Matson Foundation 2015 Manifest
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MATSON FOUNDATION 2015 MANIFEST THE 2015 REPORT OF THE CHARITABLE SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES OF MATSON, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES IN HAWAII, THE PACIFIC, IN ALASKA, AND ON THE U.S. MAINLAND. MESSAGE FROM THE CEO Matson has been a community partner in Hawaii since Matson Foundation 2015 Leadership 1882. With the addition of our new Alaska operations, Matson’s business activities now span the Pacific— Pacific Committee Chair, Gary Nakamatsu, Vice President, Hawaii Sales and so do our community activities, with our employees Vic Angoco Jr., Senior Vice President, Pacific at the tiller. Russell Chin, District Manager, Hawaii Island In 2015, the Matson Foundation contributed in excess Jocelyn Chagami, Manager, Industrial Engineering of $2 million in cash and in-kind services to more than Matt Cox, President & Chief Executive Officer 650 community organizations—a new high-water mark Len Isotoff, Director, Pacific Region Sales for our company. Each recipient is listed in our Manifest Ku’uhaku Park, Vice President, Government & Community Relations —just a handful are featured, visually illustrating the Bernadette Valencia, General Manager, Guam and Micronesia diversity of needs and opportunities. Staff: Linda Howe, [email protected] - Ka Ipu ‘Aina Program Staff: Keahi Birch Directed by our employees, the Foundation assists Adahi I Tano’ Program Staff (Guam): Gloria Perez causes which have earned the respect and involvement of their colleagues, our business partners and other Mainland Committee leaders in our communities. Chair, John Lauer, Senior Vice President, Ocean Services Gregory Chu, Manager, Freight Operations, Pacific Northwest You’ll see in this Manifest that our employees are involved Yolanda Gonzalez, Vice President, Human Resources and generous, reflecting our values of improving the Thomas Good, Director, Sales & Marketing, Southwest Region communities in which we work and live. The Foundation Paula Strano Isobe, Director, Customer Support Systems & Training honors their commitments and magnifies their contributions. Steven Rusca, Assistant Vice President, Operations, Matson Logistics All of us at Matson enjoy being an active part of our Jeffrey Yasuda, Director, Information Technology, Matson Logistics communities and are grateful for the opportunity to be Staff: Paul Merwin, [email protected] of service to them. For more Information: www.matson.com/foundation Matt Cox PRESIDENT AND CEO FRONT COVER: Matson vessel Olomana backdrops the Vaka Eiwa international outrigger canoe races along the North shore of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Matson supports our Pacific heritage as a top sponsor. BACK COVER: Matson contributed to the effort to pani ka puka (close the hole) on the long damaged wall of He‘eia Fishpond. Photo by Manuel Meija. MATSON FOUNDATION Matson’s donations in 2015 totaled $1.8 million in cash and In-Kind Contributions Distribution by Category Distribution by Location additional in-kind support valued at $440,000. These figures TOTAL = $443,325 TOTAL = $1,800,000 TOTAL = $1,800,000 and the charts below include matching gifts and both Ka Ipu ‘A¯ina and Adahi I Tano’ program participants. Food/Ag & Nutrition $85,000 (5%) Community Investment Highlights: 2015 Guam, Pacific & South Pacific Maritime • We make significant, predictable cash donations to social service $210,000 (12%) $110,000 (6%) agencies and respond, as generously as possible, to unanticipated needs. o More than $250,000 to United Ways Loan of Equipment Youth Development $8,525 (2%) $160,000 (9%) o More than $150,000 in multi-year pledges Mainland United States $400,000 (22%) Donated Containers Environment • We donate urgently needed shipping to disaster-impacted communities 48,800 (11%) $190,000 (11%) and for core social services. Donated Shipping o More than $250,000 in disaster shipping $386,000 (87%) Civic/Community Hawaii • And we loan or donate containers to charities and for community Improvement/Disasters $1,190,000 (66%) fundraising fairs and festivals. $230,000 (13%) o More than three dozen containers donated Arts/Culture/Humanities $260,000 (14%) Matson can be counted on to provide ongoing, annual support to the United Way and its social service agencies, to the USO, Navy League and the Coast Guard Foundation and to support trade and maritime Education education. We understand the role of food banks, farming and meal $275,000 (15%) programs; public television and radio facilities and news programming; and disaster preparedness in vulnerable communities. Health Human Services And, in Hawaii, where Matson was recognized as a ‘top five’ corporate $490,000 (27%) donor last year, our varied support produced a children’s surf festival in calm Waikiki waves, continued training for novice teachers joining Hawaii’s public schools and expanded non-instrument celestial navigation skills. 1 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF Preparing for natural disasters is operationally essential for Matson and our communities. We partner with the American Red Cross to effectively allocate corporate and employee donations to communities reeling from earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, cyclones, hurricanes and superstorms. This past year was notable for impacts to the Western Pacific island nations and territories we serve. In April and again in August, two intense typhoons—Maysak and bigger, badder Soudelor—ransacked the islands of Saipan, Chuuk, Yap and others, destroying great swaths of homes, farms and businesses and critical infrastructure. Matson responded generously with cash to the Red Cross and partnered with a network of supporters to send multiple donated shipments of relief supplies and rebuilding materials. Groups of Saipan expats in Hawaii, Long Beach and Seattle sent supplies by the 40-foot container load full. 1 2 3 2 MATSON FOUNDATION 4 5 6 7 [1] Civilians and military on Guam partnered to send relief to Saipan by the 45-foot container load. [2, 5] Roofs flew off and peeled back in Saipan during Typhoon Soudelor in August. [3] American Red Cross volunteers survey Saipan’s Soudelor-damaged housing. [4] American Red Cross Volunteer Dean Ocsillos unpacks meat, vegetables and rice for distribution. [6] PMA and Matson partnered to distribute goods by land, sea and air. [7] Matson’s crane in Saipan discharges containers with supplies. [8] Honolulu volunteers and donors celebrated a full 40-foot container of generosity for Saipan. 8 3 YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SPORTS Matson supports healthy living—on, in or just thinking about the Pacific Ocean. [1] Female athletes compete in the Pa‘ani Challenge—a girls wrestling tournament serving 300+, hosted by Punahou School. Photo courtesy of Island Heart Photography [2] Kaneohe Canoe Club met a matching challenge grant to fund an outrigger canoe, named ‘Makana’ (gift in Hawaiian). [3] Matson staff flanked by crew of the schooner Makani Olu, a program of Marimed Foundation which teaches maritime skills. [4] Keiki wrapped up after a great surf session during Matson’s Menehune Surf Fest, part of the 1 2 Duke’s OceanFest. 3 4 4 EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERS Matson employees give their time, energy—and priceless pints—to their communities. [1] The Chu family volunteers for the International Coastal Cleanup focus on shoreline debris at Sand Island Regional Park. [2] Families gather by the dozens to help athletes compete safely at the Special Olympics Summer Games. [3] Peter Kaapuni and Keahi Birch celebrate successful blood donations; donors turn out twice a year. [4] Heart Walk participants raised funds, and their heart rate, in August at Kapiolani Park. 1 2 3 4 5 KA IPU ‘A¯ INA AND ADAHI I TANO’ PROGRAMS In Hawaii, Matson’s flagship land-based environ- a cash donation. Matson provides the use of mental program, Ka Ipu ‘A¯ina (container for the container equipment and pays for related In 2015, Matson donated to nearly land), promotes cleanup projects that address trucking expenses, and for debris disposal fees. 150 non-profits through these two littering, dumping and to reduce the danger to Many of the Oahu cleanups are conducted in programs; including all related marine life from such shore-based debris. partnership with the City & County of Honolulu. expenses, close to $190,000 was Non-profit groups on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and During 2015, roughly ten cleanups were conduct- allocated to these cleanup efforts. the Big Island coordinate volunteers who ed each month across four different islands. conduct approved clean-up projects to receive 2 [1] Hawaii-Niigata baseball team and family at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park. [2] The Ka Iwi shoreline is scoured by ‘Iolani School orchestra members. [3] American Renaissance Academy students cleaned Kalaeloa Campgrounds. 1 3 6 ALASKA On Guam, during 2015, a In Alaska, employees representing three of Matson’s newest similar program Adahi I Tano’ communities—Anchorage, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor—have (caring for the land) was commenced consideration of charitable and community conducted almost every other requests. Our presence in Washington state has grown to week, with volunteers clearing include the port of Tacoma, as well. shorelines, streams and roadsides of both man-made 2016 Alaska Committee and natural storm debris. Chair, Ken Gill, Vice President, Alaska Since the program began in Beth Arndt, Account Coordinator, Sales (Tacoma, WA) 2012, in partnership with the Chris Dianora, Director of Sales, Pacific Northwest (Tacoma,WA) Islandwide Beautification Task Lori Galloway, Manager, Terminal Operations, Anchorage Force, more than 60 different Tamara Grasse, Senior Account Manager, Anchorage non-profits