The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii's Public Health Fund committee is accepting grant applications from nonprofit groups working on public health-related activities.

Grants are given for projects involving public health education and research that are not eligible for other funding. Preference will be given to collaborative efforts.

Grants have been given for programs that encourage healthy lifestyles; help the homeless, hungry and disabled; or provide AIDS education and research, disease prevention or diagnosis.

The deadline for applications is June 15. Call 545-4300 or e-mail phf@cochawaii.org.

TEEN ARRESTED IN THEFT OF $1 BILL

A 16-year-old boy was arrested early yesterday morning after allegedly breaking into a 13-year-old girl's home and stealing a $1 bill from her wallet.

Police responded to a call from a 49-year-old woman, who said the boy had broken in while she and the girl were asleep. The boy went into the girl's bedroom and took from her wallet a dollar bill folded into a heart. He locked himself in a bathroom after the woman woke up and called the police.

Police convinced the boy to give himself up and arrested him for burglary after finding the heart-shaped bill in his possession.

HALAU KU MANA HOLDS FUNDRAISER

Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School will present a theatrical twist on its annual Ho'ike, and the public is invited to the fundraiser at noon June 10 at Kaimuki High School auditorium.

"Ke One 'o Kakuhihewa" showcases the children re-enacting popular and not-so-well-known mo'olelo, or stories, of O'ahu, underscoring traditional Hawaiian values and morals.

Tickets are $10 presale and $15 at the door. Call 988-8995 for tickets or stop by the school's office at 3737 Manoa Road.

SCHOOL NEEDS YOUR BOTTLES, CANS

Kailua High School's Project Graduation 2007 will have a HI-5 can and bottle fundraising drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the school's parking lot.

Proceeds will go toward the school's 2007 Project Graduation, an all-night party that provides students with a safe, drug- and alcohol-free graduation celebration.

Additional recycling drives are scheduled June 10 and July 8. Call 261-1361 or e-mail kailua2007@hotmail.com.

PROFESSOR EARNS FULBRIGHT AWARD

Danielle Conway-Jones, professor of law and director of the Hawai'i Procurement Institute at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's William S. Richardson School of Law, has been awarded the 2006-07 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to lecture and conduct research at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.

She will teach U.S. intellectual property law in the graduate law program at La Trobe and conduct research on recognition and protection of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge, genetic resources and cultural heritage.