​The trustees held the First Annual Grant Recipient Reception at Westin Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Villas. The evening was attended by various Maui non-profit organizations including Maui United Way and Maui Humane Society. 

​Directors of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust presented a $10,000 check donation to Kihei Charter School.  The donation will assist the school with their mission of conceptualize, organize, and build innovative learning environments with custom designed educational programs that will prepare students for a satisfying and productive life in the 21st Century.

Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, Trustee Angela Nolan and Executive Director Melissa Pavlicek presented a $5,000 check to the Easter Seals Hawaiʻi to support Adult Program on Maui. Easterseals is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. For more than 100 years, they have worked tirelessly with partners to enhance quality of life and expand local access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities.

Directors of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust delivered a $40,000 check to the Maui College. The funding will be used to purchase a peristaltic pump for filtering seawater; a laboratory furnace for combustion of bottles; general laboratory supplies for operations and analysis of nutrients, ​biological oxygen demand, E.coli and total suspended solids; and will also fund a student internship in the lab.

Directors of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust delivered a $10,000 check to Ka Hale A Ke Ola. ​KHAKO is a comprehensive resource center that provides emergency and transitional shelter, adult education and training, counseling, a primary care medical clinic and facilities for child care. KHAKO is dedicated to serving the needs of the homeless and hungry on Maui by providing emergency food and housing, voicing their concerns, and empowering participants to take responsibility for their own lives, and to call on the community to assist in these actions.

Trustee Angela Nolan delivered a $2,500 check to First Tee.  First Tee is a 501 nonprofit organization that teaches children life skills through purposed golf lessons. ​By integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, First Tee attempts to build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience in participating children.

​Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, delivered a $5,000 check to the Paia Youth Council. The council non-profit youth center features a wide range of educational, vocational & recreational activities. ​This purpose has evolved from offering programs and activities to putting a face and a voice on our youth and assisting them in being an important and integral part of the community.

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners, delivered a $5,000 check to Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. The donation will enable them to continue honoring our veterans. ​The NVMC ignites human potential by inspiring people to find the hero in themselves through the legacy of the Nisei Veterans. 

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners, delivered a $10,000 check to Maui United Way. The donation will enable them to continue providing services to the community. ​Maui United Way has stayed vital to our community since 1945 for good reason: we know how to put the right people together with the right resources to make the right things happen. We are working to address Maui’s most vital needs through the impact areas of Education, Income (sustainability) and Health. Our goal is to bring people, organizations and our community together around a common cause, a common vision, and a common path forward.

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners, delivered a $10,000 check to Pu'u Kukui Watershed Preserve. ​Pu’u Kukui Watershed Preserve is the largest private nature preserve in the state of Hawaiʻi. Extending across more than 9,000 acres from ma uka to ma kai of Mauna Kahālāwai on Maui's West side, it is home to some of the rarest endangered flora and fauna in the islands. This pristine area is a vital water source for Mauiʻs community and one of the wettest spots on earth. Most recently, under new management, the ancestral wisdom of Hawaiʻian elders has been laid as the foundation for conservation efforts in the preserve; providing a culturally sensitive and informed approach to managing the thriving native ecosystem of Puʻu Kukui. Conservation endeavors include non-native invasive species control, weed control, monitoring, research and most importantly protecting rare species.

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners, delivered a $10,000 check to Maui Humane Society to enable them to continue providing care to our four-legged friends. The KORCT's mission is to communicate and demonstrate Ho'okipa and Malama for our community by supporting local charitable needs. 

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners,  delivered a $10,000 check to Feed My Sheep to enable them to continue to provide nutritious food to the community. The KORCT's mission is to communicate and demonstrate Ho'okipa and Malama for our community by supporting local charitable needs. 

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners, delivered a $25,000 check to Maui College to continue their research and education and the development of the next generation of leaders for Hawaiʻi and beyond.. The KORCT's mission is to communicate and demonstrate Ho'okipa and Malama for our community by supporting local charitable needs. 

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners, delivered a $15,000 check to Ka Hale A Ke Ola to support their housing-focused programs and services. The KORCT's mission is to communicate and demonstrate Ho'okipa and Malama for our community by supporting local charitable needs. 

Trustee Angela Nolan, Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation and Vic and Candy Henry, Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort property owners, delivered a $10,000 check to the Pu’u Kukui Watershed Preserve. Pu’u Kukui Watershed Preserve is the largest private nature preserve in the state of Hawaiʻi. The KORCT's mission is to communicate and demonstrate Ho'okipa and Malama for our community by supporting local charitable needs. 

Trustee Angela Nolan, and Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, delivered a $10,000 check to Ms. Diane Peters-Nguyen, Regional Chief Executive Officer of American Red Cross. The American Red Cross Honolulu Hawaiʻi Chapter is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides disaster relief and helps people during disasters. 

Trustees Angela Nolan and Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, delivered a $5,000 check to Ms. Shari W. Chang, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character — girls who will make the world a better place. 

Trustees and Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, delivered a $25,000 check to Maui Food Bank. The Maui Food Bank is the community's primary safety net for providing hunger relief to those in need, and ensure that no one in Maui County will go hungry. The Maui Food Bank's mission to collect and distribute food through community partnerships with organizations and agencies that rely on them to help improve the quality of life in our island 'ohana. They fulfill their mission with compassion, integrity and aloha.  

Trustees and Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, delivered a $10,000 check to Boys & Girls Club of Maui. Boys and Girls Clubs of Maui is a second home for Maui’s keiki. During those critical hours when school is out but parents / guardians are working, BGCM Clubhouses provide safe, positive environments where youth can come and feel empowered. Free transportation from schools to the Clubhouse is provided. More than a daycare or a study hall, Boys and Girls Clubs of Maui is a place of 100% respect, where kids rule and great futures start.

Trustees and Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, delivered a $15,000 check to Pacific Whale Foundation. The PWF is a non-governmental organization founded in 1980 and based in Maui, Hawaiʻi that conducts whale research and educates the public in effort to save vulnerable species of whales from extinction. Their mission is to protect the ocean through science and advocacy, and to inspire environmental stewardship. They are governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and their work is funded through fundraising activities, memberships and donations from supporters worldwide. 

Trustee Angela Nolan and Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Foundation, delivered a check to  American Red Cross. The Maui Red Cross provides disaster response to those affected by disasters in Maui County and shares critical preparedness information to the community so that people can prepared before a disaster strikes. All disaster response and disaster training are provided at no charge. 

​​Trustee Angela Nolan, and Ryan Nobriga, on behalf of the Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust, delivered a $5,000 check to Ms. Shari W. Chang, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi. Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who will make the world a better place. ​

Maui United Way works to address Maui’s most vital needs through the impact areas of Education, Income (sustainability) and Health. Its goal is to bring people, organizations and our community together around a common cause, a common vision, and a common path forward.