Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLP

Coco Moon, LLC

Contemporary Captures

Photography

Costco Kapolei

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Crabb

Mr. Lon M. Donner

Dr. Arthur and Bonnie Ennis

Foundation

Dr. Pauline G. Stitt Charitable Trust

Farmers Insurance Group

George Mason Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Hawaii Anesthesia Group, Inc.

Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union

Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation Fund

Mr. David Hitz

IBEW Local 1186

Island Ace Hardware

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Jeff & Loan Arce Family Foundation of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Roger and Jennefer Jones

JP Morgan Chase

Kauaʻi Ace Hardware & Crafts

Douglas K. Kwock, MD and Ann M. Kwock

Law Office of Ian L. Mattoch

Mr. Jon Leach

Local Union 1186 IBEW/Electrical Contractors Association of Hawaii

Ms. Stella S. Lock

MacNaughton Foundation

Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club

Marriott’s Waiohai Beach Club

Colbert and Gail Matsumoto

McLane Company, Inc

Marcus and Cheryl Merner

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Metter

Ritchie and Sunny Mudd

Nordic PCL Construction, Inc.

Joshua Oboler and Gillian Reitman

Michael Ocasek and Charmaine

Naauao-Ocasek

Mr. Toshiaki Okawa

Mr. and Mrs. Jayson L. Pahlmeyer

Panda Express - California Ave & Kamehameha Highway

Panda Express - ʻEwa

Panda Express - Hokulei Village

Panda Express - Kailua

Panda Express - Kamehameha

Panda Express - Kapolei (Farrington Highway & Kealanani Ave. PX)

Panda Express - Keawe

Panda Express - Kīlauea Ave. & Kukuau St. PX

Panda Express - Makala

Panda Express - Mokolu

Panda Express - Pakaula

Pioneer Ace HardwareHaleʻiwa

Pioneer Ace Hardware - Lāiʻe

Queen’s Medical Center

Sam’s Club Pearl City

Dr. New Sang and Mrs. Joanne

Lai Spirit Of Children

The Westin Nanea Ocean Resort Villas

The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas

Frederick Towfigh and Risako Stegmayer

Walmart - Fort St. Mall

Walmart - Kahului

Walmart - Kailua-Kona

Walmart - Līhuʻe

Ms. Janna Watanabe-Hiromasa

William K. H. Mau Foundation

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (5)

Ace Hardware - ʻEleʻele

Ace Hardware - Kona

Ace Hardware - Lahaina

Ace Hardware - Naʻalehu

BlackSand Capital Foundation Fund of the Hawai‘i

Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Warren R. Chaiko

Charles R. Ching and Colleen I. Wong

Tony and Dawn Ching

Drs. Leslie Chun and Susan Lin

Coca-Cola Bottling of Hawaii

Cosco Inc. dba Cosco Air

Conditioning & Refrigeration

Elite Parking Services

First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation

Mr. Robert A. Forst

Mr. Andrew D. Friedlander

Friends of Hawaii Charities, Inc.

Goto-Saiki Family Foundation

Hawai`i Gas

Hawaii Medical Service Association

Hawaii USA Federal Credit Union

Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation

Hemophilia Alliance Foundation

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Jhamandas Watumull Fund

Ka’anapali Ocean Resort

Charitable Trust Foundation

Ms. Flora Kawasjee

Mr. Ostap Korkuna

Kubota Foundation of the Hawai’i Community Foundation

Mr. Robert K. Kurisu

Ms. Carol M. Lee

Lenny Lemons, LLC

Marian C. & Walter G. Chuck Foundation

Marriott’s Kauaʻi Beach Club

Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Marx

Matson Foundation

Dr. Wallace J. Matthews and Dr. Sherry W. H. Loo

Patrick* and Debra Miura

Motiv8 Foundation

Dr. Kenneth T. and Karen Nakamura

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ohigashi

David and Kellyn Okabe

Ms. Sophie Overend*

Panda Express - Downtown

Panda Express - Kaʻahumanu

Panda Express - Kāneʻohe

Bay S/C

Panda Express - Kapahulu

Panda Express - Kapolei - Ka Makana Ali’i Mall

Panda Express - Kapolei & Kamokila

Panda Express - Kauaʻi Village

Panda Express - Kīhei (Azeka SX)

Panda Express - Lumiaina

Panda Express - Mililani

Panda Express - Uptown

Panda Express - Waipiʻo/ Laniakea

Panda Express - Windward Mall

Anthony and Jillian Poon

Propac Agency, Inc.

Raising Cane’s

RE/MAX Aloha Homes

Steve and Ros Robertson

Saks Fifth Avenue

Steve and Gloria Gainsley Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Steven C. Ai Charitable Trust

George and Jeannie Stewart

Mrs. Soo Stover

Mr. and Mrs. Daryl S. Suehiro

Tanioka’s Charity Foundation

The Bromley Family Charitable Fund

The Howard Hughes Corporation

The Lum Davis Foundation

The Malulani Group, Limited

Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Wacker

Ms. Beth Whitehead and Ms. Linda Lockwood

Windward Dodge Chrysler Jeep Hyundai

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wong

Mrs. Frances S. Wong

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous (15)

Abbey Carpet & Floor of Hawaii

Mr. Duwayne F. Abe

Ace Hardware - Atlas Building Supplies

Ace Hardware - Hilo

Ace Hardware - Keaʻau

Ace Hardware - Keaʻau Pahoa

Ace Hardware - Kīhei

Ace Hardware - Marmac

Ace Hardware - Marmac

Ace Hardware - Rancho

Ms. Rosemary Ah Yuen

Mr. Scott Ai

Air Central LLC

Air Conditioning Unlimited

AIWA Hospital

Allied Builders System

Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union

AmazonSmile Foundation

American Cancer Society

Mr. Kurt H. Anbe

Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation

Annie Parke Trust

Anthropologie

Anthropologie - Ala Moana Center

Kenneth M. Ash, MD

Melinda J. Ashton, MD

Atlas Insurance Agency Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Au

Dr. and Mrs. V. Balaraman

Mr. Jeff Balisacan

Ms. Teresa A. Ballesteros

Ms. Maria V. Bartolome

Mr. Brandon K. Bera

Fast-Tracking Funds

THE JN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP SHIFTED INTO OVERDRIVE TO SUPPORT HAWAI‘I’S KEIKI. JN Automotive Group donated $20,000 to Kapi‘olani in 2021 through its “Drive for Heart” campaign. For every new vehicle or motorcycle sold at a JN dealership, $100 went to Hawai‘i’s only maternity, newborn and pediatric specialty medical center. “Our company and team are driven to make a difference,” said Brad Nicolai, president of JN Automotive Group and Kapi‘olani

Health Foundation board member.

“Kapi‘olani plays a vital role in ensuring the health and well-being of Hawai‘i’s families. We are grateful to our employees for their passion to help others and sincerely thank the community for making this gift possible.” The company has been a supporter of Kapi‘olani since 2015.

JN Automotive Group team members with Brad Nicolai president of JN Automotive Group (center), and Kapiʻolani Health Foundation board member, and Dawn Dunbar, HPH senior vice president of philanthropy (second from right).

BF Tile, Inc.

Big Island Candies

Ms. Kathleen BisanoMcGarvey

Ms. Ona M. Bohatch

Mrs. Kristen K. Bonilla

Laura Bonilla

Ms. Marilyn R. Bonilla-Luna

Brain Health Hawaii

BrightView

Ms. Alice Y. Brooks

Mrs. Gloria J. Brooks

Mr. William V. Burke

Ms. Thelma A. Cabato-Cadiz

Mr. Jaedyn M. Cabebe

Cades Foundation

Ms. Carrie S. Caeton

Clarence and Ruth Reyes

Mr. and Mrs. Stanford S. Carr

Raquel Chan-Ikeda, MD & Alvin Ikeda, MD

Ms. Susan M. Chikazawa

Lisa L. Chung

CKW Financial Group LLC

CoCo Ichi Hawaii, Inc.

Colliers International - Hawaii

Ms. Caroline K. Coloma

Ms. Lori G. Conley

Consuelo Foundation

Ms. Gail Y. Cosgrove

Mr. Robert Curran

Mr. Michael Dau

Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Del Carmen

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. DeLuca

Mr. Austin Doherty

Megan M. Doty, MD

Roger and Margi Drue

Peter and Sara Dudgeon

David and Dawn Dunbar

Dr. Robert C. Durkin and Ms. Paraluman Stice-Durkin

Economy Plumbing & Air Conditioning Charitable Fund

Edith Tamayo Miyahara* Trust

Mr. Robert Eggleston

Nieva and Fortunato Elizaga

Enterprise Holdings

Honolulu

EPIC

Ernst & Young LLP

Mr. Michael Fagundes

Mr. Brandt G. Farias

Ms. Lena Fernandes

Ms. Rachel Filson

Hala Charitable Foundation

Ms. Lisa C. Fuchigami

Mr. Jonathan D. Fudge

Eric and Lori Fujimoto

Steven T. and Louise K. N. Fukumoto

GameStop - Agana

Shopping Center

GameStop - MCBH

Kāneʻohe Bay

Ms. Stacie Gandauli

Garden Island FCU

Geoffrey Michaelson and Lehua Ii-Michaelson Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Ben and Yvonne Godsey

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Golz

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gomes

Grand Residences by Marriott, Kauaʻi Lagoons

Mr. J. Wayne Graves

Greek Orthodox Ladies

Philoptochos Society

Ms. Gail Hamada

Mr. Charles H. Hao

Alex D. Ribeiro, DArch and John J. Harrington, III, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harrison

Haverly Commercial Real

Estate (HRCE)

Hawaiʻi Pacific University

Hawaiian Cement

Hawaiian Native Corporation

Hazel Tominaga Tsutsui

Theodore Foundation, a donor Adviser fund of U.S.

Charitable Gift Trust

HDR, Inc.

Ms. Shanell W. Hesia

Hickam Federal Credit Union

Ms. Raquel E. Hicks

Mr. Craig I. Higa

Carl and Kristina Hinson

Toby and Judy Y. Hirashima

Ms. Blyth A. Hirata

Ms. Janna Hiromasa

Ms. Ann C. Ho

Mrs. Emalia P. Hogan

Holden Hospital Supply, Inc.

Holomua Physical Therapy

Yates Honma

Honolulu Fire Department

Federal Credit Union

Howard and Teale Family Hui Foundation

Diana Y. Huang, MD

Mr. Thomas W. Hughes and Ms. Pauline T. Hughes

Mr. Chun Wang H. Hui

Mr. Eric M. Ige

Mr. Peter Y. Ines

Mr. and Mrs. State Infante

Mr. David Ingenloff

InVision Imaging

Mr. Mike Irish

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Irvine

Island Insurance Foundation

Denis and Ella Isono

Ivena M. Ziegenhein Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

James D. Swoish Inc.

Jana R. Morisada Chan

Family Charitable Fund

Jayar Construction, Inc.

Jeffrey and Laura Boromisa

Family Foundation

Tyrie Jenkins, MD

Mr. Lawrence M. Johnson

Sidney Johnson, MD

Ms. Jasmine P. H. Kadoishi

Kai Hawaii Inc.

Kaiser Permanente

Mr. Kyle Kamakura

Stacy K. Kanayama-Trivedi, MD

Ms. Joan E. Kanemori

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Kennedy

Ms. Sarah Kennedy-Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Kiehm

Niall and Melody

Kilcommons

Mr. Damien T. K. Kim

Mr. Thomas D. King, Jr.

Ms. Leni A. Knight

Ms. Carolyn Kobayashi

Kris Kobayashi

Malcolm* and Carol Koga

Mrs. Mary E. O. Kondo

Ms. Deborah R. Kula

Ms. Tate H. Kuroda

Wade T. Kyono, MD

Ms. Bridget Lai

Drs. Clifford and Adrienne Lau

Melanie M. Lau, MD

Rhiana L. Lau, MD

Ms. Jodie K. D. Laurito

Mrs. Johanna A. Leiato

Mr. David Leith*

Bryan and Traci Li

Dr. Jeffrey Lim

James Lin, MD

In Memory of Camren Lu

Ms. Lorrie-Ann Y. Luke

Mrs. Marian A. Lung

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Lyons

MacNaughton

Mr. Patrick McFadden and Mrs. Helen MacNeil

Makai HR

Marriott’s Kauaʻi Lagoons

Golf Club

Mr. Michael P. Matsumoto

T. Michael and Carol Ai May

Sydney Jean Palm-McIntosh

MDD Enterprise Ltd.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mesick

Mike Sapp Fitness

Mr. Joseph A. Miller

Miss America Organization

Ms. Lindsay N. Mist

Mrs. Ann S. Mitchell

Keith Miyashiro

Michelle Miyashiro, MD

Mr. Alan T. Morita and Ms. Irene Donnelly

T.P. Murphy

Myounghee Noh & Associates, LLC

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Nagai

Mr. Cary Nagano

Ms. Lynne Nagata

Ms. Eric Nakagawa

Ms. Gail C. Nakatani

Nan, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nawahine

Charles R. Neal, MD and Ms. Maria Felix-Neal

Mr. Richard Ngo

Camnhung Nguyen, MD

Niethammer Family

Ms. Mavis H. Nikaido

Susan Nonaka

Mr. George R. Norcross

Oahu Construction & Consultants

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ocasek

Drs. Patrick and Maura O’Donnell

Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Ogomori

Mr. Jon T. Okuma

Ms. Sandra L. Onaga

Ms. Kimberly A. OshiroTunick

Pacific Cost Engineering, LLC

Ms. Sharon P. Padilla-Hu, RN

Panda Express - Ala Moana

Panda Express - Hawaiʻi Kai

Panda Express - Kahala Mall

Panda Express - UH

Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.

Shilpa Patel, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Lionel A. Payes

Mr. Michael W. Perry

Mr. and Mrs. Vance Peter

Peter Vincent Architects

Mr. Charles Pettiford

Michael R. Pharaon, MD

Phi Mu Fraternity

Ms. Monica A. Pierce

Pioneer Ace HardwareWahiawā

Premier Restoration Hawaiʻi

Marc and Amanda Price

Rainbow Drive-In

RE/MAX Honolulu

RE/MAX Kapolei

Reyn Spooner

Mr. and Mrs. Erik and Brandy Rhinelander

Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Rice

Mr. Keith Ridley

Mrs. Joanna Riskas

Mr. Michael J. Robinson

Mrs. Linda E. Ross

Ruff Ryders

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ruscetta

Sacred Hearts Academy

Mr. and Mrs. Winton J. Saito

Sakoda Realty LLC

Mr. Felipe S. Sales

Nadine Tenn Salle, MD, FAAP

Mr. Harry Saunders

Ms. Gisella Schultz

Lisa Shigemura, MD

Mrs. Chynna L. Showe

Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. P. Sia

Martha* and Tony Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sorenson

Ms. Jessica E. Sphar

Mr. and Mrs. David R. Squeri, III

St. Anthony School

Ms. Megan T. Stobo

Timothy Stoddard, MD

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Stumbaugh

Mr. Kelly Sueda and Dr. Alexandra Sueda

Mr. Kevin T. Suehiro

Ms. Jane Sugimura

Ms. Jennifer Sur-Watanabe

Swinerton Builders

Marti Y. Taba, MD

Ms. Eludrizza U. TabisolaNuesca

Mr. Kyle S. Tadaki

Mr. Lawrence N. Takao

Ms. Aurea L. S. Tam

Dr. Terri Tanaka and Cary Tanaka

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Tawara

Nick and Helene Teves

The A&R Donn Gifting Fund

The Lawrence D. & Patricia I. Rodriguez Foundation

The Nichols Family Fund

The Robbins Burkert Charitable Fund

The Torch Relay for CMN Hospitals

Ms. Amber Thibaut

Mr. John Thielst

Ms. Kathleen K. Thomas

Claire Tong

Ms. Jean M. Toyama

Ms. Jodie L. Toyota

Mr. Peter M. Tsukazaki

Sid and Carrie Ann Tsutsui

Ms. Donna Tsutsumi-Ota

Mr. and Mrs. Masaru Uchida

Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. S. Uechi

Mrs. Grace M. Ueunten

Mr. David Underriner

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Vara, Jr.

Ms. Vatukoula L. Vea

Ms. Aiza D. Vergara

Vizient

Randal and Candace Wada

Ms. Mahealani W. Wailehua

Walk the Talk Fund

John C.* and Bubba Walker, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Wall

Walmart

Mr. Bryce K. Watanabe

Mr. and Mrs. James K. Watanabe

Mr. and Mrs. Motoharu Watanabe

Mrs. Myra H. Watanabe

Mr. Paul Watase

Mrs. Julie T. Watumull

Ms. Kristin L. Wauke

Mr. Dillon Wedemeyer

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Weston

Dr. Claire M. Wilson

Ms. Dianne Winter Brookins

The Wo Family

Wong’s Drapery

Sally and Allen Wooddell

Robert Wotring, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Yamakawa

Kara Yamamoto, MD

Ms. Pearl Yamanouchi

Yama’s Fish Market

Akiko Yazawa, MD

Ms. Kelly K. Yeung

Dr. and Mrs. Henry Yim

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan M. G. Yim

Mr. Darin Yokoyama

Mr. Len Yonemura

Mr. Henry J. Yoon

Troy Yoshimura

Pamela Young & Gary Sprinkle

Ivica Zalud, MD

Zelinsky Company

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Mr. Keith H. Abe

Ms. Stacey A. Abrams

Ace Hardware - Yamashiro’s Building Supplies

Mr. Rolf Achauer

Mr. Jason C. Acidera

Mr. Roger P. Acidera

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Adaniya

Ms. Lauren E. Agena

Mr. Kauhi K. Ahana

Ms. Gemma Ahuna

Ms. Maria Lourdes J. Akagi

Patricia and Bryan Akui

Ms. Janet M. Alania

Mr. Fego Q. Alconcel

Mr. Dennis K. Aloiau

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan C. Amuro

Ms. Hazel D. Andres

A Sisterhood of Strength & Support

WOMEN ARE SOME OF THE STRONGEST ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH, whether they are looking out for close friends or relating to others. That sense of comradery is at the root of three donations to the Women’s Ambulatory Cancer Center (WACC) at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children.

Wahine O Wai‘alae (WOW) believes girl power gains strength in numbers. The women’s golf group has 136 active members who are committed to supporting Kapi‘olani. Each year, the group hosts a golf tournament, WOW for the Cure, to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer. While the pandemic restricted tournament play in 2021, WOW members still made their benefit count.

“We asked our members if they wanted to make voluntary donations in any amount and were proud of their response,” said Tanya Watumull, who served as the 2021 WOW president. “We raised $3,000. Supporting the Women’s Cancer Center is dear to our hearts.”

Kelsey Darling squeezes out all she can from fundraising opportunities to support Kapi‘olani. The “chief lemon squeezer” for the Make Lemonade Project created her notfor-profit after experiencing her husband’s challenging battle with cancer. The mission

is to bring some joy and comfort to those diagnosed with cancer.

Darling uses proceeds from her fundraisers to create and fill a “lemonade stand” at the WACC that offers patients and staff free, heartfelt gifts donated by individuals and businesses from around the world. Some of the items are especially comforting for patients, including mastectomy pillows for post-breast surgery or port pillows to make IV treatments more bearable.

Another one-woman powerhouse doing all she can to help the WACC is Leni Knight. The artist is a breast cancer survivor who received treatment at Kapi‘olani. Knight contributes a portion of sales of her paintings to cancer care at the WACC. She says her art is as therapeutic for her as it is for those who buy it.

“In almost all my paintings, I combine classical realism and abstract expressionism to tell relatable stories of strength, hope and faith despite adversity,” Knight said.

Three stories, three different ways that Hawai‘i women are providing powerful support for other women.

Left to right: Make Lemonade Project Executive Director

Kelsey Darling, Kapi‘olani Child Life Specialist Megan Yee, Kapi‘olani Senior Development Officer

Emily Naula and Make Lemonade Project Volunteer Jessica LeongThomas.

Arashiro-Garcia Family

Foundation of the Hawai‘i

Community Foundation

Ms. Wendy Ardolino

Mr. Tyler J. Asuncion

Ms. Michelle Ayau

Mr. and Mrs. Miles Baidack

Ms. Roxane L. Bajet

Ms. Grace M. T. Balderas

Ms. Miriam P. Beams

Boston Children’s Hospital

Mr. Rendell K. Bourg

Ms. Teresa L. Brink-Wong

Dr. Jason H. Brown

Ms. Laarnie Ann A. Buccat

Dr. Mark W. Burnett

Mr. Paul G. Burnham

Ms. Ellen Howard Burton

Mr. Blaise C. Cabael

Mrs. Norma L. Cabagbag

Mr. Jason C. Cabastas

Ms. Julienne A. Campos

Mrs. Barbara J. Cargill

Mr. Bertram L. Carvalho

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Casey

Cavanah Associates Inc.

Ms. Helen H. Cayetano

Certified Pest Management

Ms. Lin Ann N. Chang

Dr. Daniel Cheng

Ms. Constance Cheung

Mr. and Mrs. Rex K. K. Cheung

Ms. Claire C. Chong

Ms. Kolea F. Chong

Mr. Wendell Choy

Dr. Deane and Kristen Chun

Ms. Rona A. Chung

Mr. Gary M. Clarke

Ms. Deanna M. Cleaves

Commercial Sheetmetal Co., Inc.

Ms. Elisabeth A. Contrades

Costco Kauai

Mr. Robert Creps

Dr. Shirley Daniel

Ms. Lisa M. Dau

Ms. Rochelle G. Day

LeAyn Dillon, MD

Michael and Lisa Doran

Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Dugay

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Dunn

Ms. Daniza Marie O. R. Duquez

Ms. Marsha L. Durbin

East Kauai Lions Club Foundation

Mr. David K. Egeland

Elite Pacific Contructions, Inc

EPC Service Inc.

Ms. Madeline Fernandez

Mr. Ryan Fiddler

Financial Architects of Hawaii

Mr. and Mrs. David V. M. Flanagan

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Forst

Mr. Saafiga Foster

Ms. Carla J. Franks

Mr. and Mrs. David Franzel

Ms. Erika Frye

Harold and Lorenne A. Fujii

Sontaya Fujikake, MD and Daniel Fujikake

Ms. Carolyn Fujita

The Might of Mahalo

Carol A. Fujiyoshi, MD

Sidney and Aileen Fuke

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Fukuhara

Ms. Octobela A. Gamata

GameStop - Kapolei

Shopping Center

Mr. Pancho G. Gaoiran

Mr. Hugo R. Gebauer

Kandie George, MD

Mr. Timothy G. Gionson

Mr. Peter J. Gitto

Mrs. Sheri Gleason

Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey W. Goldsmith

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Gomez

Ms. Elizabeth D. Grainger

Ms. France Reina Graves

Dr. Sarah Grekin

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Grohowski

Anthony Guerrero, MD

Ms. Sharon M. Hamamoto

Mr. Wayne Y. Hamano

Harris Rebar South Pacific Inc.

Mr. James K. Haruki

Ms. Liwayway R. Hattal

Hawaii HOSA

Mr. Terry J. Hayashi

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hedlund

Mr. and Mrs. Sean K. Heely

Mr. Joseph Henning

Mr. Steven Higa

Kimie Hirabayashi, MD

Ms. Emyline M. Hiraki

Mrs. Dayle N. Hirayama

James Hori, DDS

Mr. Rhonnie Y. Ibarra

Ms. Ellen Ichisita

Integrated Business Solutions of Hawaii

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Ioli

Island Pacific Automotive

Mr. Alan S. Ito

Lynn Iwamoto, MD

Ms. Lori A. Jansen

Ms. Jennifer J. Jones

Ms. Vicky Julian

Ms. Joanne G. Jung

Ms. Mary K. Junk

Ms. Jesha Mae B. KalahikiGasper

Ms. Lori R. Kaneshige

Ms. Renee S. Kaneshiro

Mr. Jared Kashiwabara

Mr. Albert Katsuyama

Mr. Edward S. Kawaoka

Mr. Rupert Kealoha

Ms. Jan K. Kelii

Ms. Cyndi L. Keller

Ms. Theresa D. Kelly

Ms. Mary K. Keohohou-Miller

Mr. and Mrs. James P. Keyes

Susan and Michael Killion

Mrs. Annette Y. M. L. Kim

Jennifer King, MD

Jeremy L. King, DO

KMC for Women & Children

Ms. Richelle A. Kobashigawa

Ms. Sarah J. Kodama-Ikei

Ms. Linda K. Kohagura

Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Kokubun

Jessica S. Kosut, MD

Mrs. Sikanya Kozuki

Ms. Mavis K. Kubo

Mr. and Mrs. Alton T. Kuioka

Sheree Kuo, MD

Mae Kyono, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Jason H. Lau

Shigeko O. Lau, MD and Alan F. Lau, PhD

SHOPPERS KNOW THAT EVERY TIME COWBELLS RING, a generous donor has given wings to the Hilo Walmart’s fundraiser for Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children. Four times in the past five years, the Hilo location raised more than any other Walmart in the nation for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. CMN President and CEO Teri Nestel flew to Hawai‘i Island to present a Golden Cowbell Award created specifically for the team known for ringing cowbells and shouting “mahalo” for every donation.

“Everyone from security officers to vendors for Pepsi and Coke always ask how they can help. We tell them, every time you hear that bell ring, you scream ‘mahalo,’ and they do,” said Hilo Walmart Manager Mark Roberts. “The energy is so fun and it makes everyone feel inspired.”

In 2021, Hilo Walmart raised $71,784, helping Hawai‘i’s 13 Walmart and Sam’s Club locations become the top fundraising market in the nation with a total of $383,060.83 donated to Kapi‘olani. Money raised went to purchase a portable ultrasound machine that allows the medical team to perform several procedures for newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit without moving the babies from their beds.

“Kapi‘olani relies on donations for the lifesaving care of local children, and Hawai‘i’s generous spirit always amazes and inspires us,” said Gidget Ruscetta, chief operating officer of Kapi‘olani Medical Center.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Laukala

Ms. Debbie Lazur

Ms. Sandra Lee

Mr. and Mrs. William S. Leong

Ms. Gail Lerch

Ms. Jessica M. Lewis

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K. Ling

Ms. Allison L. Lopes

Ms. Maria Nina B. Lopez

Ms. MaryLou M. Loualhati

M. Toguchi Body Shop, Inc.

Ms. Karen L. Maciorowski

Mr. Todd D. Madden

Ms. Brenda A. Maglasang

Ms. Catherine R. Maiava

Ms. La Tisha J. Martinez

Mr. Mark M. Maruyama

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Matsuura

Mr. Kent A. Matsuzaki

Ms. Sharlene L. Mau

Mr. and Mrs. James Maurer

Mr. Chris McLachlin

Ms. Deborah A. Medeiros

Mrs. Lynette D. A. Merrill

Mr. Paul Michael

Ms. Amy S. Miyamoto

Mr. Kell T. Miyamoto

Mr. and Mrs. Kel T. Miyaoka

Mr. and Mrs. Howard N. Morinaga

John and Willow Morton

Mr. Ricky K. Murata

Mrs. Euphemia E. Nagashima

Ms. Leah M. Nahale

Mr. Edward T. Nakagawa

Mr. Jared Nakamoto

Col. and Mrs. George M. Nakano, USAF, Ret.

Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Nakasone

Ms. Paula A. Nakayama

Ms. Eleanor M. M. J. Naone

Mr. Manuel Narido

Ms. Cynthia Nash

Ms. Joann F. A. Newman

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nishigata

Mr. Randall Nishimura

Ms. Joyce R. Nishita

Mr. Neal J. Nobriga

Mr. Rodney H. Nohara

Mr. Greg J. Ocasek

Ms. Darlene Y. Ogoshi

Ms. Betty Y. Ohigashi

Mr. and Mrs. Steven I. Oishi

Ms. Joy Okazaki

Mrs. Corliss Ota

Ms. Mary E. Oyadomari

Mr. Stanley Y. Oyama, Sr.

Mr. Brad D. Pactol

Ms. Cindy Paguyo

Ms. Rachael Palompo

Mr. and Mrs. Cleighton K. W. Pang

Ms. Nenita R. Paranada

Ms. Estela R. Pasion

Mr. Matthew and Mrs. Kirsten Pennaz

Per Spec, LLC

Kenneth F. Perske, Jr., MD

Mr. and Mrs. Andre A. K.

Peters

Mr. Benny Y. Petersen

Phi Mu Foundation

Bart Pillen, PhD

Polynesia Encampment

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Primary Residental Mortgage

Devin Puapong, MD

Ms. Diane Pulliam

Ms. Rebecca A. Rarama

Ms. Ruby R. Real-Layos

Ms. Lilian Rebamonte

Mr. John J. Reilly

Ms. Loryne L. Richbow

Kiko Riego De Dios

Ms. Michelle C. Robbins

Mr. Rafael Rodriguez and Ms. Ashleigh M. Rodriguez

Jiro Saegusa, MD

Mr. Bob Sage

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Saito

Mr. Wendell H. Saito and Ms.

Cindy-Ann M. ShimomiSaito

Salesforce Inc.

Ms. Karen F. Saoit

Mr. Mike Sapp

Ms. Delight K. Sato

Mr. Stephen T. Saure

Mrs. Nanette E. G. Sciulli

Mr. Timothy Sciulli

Ms. Diane J. Seatris

Servco Pacific Inc.

Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa

Mr. and Mrs. Bert M. Shiira

Dr. and Mrs. George Shimomura

Ms. Karin M. Shinkawa

Carrie Shiraki-Sakaino, PhD

Ms. Suzie C.H. So-Miyahira

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy K. Sosner

Mrs. Shereena M. Spragling

Leslee Ann Stevenson, MD

Mr. Michael L. Strazzo

Mr. Keith Suehiro

Mr. and Mrs. Scott H. Sugai

Sugar Dose Hawaii

Ms. Carie K. Sumida

Mr. Kenneth Y. Sung

T&A Services Inc

Ms. Joan A. Takamori

Mrs. Teruko Takara

Ms. Fern S. Takemoto

Mr. Harry Y. Takimoto and Family

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tamayose

Ms. Kassandra-Anne Tanabe

Ms. Karen K. Tao

JC Taosaka

Mr. Dean H. Tateyama

Ms. Verna Tavares

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Teraoka

The Shimizu Foundation

Ms. Jennifer E. Thieme

Ms. Amy R. Thomas

Ms. Dixie J. Thompson

TJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tomei

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Tomita

Clifford Torres

Ms. Kimberly K. Toyomura

Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Scarlett

Mrs. Jamie M. I. Uesato

Alan and Linda Uyehara

Steve and Liz Uyehara

Mr. Lawrence L. Vegas

Voya Financial

Walmart - Moaniani

Ms. Maria M. Warren

Mr. Jonathan Weaver

Wellness Phamacy

Ms. Jaime M. Wheeler

Mr. Brandon K. Wong

Ms. Norine Wong

Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Wood

Ms. Glorieana Woolsey

Mrs. Elizabeth Wright

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff E. Yamaguchi

Ms. Laurie S. Yamamoto, RN

Mr. Hiromu Yogi

Mr. Kyle Yokoyama

Mr. and Mrs. Larry S. Yokoyama

Mrs. Joyce O. Yoshino

Geri Q. L. Young, MD and Robert J. Teichman, MD*

Mr. Jeremy I. Young

Ms. Alison D. Zecha

Ms. Michelle L. Zippay

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Ace Hardware - Kaimukī

Mr. Bruce Acheson

ACI Printing Services Inc.

Ms. A-Nancy F. Acorda

Mr. John-Carl H. Adarna

Mrs. Rosalee B. Agas-Yuu

Mr. Remars J. Agustin

Mrs. Debbie Ahina-Oka

Ms. Faamoa Aipopo

Ms. Hiroko Akagi

Ms. Charlene D. Akana

Ms. Leah M. Akana

Akshatha, MD

Mr. Maligi A. Alefosio

Ms. Tracie K. Alexander

Aligned Mortgage

Mrs. Rebielynn A. AmasolTanoura

Mrs. Lei T. Amoroso

Mr. Francis M. Scotty Anderson

Ms. Jannell C. Andrade

David S. Ansdell, MD

Ms. Carol-Ann Y. H. Antoku

Mr. Kurt H. Anzai

Ron K. Aoki

Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Arai

Mr. Dyson R. Arakaki and Mrs. Michelle T. K. PayneArakaki

Mr. Jayce K. Arakaki

Ms. B. Arakawa

Mei-Ling M. Aranio

Ms. Joanne H. Arizumi

Ms. Liana C. Arnobit

Ms. Jennifer P. B. Asperilla

Ms. Shanthally Atacador

Mr. Gerard H. W. Auyong

Ms. Angela Avicolli

Mr. Mark A. Babin

Mr. Matthew Max S. Bajet

Ms. Jeanette E. Balino

Ms. Alyssa M. Barnes

Ms. Myra P. Barrientos

Mrs. Jean M. Bart

Ms. Mary Bartlett

Ms. Jeanne M. Baverstock

Ms. Larraine J. Baxa

Mr. and Mrs. Rodelio S. Baysa

Ms. Diane M. Beauchemin

Ms. Pearlynn Beaut

Ms. Patricia Begonia

Ms. April L. Belaski

Mr. Daniel Ben-David

Mr. Robert R. Bentz

Ms. Sarah N. A. Beppu

James R. Best, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Black

Michelle Bottaro

Ms. Brandy J. Boyce

Ms. Yvonne T. Boyd

Lt. Joseph T. Bradner, III

Ms. Veronique A. Braithwaite

Mrs. Ally Brown

Ms. Nadine H. Brown

Ms. Norma L. Browning

Ms. Phoebe Brusco

Mr. Benjamin L. Bystrom

Mrs. Tammy Cabral

Ms. Amy D. Caliboso

Mr. Chancy R. Cameron

Ms. Maria N. Cansino

Johnny and Michelle Cantillo

Mr. Rockne Caraulia

Mr. Jonas G. Carbon

Ms. Kawailelenani C. Carmack

Ms. Judith G. Caro

Ms. Ellen M. Carvalho

Ms. Aubrey A. Castillo

Ms. Stella C. Catalan

Ms. Kelly L. Catterton

Ms. Donna L. Cazinha

Ms. Zandra W. Chan

Ms. Francine K. Chang

Barbara and Marvin Chassin

Mr. and Mrs. William G. Chaves

Ms. Cecily P. Cheung

Kelley Chinen Okimoto, MD

Clarice K. Ching

Ms. Cheyenne W. Christenson

Christian Bosse Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

Valerie and Randy Chun

Mrs. Kayley Y. Coloma

Mr. Doug Cook

Ms. Michele Costales

Mr. Daniel H. Costigan

Mr. Robert S. Crawford, Jr.

Ms. Jennifer Creedon

Mrs. Rosemarie Crisologo

Mr. and Mrs. Merle D. Crow

Ms. Jennifer K. Dacumos

Ms. Tracy A. Damitio

Stephen E. Darling, MD

Mr. Merton D. Davalos

Ms. Shirley Dayton

Ms. Laura Deboer

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Decano

Ms. Helen Decoite

Sean and Brooke Dee

Ms. Rachel H. DeFeo

Mr. Jose M. Delacruz

Ms. Stephanie D. Delos

Santos

Mr. Chris Dey

Jennifer R. Di Rocco, DO

Mrs. Kealani B. Dilliard

Robyn and Dan Dolan

Ms. Nicolette K. Domingo

Mr. Daniel J. Dresel

Ms. Lisa S. Dudgeon

Ms. Donna C. Dullaga

Mr. Paul S. Dumas

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duong

Ms. Julie Y. Ebato

Mr. Chad Eckart

Ms. Andrea N. Eggleston

Mr. William A. Ellis

Elvin’s Bakery Inc

Ms. Feluchi G. Encee

Mr. and Mrs. David Enersen

Mr. Micah B. Ewing

Marissa Fakaosita, MD

Admiral and Mrs. Thomas B. Fargo, USN, Ret.

Ms. Dawn A.L. Farm-Ramsey

Ms. Malama F. Faumuina

Ms. Jobelle L. Felipe

Mr. Paul J. Fenwick

Mr. Aes Giuliano J. Ferrer

Dr. Edward W. Fong

Acing the Round Up Campaign

WHETHER IT IS PENNIES OR QUARTERS, SMALL COINS GATHERED AT HAWAI‘I ACE HARDWARE LOCATIONS MAKE A BIG IMPACT FOR THE CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK (CMN).

Ace’s Round Up Campaign allows customers to round up their total to the next full dollar and donate their change to Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children. In 2021, the campaign raised $165,112. Employees take great pride in the annual collection because it highlights the specialty care Kapi‘olani provides kids in Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region.

“It is very exciting to see the results of the Round Up Campaign,” said Cory Chagami, vice president of operations for HouseMart. “It truly is a team effort. All of the associates and team members at our 22 stores statewide are supportive in asking customers for their round-up donations.”

The Round Up Campaign was just one way that Ace Hardware stores in Hawai‘i raised money for the state’s only CMN hospital. Another $38,000 rolled in from the 24th annual Ace Hardware Shootout on Hawai‘i Island. The 2021 golf fundraiser featured a special guest — former MLB AllStar and Maui’s own Shane Victorino played in honor of Kapi‘olani. "The Flyin’ Hawaiian" called it a gratifying homecoming.

“Being here, it’s in my own backyard,” Victorino said. “Getting an opportunity to raise money in this beautiful place to help a local charity — I’m definitely 100% in every time they ask!”

Overall, Ace Hardware donated $312,046 in 2021 to the Kapi‘olani CMN. Part of that gift came as an Ace Foundation Helping Hands Grant that paid for a much-needed new transport ventilator and monitor for the Critical Care Transport team.

Mr. Jesse J. Fonseca

Mrs. Colette Forcier and Mr. Brandon Glenn

Ms. Desiree H. Fortunato

Dr. Alton K. Fujii

Ms. Diane K. Fujii

Ms. Laura L. Fujimoto

Ms. Layna S. Fujimoto

Ms. Ashley A. Fujinaga

Ms. Wanda C. Fujioka-Logan

Dr. Kagari Fujita

Mr. Kevin K. Fukushima

Ms. Myrna H. Fung

Ms. Kelli N. Furushima

Ms. Jennifer D. Gabriel

Ms. Leilynn E. Gabriel

Ms. Cassie L. Gaea

Ms. Sherry C. Gaillard

Ms. Anne F. Galios

Mr. Mark F. Gallagher

GameStop - Micronesia Mall

GameStop - Pearlridge Center

GameStop - Windward Mall

Ms. Cheryl C. R. Gibson

Christopher Gibu, MD

Mr. Russell M. Gifford

Mrs. Nina M. Giovanetti

Darryl Glaser, MD and Desiree Medeiros, MD

Lee Goerner, MD

Ms. Jeruzel D. Gonzales

Mr. Gary M. Gordon

Ms. Carolina M. Gose-Pascual

Mrs. Chizue R. Goto

Cynthia J. Goto, MD

Mr. Everett M. Goto

Mrs. Melissa K. Goto

Alan and Annabel Gottlieb

Ms. Maribeth K. Greene

Ms. Cheryl A. Griep

Ms. Leslie Griffin

Ms. Rhonda L. Griswold

Ms. Tania A. Guerrero

Mr. Dexter H. Gushi

Mrs. Victoria Gutierrez

Ms. Kristy R. Guzman

Mr. James Habermehl

Ms. Deborah K. Hacker

Mr. and Mrs. Colby and Narissa Hanley

Nelson and Valerie Harada

Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Harris

Ms. Donna Harrison

Harold and Yvonne Hashizume

Mr. Clark G. Hatch

Hawaii Rx Card

Ms. Tina Y. T. Hayashi

Mr. Clifton E. K. Heen

Dr. and Mrs. Eric Helms

Ms. Emma L. Henderson

Mr. Nicholas L. Heuermann

Ms. Lucille J. Hill

Some of the funds raised by Hawaiʻi Ace Hardware locations went to specialized cribs for the Critical Care Transport team.

Justin M. Hino, MD

Ms. Nora R. P. Hipolito

Mr. Eric T. Hirano

Ms. Harriet L. Ho

Mr. Randall T. M. Ho

Ms. Isabel C. Hoe

Ms. Mari-jo Y. Hokama

Ms. Christina Hom

Mr. Clifford J. Hong

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle S. Hosada

Dr. and Mrs. Greg Howick

Ms. Melanie U. Hubbard

Mr. Bruce Huegel

Mr. Marion Humphreys

Ms. Lois P. Hunter

Ms. Leonidez A. Hyde

Mr. Melvin M. Ige

Mr. David Takashima and Dr. Malissa Iida-Takashima

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin K. Ikeda

Ms. Carolyn T. Ikehara

Mr. Darren H. Imada

Ms. Shari T. Imanaka

Mr. Emery R. Inafuku

Mr. Jay Inatsuka

Mrs. Dana K. Ing

Ms. Sharon H. Inouye

Ms. Wreignna Joie S. Irreverre

Ms. Caroleen L. Iseri

Mr. Kerry K. Ishihara

Mr. Alfred S. Itamoto

Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Ito

Mr. James Itokazu

Ms. Mildred M. Iwamuro, RN

Ms. Riki H. Iwanaga

Mr. Jon S. Izumigawa

Ms. Denica A. Jacinto

Richard A. C. Jack, MD

Jackie’s Diner

Ms. Kam Fa S. Jager-Lo

John E. Janikowski, DO

Ms. Eliana M. Jarboe

Ms. Miki L. Jay

Ms. Nicole M. Johnson

Ms. Christine A. Johnston

Jon H. Morikawa, MD, LLC

Francis Jusuf

Ms. Candyce A. Kaaiai

Ms. Lillian P. Kaaumoana

Ms. Gwendolyn Kaauwai

Ms. Nadine N. Kaeo

Ms. Kehaulani I. Kahana-Travis

Ms. Stephanie C. Kaiwi

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd K. Kajiwara

Mrs. Chong S. Kajiwara

Mr. Ralph M. Kajiwara

Dr. Terri E Kakugawa and Mr. Colin Tamashiro

Ms. Tennille C. Kalama

Ms. Grace B. Kam

Ms. Leanora C. Kamai

Ms. Mitzi I. Kamau

Mrs. Celestine P. Kamihara

Mr. Craig M. Kamihara

Ms. Melodi K. Kaneshiro

Ms. Joelle Y. Kawahara

Ms. Mary Ann Kawakami

Lt. Col. Wesley K. Kawakami

Mrs. Dorothy H. Kawamoto

Mrs. Laura Y. Keller

Mr. and Mrs. Walker E. Kelley, Jr.

Mr. Christian Kelter

Ms. Briana Rane K. Keo

Mr. Kukiet Kerdmee

Ms. Angela Kim

Ms. Heekum Kim

Sadie Kim, MD

Ms. Laura Kiriu

Mrs. Kathryn C. Kirley

Ms. Allison K. Kishida

Ms. Mari M. Kitagawa

Mr. Ryan S. Kitamura

Ms. Shanna J. Kobayashi

Ms. Jenni T. Komine

Mr. Eric T. Komoda

Ms. Erin M. Krayeski

Kuakini Medical & Dental Federal Credit Union

Kent Kumashiro, MD

David K. Kurahara, MD

Mr. Kelvin Kurisu

Ms. Joy M. Kuwabara

Ms. Tracey A. Laciste

Mr. Frederick G. Lagapa

Mrs. Deidra N. Lai

Ms. Susan T. Lamb

Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Lamerson

Mr. Adam Landeroz

Ms. Missy J. Lange

Ms. Shawnalynn M. Lavatai

Ms. Cassie Leanio

Mr. Ed Ledesma

Ms. Annette B. Lee

Ms. Elizabeth A. Lee

Ms. Eun-Kyung Lee

Ms. Jayna K. Lee

Kit Shan Lee, MD

Ms. Leinaala M. Lee

Mrs. Marlene H. Lee

Ms. Penni C. Y. Lee

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. H. Lee

Ms. Vicky S. Lee-Kwai

Ms. Shannon K. Leoiki

Ms. Sonia M. Leong

Mr. David Li

Mr. Robert Li

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart I. Lieberman

Mr. Jesse Luiz B. Lima

Ms. Dayle Liu

Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred L. Liu

Ms. Donnabelle T. Longboy

Ms. Lanie E. Lopez

Ms. Nancy Luba

Ms. Myrna T. Lui

Ms. Sarah E. Lukela

Ms. Chong I. Lum

Ms. Michelle Luxton

Ms. Dawn M. Lyon

Wallace Ma

Ms. Russiane D. Macalutas

Ms. Joy G. Machado

Mr. Jonathan Mack

Ms. Kathy A. MacPherson

Ms. Aiza O. Madelo

Mr. Peter K. Maglidt

Ms. Manisha Maker

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Makino

Mr. John W. Malingdan

Ms. Mary-Ruth C. Manding

Dayanand Manoli

Ms. Leilani Joy T. Manuel

Uganiza

Betty J. Mark

Ms. Kimberly Anne C. Marks

Marriot Vacations

Worldwide-Hawai’i

Regional Office

Ms. Kaliko V. Martinez

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Masaki

Ms. Laura S. Masuda

Mrs. Margaret F. Matayoshi

Ms. Caroline L. Matsuda

Mrs. Shirley K. Matsumoto

Maui Toyota

Mrs. Marion L. Maunakea

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. M. May

Mr. Theodore Awaya and Ms. Patricia May-Awaya

Ms. Myrna D. McCarthy

Ms. Maria A. McCausland

Mr. Owen McDonough

Ms. Virginia D. Mcmahon

Mrs. Jessie J. McMorrow

Mr. Linc-Alan K. Medeiros

Ms. Dianne K. Medina

Ms. Tierra A. Miguel

Lisa and Michael Miller

Ms. Natasha R. Miller

Ms. Cristina B. C. Mina

Ms. Alexandria K. Mindoro

Mr. Brandis A. Mirafuentes

Mitch’s Fish Market & Sushi Bar

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn K. Miura

Ms. Nancy J. Miyake

Ms. Patricia S. Miyamoto

Ms. Audrey Miyasato

Mr. Lawrence K. Miyazono, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Mizoguchi

Ms. Jenneill Y. L. Mizushima

Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Mizushima

Mr. Igor Mokan

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis K. Monma

Ms. Kathleen C. Morioka

Ms. Lori M. Morisato

Ms. Jacqueline Y. Morishige

Ms. Alena A. Morris

Mr. James R. Morris

Ms. Kathleen K. Morton

Mrs. Alison J. Mosher

Mr. and Mrs. Miki R. Moylan

Ms. Mary T. Mullis

Mr. Mark M. Munar

Ms. Dory Muncal

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson M. Muraoka

James E. Musgrave, MD

Mr. Gerold B. Nacapuy

Ms. Dorene K. Nagamine

Mr. Darryl Nagano

Ms. Ann T. Nakagawa

Jon and Violenda Nakahara

Mr. Matthew K. Nakama

Mr. Frank S. Nakamoto

Ms. Jodi Nakamura

Ms. Ketly C. Nakamura

Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Nakashima

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald T. Nakashima

Ms. Eydie H. Nakasone

Ms. Adrienne Namohala

Dr. Ann N. NarimasuPhomenone

Mr. Elmer C. Navarro

Ms. Evelyn F. Neth

Ms. Amy E. Ng

Ms. Shirley C. Ng

Ms. Kori K. Nishida

Ms. Lena Victoria D. J. Nishikawa

Mr. Erwin R. Nisperos

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin K. Nitta

Mrs. Amy Nose

Ms. Mersa L. Oca-Mixon

Ms. Shelby M. Oda

Mr. and Mrs. Earl K. Ogata

Mr. Ronald S. Oi

Miles and Tricia Okamura

Mr. Guy T. Okano

Mr. Jarrett K. Okihara

Mr. Alan K. Okinaka

Mr. Glenn M. Okino

Ms. Karen T. H. Okuhara

Alison and Jason Okumura

Ms. Kathryn M. Omine

Ms. Joy S. Omonaka

Mr. Christopher James Ona

Ms. Nora J. Onaga

Mr. Zachary Onaga

Mr. Michael S. S. Ono

Operating Engineers Local Union No 3

Ms. Arlyne L. Orioste

Ms. Latonia A. Ornellas

Ms. Kiyomi Oshiro

Mrs. Linda E. Oshiro

Mr. Wayde T. Oshiro

Ms. Amy Fay P. Ostrowski

Ms. Michele L. Otake

Ms. Lei H. Otani

Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Y. Oumaye

Ms. Karen Rowie U. Pabiton

Pacificbasin Communications

Mr. Richael V. Pacson

Ms. Brendalee B. Paderes

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Padilla

Mr. Anthony A. Padua

Ms. Britnelyn H. Palacio

Mr. and Mrs. Carlos W. Pang

Ms. Deborah Ann Y. Pang

Ms. Jennifer T. Pangelinan

Robert H. Pantell, MD

Ms. Sharon N. Park

Ms. Leah Claire Pascua

Mr. Robert L. Pascua

Ms. Henessy Pascual

Mr. Royden S. Pascual

Ms. Arlynne M. Pasion

Ms. Jessica B. Pasion

Ms. Bonnie L. Patelesio

Mr. Jordan Paulachak

Ms. Lucille J. Pezzulo

Mr. James C. Pierce

Ms. Cindi Pila

Ms. Jaymie H. Pinho

Mrs. Robyn Polinar-Pascua

Ms. Teresa L. Pytel

Mr. Kelly J. Quemado

Ms. Kristi N. RaktaManongdo

Ms. Myleen B. Ramento

Ms. Christine J. Ramos

Mr. Regan C. Ramos

Ms. Asterlou S. Raquel

Ms. Linda Raquel

Mr. and Mrs. Moses M. Rawlins, Jr.

Ms. Laura A. Reed

Mr. Cliff Remata

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Ritter, Jr.

Ms. Mary Riveira

Mr. Anacleto I. Rivera, Sr.

Ms. Donna M. Robinson

Ms. Chandra A. Robison

Ms. Lindsey J. N. Rocheleau

Ms. Lauren Rodrigues

ROSES Systems Solutions

Ms. Geraldine Y. Rosete

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Ruiz

Ms. Jaclynn L. Ruiz

Mrs. Lisa M. Sadaoka

Mr. Ivan Sakamoto

Mr. Roy Sakata

Ms. Jacqueline B. Salinas

Ms. Sharon Salvador

Mr. Bennet G. Samson

Helen and Charles Sanpei

Mr. Gilbert J. Santos

Mr. Gilmore G. Sarmiento

Ms. Anna Sasaki

Sasaki Endowment Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust

Mrs. Fariyal Savio

Ms. Ofelia Schamber

Mr. Robert J. Schmidt

Schofield Federal Credit Union

Laurie H. Seaver, MD and Mr. Robert L. Seaver

Mr. Robert J. Seki

Ms. Alexis K. Shaner

Mr. Gordon K. Sharpe

Mrs. Helene W. Shenkus

Mr. Rivera L. Shigetani

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Shimabukuro

Ms. Joy K. Shimabukuro

Mr. Ted T. Shimabukuro

Nichole Shimamoto

Mr. Cy A. Shimizu

Mrs. Jung Hyun Shin

Mr. Randy Shinagawa

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney R. Shinkawa

Ms. Melanie M. Shiraki

Ms. Amy L. Shiroma

Mr. Allan T. Shishido

Ms. Shelby K. Shitabata

Ms. April D. Shounk

Ms. Lynell Shove

Ms. Lauren A. Silva

Ms. Niki A. Silva

Mr. Tommy Silva

Ms. Rose L. Simon

Chou Hong (Herman) Siu

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Y. Skelton

Nancy J. Smiley, MD

Ms. Sherri A. SommerCandelario

Ms. Marilyn S. Soo

Ms. Colette H. Sowers

Ms. Deborah Y. Spangler

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Spencer

Mr. Jesse L. Stetson

Ms. Amy L. Stewart

Ms. Casey K. Suehiro

Mrs. Stephanie A. Suehiro

Mrs. Sue Sugai

Mr. David W. Sugawa

Mrs. Trisha L. Sugita

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Sugiyama

Ms. Olivia E. Suizu

Ms. Wendy C. Sumida-Kano

Mr. Scott R. Susman

Wes and Karen Suwa

Mr. and Mrs. Randal K. Suzuki

Mr. Charles Sykes

Ms. Imelda Tabuyo

Mr. Carl E. Takamiya

Mr. Lance Y. Takamiya

Ms. Julie A. Takanobu

Ms. Lynda Y. L. Takara

Ms. Fanny P. Takehara

Ms. Tamlyn M. Takeno

Ms. Bernice H. Takushi

Ms. Cordelia V. Talia

Ms. Nicole R. TamakiNatividad

Ms. Nona T. Tamanaha

Ms. Clara E. Tamashiro

Ms. Heather M. Tamaye

Ms. Betty W. Tamayo

Ms. Lloyda P. Tamboa

Mrs. Jan M. Tamura

Ms. Sunny Kuan Lee Tan

Mr. Len K. Tanaka

Ms. Tracieann A. Tancayo

Ms. Michelle Tang

Mr. Dennis K. Tanimoto

Dr. and Mrs. Ross E. Tanoue

Ms. Gail T. Tashima, RN

Ms. Jean A. Tateishi

Ms. Natasha M. Taumua

Ms. Chastity P. Tavares

Mr. David M. Taylor

Mr. Michael E. Taylor

Ms. Winifred Tenno

Mr. and Mrs. Mark K. Teruya

Ms. Nina M. Teruya

Mr. Tyler T. Teruya

Ronnie B. N. Texeira, MD

The Smoking Boar and the Coconut

Thomas Gottlieb & Carol Kirsh Schwab

Charitable Fund

Ms. Nadja J. Thompson

Mr. Timothy D. Tin

Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Tinay, Jr.

Mrs. Sandra H. Tobita

Mr. and Mrs. Jett G. Tokita

Mr. and Mrs. Ariel V. Tolentino

Mr. Lowell K. Tom

Ms. Adrienne P. Tomas

Ms. Chanelle O. TomasAlconcel

Ms. Aimee A. Tomimoto

Ms. Penelope W. Tong

Ms. Sunshine Topping

Mr. Leyton Torda

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Trang

Ms. Frances N. K. Trowbridge

Mr. Franklin S. Tsuji

Ms. Nan Tsuruda

Ms. Olivia T. Tubon

Mr. and Mrs. David Tupper

Ms. Renna L. Tuupoina

Ms. Lailani D. S. Udarbe

Robert and Elise Ueoka

Mrs. Marsha K. Umamoto

Drs. Greg and Kristine Uramoto

Mr. Wallace F. Valdez

Ms. Floraine F. Van Orden

Ms. Leslie Ann Mari V. Verona

Mr. Jonah Vierra

Joseph R. Vierra, MD

Ms. Joy Ann G. Virtudes

Ms. Courtney M. Wagner

Mr. and Mrs. Thad K. Wakasugi

Ms. Wilette E. U. Walter

Ms. Diana K. Walters, RN

Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Wassel

Ms. Carmela S. Watanabe

Ms. Darrilyn R. Weaver

Ms. Myra S. Wekenborg

Kimberly Wheeler

Ms. Dori-Lee K. Wiley

Mr. Tarek T. Willeby

Paulette & Bub Wo

Ms. Brenda D. Wong

Kara Wong Ramsey, MD

Donald Wong Trust

Russell Woo, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Wyss

Carol Jean Yakuma

Ms. Kathryn I. Yanagisawa

Ms. Shandell K. K. Yancey

Mr. and Mrs. Sung In Yang

Dr. and Mrs. Eric K. S. Yee

Mr. and Mrs. Ian K. P. Yee

Ms. Marsha Yee

Ms. Katharine Yerke

Mr. Walter T. Yogi

Mr. Scott T. Yokota

Mr. Edwin J. Yokoyama

Ms. Angela M. Yonamine, RN

Ms. Destiny A. K. Yonemura

Mr. Scott M. Yonesaki

Mrs. Peggy E. Yoshizumi

Ms. Darlene C. Y. Young

Mr. Fletcher S. Young

Ms. Rachel N. Young

Mr. and Mrs. William L.

Yuen

Mr. Jiahai Zhang

Pali Momi Foundation Donors

$1,000,000 & Above

Barry M. & Virginia S. Weinman

$100,000-$999,999

City and County of Honolulu

State of Hawaii OCS - Dept of Labor and Industrial Relations

$25,000-$99,999

Bank of Hawaiʻi Foundation

D. Suehiro Electric, Inc.

First Hawaiian Bank Foundation

Mary & Paul Wagner Blindness

Prevention

Ronald K. & Lella E. Migita Foundation

$10,000-$24,999

Anonymous First Hawaiian Bank Kōkua Mai Campaign

Henry's Equipment Rental & Sales, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kakuda

Michael Jay Green and Associates, Inc.

The Schuler Family Foundation

Ms. Marian Tang in memory of Mrs. Lynn Y. T. Ling

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous Donors (various)

Ms. Barbara R. Craft

Russell N. Harada, MD

Ms. Fumiko J. Horii

Islands Hospice

Jams World

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Miyashiro

Mrs. Merle Morita

David and Kellyn Okabe

Swinerton Builders

Tanioka's Charity Foundation

Yuaikai Medical Foundation

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous (3)

Air Central LLC

Ms. Maria Lourdes J. Akagi

Ms. Gwen A. Akimoto

Albert M. and Merle T.K. Yamada Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation

American Cancer Society

Mr. and Mrs. Teodoro V. Andam

Mr. Daniel K. Arita

Mr. and Mrs. Gene C. Armacost

Ms. Teresa A. Ballesteros

Mrs. Gloria J. Brooks

Drs. Robert and Monique Canonico

Ms. Charlotte P. Carahasen

Ms. Robin E. Caravallo

Charles R. Ching and Colleen I. Wong

Lisa L. Chung

Ms. Rochelle G. Day

David and Dawn Dunbar

EPIC

Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. George A. Fukuhara

Dr. and Mrs. Alvin Fuse

Ms. Audrey N. Gima

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Golz

Gordon & Anita Nihei Fund

Ms. Jocelyn L. Granier

Daniel M. Harada, MD

Jim and Beth Hoban

Dr. Alvin K. Ikeda and Dr. Raquel Chan-Ikeda

In Memory of Dennis K. Ikeda

Mr. Ronald H. Ishikawa

Robyn K. Kalahiki

John Kao, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Calvin T. Kawakami

Mr. Earl F. Kobatake

Dean & Cheryl Kozai

Mrs. Patricia Kurisu

James Lin, MD

Mr. Mathew C. Loughlin

Dr. and Mrs. Bryan M. Matsumoto

Ms. Rachel N. McElwain

Brigitte & David McKale

Sakhone Mendigorin

Keith Miyashiro

Ms. Claire A. Nishioka

Susan Nonaka

Ms. Jessica K. Onaga

Ms. Michele L. Otake

Mrs. Ruby T. Otake

Ms. Annabell D. Paiva

Mr. Michael J. Robinson

Ms. McKenzie U. Robledo

Mr. and Mrs. Takeshi Shimana

Dr. Huidy Shu and Ms. Lalita Suzuki

Martha* and Tony Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Sorayama

Cedric Strong, MD

Ms. Linda Chu Takayama

Mr. Warren T. Takushi

Investing in Women’s Health

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR ANNE WILSON SCHAEF ONCE OBSERVED, “Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.”

First Hawaiian Bank employees and retirees are certainly making a long-term investment into the future of health care at Pali Momi Medical Center.

For eight consecutive years, FHB employees have selected the Pali Momi Women’s Center as one of the beneficiaries of their Kōkua Mai Campaign. Launched in 2007, the annual employee giving program allows current and former employees to provide financial support to local charities of their choice.

“More than 63% of our employees are women, and a majority of them live in Central and West O‘ahu, so many of them have taken advantage of the services at the Pali Momi Women’s Center,” said Iris Matsumoto, FHB’s executive vice president of human resources.

As of June 2022, FHB employees have given a total of $122,200 to the Women's Center, beginning with a donation in 2014 that allowed Pali Momi to create a Patient Resource Room. This private space affords breast cancer survivors a dedicated, comfortable area to try on wigs, get makeovers and do fittings for a post-surgical specialty bra.

In 2021, 145 employees from branches across the island – including ‘Ewa Beach, Pearl City, Waipahu and downtown Honolulu – pledged a remarkable $22,468 to the Women’s Center. Pali Momi recently drew upon these funds to purchase a new stereotactic biopsy table, an important piece of equipment necessary to help identify many cancers early, when they are most treatable.

“We are only successful because of our community, so this is our way to give back,” Matsumoto said. “This one comes from the heart — this is just another way we can support Pali Momi Women’s Center.”

The Robbins Burkert Charitable Fund

Claire Tong

Mr. David Underriner

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Vara, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. James K. Watanabe

Wong's Drapery

Mr. and Mrs. Bert M. Yamashita

Luke Yeh

Ms. Anne A. Yoshioka

Geri Q. L. Young, MD and Robert J. Teichman, MD*

$500-$999

Anonymous (7)

Ms. Christine D. Arita

Melinda J. Ashton, MD

Ms. Grace M. T. Balderas

Ms. Alicia Bertulfo

Ms. Tiffany Y. Bom

Nancy B. Burnett

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Butterfield

Ms. Darla F. Camp

Mrs. Lita H. K. Ching

Ms. Claire C. Chong

Mr. Charles K. Chu, Jr.

Ms. Kate E. Deans

Mr. and Mrs. David J. Dennehy

Mr. Brandt G. Farias

Ms. Veronica E. Fitzgerald

Mr. and Mrs. Wade S. Gesteuyala

Mrs. Dayle N. Hirayama

Ms. Sui Tong Ho

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin K. Ikeda

Mr. Alan S. Ito

Mr. Rupert Kealoha

Ms. Lynn R. Kikuchi

Jeffrey Killeen, MD

Charles O. Kim, Jr., MD

Ms. Michelle L. Kubota

James C. Lai, MD and Rosalyn Cheng, MD

Ms. Jasmin C. Lara

Ms. Lorrie-Ann Y. Luke

Ms. Frances K. Y. Lum

Mr. Todd D. Madden

Ms. Catherine R. Maiava

Mr. Matthew K. Mailo

Mrs. Lorena M. L. McGovern

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Miura

Michelle Miyashiro, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis K. Monma

Mr. Sterling H. Morikawa

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Oishi

Ms. Nancy Ota

Mrs. Summer R. Ozaki

Ms. Charlene V. Prieto

Ms. Priscila D. Rayray

Ms. Loryne L. Richbow

Ms. Kristi L. Sakai

Mr. and Mrs. Kazuo Shimabukuro

Dr. Huidy Shu and Ms. Lalita Suzuki

Ms. Jessica E. Sphar

Ms. Mae M. Suzuki

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Y. Tango

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony K. Tato

Ms. Kathleen K. Thomas

Mrs. Mary-Antonette Ting

Mr. Darryl K. Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Valentin

Ms. Daisy Vaz

Maria R. Ver, MD

Ms. Melissa M. Watson

Left to right: Pali Momi Development Officer Courtney Wagner, FHB Vice President and Corporate Banking Officer Hanul Abraham, Pali Momi COO Gloria Brooks and FHB Executive Vice President of Human Resources Iris Matsumoto.

$250-$499

Anonymous (3)

Mr. Keith H. Abe

Ms. Nhelda J. Aguda

Mr. Kauhi K. Ahana

Doreen M. Akamine

Ms. Annette G. Almarez Hallums

Ms. Caryn H. Amii

Ms. Helene F. Aoki

Ms. Desiree M. Apo

Ms. Bessie Asato

Mrs. Jeannine A. AsiaticoCabuena

Mr. Tyler J. Asuncion

Ms. Jill M. Baisac

Dr. and Mrs. V. Balaraman

Mrs. Viola B. Baptista

Mr. Donald Batliner

Mrs. Kristen K. Bonilla

Mr. Christopher S. Bryan

Mr. Ferdinand P. Bumanglag

Ms. Joan M. Bunting

Ms. Glynnis D. Cabral

Ms. Liabelle C. Cadiz

Mr. Manuel S. Calupe

Ms. Marichee B. Calzo

Mr. Michael P. Canite

Johnny and Michelle Cantillo

Mr. Dwayne Carlos

Ms. Flor E. Castillo

Ms. Maricel A. Ceon

C. Galen Choy, MD

Ms. Lidian V. Choy

Mr. Gary M. Clarke

Ms. Stephanie M. Coleman

Mr. Christopher J. Collier

Ms. Lorna L. Coloma

Ms. Suzanne M. Cuarisma

Ms. Jennifer K. Dacumos

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Distiso

Ms. Lynette Y. Doi

Mr. Regan A. Downie

Mr. Jerry T. Ferreira

Ms. Elizabeth A. Fujimoto

Ms. Gail K. Fujimoto

Mr. Winston M. Fujinaka

Ms. Darlene I. Garcia

Ms. Jacy M. Hanagami

Ms. Deborah R. Hashimoto

Harold and Yvonne Hashizume

Ms. Lori L. Hata

Ms. Emma L. Henderson

Jesika Hernandez

Ms. Emyline M. Hiraki

Ms. Lisa M. Holloway

Ms. Melissa M. S. Hoolulu

Mr. Bruce Huegel

Ms. Norene K. Ihori

Ms. Setsumi Imada

To a Tee

Mr. Emery R. Inafuku

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin K. Ishimoto

Mr. Merle Komata

Masayoshi and Emma Koshiro

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Kubo

Mr. Robert A. Kukahiko

Ms. Joel-Marie N. Kusunoki

Douglas K. Kwock, MD and Ann M. Kwock

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lam

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Laukala

Michelle Lee

Ms. Maria Irene R. Leiby

Mr. and Mrs. Jim H. Liao

Mr. Collin C. Ling

Ms. Barbara Luke-Boe

Ms. Sarah E. Lukela

Ms. Stacia M. Macmurray

Ms. Sasha J. Mak

Mr. John W. Malingdan

Ms. Mary-Ruth C. Manding

Ms. Carol M. Masuda

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Y. Masunaga

Ms. Carlotta M. Meier-Irving

Mr. Jose A. Miranda

Mr. Bryant O. Miyake

Mr. Anthony W. Moiso

Mr. Kyle G. Morrison

Ms. Dorene K. Nagamine

Mr. James E. Nakamura

Mr. Joseph S. Nakamura, Jr.

Mrs. Leocadia P. Naone

Ms. Chanthing A. Nguyen

Ms. Ja-Ann Novan

Ms. Elizabeth M. Noyes

Ms. Kris E. Odo

Mr. Michael S. S. Ono

Ms. Georgiana S. Oshio

Mr. Terry Alan Y. Oshiro

Ms. Audrey C. Pagala

Ms. Cindy Paguyo

Mr. Royden S. Pascual

Ms. Linh T. K. Pham

Ms. Sheri D. Preitauer

Ms. Yolanda I. Racca

Ms. Doreen N. Ranne

Ms. Joyce Saelua

Ms. Lisa Salazar

Mr. Alvin L. Santos

Mr. Garnet R. Saupan

Ms. Karen T. Shigaki

Mr. Mark K. Shiroma

Ms. Shelby K. Shitabata

Emese Somogyi, MD

Sneha Sood, MD

Mrs. Sue Sugai

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan W. Takagishi

Mr. Steven Y. Takushi

IT BEGAN WITH EIGHT FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF MEL AND LYNN TANIOKA TEEING OFF TO HELP OTHERS. Now, 36 tournaments later, hundreds of golfers hit the greens every year for Tanioka’s Charity Golf Tournament, which raises tens of thousands of dollars for local charities. This year, proceeds from the tournament’s lucky number drawing went to the Emergency and Trauma Care Fund at Pali Momi Medical Center.

“We are just blessed we have all these friends to help us,” said Tanioka’s Seafoods and Catering Founder and President Mel Tanioka. “Year after year, the same people come out — 200 people — and nobody quits. Everyone’s there.”

Sunhui C. Tamahana

JC Taosaka

Mr. Dean H. Tateyama

Mr. Ieni Taumua

Mr. Aaron C. Taylor

Mr. Abraham A. Tengan

Ms. Crystal M. Theel

Ms. Jennifer E. Thieme

Ms. Lourdes Tolosa

Ms. Sunshine Topping

Sandy and Kurtis Tsuha

Ms. Renna L. Tuupoina

Mr. Claude M. Uehara

Robert and Elise Ueoka

Steve and Liz Uyehara

Mr. and Mrs. Thad K. Wakasugi

Mrs. Ruth R. Wakimura

Mr. Matthew M. Wells, RN

Ms. Paula C. O. Wilson

Mrs. Elizabeth Wright

Mr. David M. Yamaguchi

Ms. Roberta J. Yamamoto

Keri-Ann K. N. Yasuhara

Dr. and Mrs. Eric K. S. Yee

Mr. Michael T. Yoneshige

In Memory of Gary Yoshioka

Ms. Cammy Louise K. Young

Ms. Alison D. Zecha

The Tanioka family also donated $5,000 each to Straub Medical Center's redevelopment fund and Kapiʻolani Medical Center's future Infusion Center and Cancer Center.

An additional $7,500, some raised from holiday shopping at Tanioka’s online marketplace, was also gifted to Pali Momi’s Emergency and Trauma Care Fund.

“It is such a family hospital,” said Jasmine Tanioka, CFO of Tanioka’s and a Pali Momi board member. “We love Pali Momi. Our whole family, we’ve been there. They’ve taken care of each of us in our time of need.”

Left to Right: Tanioka’s Assistant General Manager Tad Yamanaka, General Manager Justin Tanioka, cofounder Lynn Tanioka, founder Mel Tanioka, Chief Financial Officer Jasmine Tanioka and her son, Ethan Lum.

Straub Foundation Donors

$1,000,000 & Above

Anonymous

Mr. Ward B. Brown*

Kenbi Ito Trust

Gail Myers Trust

$50,000-$999,999

Mr. Herman G. Dick

Mrs. Priscilla Growney

McInerny Foundation

Mildred Maikai Trust

Paul K. Hamai Trust

Mr. and Mrs. J. Hans Strasser

Anthony and Rosina Sun

Frances and Jack Tsui

James and Makiko Wei

Barry M. & Virginia S. Weinman

$50,000-$99,999

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Halstead Honolulu Firefighters Foundation

Clyde T. and Holly R. Kaneshiro

Castiglione A. Casauria Foundation

$25,000-$49,999

The ATEL Foundation

Chia-Ling Chang Charitable Foundation

Mr. Stephen Dung and Ms. Adelia Chung

D. Suehiro Electric, Inc.

Ellen M. Koenig Memorial Fund at Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Mr. Phillip B. Olsen*

The Wo Family

$10,000-$24,999

Anonymous (2)

Ms. Julia A. Cherry

Alvin Chung, DDS

Norah W. Chung

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan P. Donn

Mrs. Jessica S. Enos

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua D. Feldman

Growney Family Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Alan and Cynthia Hoffman

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kim

Ms. Stella S. Lock

Mr. Arthur T. Shak

Mr. Jon Snook

Steve and Marilyn Katzman Philanthropic Fund

Ms. Ina G. Tateuchi

Thomas Gottlieb & Carol Kirsh Schwab Charitable Fund

Mr. Frederick Towfigh and Ms. Risako Stegmayer

Mr. and Mrs. John Y. Wei

Mrs. Joan L. Yamashita

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous Donors (various)

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Crabb

Christopher and Wanaʻao Eldridge

Florence Y. & Samuro

Ichinose Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Gladstone

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Goldcamp, III

Mr. Frank K. Hamada

Jhamandas Watumull Fund

Mr. Lawrence M. Johnson

Darcy Kessler

Ms. Richanne T. Lam

Mr. Jerry M. Magoon

Dr. Isao and Janie Masunaga

Sandra Noon, DO

David and Kellyn Okabe

Mr. Franklin Pang

Dr. and Mrs. James F. Pierce

Mrs. Katie A. Shigemitsu

Singer Foundation for the Advancement of BioMedical Science

Tanioka’s Charity Foundation

Mr. Allen H. Teshima

The Lum Davis Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Ueshiro

Virgil Roy Jobe Jr. Trust

Helen, Jack & Kent Wakumoto Family Foundation

Ms. Ethel S. K. Yamaguchi

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous (12)

Mrs. Carol Ai May

American Board of Family Medicine, Inc.

American Cancer Society

Mr. and Mrs. Gene C. Armacost

Mr. Jochanan Aronowicz

Ms. Mary G. Bitterman

Mr. & Mrs.* James R. Bolan

Ms. Melissa K. Bolton

Ms. Simone A. Borisov

Mr. Lawrence A. Brown

Mr. William V. Burke

Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Cherry

Ms. Aileen Chinen

Charles R. Ching and Colleen I. Wong

Ms. Elisa L. Chong, PA-C

Dr. and Mrs. Hingson M. Chun

Mr. Travis Clegg

Mr. Keoki L. Clemente

Mr. and Mrs. David C.

Cumming

Ms. Tracy A. Damitio

Mr. Jeffrey Dinsmore and Ms. Dawn Suyenaga

Mr. and Mrs. S.K. Djou

Dr. Robert L. and Adelaide

M. Kistner Gift Fund

David and Dawn Dunbar

EPIC

Drs. Andrew and Jenifer

Fong

Mr. and Ms. Marvin A. Fong

Harold and Lorenne A. Fujii

Ms. Melanie R. Fujise

Ms. Susan Y. Fujita

Erica M. Garcia, MD

Mr. Paul Greenslade

Ryan T. Hagino, MD

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Heenan

Ms. Tracey L. Hewitt

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace T.

Hirouji

Beth Hoban

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huret

Mr. Seiki R. Ifuku

Mr. and Mrs. Tooru Iwahashi

Ms. Robin R. Johnson

Francis Jusuf

Mrs. Susan E. Kamida

Mr. and Mrs. Brian N. Kawano

Malcolm* and Carol Koga

Ms. Cynthia L. Kunishige

Akemi and Misako Kurokawa

Siuling Kwan, MD

Ms. Carol M. Lee

James Lin, MD

Gerard F. Livaudais, MD

Donald H. Lui, OD

Ms. Lorrie-Ann Y. Luke

Lonna Maile

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Marihart

Marvin and Sandra Fong

Family Foundation

Manfred M. and Jeanette C. Masuda

Matsuura Charitable Fund

Ms. Kristi L. Maynard

Mrs. Tracy J. Methered

John V. Mickey, MD & Enid

Lynn Rayner, MD

A Team Effort

WHEN FLAMES GROW OUT OF CONTROL, WE TRUST HONOLULU’S FIREFIGHTERS TO SAVE LIVES. But once the fire is extinguished, it is up to medical experts to begin the intensive, intricate work of helping burn victims heal.

That is why the Honolulu Firefighters Foundation continues to raise money for Straub Medical Center’s Burn Unit, the only specialized unit of its kind in Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region. In 2022, the foundation donated $75,000, the third such gift since 2014. In many cases, insurance plans do not completely cover the cost of care, so donations from HFF and other community partners are essential to ensuring patients receive the treatment they need.

Recently, funds went to state-of-theart controls that allow the staff to better regulate the temperature and pressure of the sanitized water used for washing burns. The daily treatment helps reduce the risk of infection. Community donations also funded burn blankets and a warming cabinet to help guard against hypothermia, and specialized temperature-regulated burn care beds that redistribute weight to relieve pressure on the skin. Financial gifts also allow the unit’s doctors and staff to learn about the newest burn treatments, as well as provide training to first responders across the state.

Keith Miyashiro

Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. H. Moon

Mrs. Barbara Y. Moriyama

Nina B. Mullally and Peter M. Biggs

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Nagai

Neime Preston Fund at Schwab Charitable

Matthew J. Nims, MD

Susan Nonaka

In Memory of Tsuyako Nonaka

Barbara and Gary North, Jr.

Ms. Kathryn M. Omine

Mr. Matt Pakkala and Mrs. Alana Kobayashi-Pakkala

James H. Penoff, MD

Ms. Laura G. Pladson

Mrs. June S. Reinwald

Mr. Michael J. Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Hiroharu Sawada

Robert W. Schulz, MD

Ms. Gail L. Semans

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Shea

Lisa Shigemura, MD

Jonathan H. Shun, MD

Martha* and Tony Smith

Ms. Jessica E. Sphar

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Stumbaugh

Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Sunahara

Marti Y. Taba, MD

Mr. Raymond J. Tam

Mr. Alvin A. Tanaka

Dr. Terri Tanaka and Cary Tanaka

Nick and Helene Teves

The Clifford and Blanche Hee Trust

The Rebecca W. Carter Trust

The Robbins Burkert Charitable Fund

Mr. Gregg Timmons

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Y. Tokunaga

Ms. Mildred K. Tom

Claire Tong

Mr. David Torres, III

Ms. Jodie L. Toyota

Keiji and Amy Tsuhako

Sid and Carrie Ann Tsutsui

Mr. Michael Turner

Mr. David Underriner

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Vara, Jr.

Mrs. Marion M. Walker

Ms. Jane Y. Watanabe

Mr. and Mrs. Wah Gai Wong

Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Yamada

K. Albert Yazawa, MD

Dr. and Mrs. Eric K. S. Yee

Mr. Ken M. Yonamine

Ms. Mary N. Yoshida, RN Allen and Nobuko* Zecha

$500-$999

Anonymous (3)

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Adaniya

Ms. Erminia M. Aflague

Dr. and Mrs. Cedric K. Akau

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde F. Akita

Mr. Bruce J. Alcaraz, RRT

Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Anbe

Aoyagi and Maruyama Giving Fund

Mr. Gordon A. Aoyagi

Melinda J. Ashton, MD

Ms. Julie A. Aurio

Dr. and Mrs. V. Balaraman

Dr. and Mrs. John F. Balfour

Mrs. Gloria J. Brooks

Ms. Fredrica Cassiday

Dr. David S. Chou

Ms. Rona A. Chung

Mr. James J. Connors

Ms. Elaine J. Copeland

Mr. Richard H. Cox

Mrs. Vicky M. Crowder

Mr. and Mrs. Greg S. Dickhens

Mr. Vernon M. Durante

Edmond & Mildred Ayling

Fund of the Hawaiʻi

Community Foundation

Mr. Brandt G. Farias

Ms. Judith W. C. Felipe

Ms. Sesilia A. Felise

Ms. Octobela A. Gamata

Mrs. Sheri Gleason

Dr. and Mrs. Dale M. Glenn

Arthur and Mary-Ann Golden

Ms. Francine M. Grudzias

Ms. Wendy F. Hamamoto

Ms. Maureen M. Hara

Drs. Gregory and Chari Hart

Ms. Lauren M. Hasha

Mr. Clark G. Hatch

Ms. Karen K. Higuchi

Mr. Vernon Hirata

Mr. Lyle S. Hosoda

Mrs. Carol H. Igarashi

Katsuya A. Iizuka, MD

Ms. Setsumi Imada

Shane Inoue, MD

Mr. Alan S. Ito

Mr. George T. Iwahiro

Mr. Dennis K. Izumi

Ms. Jennifer J. Jones

Mrs. Karen K. Kamimura

Mr. and Mrs. Toshiaki Kimura

Earl A. Kubota, MD

Mr. Robert R. Kuntz, II and Ms. Marrie Y. Schaefer

Michael N. Kurosawa, MD

Mrs. Michiko Kusaka

Mr. Lance T. Kushimi

Yvonne Kwan, MD

A True Passion Project

GAIL MYERS WAS FIERCE: fiercely loyal, fiercely self-reliant and a fierce advocate for friends and family. The Alabama native retained her Southern manners and love of University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide, but poured her passionate nature into community cases in her chosen home of Hawaiʻi.

In 2014, she created the Gail Myers Fund for Vascular Medicine at Straub Medical Center to advance the work of her longtime doctor, HPH Chief of Vascular Surgery

Dr. Elna Masuda, vascular technologist Darcy Kessler and the team she credited with saving her

life twice through surgery. Even after Gail’s death in 2021, her legacy of giving continues. A generous portion of her estate will go toward Straub’s redevelopment plans.

“There was no doubt Gail had a big personality, but she also had a big heart,” said Darcy. “Her gifts, which she gave in honor of her family and her Straub family, will continue to make an impact on patients for decades to come.”

Left to right: Straub vascular technologist Darcy Kessler, the late Gail Myers and Straub vascular surgeon Dr. Elna Masuda in 2014.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry S. H. Lau

Malia-Susanne L. Lee, MD

Mr. Anthony Locascio

Mrs. Paul C.T. Loo

Ms. Emilia Lorenzo

Ms. MaryLou M. Loualhati

Bennett Y. Loui, MD

Naomi and Rachel Lyum

Mr. Todd D. Madden

Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Mato

Ms. Joy R. Matsuyama

Michelle Miyashiro, MD

Glenn Miyataki, PhD

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Moore

Mr. Kevin M. Mullally

Ms. Gail M. Murakami

Ms. Marilynn T. Nakata

Ms. Eleanor M. M. J. Naone

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Y. Nishikawa

Ms. Ayako N. Nishimoto

Mrs. Lorraine T. Noda

Ian J. Okazaki, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Ono

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Y. Oshita

Jared K. Oyama, MD

Ms. Cindy Paguyo

Mr. Robert N. Painter

Mrs. Carlene K. Pang

Mr. Jason M. Pauls

Ms. Monica A. Pierce

Jennifer and Jonathan Ping

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Prentiss

Monica M. Price, MD

Ms. Brittnny B. Pulido

Deborah Putnam, MD

Ms. Rebecca A. Rarama

Mr. and Mrs. Seiichi Sako

Ms. Teresa M. Sarajina

Lois R. Saruwatari, MD

Mr. Richard Scofield

James S. Sheperd, MD

Mr. Scott T. Shiraishi

Dr. and Mrs. Noah M. Solomon

Rev. Virginia Stringer

Mr. Harry Y. Takimoto and Family

Ike D. Tanabe, MD

Mr. Len K. Tanaka

Ms. Mimi Tang-Lieu

Ms. Kathleen K. Thomas

Mrs. Sandra H. Tobita

Mr. Gregory M. B. Tong

Mrs. Kay K. Uesugi

Ms. Linda L. Ughoc

Ms. Floraine F. Van Orden

Margaret B. Vincze

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford

Wakatake

Ms. Alice M.J. Watanabe

Ms. Kristin L. Wauke

Carol and Gaylord Wilcox

Ms. Dianne Winter Brookins

Dr. & Mrs. Sidney B.W. Wong

Mr. and Mrs. Winston K. Q.

Wong

Ms. Karen Y. Yamaoka

Ronald H. Yanagihara, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Craig G. Yim

Ms. Lynn K. Yokooji

Ms. Sandra S. Y. Yoon

Ms. Connie Yoshioka

Geri Q. L. Young, MD and Robert J. Teichman, MD*

Ms. Alison D. Zecha

$250-$499

Anonymous (9)

Mr. Keith H. Abe

Ms. Michelle M. Acdal

Ms. Adelfa D. Acidera

Ms. Rexie K. Adlawan

Ms. Glenda P. Agapay

Ms. Leslie Ann J. Agpaoa

Ms. Joen V. M. Aguinaldo

Mr. Kauhi K. Ahana

Midasy and Rosario O. Aisek

Ms. Diana S. Akamine

Ms. Jodi L. Akau

Kristen M. Akina, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Y. Akita

Ms. Hazel D. Andres

Ms. Samantha N. Andrews

Nathan Angle, MD

Ms. Patricia A. Arakaki

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Asato

Mr. Davyne J. Asato

Mr. Tyler J. Asuncion

Ms. Debralyn A. Baldonado

Ms. Alyssa M. Barnes

Ms. Anita K. Bascar

Mr. and Mrs. Rodelio S. Baysa

Ms. Elizabeth Berry

Craig S. Boddy, MD

Mrs. Kristen K. Bonilla

Mr. Stephen R. Bowman

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Brent

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Brooks

Mr. Brian R. Buchner

Mikiko A. Y. Bunn, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy G. Bush

Ms. Lindlee M. H. Butcher

Ms. Doreen N. Cadavona

Ms. Amy D. Caliboso

Mr. and Mrs. J. Frisbee

Campbell

Johnny and Michelle Cantillo

Ms. Judith G. Caro

Ms. Kaohulani B. Catrett

Ms. Kum Ok Chang

Mr. Sidney C. Char

Vivian Chee

Mr. Bo Min Chen

Janny H. Chen, MD and David C. Cho, MD

Ms. Brianne M. Chinen

Mr. and Mrs. Norman T. S. Chong

Ms. Virgie R. Choy

Ms. Evelyn S. H. Chun

Ms. Marva J. Chun

Steve and Liz Uyehara

Mr. Gary M. Clarke

Ms. Barbara A. Coles

Mr. Francisco A. Conde

Ms. Joan F. Conde

Mr. Kenneth M. Craik

Mr. Rajan R. Crispino

Ms. Jennifer K. Dacumos

Mr. Albert K. Dayag

Ms. Yan X. Ding

Ms. Jacquelyn D. Dizon

Mr. John Dobrosky

Ms. Ashley N. Domanay

Ms. Donna C. Dullaga

Philip H. Dunn, MD

Ms. Jeiko Marie D. Durusan

Mr. and Mrs. Kenton T. Eldridge

Mr. Eric Enjada

Samuel J. Evans, MD

Mrs. Kris A. Fernandez

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Ferrara, Sr.

Charles J. and Audrey S. Ferris

Ms. Sarah E. Fleming

Ms. Gina-Fe G. Foster

Ms. Emily Francis

Ms. Lana C. Frutoz

Rebekah S. Fu, MD

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Fujimoto

Ms. Teruko Fujita

Mr. and Mrs. Ichiro Fukumoto

Ms. Anielyn T. Galanto

Ms. Joann C. T. Galendez

Ms. Andrea Gamata

Ms. Crystal V. Gaoat

Mrs. Nina M. Giovanetti

Dr. and Mrs. Roman W. Glamb

Gloria M Madamba MD, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. T. Goo

Mr. Ellis W. Goto

Ms. France Reina Graves

Ms. Deborah K. Hacker

Mr. Noa S. Halalilo

Mr. Hilton T. Hara

Ms. Erica L. Hawkins

Ms. Florence M. Hayslip

Mr. Jacob C. F. Hee

Ms. Emma L. Henderson

Ms. Rosemary E. Herwig

Mr. Ronald K. Higa

Ms. Tanya N. Higa

Mrs. Tomie Higa

Ms. Emyline M. Hiraki

Mr. Terence K. Ho

Ms. Hye Gyeong Holzman, RN

Mr. Jesselim B. Horne

B. Hoshino

Ms. Sherilynn K. Hubin

Mr. Bruce Huegel

Ms. Savannah T. Idica

Mr. and Mrs. Kei Iinuma

Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred T. Ikemoto

Ms. LaTara R. Inouye

Mr. Ronald K. Ishikawa

Ms. Rindy A. Ito

Ms. Sara S. Iwai

Ms. Kim A. Jones

Ms. Betsy M. Kagawa

Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Kaguni

Dr. and Mrs. Wesley J. Kai

Mr. Glenn Y. Kawabata

Mr. and Mrs. Masayuki Kawahara

Mr. and Mrs. Dean K. Kawano

Ellen K. Kaye and Michael D. Kaye, MD

Ms. Susan R. Kehano

Keiko K. Grant Language

Services

Millicent Khaw, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. S. Kim

Ms. Sarah Kim

Mr. Donald H. King

Mr. Dallas D. Kinlaw

Ms. Shaylynn K. Kiyota

Mr. Gordon J. Knowles

Kryss Y. Kojima, MD

Ms. Kari-Ann K. Koki

Chad & Kim Koyanagi

Dawn Kuriyama, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Rex S. Kuwasaki

Ms. Kathleen C. Kwak

Douglas K. Kwock, MD and Ann M. Kwock

Ms. Erin Lalau

Mr. Adam Landeroz

Ms. Stella W. Y. Laroza

Mr. Lawrence G. K. Lau

Mr. H. Van Lee

Kenneth C. M. Lee, MD and Karen C. Lee

Mark K. C. Lee, MD

Mrs. Michelle I. Leonardi

Mrs. Lenora K. Leu

Ms. Sarah E. Lukela

Ms. Victoria Luna

Mr. Stanley Luke and Ms. Lorraine Lunow-Luke

Ms. Melinda R. Magnayon

Prado

Ms. Catherine R. Maiava

Ms. Manisha Maker

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Malilay

Ms. Janice T. Mao

Mrs. Bernadette A. Markham

Mr. James Y. Marn, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Myles M. Marshman

Ms. Karen K. Masaki

Ms. Pauline Y. Masaki

Ms. Ericka S. Matamua

Mrs. Shirley K. Matsumoto

Mr. Gerald S. Matsunaga

Mr. Wade Matsuura

Ms. Karen K. Mayeda

Mr. Owen McDonough

Ms. Mathilda J. Mcfarland

Mrs. Kuniko K. McGaha

Ms. Lise D. McGrew

Brigitte & David McKale

Ms. Leilani A. Melegrito

Ms. Michelle Meredith

Ms. Sherrie K. Migdol

Mr. Steven J. Migdol

Mr. Geoffrey E. Milford

Mr. Asa C. Mills

Mr. and Mrs. Roy M. Miyamoto

Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Miyamura

Ms. Raina N. Miyoshi

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Moats

Mr. Sterling H. Morikawa

Ms. Jessica W. Moriki

Ms. Betty H. Morioka

Ms. Rayna M. Morris

Ms. Robyn J. Morse

Ms. Jana K. Moses

Mr. Joseph G. Mottershaw

Mr. Herbert T. Murakami

Mrs. Kristene Y. Murakami

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson M. Muraoka

Kimberly K. Naahielua, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Seichi Nagai

Mr. Ralston H. Nagata

Mr. Herbert H. Nakagawa

Ms. Kathleen K. H. Nakagawa

Mr. and Mrs. George Y. Nakahara

Mr. Gary Y. Nakamatsu

Mrs. Karen S. Nakamura

Mr. Roger M. Nakamura

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Y. Nakamura

Ms. Nikki L. Neumann

Ms. Joann F. A. Newman

Ms. Evelyn M. Nihei

Ms. Jessica S. Niles

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Nishida

Ms. Florence K. Nishimoto

Mr. Donn P. T. Ojiri

Ms. Janyce E. Okashige

Ms. Karen T. H. Okuhara

Mr. Glen M. Onato

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry T. Ono

Mr. Michael S. S. Ono

Michael C. O’Shea, DMD

Mr. Masanobu Oshiro

Dr. John Juliano and Ms. Laura T. Ota

Pacific Hearing Care

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew R. Padilla

Ms. Jul Park

Ms. Amber Lauren K. Parrilla

Ms. Ann Lorraine Pascua

Mrs. Josephine M. Pelch

Ms. Lucille J. Pezzulo

Jason Pirga, MD

Ms. Heather M. Postema

Ms. Eva G. Rabusa

Dr. Thomas G. Rawski

Mr. James L. Reyes

Ms. Regina Joyce B. Reyes

Ms. Lucy S. Richmond

Ms. Lisa M. Rivera

Ms. Tumuatasi Rosen

Ms. Jovielyn N. Royal

Ms. Laurie S. Rubie

Mr. Raymond M. Sakai

Ms. Jean D. Sakamoto, RN

Jorge C. Samaniego, MD

Ms. Shirley A. Samonte

Ms. Tina M. Sampaia

Ms. Sherri L. Santos

Mr. William A. Santos

Alberto S. SantosOcampo, MD

Mrs. Bertha K. Sasaki

Jenny M. Satterberg, MD

Mr. Stephen T. Saure

Ms. Shani D. Schlemmer

K.K. Seo

Mr. Chauncey S. Seto

Ms. Dara A. Shelton

Mr. Greg Shimabuku

Mr. Charles D. Kamimura and Ms. Joy B. Y. Shimabuku

Annette A. Shimizu, PhD

Mr. Howell H. Souza, Jr.

State Farm Insurance

Ms. Sharon C. N. Stokka, RN

Mr. Karl T. Suenishi and Ms. Doreen OnoSuenishi

Mr. David W. Sugawa

Glen H. Sugiyama, MD

Mr. Won Sik Suh

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Sumida

Drs. Leslie D. and Delle S. Swindale

Ms. Amanda N. Tajima

Ms. Patti T. Tajima

Mr. Lorrin S. Takamoto

Mr. Roy R. Takamune

Mr. Dean H. Tateyama

Ronnie B. N. Texeira, MD

Ms. Crystal M. Theel

Ms. Jennifer E. Thieme

Mrs. Judith M. Tibayan

Ms. Bernadette M. Tiburcio

Mr. and Mrs. Jett G. Tokita

Ms. Myrna Anne Topolinski

Ms. Sunshine Topping

Ms. Jessica J. Tsukamoto, RN

Robert and Elise Ueoka

Ms. Tara L. Vaughn

Mr. Eloy C. Villalba

Ms. Mary Ann E. Villamil

Ms. Ashley F. Villegas

Dr. Alexander L. Vuving

Ms. Brenda L. Walker

Peter Wang, MD

Ms. Maria M. Warren

Dana T. Watanabe, MD

Ms. Kristy C. Watanabe

Mr. Theodore Watanabe

Mr. Yoshihiko Watanabe

Ms. Kimberly A. Webster

Ms. Myra S. Wekenborg

Ms. Hope C. West

Ms. Brittney M. L. White, RN

Dr. and Mrs. Roger White

Mr. Francis G. Wilson

Ms. Tracy Lynn Wong

Mrs. Valerie Wong

Mr. Kunane R. A. Wooton

Mr. Mathaniel L. Worthy

Mrs. Elizabeth Wright

Mrs. May Y. Yamamoto

Ms. Sheena E. Yamashiro

Mrs. Sheri S. Yanagida

Sai Ling Lau Yang

Mikela Yarawamai, MD

Ms. Amanda B. Yee

Mr. Raymond J.W. Yee

Mr. Andrew S. H. Yi

Mr. Hiromu Yogi

Ms. Kristin E. Yokota

Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Yoshitake

Mr. and Mrs. Maynard G. P. Young

Mr. Gregory E. Zaryske

Charles R. Zerez, MD and Aileen M. K. Yee, MD

Ms. Michelle L. Zippay

Wilcox Health Foundation Donors

$1,000,000 & Above

The William, Jeff & Jennifer Gross Family Foundation

$50,000-$999,999

G.N. Wilcox Trust

$25,000-$49,999

Bank of Hawaiʻi Foundation

Carlos Santana 2011 Trust

D. Suehiro Electric, Inc.

Antone & Edene Vidinha Charitable Trust

$10,000-$24,999

Anonymous (2)

Alexander & Baldwin, LLC

Mr. Danny Errico

Hale Uluwehi Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable

Harrison Family Fund

Dr. and Mrs. Tad Jackson

Kamehameha Schools

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde T. Kodani

Willie and Yori Milo

Pepper Family Fund at Seattle Foundation

Mr. Phillip H. Richmond

Drs. Matthew Ruel and Jennifer White

Dr. New Sang and Mrs. Joanne Lai

Mr. Kent K. Wakumoto

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (2)

Mr. Neil R. Anson

Brook Byers

Mrs. Pamela W. Dohrman

Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Goodale

Mr. and Mrs. Jay A. Hull

Indian River Community Foundation

Mr. Paul C. Loizeaux, Jr.

David and Kellyn Okabe

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Richardson, III

The Golden Miracle Charitable Fund of Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund

Helen* and Jack Wakumoto

Geri Q. L. Young, MD and Robert J. Teichman, MD*

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous Donors (various)

Ms. Mary Jean Abigania

Mrs. Catherine A. Adams

Mrs. Margaret L. Akana

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Albrecht

American Cancer Society

Ms. Nelly A. Bautista

BBCP Kukui'ula Development

Company (Hawaiʻi), LLC

Mr. David Bissell

Marina and Bill Brown

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carlisle

Mr.* and Mrs.* Donn A. Carswell

Ms. Kelley Carswell

Ms. Jen Chahanovich

Ms. Kristiina Chapman

Charles R. Ching and Colleen I. Wong

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Clise

Robert Conrad, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crawford

Cushnie Construction Company, Inc.

Ralph and Laura Cushnie

Dr. and Mrs. W. Montague Downs

David and Dawn Dunbar

Mr. William Eddy

Michael and Stephanie Ellis

EPIC

EPIC Charitable Fund

Ms. Joan G. Evans

Fankhauser Family Fund of the Toledo Community Foundation

Ms. Anne M. Foss Durant

Mrs. Tatsuko Fujimoto

Mrs. Gladys Fujiuchi

Carol A. Fujiyoshi, MD

Mrs. Rowena F. Fukushima

Dr. and Mrs. John T. Funai

Mrs. June Futenma

Dr. Marjorie F. Gifford

Mr. and Mrs. Will J. Gill

Goodale Family Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

Mr. Bro Halff

Mr. Scott G. Hallquist

Mr. and Mrs. Chet Hunt

Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Imparato

Mr. William Irvine

Dr. Christopher A. Jordan and Dr. Elaine Y. Kubota

Mr. Thomas D. King, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. G. Patrick Kuzmer

James Lin, MD

Ms. Robin Lotu

Matson Navigation Company, Inc.

Mrs. Victoria Medeiros

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey F. Miller

Mr. Earl M. Morimoto

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Murakoshi

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad H. Murashige

Dr. and Mrs. Mitsugi M. Nakashima

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Nakea

Ms. Danita Dee Narciso

Susan Nonaka

Bruce and Leiana Robinson

Mr. Michael J. Robinson

John and Christine Sanguinetti

Ms. Catherine A. Sataraka

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Sirois

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Skelton

Mr. and Mrs. David Steinmann

Takenaka Kauaʻi

Healthcare Fund - Kawailoa

Development

The Robbins Burkert Charitable Fund

Mr. Tommy Thompson

Claire Tong

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Vara, Jr.

WE Painting, Inc.

Mr. William Weil

Turi Widsteen

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Williamson

Mr. and Mrs. Zenon K. Wong

Robert Wotring, MD

Ms. Kari Yokota

Roping in $4K for Wilcox Health Foundation

TWO TEENS TURNED THEIR LOVE FOR RODEO INTO A CLASS PROJECT that roped in $4,000 for the Wilcox Health Foundation.

Casera Silva and Ki-yana Kanoho wanted to close out their senior year at Waimea High School with an event that would build their skills as problem-solvers and leaders. They found it by organizing the “Kickin’ Corona Benefit Rodeo.” The two students, who are also rodeo athletes, grabbed the project by the horns and decided all monies raised would go to another shared passion — health care, specifically supporting medical workers who selflessly served throughout the COVID19 pandemic.

“We wanted to do something for the people who have put others’ lives first before their own and give back to these workers

in appreciation for all they’ve done,” Silva said. They initially set out to raise $3,000 but were barreled over by the generous support of their Kaua‘i rodeo community, which included more than 50 participants who saddled up for the benefit rodeo in June 2022.

“We are so happy that we get to donate to such a great cause,” Silva said. “We hope this donation will help express our gratitude to all the dedicated health care workers who do so much, especially over the past two years.”

Next up for the recent high school graduates — pursuing careers in the medical field. Silva, an aspiring MRI technician, is at Central Arizona College studying radiology. Kanoho will be going to college in Washington to become a veterinarian.

Left to right: Wilcox Development Officer Andrew Bestwick, Wilcox President and CEO Jen Chahanovich, Casera Silva, her mom Elise Silva, Wilcox clinic assistant Shanlyn Mission and Joyce Silva.

Getting on Pace

STRESS TESTS CAN BE AT THE HEART OF ASSESSING CARDIAC ISSUES.

Monitoring heart rates, oxygen levels and blood pressure of people exercising on a treadmill is often a first step toward identifying and preventing potential heart problems. Now, thanks to generous gifts, Wilcox Medical Center cardiologists have a more efficient and safer way to help patients stay ahead of cardiac problems.

In 2021, Wilcox was able to replace its older workout machines with technologically advanced Cardiac Assessment System for Exercise Testing (CASE) equipment.

“The old treadmill was worn, noisy and occasionally broke down,” said Wilcox cardiologist Dr. John Funai. That could be a challenge for teams seeing more than 700 patients a year. “Not only is the new machine quiet and efficient, it allows cardiologists to monitor and store the patient's blood pressure and other information remotely. It makes these active stress tests even safer and easier for patients."

The digital connections on the stationary bicycle and two new treadmills also mean it is easier to keep records of patient measurements. In addition, the updated EKG software algorithms offer improved accuracy in measuring patients’ risk of heart disease.

Wilcox is the only facility on Kaua‘i that offers outpatient cardiology testing. With this new medically focused exercise equipment, even more Garden Isle patients can be sure they are on pace for a healthier life.

$500-$999

Anonymous

Dr. Aaron E. Adair

Ms. Angelyn A. Allado-Racca

Clyner Antalan, MD

Melinda J. Ashton, MD

Ms. Lori J. Banach

Ms. Lori Banasihan

Jason G. J. Bechard, MD

Ms. Kathryn M. Bieker

Mrs. Gloria J. Brooks

Mr. Douglas R. Byer

Alyssa Carnegie, MD

Mrs. Regina Carvalho

Dr. Tyler Chihara

Ms. Five Me Chu

Reverend and Mrs. Richard C. Chun

Ms. Marilou Y. Combs

Roy E. Crummer Foundation

Mr. Michael Dahilig

Anne Dempsey, MD

Dr. and Mrs. Arnulfo B. Diaz

Donald and Mary Koss Charitable Fund

Christopher Elliott, MD

Mr. Welerico Estrada, Jr.

Mr. Brandt G. Farias

Tai Wan Gu

Mr. Douglas Guiberson

Mr. Craig A. Harwell

Ms. Lisa P. Hines

Ms. Jennifer Y. Ishikawa

Mr. Alan S. Ito

Janet and Robert Kass Charitable Fund

Ms. Pacita A. Jimenez

Derek Johnson, DO

Mr. Ian K. Jung, Esq.

Mr. and Mrs. Greg Kamm

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Katayama

Mr. Kent K. Kikuchi

Mr. and Mrs. Kelly C. K. Kim, Jr.

Ms. Michelle L. Kubota

Nicholas M. Leonard, MD

Ms. Lorrie-Ann Y. Luke

Mr. Todd D. Madden

Dr. and Mrs. Thatcher

Magoun

Mr. and Mrs. Bert M. Matsuoka

Tad and Caroline Miura

Michelle Miyashiro, MD

Ms. Norie J. Munoz

Jay M Murphy, MD

Mr. Joseph S. Nakamura, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Y. Nishikawa

Ms. Caroline K. Okasako

Ms. Tomoko Ouchi

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Schwichtenberg

Mrs. Madeline TangonanKahananui

Ms. Kathleen K. Thomas

Ms. Serene T. Towner

Ms. Gladys Tsunehiro

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Wiley

Ms. Wendy R. Yamaguchi

Dr. and Mrs. Eric K. S. Yee

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Yee

Karen Yee

$250-$499

Anonymous (3)

Mr. Keith H. Abe

Ms. A. Nancy F. Acorda

Mr. Austin M. Alao

Ms. Ginger L. Allen

Ms. Natalie Andrade

Ms. Stephanie Andrade

Mr. Gregorio L. Andres

Ms. Lovelyn G. Andres

Mei-Ling M. Aranio

Mr. Tyler J. Asuncion

Ms. Michelle Ayau

Mr. Joshua Derylle Badua

Dr. and Mrs. V. Balaraman

Mrs. Rowena I. Baptiste

Ms. Josephine O. Baris

Mr. Michael R. Barroga

Neil Barth, MD

Ms. Catherine M. Bautista

Andy and Angie Bestwick

Ms. Breiene S. K. Binongial

Ms. Kandi L. Bloss

Mrs. Kristen K. Bonilla

Mr. Benjamin Brothers

Ms. Suzan Brydon

Mrs. Kimberly R. Bunao

Ms. Melisse M. Camelo

Johnny and Michelle Cantillo

Ms. Judith G. Caro

Ms. Qing C. Castro

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Chihara

Mr. Arthur A. Chow

Steve and Liz Uyehara

Mr. Gary M. Clarke

Ms. Sue M. Claybourne

Ms. Roxane K. Coller

Commercial Sheetmetal Co., Inc.

Ms. Edna D. Corpuz

Mr. J. C. Crouch

Ms. Jennifer K. Dacumos

Ms. Tracy A. Damitio

Mr. Merton D. Davalos

Mr. Roger S. Decamp

Mr. George A. Dempsey, Jr.

Mrs. Melissa M. Dias

Ms. Prisca A. Domingo

Summer Douban, MD

Mr. Russell Sugai and Ms. Marie L. Duby-Sugai

Mr. Rogelio Duenas

Ms. Michelle L. Emura

Ms. Martha L. Espiritu

Ms. Theresa S. Faust

Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay A. Faye, Jr.

Ms. Lynnett F. Fennell

Ms. Evangeline U. Fernandez

Ms. Nita Ford

Mr. Bredito V. Gonzalez, Jr.

Joy and Randall Goto

Ms. France Reina Graves

Ms. Myrnalene Y. Halog

John and Grace Harlacher

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Y. Hashisaka

Ms. Emma L. Henderson

Mrs. Rachel C. Hermosura

Heidi Hillesland, MD

Ms. Wendy L. Himongala

Ms. Emyline M. Hiraki

Ms. Laura A. Hoo

Heather Hopkins, MD

Mark and Barbara Hubbard

Mr. Bruce Huegel

Ms. Tracie Y. Ibara

Ms. Elizabeth S. Idica

Mr. Nelson Inouye

Mrs. Harriet H. Iseri

Ms. Lori A. Jansen

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan E. Jimenez

Ms. Cheryl D. Jobe

Dr. and Mrs. Allen C. Johnson

Ms. Vicki L. Johnson

Ms. Jennifer J. Jones

Ms. Rosalie V. Juarez

Mr. Alakai Y. KalamaKaneshiro

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kaui

Mr. Nathan Kawakami

Ms. Joann L. Ke

Ms. Andrea A. L. Keao

Mr. and Mrs. Loren Koerte

Ms. Shana L. A. Koga

Keith and Merle Koplan

Mr. and Mrs. Bob S. Kubota

Douglas K. Kwock, MD and Ann M. Kwock

Eugene Lao, MD

Mr. Randall E. Ledford

A Wilcox cardiac team member monitors a patient during a stress test.

Ms. Marie E. Lee

Ms. Gail Lerch

Ms. Sarah E. Lukela

Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Lyman

Ms. Petra R. Makanani

Ms. Jennifer Makaneole

Ms. Muriel Ena C. Malixi

Ms. Bernadine Martins

Mr. Hiroo Masuda

Mr. Gerald S. Matsunaga

Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCutcheon

Mr. Gerald H. McLeod

Ms. Filomena C. Melchor

Ms. Mary J. Miller

Mr. Dalston T. Miyasato

Daniel and Kristi Miyasato

Mr. Rodney C. Mockett

Mr. Ryan J. Moen

Peter and Jennifer Morishige

Ms. Molly Morita

Ms. Yvonne A. Motilla

Ms. Apryle S. Mukai

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson M. Muraoka

Ms. Jayme L. Musielak

Mr. Kevin D. Myrick

Ms. Lohelani M. Nabeshima

Mrs. Karen S. Nakamura

Ms. Therese K. Nakamura

Ms. Valerie R. Nakamura

Ms. Clorinda F. Nakashima

Ms. Janet S. Niitani

Ms. Sandi S. Niitani

Ms. Michelle L. Omura

Ms. Anne M. O'Neill

Ms. Sheri E. Oshiro

Ms. Nalani R. Pa

Mrs. Marie P. Padilla

Ms. Cindy Paguyo

Ms. Britnelyn H. Palacio

Mrs. Rene Parker

Steven Penner, MD

Ms. Kristyn K. M. Peralta

Ms. Tanya P. Peralta-Jardin

Mr. Donald C. Pilker

Ms. Lorri L. Pilkington

Mr. and Mrs. David W. Pratt

Ms. Maria D. C. Quijano

Ms. Divina G. Rapozo

Ms. Natalie RapozoReiland

Ms. Sheilah Rego

Ms. Summer R. Rex

Ms. Diane T. Rodrigues

Ms. Mary G. Roush, RN, CDE

Ms. Karen K. Sakai

Ms. Kelcilyn V. SalesAsuncion

Ms. Nadja S. Saraos

Ms. Donna K. Sasaki

Mr. Gregory A. Schumacher

Ms. Randa A. Schumacher

Mrs. Maribelle D. Semana

Ms. Rosemelda Semana

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Y. Shimokawa

Ms. Deborah S. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Sorenson

Ms. Blanche Stockle

Mrs. Sue Sugai

Mr. Russell S. Sugano

Mr. Donald Sunada

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle M. Tabata

Ms. Mary C. Taiariol

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Takaezu

Ms. Lee Y. Takekuma

Reid H. Tamanaha, MD

Dr. Eugene F. Tareshawty, Jr.

Ms. Dawn Taroc-Silva

Ms. Flordeliza C. Tarriga

Mr. Dean H. Tateyama

Mr. Michael E. Taylor

Mr. Dayn K. Teraoka

Ms. Helen K. Teraoka

Ms. Jennifer E. Thieme

Mrs. Adele M. Tone

Ms. Sunshine Topping

Robert and Elise Ueoka

Ms. Kayla M. Uptmor

Calvin and Jolynne Uyesono

Ms. Mona L. Villatora

Ms. Alice Joy G. Visitacion

Ms. Roberta Weil

Dr. Linda J. Weiner

Ms. Lisa L. Wheelock

Mrs. Valerie A. Winchester

Ms. Janette G. Wolff

Ms. Leslie A. Womack

Mrs. Elizabeth Wright

Ms. Reanne Yama

Mr. David M. Yamaguchi

Mr. Grant M. Yamamoto

Mr. James T. Yamamoto

Ms. Roxanne A. Yamase

Ms. Monina M. Yamashita

Ms. Sandra L. Yoshioka

Ms. Alison D. Zecha

In-Kind Donors to the Foundations of Hawai‘i Pacific Health

$100,000 & Above

iHeart Media + Entertainment Hawaii

$25,000-$99,999

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency

$10,000-$24,999

Danya's Gift

Healthcare Association of Hawaii

Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Mr. Norman Kani

$5,000-$9,999

Coco Moon, LLC

DateSnap Tours Hawaii, Inc.

Four Seasons Resort - Maui at Wailea

Healthy Mothers Healthy

Babies Coalition of Hawaii

Rotary Club of Pearlridge

Stacey Leong Design LLC

$1,000-$4,999

Aloha Petroleum, Ltd.

Ms. Cindy Becker

Ms. Kelli Braun

Ms. Jackie Fernando

Four Seasons Resort Oahu at Ko Olina

Hawaiian Airlines

Mrs. Emalia P. Hogan

IBEW Local 1186

JC Ahn & Co

Jessie Rees Foundation

KaiHonua Entertainment

KKDLY, LLC

Maui Police Department

Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection

Na Maka O Pu'uwai Aloha

Paradise Monarchs, LLC

Pearlside Church

Ms. Kathy Perkins

PowerA

Reyn Spooner

Rider Levett Bucknall, Ltd.

Sakura System/Music of Kauai

Sweet Sweet Honey Hawaii

Ms. Kori Takaki

The Kahala Hotel & Resort

The Society of the Friends of St. Patrick

Velocity Honolulu

Ms. Kellie Watson

Aloha Inspire Readers,

Writing this magazine is always a joyful journey for us. Meeting patients touched by care, talking with donors who were moved to give by our supportive staff and services, and witnessing community members doing all they can to fundraise for our medical centers allows us to connect to the deeper purpose of philanthropy. People genuinely want to help.

It is through quality health care and true compassion for our community‘s needs that Hawai‘i Pacific Health (HPH) is creating a healthier Hawai‘i. We feel so fortunate to be able to document these moments in Inspire magazine, ranging from miracle babies to seniors with lifesaving second chances.

Contact us at Foundations@HawaiiPacificHealth.org. These stories inspire us because our biggest inspiration is you. 55

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