Hope, Help and Healing Kaua‘i has an opportunity to win one of six Toyota vehicles, which will be given away July 30 as part of the Toyota’s 2012 100 Cars for Good program. Tina Albao of HHHK said the nonprofit
Hope, Help and Healing Kaua‘i has an opportunity to win one of six Toyota vehicles, which will be given away July 30 as part of the Toyota’s 2012 100 Cars for Good program.
Tina Albao of HHHK said the nonprofit organization was selected as one of 500 finalists in the program from more than 4,000 applications nationwide.
“Everyone at HHHK is thrilled to have been selected as a finalist for the 2012 100 Cars for Good program,” said Malia Tokioka, HHHK executive director. “We’re grateful for this incredible opportunity to showcase our dedication to the community and goal of adding services to ensure smooth transitions from incarceration back into our communities and hopefully win a car to help us increase our impact on Kaua‘i.”
Voters are encouraged to visit www.100carsforgood.com on July 30 and vote for HHHK from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
“A new vehicle would really be a game-changer for our ability to transport our clients and navigate them to services needed for rehabilitation,” Tokioka said.
Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program is the first initiative to directly engage the public in determining how Toyota’s philanthropic donations are awarded.
Under the program, Toyota will be giving 100 vehicles to 100 nonprofit organizations over the course of 100 days, which started May 14.
Individual members of the public will be able to vote for whichever nonprofit they think can do the most good with a new vehicle, and the nonprofit with the most votes at the end of each day will win one of six Toyota models. Runners-up in the voting will each receive a $1,000 cash grant from Toyota.
“At Toyota, we appreciate what a significant impact a new car can have for nonprofits, nationwide,” said Michael Rouse, vice president of philanthropy for Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. “Toyota has donated more than half a billion dollars to nonprofits across the United States over the past 20 years, and 100 Cars for Good allows us to expand that commitment to local communities in important new ways. The 500 finalists are an extraordinary group and we look forward to the public learning more about them.”
Local residents are encouraged to support HHHK and its quest for a new Toyota Sienna, Albao said.
“If HHHK receives the most votes and is awarded the vehicle, it will be used to pick up clients at transitional sites and at the Kaua‘i Community Correctional Center and take to group therapy and assist in building a self-sustaining, recovery farm where further family reunification and job skills training will begin,” she said.
HHHK is a faith-based nonprofit organization started in 2005, which houses women from KCCC who were either incarcerated or homeless due to drug and/or alcohol addiction.
Following seven years of providing outpatient therapy, transitional housing and assessment services, HHHK will seek to expand recovery options by building a recovery farm where clients can recover, work and learn to cultivate a life of health and happiness.
Visit www.hhhk.org for more information on Hope, Help and Healing Kaua‘i. Visit www.100carsforgood.com for more information on the Toyota 100 Cars for Good program.
