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By The Way... As a result of the current world military
situation, the Girl Scouts of Hawaii decided to repeat last
year’s successful cookie campaign, “Operation Girl Scout Cookies.”
The 2003 operation resulting in the sending of more than 4,000 boxes of
Girl Scout cookies to our military troops overseas. The public may
purchase cookies for our Hawaii troops based overseas (or for yourself) at
any cookie sale booth or they can call the Girl Scout Council of Hawaii at
595-8400 to find the nearest cookie booth location. The cookie sale
continues through February 9, 2004. • • • Ogilvy & Mather Hawaii, Inc. has
promoted Holly Kaneko (l) to Director of Creative Services and Holly Imai
(r) to Account Executive. Kaneko will be responsible for interactive and
presentation technical support, print production administrative
management, vendor resources and relations, and coordination of the
agency’s internal systems. Imai will manage the day-to-day activities
and external programs and promotions for several agency • • • The Cheesecake Factory’s Very Grand
Opening benefit generated more than $30,000 for the Friends of the Cancer
Research Center of Hawaii and the Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation.
The benefit, held in December 2003, was to celebrate the opening of the
new restaurant at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. The Friends of the
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii works to prevent and reduce
cancer–related death and suffering by promoting community support of
cancer research and education focused on the opportunities unique to
Hawaii. The Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation assists, supports and
advocates the needs of patients, families and long-term survivors of
childhood cancer by providing state-of-the-art health care. The Foundation
is dedicated to children who are battling cancer, to those who have
survived, and those who survive in our hearts. • • • The Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education has
received $20,000 from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
for Fiscal Year 2004. Hawaii was one of only 11 state arts alliances that
received the full amount of funding allowed. The grant will be used for
general operation support. • • • Castle & Cooke
Homes Hawaii, Inc. has named
Kenneth A. Ching as the Realtor of the Month. The award honors Ching for
his accomplishments as top home sales
agent during the month of December 2003. Ching joined Castle & Cooke
Homes Hawaii, Inc. in 1989 as a real estate agent and has more than
20 years of real estate
experience. He also is broker-in-charge for the company. • • • Are you interested in a New Year’s
resolution that will really make a difference? Resolve to help a child
read. The Jefferson School in Waikiki needs dedicated volunteers to assist
Vista volunteers with children in grades K-3 who are having difficulty in
reading. Training is available and guaranteed user-friendly. Tutoring
sessions are only 45 minutes but they will make a life- changing
difference for the kids. If you can spare 2 hours per week, please call
Toni at 971-6935. • • • Sheldon Kubota, manager of the Jack in the
Box restaurant at 45-960 Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe, was recently named
to the Jack in the Box Circle of Excellence for consistently maintaining
high levels of food quality and safety, speed of service, friendliness and
cleanliness. • • • Veteran realtor
Sachiyo “Sachi” Braden recently opened Sachi Hawaii
Pacific Century Properties, which will focus on the newly developing
Kakaako luxury condominium. Braden’s
new company will specialize in the national and
international Asian market and provide bilingual service to her
clients. • • • The Honolulu
Filipino Junior Chamber of Commerce, (HFJCC), a group of young indivi-duals
dedicated to serving Hawaii’s community with cultural pride and
heritage, is proud to announce “History in the Making,” as the chapter
mission theme in 2004. The theme recognizes the valuable resource the
organization provides for the community not only through its projects, but
also through breeding leadership that currently, and in the future, will
carry Hawaii’s community. • • • The National Association of Home Builders’ Institute of Residential Marketing has just announced the designation of Cicely “Cis” George as a Certified New Home Marketing Professional (CMP). George’s designation as a CMP is based on her sales and marketing experience in the home building industry. Additionally, extensive education is required for the designation. George has been in the new-home sales and marketing field for 10 years and is presently sales manager at Leolani in Hawaii Kai for Schuler Homes, a D.R. Horton Company. |
