Alex2007a n der & Baldwin Foundation Review of Giving The Faces of Change Sparked by societal and cultural concerns and enabled by passionate and forward-thinking leaders, theA&B Foundation’s grantees brought about life-changing experiences in 2007 that brokebarrierstolanguage,raisedthebaroneducational expectations,turneddreamstorealityandforgedpathsto healthier environments and lifestyles. Alexander & Baldwin Foundation Review of Giving 2007

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRS Aloha, Change Change is never easy—but nothing worth fighting for ever Matching Gifts Program motivated our employees and retirees has been. Each year, we are struck by the spirit, tenacity and to contribute to their favorite community charities; they gave goodwill of our grant recipients who work selflessly to make generouslyoutoftheirownpockets—atotalof$100,000, a difference. Some are individuals who stand out as heroes, whichtriggeredanequalamountfromtheFoundation. going beyond action, dedication, and service to tip the scales of change. Others involve communities of people who galvanize We applaud the accomplishments of our grantees in the their dreams and resources toward a common belief that past year. Sparked by societal and cultural concerns and lives truly can be changed—simply and in lasting ways. enabled by passionate and forward-thinking leaders, they responded by breaking barriers to language, raising the In 2007, the Foundation’s $2.2 million in charitable support bar on educational expectations, turning dreams into reality, helped to bring education and literacy into the homes of and forging paths to a healthier environment.Their efforts made those who need it most, to transform a community health thedifferencebetweenadyinglanguageorrevitalizedculture, facility into a comprehensive healthcare center, to redirect unfulfilled potential or promising future, ecological decline or restless youth on a path to college, to enrich the lives of lasting protection against invasive species, and a medical long-termcareresidentsandtosaverare,indigenousplants clinic or healthy lifestyle center. and animals in Kauai’s spectacular Wainiha Valley. The pages that follow highlight the contributions of the A&B The majority of the Foundation’s giving—$1.8 million— Foundation and its partners in the form of eight stories, each went to Hawaii charities that serve a broad range of community about life-changing experiences. needsinHawaiiandthePacificIslands,withanadditional $400,000 serving Mainland charities. In addition, the A&B Weneedn’ttellyoumore—theirfaceswilltellthestory.

Meredith J. Ching Allen Doane James S. Andrasick Chair, Hawaii Committee Hawaii Committee Chair, Mainland Committee The Faces of Change

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of Readiness:

One fall day in 2006, two eleven year old girls were doing what most Marshallese children do: hanging out in the neighborhood. Invited to visit the Youth-to-Youth library, they soon turned enthusiastic over its new possibilities. Unfortunately, each lacked a library necessity: neither could read nor write.

Whatmighthavebeenadauntingexperiencebecameatest Out of the 54 children registered in 2007, twenty one of these of character and, ultimately, a barrier-breaking achievement youngsters, ages 5-16 years old, had never been to school, for Kiolani and Elfreeda. Alfred says.

They enrolled in theYouth SMART,a program funded in part Since startingYouth SMART, Kiolani and Elfreeda’s academic by the A&B Foundation that teaches school-aged Marshallese accomplishments have skyrocketed. Within six months, they children basic literacy and numeracy while building self- started tutoring younger students in reading, writing and confidence and discipline. Under the guidance of their Peer basic arithmetic. In August 2007, they passed the entrance EducatorTrainers, the girls engaged in rigorous lessons in read- testtoDelapPublicElementarySchoolandwereplacedin ing, writing, math, Marshallese culture and the English language. the 4th grade.Youth SMART paid for their registration fees and purchased uniforms and school supplies. “Inadditiontothefundamentalacademicsubjects,Youth SMART incorporates into its curriculum character building Today,attendingschoolforfive-tosix-hoursadayislegitimate and topics pertaining to spiritual and physical health,” said Julia proof of Kiolani and Elfreeda’s commitment to education Alfred, director ofYouth-to-Youth-in Health, an organization and love of learning. that oversees Youth SMART. “Despite the many hardships that families of Youth SMART face, the children seldom “ItistrulyrewardingtoseehowYouthSMARThaschangedtheir miss a day of school and come to school bright-eyed, ready lives,” added Alfred. “We hope they continue their schooling for another great day of learning.” andbethebesttheycanbeinwhatevertheychoosetodo.”

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Youth SMART PROGRAM

Marshallese children proudly display their worksheets showing basic literacy and numeric skills learned in the Youth SMART program, funded in part by the A&B Foundation.

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AKeiki’s Dream:

Kaiser Permanente cardiologist Dr. Dennis Rowe uses a model to explain a heart procedure to Moana. Matt Thayer photo. Courtesy of The Maui News.

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Dreams into Reality

On a typical day, 16-year-old Matamoana “Moana” Kaauwai spends her day being homeschooled so that she can care for her mother who is battling breast cancer as she recovers from open heart surgery. Besides studying, Moana does the laundry, cooks the family meals and cares for her seven-year-old sister. She also dreams of someday becoming a doctor.

With the help ofA Keiki’s Dream, Moana got a first glimpse “Most 16-year-old girls wish for shopping sprees at the of what her dream may look like. In December, she spent a mall, or a day at a spa or the beach, added Gill. “Moana’s dayatMauiMemorialHospitalshadowingtwodoctorsas wish was more career-oriented.” they visited patients during hospital rounds and performed surgical procedures. TheMauiteen’sdaywiththephysicianswasmadepossible by Dr. Dennis Rowe. He believes that Moana will indeed “I want to help people, and am even more inspired to follow someday realize her dream. “She’s obviously bright and my dream after my wonderful experience at the hospital,” asked all the right questions,” he recalled, adding that she said Moana. “They do a good job here, and the people are “clearly has a connection with the people.” very dedicated to what they do.” After earning her general educational diploma last May, Moana’s wish was unique, said Darby Gill, founder of A Keiki’s MoananowattendsMauiCommunityCollegeandhopesto Dream a program of the Fun Day Foundation, whose mission transfer to an Adventist College in Virginia, then go on to is to help children facing crises. With the help of donations medical school. andassistancefrombusinesseslikeA&B,individualsand other non-profit agencies, they do just that. Althoughshefacesfinancialburdens,Moanahasfaiththat shewillbecomeadoctor.“Ifit’smeanttobe,Godwillprovide awaytomakeithappen,”shesaid.

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International Trade Education Programs: Futures

Jose Bonilla stood on the ten-story high bridge of the enormousMatsonship,bracedhishandsonthesafety rails and followed the giant crane carrying a 50,000- pound container swooping at eye level before him.

As students of the Maritime, Agriculture, Tourism, Cuisine and Hospitality (MATCH) program at Banning High School, Jose and his eleventh grade classmates had studied the movement of refrigerated food products and the many associatedjobs.Buthewassurprisedtodiscoverthatthese jobs exist in the Long Beach Harbor, within a few miles of hishome.“Whatdoesittaketobehiredasacargohandler?” Jose asked after the tour. It was just the kind of question During a special Matson vessel tour aimed at introducing young people to that Carol Rowen, CEO of International Trade Education careers in international trade, Banning High School students gather in the bridge, the captain’s primary work area, to learn how the ship is operated. Programs (ITEP), wants to hear.

“ITEP’s four specialized academies, one of which is MATCH, to information technology and delivery—require, at a minimum, serveaseducationalbridgesconnectingstudentstothewide a high school diploma. In many cases, these kids have no worldofglobaltradeandthemanyexcitingcareerstheywill adultrolemodelsorexamplestoexposethemtothevarious find there,” explains Rowan. “These career academies help opportunities that are virtually in their backyard.” meet the needs of an expanding business sector while providing exceptional opportunity for economically underserved students.” Students from ITEP’s four academies make up 50 percent of Banning’sgraduates,saysRowan,whoaddsthattheperform- Thehalf-dayMatsonvesseltour—ahighlightoftheMATCH ance of the MATCH Academy students could increase the Academy training—includes a visit to the engine room, the numberofgraduatesincomingyears. heartoftheship,wherestudentsobservehowgenerators provideenergytodrivetheship.Awalkintoaheavilyinsulated Jose hadn’t considered education beyond Banning High School, reefer, shuttered with bright metal, shows students how but after his visit to the harbor, that’s all changed now. Matson ensures the freshness of perishables as it meets required delivery times. “While on the Matson tour, I remember listening to what a mansaidaboutallofthethingsthatcangowrongwhen “We teach them about Matson’s part in the supply chain people work at the harbor,” he recalled. “He said that you and how we fit into the school’s ‘Field to Table’ studies,” need an education to be a good supervisor. That got me saidTom Good, director of sales and marketing for Matson thinking about the importance of continuing my education, Navigation Company’s Southwest region. “We teach the value sothatIcanhelpotherpeople.IknownowthatIwantto ofeducationandhowthejobs—fromsalesandoperations go to college, for sure.”

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Middle school student Joshua M. works with his science teacher John Chock, an employee of Teach for America, the national service corps of promising future leaders who commit two years to teach in the highest-need urban and rural schools. The A&B Foundation is a major supporter of its Hawaii programs.

Teach for America: Changing Expectations

The power of high expectations is never more apparent an extremely misunderstood student, and teachers had than when expectations are, at first, very low. lowered their expectations of him. It became my personal mission to raise the bar for him again.” Maka was the smallest boy in the seventh grade, with cowlick hair and bright eyes. His feet couldn’t reach the ground when That mission took the form of lunchtime conversations, he sat at his desk. His glasses slipped down his nose when after-school tutoring and special projects on Saturdays. he read. His voice barely reached his buttoned collar. When it came time for the school’s science fair, Chock wantedtoseeifMakafinallybelievedinhimselfenoughto “If you sat down to speak with him, you’d know he was a follow through on a project independently. really intelligent kid,” says his science teacher, John Chock, an employee ofTeach for America, the national service corps “Whenhesubmittedhisproposal,Ialmostwantedtotalk of outstanding recent college graduates who commit two him out of his project, it was such an elaborate experiment. But years to teach in the highest-need public schools. “But he he insisted on carrying on with it, and when he brought that was one of our lowest-performing students. He would turn cardboard display to school, I couldn’t believe my eyes.” tests in with one or two scribbles and a chicken scratch answer or two. In spite of his intelligence, he was failing The scribbler had become a school finalist, one of nine students school.Ineverysubject.” selected from hundreds of middle school students.

Chock read a file sent up by the elementary school on Chockisdiplomaticwhenhesaysit,buthismessageis Maka, then sat down with Maka’s mother. unvarnished:“Truesuccessintheclassroomcomeswhen students raise their own expectations of themselves. The “At first I didn’t believe that I was the first teacher to think waytoreachthatsuccessistoconvinceeverystudent,one him brilliant until she described all the discouraging things atatime,thathisworkistooimportantnottobeperfect, that had happened to Maka in school. I realized he was just and his dreams are too big not to chase.”

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The key to ‘Aha Punana Leo’s success is parental involvement.

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‘Aha Punana Leo: Barriers to Language

“E himeni pu kakou”—let’s sing together,” Kauikeolani Naniole says lovingly to her preschoolers.

Within seconds, a group of vibrant youngsters scurry to form statewide.The ‘Aha Pu-nana Leo works collaboratively with acirclearoundher.There’snoneedtotranslateatPu-nana the state DOE and the Hawaiian Language College at U.H. Hilo Leo, a family-based Hawaiian “language nest” immersion to administer three schools as model sites for a re-established school system that serves 200 three- and four-year-olds on Hawaiian immersion system: Ke Kula ‘o Na-wahiokalani‘o- -pu‘u the islands of Hawai‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i, O‘ahu and Kaua‘i. inKea‘au,KeKula‘oSamuelM.KamakauinKa-ne‘ohe, and Ke Kula Ni‘ihau ‘o Kekaha on Kaua‘i. Twenty-five years ago, the community of fluent speakers of Hawaiianhaddwindledtoascatteringofeldersandthe “Over the past 25 years, the number of Hawaiian-speaking population of the tiny isolated island of Ni‘ihau. Children under children has increased from less than 50 to over several the age of 18 who spoke Hawaiian numbered less than fifty. thousand,” says ‘Aha Pu-nana Leo President Kauanoe Kamana-. “Although there is no ethnicity requirement, most of the That’swhenasmallgroupoflanguageteachersandfamilies, students are Hawaiian and the majority come from homes who wanted their children to be educated in the Hawaiian in which Hawaiian is spoken as much as possible.” language, stepped in. After visiting the most progressive preschool programs to learn the secrets of their success, At Pu-nana Leo, language and learning come alive through ‘Aha Pu-nana Leo made two decisions in their effort to revitalize storytelling, singing, games, art, music and routine preschool the use of Hawaiian language: to use only Hawaiian in their activities. Key to the program’s success is parental involvement; homes as best possible, and to develop a new program, modeled manyparentshavechosentoobtaincollegedegreesand after that of the Maoris of New Zealand, that educates children now work in the ‘Aha Pu-nana Leo system. exclusively in Hawaiian. “The success of Pu-nana Leo is built on the trust and com- The ‘Aha Pu-nana Leo celebrates its 25th anniversary this mitment of our families,” adds Amy Kalili, ‘Aha Pu-nana Leo’s year, having opened the doors to its first preschool in 1983 in interim executive director. “To see children and families Hilo and O‘ahu.Today, 11 Pu-nana Leo family-based “language succeeding in many areas, including academics—from a solid nests”, a follow-up K-12 immersion program in the state DOE, cultural foundation—is remarkable and inspiring.” and additional non-classroom programs in Hawaiian operate

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Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center:

to Healthier Lifestyles

Theunassumingclusterofbuildingsatopthedry,craggy Waianaecoastlinedoesn’tsuggesttheessentialrole that this facility plays in one of Hawaii’s more disad- vantaged communities. But watch what happens inside Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center’s walls, and you’llseeanexampleofcommunityactionatitsfinest.

Richard Bettini, the center’s chief executive, catches these glimpses whenever he can. It’s a mixed crowd today: expectant mothers receiving prenatal care; children getting immunized; members of all ages working out in the gym; and seniors receiving “lomi lomi”, a traditional Hawaiian massage. Bettini, a 28-year veteran of the center, likes what he sees. What lies beyond is not typically institutional, but integrative Dr. Melinda Santhany visits with a young Waianae resident. and invigorating.

“All this relates to healing,” said Bettini. “Our community center provides health services. Psychologists, dietitians, deserves a comprehensive health center integrated with primary care physicians and other healthcare service Western medicine and traditional Hawaiian healing practices, providers will go to the patients’ rooms instead of patients and innovative, state-of-the art approaches to health and going from one department or exam room to another. wellness.” “This integrative approach, which focuses on prevention Of the 27,000 residents served last year — many among the and early intervention, is patient-centered rather than poorestmembersofoursociety–about51percentofthe organization-centered,” said Bettini, adding that the new center’s patients are native Hawaiian with the highest facility will include training rooms on the first floor for a rates of diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension in the physiciantrainingprogramstartingthissummer;apedi- state. Since the center opened 35 years ago, its patient atric clinic, including pediatric dental services, on the sec- load has increased tenfold. ond floor; and women’s health services on the third floor.

Thecenteralreadyhasreceivedinternationalrecognitionfor Maintaining the highest level of medical quality is far from its success with integrated care, but it’s not stopping there. easy, but Bettini remains optimistic about the future.

This summer, the new three-story Harry & JeanetteWeinberg “There’s much work ahead. Our goal is to make the health Family Medical Building, made possible in part by a $100,000 and wellness changes in the community today that will grantfromtheA&BFoundation,willimprovethewaythe translate into a healthier generation tomorrow.”

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Samuel Mahelona Memorial Center: A C of Scenery

Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing students escort a long-term care resident from Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital during a beach outing at Lydgate When Shirley Rawlins first joined the flotilla of her fellow Park on Kauai. Dennis Fujimoto photo. Courtesy of The Garden Island. long-term care patients from the Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital in the cool, turquoise waters of Lydgate Beach, she began to cry.

Havinggrownupnexttotheocean,theMolokainative Like Rawlins, many come to Mahelona’s long-term care thoughtshe’dneverseeabeachagainafterastrokeleft facility because they no longer can live on their own. They her unable to walk. But a transfer to Samuel Mahelona discover joy, hope and friendships here, as Mahelona’s Memorial Hospital on Kauai in 2003 changed that. Now Rawlins, “philosophyistoprovidethecareandopportunitiesfor age 70, can look forward to reliving her childhood memories independence and enjoyment that we would give to our own through the beach outings, one of the hospital’s most popular parents and grandparents,” says Director of Occupational resident activities. TherapySharlaHasegawa.“Wefindoutwhatkindsof activities bring quality of life to our patients, and provide The cooperative efforts of many hands and community them. That’s the hallmark of quality care.” agencies—and the support of donors such as the A&B Foundation—make these sunny excursions possible. Aside from fun-in-the-sun excursions, residents keep their minds and bodies active through daily exercise, music, and “The Kaua‘i Bus helps us move the patients from the hospital art classes. Some garden. Still others sit back and enjoy and to the beach and back,” said Josie Pablo, Mahelona’s visits from family members, youngsters from Kapaa recreational activities director. “And our staff from the Elementary School, or even furry friends from the Kauai hospital’smanybranches–dietary,nursing,andphysical, Humane Society. recreational and occupational therapy—all get involved, from preparing picnic lunches to escorting the residents.” “There’s a lot of life here; it doesn’t stop because the residents arenotasmobileandactiveastheyoncewere,”Hasegawa Once at the beach, a mechanical lift provided by the A&B said. “We enjoy each day and make the most of it.” Foundation transfers residents from their wheelchairs to a specialized beach wheelchair with large “balloon” tires that rollonthesandandintothewater.Theelderlybeachgoers thenaremanuallyliftedintopoolfloatsandescortedin the water by staff and volunteers.

11 The Faces of Change i the Course of Invasion

Trae Menard talks conservation the way most guys talk sports or cars.The man who directs The Nature Conservancy’s Kaua‘i program is all revved up since the Conservancy in April signed a 10-year management agreement with Kaua‘i landowner Alexander & Baldwin to protect a 7,050-acre forest parcel that Menard calls a “gem of Hawaiian biodiversity.”

The parcel includes spectacular Wainiha Valley on the youincludeplacesthathavehighspeciesdiversityand island’s remote windward coast, and portions of the famed high endemism. And Kaua‘i has both.” Alaka‘i wilderness and Mt. Wai‘ale‘ale summit, arguably the wettest spot on Earth. “We’re talking about the heart of Remarkable examples of native lowland forest, rarely found theKaua‘iwatershed,”Menardsays.“FortheConservancy elsewhere in the islands, can still be found in WainihaValley, to be able to manage this area is just incredible. We can’t alongwith127endemicplantspecies,50ofwhichare thank A&B enough.” Part of Trae’s enthusiasm is for the foundonlyonKaua‘i.Thevalleyalsocontainsnumerous generous $100,000 multi-year grant to the Conservancy to speciesofnativeforestbirds,whileawetcliffecosystem support its statewide conservation programs. that separates the valley from the Alaka‘i Plateau provides valuable nesting sites for the ‘ua‘u, or Hawaiian petrel, an A combination of age, isolation, and topography has made endangered Hawaiian seabird. Kaua‘i the most biologically diverse of the main Hawaiian Islands – home to more than 400 endemic species of flowering The Wainiha parcel is so remote it can only be accessed plants and animals, or species found only in Hawai‘i. The byhelicopter.ItwillbemanagedasaNatureConservancy Garden Isle has almost half of Hawaii’s endemic flowering Preserve and will be the third largest private preserve in plants and natural communities, and more than half of its thestate,andtheonlyoneonKauai. native bird species. AccordingtoMenard,Wainiha’snativeecosystemsareingood “Andbecauseit’stheoldestandmostisolatedofthemain to very good condition, but are not without imminent threats. islands, many of those species are found only on Kaua‘i – “InvasiveweedssuchasAustraliantreefernandclidemia what we call ‘single-island endemics,’” Menard adds. are already moving up the valley, as are wild pigs,” he says. “When you talk about sites of global biological importance,

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From left: Trae Menard in Wainiha Valley; Wainiha Preserve, Kauai; Endemic plant species, Lobelia villosa.

“We have a narrow window of opportunity to get in there 10-year agreement in place, The Nature Conservancy can and control the Australian tree fern, biggest threat. Clidemia nowintegratethemanagementactionsintheWainihaParcel is the other big weed problem. But if we’re able to build a with the KWA’s watershed management program and protect fence to keep the pigs from moving up the valley, and reduce the heart of Kauai’s primary source of water. disturbance to the forest, we can slow the advance of the clidemia down to a manageable level.” “Without the partnership between A&B andTNC, this area wouldbeoverrunbyweedsanddegradedbyferalpigsand The Wainiha Parcel lies at the core of the 157,000-acre Kaua‘i goat,” said Menard. “Within a decade or so, the native forest, Watershed Alliance (KWA) management area. Management and all the unique species of plants and birds would be lost. actionsaimedatcontrollingweedsandferalpigsandgoats It’s a really special place and with A&B’s help, we want to in the parcel are an integral part of a larger KWA effort to keep it special.” protect the island’s priority watershed forest. With the

13 The Faces of One Foundation

In 2007, 312 organizations in Hawaii and the Pacific, and 109 and environmental and maritime organizations were granted organizations in the U.S. Mainland received $2.2 million in total more than $200,000. from the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation. This figure includes more than $100,000 in matching gifts donations to schools and A&B Foundation awards ranged from start-up funding to major charities, triggered by individual donors’ personal gifts of cash capital support, in grants sized from $100 to $100,000.The majority and volunteer time. of the Foundation’s awards were below $5,000 in keeping with itspreferencetosupportawiderangeofcommunityorganizations A&B’ssupportcontinuestobebroad-based,reflectingourdesire andtoencouragebroadbasedsupportfromthecommunity toaddressaspectrumofcommunityneedsineachofourkey and businesses. communities in 2007. Health and human services agencies ben- efited from more than $884,000; educational causes received roughly In addition to monetary support from the A&B Foundation, A&B $320,000; culture and arts organizations gained more than employees increased the impact of company involvement by $318,000; community causes were awarded roughly $410,000; volunteering for several Foundation-sponsored community service projects.

A&B FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP EmployeesfromA&BanditsmajorsubsidiariesdevoteconsiderabletimetotheleadershipoftheFoundation’stwogeographically oriented grant-making committees, in addition to the ongoing company responsibilities.

HAWAII / PACIFIC COMMITTEE * * Left to right: Steve Holaday, President, Agribusiness, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Meredith J. Ching, Senior Vice President, Government and Community Relations, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Allen Doane, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Christopher J. Benjamin, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Robert K. Sasaki, President, A&B Properties, Inc. *EnriquetaTanaka, Manager, Industrial Engineering, Matson Navigation Company Gary North, Senior Vice President-Pacific, Matson Navigation Company MAINLAND / NATIONAL COMMITTEE *Clyde Murashige, Vice President, A&B Wailea LLC Left to right: To m G ood, Director of Sales & Marketing, Southwest Region Matson Navigation Company, Inc. Paula Strano, Director of Systems Development, IT Services, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. Matt Cox, Executive Vice President,and COO, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. Jim Andrasick, President and CEO, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. Yol anda G onz a l e z, Vice President, Human Resources, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. Lynne Murrell, Director of Human Resources, Matson Integrated Logistics JeffYasuda, Director of InformationTechnology, Matson Integrated Logistics Staff: Linda M. Howe, Laurie J. Chang *Rotating Members: EnriquetaTanaka and Clyde Murashige ** Completed Service in 2006: Michele S. Loudermilk, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., Associate General Counsel Frank E. Kiger, General Manager, HC&S. Staff: Paul L. Merwin 14 Alexander & Baldwin Foundation Review of Giving 2007 MULTI–YEAR PLEDGES During 2007, the A&B Foundation made payments on the following multi–year pledges:

$100,000 $62,500 $30,000 » Arizona Memorial Museum Association – » Hawaii Building Industry Foundation – » Catholic Charities of Honolulu – Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund construction industry training center new administrative offices » The Nature Conservancy – conservation » UH Foundation – Maui Community management programs on Kauai $50,000 College – A&B Small Business »UHFoundation– »BishopMuseum– Development Training Series College of Arts & Sciences – Daniel K. Inouye Hawaiian Hall complex restoration » Waianae Maritime Academy – Distinguished Chair endowment fund » Maui Community Foodbank – general operating support » Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center – new headquarters/ warehouse capital support for family medical building » Maui Family YMCA – $25,000 facility renovation and expansion » Hale Kipa – new campus in Ewa $75,000 » Kawaiahao Church – facility improvement forchurchandschool » Pacific Aviation Museum – new military aviation museum, Ford Island

TOP 12 GRANT AMOUNTS In addition to multi-year grant pledges made, the following are the top 12 largest grants of 2007.

$275,000 $50,000 $20,000 » Total for United Way in Hawaii – » Salvation Army (Hawaiian & Pacific Islands » A&B Sugar Museum – AlohaUnitedWay,MauiUnitedWay, Division) – capital support for Kroc Center general operating support Kauai United Way, Hawaii Island United Way, in Leeward Oahu » Hale Opio Kauai – Molokai Community Chest administration building restoration $25,000 » Helping Hands Hawaii – $70,000 »MauiCommunityWorkDay– Ready to Learn Program, Maui » Total for United Ways on U.S. mainland – »MauiCountyNutritionProgram– United Way of the Bay Area, Valley of the senior nutrition program $15,000 Sun (Arizona), United Way of the Greater Kanaha Beach Park pavilion restoration » Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center – Los Angeles, United Way of King County »MauiEconomicDevelopmentBoard– capital improvement campaign (Washington), United Way of Suburban Silver Anniversary Fund Chicago, United Way of the » Youth–to–Youth in Health – » National Tropical Botanical Garden – Columbia–Willamette Youth SMART program, Marshall Islands capital support for botanical research center » YWCA – Oahu – renovation of Laniakea

GIVING BY LOCATION AND PROGRAM AREA

GIVING BY LOCATION* GIVING BY PROGRAM AREA*

Pacific NW, So. Calif., Mainland, Other 9% Statewide Hawaii 14% Maritime/Environment 4%

Northern California 13%

Pacific Education 25% Health and Human Islands 3% Services 32%

Oahu 25%

Kauai, Big Island, Community/Civic 25% Culture Molokai 12% &Arts 14% Maui 24%

* Numbers rounded for simplicity

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STATEWIDE HAWAII Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii Hawaii First Lego League Multiple Sclerosis Society A‘ha Punana Leo Hawaii Foster Parent Association Na Loio Immigrant Rights & Aloha United Way Hawaii Heritage Center Public Interest Legal Center ALU LIKE Hawaii High School Athletic National Plant Board Association Foundation Oahu Veterans Council

STATEWIDE HAWAII American Cancer Society American Diabetes Association Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs Organ Donor Center of Hawaii American Heart Association Hawaii Lupus Foundation Pacific Forum American Red Cross Hawaii Pacific University Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation Boy Scouts of America – Aloha Council Hawaii Primary Care Association Sex Abuse Treatment Center C.R. Kendall Scholarship Fund – HGEA Hawaii Science Teachers Association Spark M. Matsunaga Charitable Foundation Catholic Charities of Honolulu Hawaii State Junior Golf Association Special Olympics Hawaii Coast Guard Foundation – 14th District Historic Hawaii Foundation Teach for America – Hawaii East – West Center Foundation HUGS – Help, Understanding & Group Support The Baby Hui Easter Seals Hawaii Institute for Social Justice – ACORN The Nature Conservancy (Hawaii) Girl Scouts Council of Hawaii International Dyslexia Association UH Foundation Gregory House Programs Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation UH Foundation – Colleges of Arts & Sciences Hale Kipa Kamehameha Schools University of Hawaii Alumni Association Hawaii Architectural Foundation Kauai Island Ministries Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii Hawaii Capital Cultural District MarchofDimes Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation Mental Health America of Hawaii Hawaii Family Support Institute – Healthy Start Moanalua Gardens Foundation

PACIFIC ISLANDS Aloha Computers for Education in Samoa Guam Council on the Arts and Learn to Read by Reading Out Loud American Red Cross – Guam Humanities Agency Majuro Co–operative School American Red Cross – Northern Mariana Guam Department of Public Health & Micronesia Red Cross Society – Chuuk American Red Cross – Palau Social Services Micronesia Red Cross Society – Pohnpei PACIFIC ISLANDS Boy Scouts of America – Guam Guam Little League Baseball Pohnpei Basketball Association Edward M. Calvo Cancer Foundation Guam Museum Foundation University of Guam Endowment Foundation Guam Southern Youth Basketball Association Youth to Youth in Health

OAHU

OAHU ‘Aina Haina Elementary School Hawaii 4–H – Oahu Junior League of Honolulu AlohaBoatDaysCommittee Hawaii Building Industry Foundation Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Aloha Medical Mission Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Foundation Ka Hale Ho‘ala Hou No Na Wahine Aloha United Way (A&B) Hawaii Children's Discovery Center Kai Makana American Heart Association Hawaii Chinese History Center Kaimuki High School American Liver Foundation – Hawaii Chapter Hawaii Foodbank Kamehameha Schools Association of Angels at Play Preschool & Kindergarten Hawaii Foundation for Chinese Culture & Arts Te a cher s a nd Pa r ent s Arizona Memorial Museum Association Hawaii HomeOwnership Center KAMP Hawaii ASSETS School Hawaii Marketing Alliance Kapi‘olani Health Foundation Ballet Hawaii Hawaii Meals on Wheels Kawaiaha‘o Church Bishop Museum Hawaii Nature Center – Oahu Le Jardin Academy Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii Hawaii Opera Theatre Leeward Cobras Wrestling Club BYU Management Society Hawaii Police Athletic Federation Manoa Valley Theatre Camp Mokuleia Hawaii Prayer Breakfast McKinley High School Foundation Carole Kai Charities/Great Aloha Run Hawaii Theatre Center Mediation Center of the Pacific, Inc. Central Union Church Preschool Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation Navy League of the U.S. – Honolulu Council and Kindergarten Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus Ohana Komputer Chaminade University Hawaii Youth Services Network OIA Athletic Foundation Child & Family Service Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu Pacific Aviation Museum Children's Alliance of Hawaii Hawaiian Historical Society Pacific Buddhist Academy Coalition for a Drug–Free Hawaii Hawaiian Humane Society Pacific Forum Community Links Hawaii Hawaii's Plantation Village Pacific Justice and Reconciliation Center Diamond Head Theatre Helping Hands Hawaii Pacific Region Baseball Domestic Violence Action Center Honolulu Academy of Arts PATCH – People Attentive to Children Farrington Alumni & Community Foundation Honolulu Police Community Foundation Queen's Medical Center Filipino Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu Symphony Society Rehabilitation Hospital of the Hawaii Foundation Independent Living Waipahu Pacific Foundation Friends of Honolulu City Lights Institute for Human Services Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii Friends of Waikiki Aquarium Iolani School Sacred Hearts Academy Goodwill Industries of Hawaii June Jones Foundation Salvation Army Hahaione Elementary School Junior Achievement of Hawaii – Oahu St. Andrew’s Priory

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St. John Vianney School UH Foundation – Office of Waialua High and OAHU The Contemporary Museum Intercollegiate Athletics Intermediate School Foundation The Early School UH Foundation – School of Travel Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center TheGiftFoundationofHawaii Industry Management Waianae Maritime Academy UABC/Khemaras Center UH Foundation – Shidler College of Business WaipahuUnitedChurchofChrist UH Foundation – College of Tropical University of Hawaii – Kapi‘olani YMCA – Honolulu Agriculture & Human Resources Community College YWCA – Oahu OOA MAUI MOLOKAI MOLOKAI Friendly Isle United Fund/Molokai Community Service Council

MAUI 9th Life Hawaii Isle of Maui Pipe Band Maui Economic Development Board A&B Sugar Museum J. Walter Cameron Center Maui Economic Opportunity Aloha Shriners, Maui Shrine Club Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii Maui High School American Lung Association of Hawaii Ka Lima O Maui Maui Historical Society Baldwin High School Kaahumanu Hou Christian School Maui Horse Owner’s Association Binhi at Ani – United Filipino Community Council Kalama Intermediate School Maui Memorial Medical Center Foundation Boy Scouts of America – Maui County Council Kamehameha Schools – Maui Campus Maui Okinawa Kenjin Kai Chamber Music Hawaii Kaulanapueo Church Maui United Hurricanes Soccer Team Christ the King School Keanae Congregational Church Maui United Way Close Up Foundation Kiffmann Taekwondo Mental Health Kokua Department of Education – Maui Complex Kihei Charter High School Molokai High & Intermediate School –Science&EngineeringFair King Kekaulike High School Nisei Veterans Memorial Center Door of Faith King Kekaulike High School PTSA PacificCancerFoundation Emmanuel Lutheran School Lahainaluna High School Pacific Pride Organization Friends of Children’s Justice Center of Maui Lanai High & Elementary School PaiaYouth&CultureCenter Fun Day Foundation Makawao Hongwanji Mission Planned Parenthood of Hawaii Haiku School PTA Mana’o Radio POSH Grad Nights Hale Makua Foundation Maui Adult Day Care Centers Rotary District 5000 Foundation Haleakala Waldorf School Maui AJA Veterans Seabury Hall Hana High School Maui Arts & Cultural Center St. Anthony Jr. Sr. High School Hawaii 4–H – Maui Maui Chamber of Commerce Foundation St. Gabriel Church Hawaii Canines for Independence Maui Coastal Land Trust St. Mary’s Church Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation Maui Community Food Bank St. Rita Catholic Church Hawaii Nature Center – Maui Maui Community Work Day Tri – Isle RC&D Helping Hands Hawaii Maui County Department of Fire and Public Safety UH Foundation – Maui Community College Hui Ai Pohaku Maui County Fair Association Women Helping Women Hui No‘eau Maui County Nutrition Program YMCA – Maui Family Imua Family Services/Imua Rehab Maui District Educators for Technology

KAUAI KAUAI Adult Friends for Youth Kauai Economic Development Board Samuel Mahelona Memorial Alzheimer’s Association – Aloha Chapter Kauai High & Intermediate School Hospital Auxiliary American Cancer Society Kauai High School – PAIRS/ Sons of Hawaii Motorcycle Club – ARC of Kauai Project Graduation Kauai Chapter Department of Education – Kauai Complex Kauai Historical Society St. Theresa’s School – Kauai –Science & Engineering Fair KauaiHumaneSociety Swim Kauai Aquatics Garden Island RC&D Kauai Island Ministries The Friendship Club Hale Opio Kauai Kauai Keiki & High School Rodeo Association The Nature Conservancy Hawaii 4–H – Kauai Kauai PONY Baseball – UH Foundation – Kauai Community College Ho‘ola Lahui Hawai‘i Kauai United Way Waimea High School Kauai Children’s Discovery Museum Lihue Bronco Baseball Wilcox Health Foundation Kauai Chinese Heritage Society Malie Foundation YWCA – Kauai Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair National Tropical Botanical Garden AAIISLAND HAWAII HAWAII ISLAND E‘Makaala School Hawaii Preparatory Academy Parker School Hawaii 4–H – Hawaii County Kiholo Loko I‘a St. Joseph School Hawaii Concert Society Muscular Dystrophy Association–Hawaii YMCA – Island of Hawaii Hawaii Island United Way North Hawaii Community Hospital

17 MAINLAND ONLY GRANTS

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA International Trade Education Programs Los Angeles Mission Toberman Settlement House Long Beach Education Foundation Ronald McDonald House – Los Angeles UC Regents – UCSB Los Angeles Maritime Institute The Foodbank of Southern California United Way of Greater Los Angeles SO CALIFORNIA

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ArtsFund St. Andrew’s Housing Group United Way of King County (Seattle) Low Income Housing Institute (Seattle) Sunshine Physically Challenged Foundation United Way of the Columbia – Willamette

PACIFIC NW Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Glide Foundation Producers Associates Alameda County Community Food Bank Guide Dogs for the Blind Raphael House of San Francisco Alameda County Library Foundation Healthy City Oakland Fund Ronn Guidi Foundation for the Performing Arts American Cancer Society – Oakland Incubating Community Jobs San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair American Diabetes Association Jack London Aquatic Center San Francisco Food Bank Asian Art Museum Foundation Jeremiah O'Brien San Francisco Maritime Association for the Preservation of the National Liberty Ship Memorial National Park Association NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Presidential Yacht Potomac John F. Kennedy University San Francisco Opera Avon Breast Cancer Awareness Program KQED Public TV and Radio San Francisco Sailing Whaleboat Association Big Brothers Big Sisters of the East Bay Lindsay Wildlife Museum San Francisco Suicide Prevention Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland Marine Science Institute Slide Ranch California Maritime Academy Foundation Mills College Sophia Project California Pacific Medical Center Foundation Mission Solano Rescue Mission St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco Carondelet High School Monument Crisis Center STAND! Against Domestic Violence Children’s Fairyland Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support Group The ARC of San Francisco Clausen House Museum of Craft and Folk Art The Festival Opera East Bay Agency for Children Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu The New Conservatory Theatre Center East Bay Community Foundation Next Step Learning Center The Usual Suspects Theatre Group Easter Seals Bay Area Oakland Asian Cultural Center The Youth Employment Partnership Family & Children’s Law Center Oakland Based Urban Gardens United Way of the Bay Area Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Oakland East Bay Symphony Voluntary & Emergency ServicesTeam in Action Girl Scouts Council of San Francisco Bay Oakland Museum of California Foundation YMCA of San Francisco Girls Incorporated of Alameda County Oakland Public Library Foundation

NATIONAL American Cancer Society – Du Page GWU Hawaii Club Tempe Family YMCA American Heart Association – Chicago affiliate Humanitarian Service Project The Morton Arboretum NATIONAL Anka Behavioral Health Care Leukemia and Lymphoma Society The Ocean Conservancy Arizona Recreation Center Lions Camp Tatiyee The Phoenix Symphony for the Handicapped Little Friends UMOM New Day Centers Coast Guard Foundation Mission of Mercy Mobile Clinic United States Coast Guard Academy DuPage Children's Museum Mt. Graham Safe House Alumni Association DuPage P.A.D.S. National Philanthropic Trust United Way of Suburban Chicago Friends of Public Radio Arizona Northern Illinois Food Bank Valley of the Sun United Way (AZ) Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus Pine Council Save the Family Foundation of Arizona Waste Not West Valley Child Crisis Center

18 Alexander & Baldwin Foundation Review of Giving 2007 Employee Giving: Changing Lives

A&B’S MATCHING GIFT PROGRAMS In 2007, A&B’s employees, directors and retirees helped to improve their communities by making personal donations that triggered Foundation matching gifts.

Close to $103,000 was given to 159 of our donors’ favorite charities across Hawaii and the Mainland. Then, the A&B Foundation’s matching gift programs – to education and to culture/arts – doubled our donors’ dollars.

Matching gifts were made to the following types of organizations, demonstrating the broad impact of A&B’s support:

MATCHING GIFTS TO EDUCATION MATCHING GIFTS TO CULTURE & ARTS, ZOOLOGICAL & BOTANICAL

Botanical/Zoological/ Symphony/Musical Preschools 1% Primary Schools 5% Environmental 11% Performing Groups 19%

Public Radio & Television 23%

Secondary Colleges & Theatre/Dance 17% Schools 33% Universities 61%

Museums & Visual Arts 11% Libraries 19%

Recipient Amount No. of Gifts Recipient Amount No. of Gifts Preschools $300 1 Symphony/ Primary Schools $3,265 9 Musical Performing Groups $4,263 14 Secondary Schools $23,763 38 Theatre/Dance $3,775 12 Colleges & Universities $42,993 73 Museums & Libraries $4,270 27 Visual Arts $2,435 5 Public Radio and Television $5,028 18 Botanical/Zoological/ Environmental $2,487 15

VOLUNTEER MATCHING GIFTS The Foundation’s Volunteer Matching Gift program was created to encourage and support employee volunteerism.Those who give time from their busy schedules can earn a $250 donation for their charity, for just 25 hours of donated time.

All organizations with a 501(c) (3) tax exempt status are eligible.

RECIPIENTS IN 2007 WERE: AYSO – Leeward Region 269 East Maui Animal Refuge Maui Adult Day Care Centers 9th Life Hawaii Feline Foundation of Maui Mid-Pacific Institute Boy Scouts of America - Aloha Council Friends of Waikiki Aquarium Montclair Presbyterian Church Coalition for Drug-Free Hawaii HUGS—Help, Understanding & Group Support Mookini Luakini J. Walter Cameron Center Ohi‘a Productions

19 GENERAL GUIDELINES The Alexander & Baldwin Foundation supports qualified not-for-profit organizations that benefit communities where A&B companies operate or where A&B employees reside. Organizations seeking support must have obtained IRS Section 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt status.

APPLICATION ADDRESSES AND WEBSITE CONTACT INFORMATION For information about the A&B Foundation, its leadership, The Foundation’s Contributions Committees are organized guidelines,forms,grant-makingactivities,oradirectlinkto geographically, and each considers requests from organi- request information, see our website accessible via a link on zations located in its respective areas. our funding corporation’s homepage: www.alexanderbaldwin.com HAWAII OR PACIFIC ISLAND ORGANIZATIONS Alexander & Baldwin Foundation P.O. Box 3440 Honolulu, HI 96801-3440 Phone: (808) 525-6642 or 525-6641 Fax: (808) 525-6677 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

MAINLAND U.S. ORGANIZATIONS: Alexander & Baldwin Foundation c/o Matson Navigation Company 555 12th Street Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: (707) 421-8121 Fax: (707) 421-1835 Email: [email protected]

DEADLINES/REQUEST TIMING Materials are due at the Foundation by the first business day of even-numbered months (February, April, June, August, October, December) for Hawaii/Pacific Committee meetings held every odd-numbered month (March, May, July, September, November, January). Mainland Committee deadlines are the first of each month, for the following month’s meeting.

Editorial credits: Page 7: John Chock contributed to this story. Page 12-13: Excepts by GradyTimmons reprinted courtesy of The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii,Winter 2007 newsletter.

Photo credits: Page 3: by Julia Alfred Page 7: by Justin F. Page 8: by Arna Johnson Page 12-13: Courtesy ofThe Nature Conservancy

Graphic Design: David Cox Design Printing: Electric Pencil

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