SCHULER GROUP GIVES $550,000

The Schuler Family Foundation will donate more than half a million dollars to three Windward O'ahu organizations: $200,000 to the Windward Clubhouse of the Boys and Girls Club, $100,000 to Castle Medical Center and $250,000 to Le Jardin Academy.

FUND ASSISTS WOMEN'S PROJECTS

Women's Fund of Hawai'i, the only grant-making entity dedicated to supporting organizations that help women and girls of Hawai'i become safe, financially secure and empowered, has awarded these grants: $5,000 to Moloka'i General Hospital's Rural Health Clinic, for the Lana'i Women's Center; $5,000 to Ka Hale Ola Makamae, for an HIV education program for Native Hawaiian girls; $4,176 to Kualoa-He'eia Ecumenical Youth Project, for a self-improvement program for teenage girls; $3,762 to Legal Services for Children, for the Wai'anae Women's Book Bank for Higher Education; $2,200 to Women of Wai'anae, for a workshop series to encourage women currently in or considering school; $1,000 for Hamakua Health Center Inc., for Ladies Night Out, a program for women who cared for the community after the closing of Hamakua Sugar Co. in 1993.

STATE AID HELPS KALUANUI EFFORT

Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center of Maui received a $500,000 state grant-in-aid to purchase Kaluanui and 14 additional acres. In 2005, the center was challenged to raise $5.5 million for the property. The center had called the upcountry Maui site home for 30 years through support from Maui Land & Pineapple Co. The grant was obtained with support from the Maui state legislative team and Gov. Linda Lingle, allowing the property to be secured as a public trust in perpetuity, center officials said. The balance was obtained through community support.