• Hale ‘Opio Kaua‘i says ‘Mahalo nui loa’ • HTA selects SearchWide to help find new HTA president, CEO • Lockheed Martin helps raise over $2,300 for Toys for Tots • KIUC and Pacific West Energy LLC to Enter Into Agreement
• Hale ‘Opio Kaua‘i says ‘Mahalo nui loa’
• HTA selects SearchWide to help find new HTA president, CEO
• Lockheed Martin helps raise over $2,300 for Toys for Tots
• KIUC and Pacific West Energy LLC to Enter Into Agreement
Hale ‘Opio Kaua‘i says ‘Mahalo nui loa’
Hale ‘Opio Kaua’i, Inc. is very proud to announce that the Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation recently awarded a $30,715 grant to help support our School Liaison Program, which provides services for our youth at both Kapa`a and Lihu`e middle and high school campuses.
Hale ‘Opio is a non-profit organization whose mission is “Embracing Children and Youth Entrusted to Our Care”, and has been providing community-based programs for education, prevention, diversion, and treatment for children and youth, ages 0-20 years.
Our School Liaison program provides support to the youth in our residential program while they are on the middle and high school campuses of Kaua`i. Staff also assists school personnel to resolve issues or problems that may arise when dealing with Hale `Opio youth, and to model self-advocacy. School Liaisons work to help our youth learn strategies to handle situations with other youth and adults using logic and thinking to help them focus on potential consequences of their actions and what outcomes the youth may want to accomplish.
For more information, please visit www.haleopio.org or call (808) 245-2873 x223.
HTA selects SearchWide to help find new HTA president, CEO
The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s (HTA) Search Investigative Committee announced that it has selected SearchWide LLC to assist its efforts to make a recommendation to the HTA board of directors for the appointment of an executive director, who is also conferred the title as President & Chief Executive Officer.
Effective with their contract start date, SearchWide will begin the process which will include a detailed needs assessment and proactively recruiting prospective applicants. The process will include reviewing resumes, screening prospective candidates, conducting interviews, performing reference and background checks, and finally, presenting potential candidates to the Search Investigative Committee for its initial consideration and subsequent recommendation to the HTA board of directors for approval.
Individuals interested in applying for the Executive Director’s position should contact Jim Carra, SearchWide, at info@searchwide.com.
Lockheed Martin helps raise over $2,300 for Toys for Tots
Employees of Lockheed Martin’s organized and participated in a Toys for Tots benefit raffle, silent auction and holiday dinner at Keoki’s Paradise Restaurant in Poipu, Kaua’i, HI, to benefit needy children.
A total of $2,346 in donations was raised for Toys for Tots with support from employees from Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and the PMRF team. All donations will stay in Kaua’i and benefit needy children in the area.
Prizes for the raffle and silent auction were provided by local businesses including Aunty Lilikoi, The Beach House Restaurant, The Bull Shed, Captain Andy’s Sailing, The Grand Hyatt Resort and Spa, Hanalei Bay Resort, Kauai Coffee Company, Kauai Sea Tours, Kayak Wailua, Lawai Beach Resort, Na Pali Explorer, Roy’s Poipu Bar and Grill, Sheraton Kauai Resort, and Smith’s Tropical Paradise. Lawai Beach Resort provided the grand prize, a $600 value complimentary 2-night stay at their resort, which was won by Tom Daly of Waimea.
For additional information, please visit: http://www.lockheedmartin.com
KIUC and Pacific West Energy LLC to Enter Into Agreement
Kaua`i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) Board of Directors agreed in their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday to enter into a collaborative agreement with Pacific West Energy, LLC (PacWest) to achieve established and necessary renewable energy goals and greenhouse gas reductions.
PacWest plans to develop an approximately 20-Megawatt Biomass–to–Energy Project on Kaua’i to provide electrical capacity and energy to KIUC.
The agreement is a good faith effort between both parties to negotiate and enter into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the project on terms mutually acceptable to PacWest and the Co-op. This innovative agreement helps pave the way for KIUC to build on their current renewable energy needs to help them meet the strategic plan goal of becoming more than 50 percent renewable within the next 15 years. The strategic plan allows them to meet the goal of transforming Hawai’i’s energy portfolio into a renewable energy mix in support of the Hawai`i Clean Energy Initiative’s commitment to moving away from reliance on fossil fuels.
