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2017 ANNUAL REPORT Aloha to You FUNDING SCHOLARS ENGAGING ATHLETES CELEBRATING WATERMEN BUILDING COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE BOARD Kate Growney President Noel Pacarro Brown First Vice President Ryan Leong ALOHA Second Vice President Marcy Fleming Treasurer Doug Johnstone Assistant Treasurer Marc Haine Secretary 201 7-2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jean Campbell Ben Komer OnAloha behalf of the maiBoard of Directorskakou, of the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Hugh Damon Nani Naish Foundation, I would like to thank everyone for making 2017 another remarkable DJ Fairbanks Bill Pratt year for our Foundation. Jovanna Monica Salter Giannasio-Fern Although we started as a small grassroots organization in 1986, the Foundation has Brad Totherow given out more than $2.7 million in scholarships and athletic grants. This year we Carol Jaxon Terence Young gave out $155,000 in need-based scholarships to graduating high school seniors and current college students from across the state. We also awarded $64,000 in athletic grants to individuals, teams, and organizations that support our Hawaii Directors Emerita/Emeritus Watermen community, help develop Hawaii’s best ocean athletes, and connect Tim Guard our local communities to ocean and beach activities. Mary Philpotts McGrath Our 2017 class of Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame was an incredible example of people in our community who have continued Duke’s legacy through their athletic SERVICES excellence and their positive impact in our community. Last year was our most Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame financially successful, raising over $70,000 for the Foundation. We have recently Event Coordination Justine Miller, Luana Events posted our nomination application online, so if you know anyone who you think would be a great addition to our Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame, please go online OceanFest Event to submit your nominee. Management/Administrative Chris Colgate, Jim Fulton, Lastly, I would like to express our sincerest heartfelt gratitude to the family of the Brent Imonen, Pacific Rim Sports late Gordon Damon for his generosity and remembrance of the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation in 2017. Mr. Damon recognized the importance of our mission during his lifetime and the need for Hawaii’s scholar athletes to excel in CONTACT academics, athletics, and community leadership beyond our shores. Foundation Mahalo nui loa to our Board of Directors, donors, and community volunteers. We Administrative Services Kathryn Currier couldn’t have done it without you! P.O. Box 160924 Honolulu, HI 96816 Katherine Growney [email protected] President DukeFoundation.org 2 | 2017 Annual Report ALOHA $219,000 AWARDED TO Grant Scholar High 34 Recipients 34 Athletes 21 Schools Hawaiian ACROSS 5 Islands IN 2017 Mission To financially support the development of individuals and organizations that perpetuate the spirit and legacy of Duke Kahanamoku. Image courtesy of OceanFest Learn more at DukeFoundation.org | 3 “In Hawaii, we greet friends, loved ones or strangers with Aloha, which means with love. Aloha is the key word to the universal spirit of real hospitality, which makes Hawaii SCHOLARS renowned as the world’s center of understanding and fellowship. Try meeting or leaving people with Aloha. You’ll be surprised by their reaction. I believe it, and it is my creed.” Du ke Kahanamoku Lily Jenkins, Ambassador of Aloha 2017. Photo Credit: Donna Ho Photography AMBASSADOR OF ALOHA Rewarding College-Bound High School Students The Duke Kahanamoku Ambassador of Aloha Scholarship was America, Hawaii State Student Council, and Maui Economic created to reward an exceptional college-bound Hawaii high Development Board, just to name a few. Lily, a school senior who embodies the Aloha Spirit and character self-proclaimed water baby, has used her ocean-based that made “the Duke” such a beloved figure worldwide. lifestyle and love for Duke sports (canoe paddling and surfing) to provide balance to her rigorous academic, athletic, Lily Jenkins, a senior at Molokai High School, is the 2017 and community service schedule. Her love of the ocean also recipient of the $15,000 Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku stokes her passion for marine-based environmental causes. Foundation’s Ambassador of Aloha Scholarship, the largest In her words, the Ambassador of Aloha Scholarship “would single scholarship awarded by a Hawaii-based foundation aid me in my future aspirations of obtaining a degree in or organization. She is projected to graduate from Molokai earth, ocean, and atmospheric sciences. A degree that will High School with a 4.21 GPA and is a candidate for both help further my efforts in creating a potential Hope Spot valedictorian and the prestigious State of Hawaii Board of marine-protected area along the southern shore of Molokai, Education STEM Honors and Academic Honors Recognition and strengthen the work of marine protected areas within Diploma. In addition to her academic successes, Lily is a the United States.” Lily is brilliant, passionate, engaging, selfless leader in her school and community, where she and has a personality that is rich with the Aloha Spirit. We serves in leadership positions and volunteers hundreds of look forward to having Lily represent the Outrigger Duke hours annually at organizations such as AmeriCorps, Blue Kahanamoku Foundation as our 2017 Ambassador of Aloha. Planet Foundation, National Park Service, Future Farmers of Images Courtesy of OceanFest 4 | 2017 Annual Report SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES $155,000 Pakalani Aiwohi I Kayla Chang I Jeffrey Collins I Kai’olu DeFries Taylor Doherty I Kulia Fernandez I Sheadon Freitas Davis Haas I Anna Harder I Hiilani Hopkins Lily Jenkins I Sophia Johnston I Erica Kakazu | Jaimin Keliihoomalu I Noa Kerner I Kassandra Kometani SCHOLARS Katelynn Kubo I Ellisa Lang I Hiipoi Lee I Lexie Leon Michael Liu I Megan McHale I Sebastian Naehu-Ramos Mika O’Shea I Brendan Otani I Maia Petrides Carolyn Price I Shannon Pua, Jr. | Erica Sawczynec Taylor Souza I Tiffany Thai I Pua Malia Wong Emily Yang I Kailee Yoshimura Carolyn Price, Co-Recipient, Spirit of the Duke Scholarship Award Photo Credit: Donna Ho Photography THE SPIRIT OF THE DUKE Scholarship Award Recipients The Spirit of the Duke was first introduced in 2016. It recognizes a high school senior(s) who is an outstanding scholar athlete, participates in a Duke sport, and whose lifestyle and actions are a strong representation of the Duke’s Creed. The awardee must be a finalist but not the winner of the Ambassador of Aloha Scholarship. This award is not an annual scholarship but instead is given at the discretion of the ODKF Scholarship Committee when a worthy candidate presents him/herself. Carolyn Price Maia Petrides Carolyn Price is the co-recipient of the Spirit of the Duke Maia Petrides is the co-recipient of the Spirit of the Duke Scholarship. Carolyn will graduate from Island School on Scholarship. Maia will graduate from Mid-Pacific Institute Kauai with a 3.85 GPA and has been accepted to attend with a 3.6 GPA and plans to attend Washington State Wellesley College, where she plans to study international University on a partial swimming scholarship. Maia has a policy and urban development. She is a multiple varsity true love for the water and has swum competitively for 11 letter winner in swimming, cross country, and track at Island years, is team captain of the Mid-Pac swim team, and was School, and credits her participation in sports with the elected by her peers as Hawaii’s athlete representative to development of positive role models, self-identity, effective USA Swimming, where she serves on the Operational Risk leadership skills, and long-lasting friendships. Outside of committee. She is currently one of the top female swimmers athletics, Carolyn is active in student government, mock in the State and has also been a finalist at national level trial, and even interned with Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz. meets. Aside from her athletic accomplishments, Maia was The circumstances in which she achieved all this success inspired by her grandmother, who worked at the Lunalilo are extraordinary — Carolyn was homeless for four years. Senior Home for over 20 years, where she cared for the After finding a home of her own, she was overcome with brother of Duke Kahanamoku when he convalesced there. gratitude for the support her community showed her and This inspiration led her to create the Kokua Kupuna Club at decided to found a multifaceted youth enrichment program Mid-Pacific. The club is a place for students to connect to called Livin’SOLID, which “promotes, educates, encourages, their community through helping their elders. In addition and enables students of all ages to participate in a variety to service projects, all members of the club have been of enriching activities that have sparked their interest.” At certified to work with Alzheimer’s patients. Maia embodies Wellesley College, she hopes to transform Livin’SOLID into the spirit of Duke Kahanamoku and will be an outstanding a “workable blueprint for communities that wish to provide representative of ODKF and her community for years support and enrichment for children lacking elements of to come. the traditional home and family.” Carolyn is an empathetic leader, absolutely fearless in the face of adversity, and is a deserving recipient of the Spirit of the Duke Scholarship. Learn more at DukeFoundation.orgDukeFoundation.org | 5 ATHLETES Image Courtesy of OceanFest PERPETUATING DUKE’S LEGACY Over $200,000 Awarded in Grants and Scholarships As our scholars strive to meet the rising cost of higher Board-Designated Funds education, the Foundation aims to provide the necessary Since its inception in 1986, ODKF has been providing support support for our recipients to achieve all of their goals. At to teams and students who personify the spirit of Duke the conclusion of this application review, the Foundation Kahanamoku. The active stewardship of our mission sprouts awarded $155,000 in need-based scholarships to graduating forth from all who continue to donate, growing through high school seniors and current college students from across our watermen communities, and lifting our Duke scholar the state.