Matson Giving 2017 Manifest THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHARITABLE SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES OF MATSON, INC. AND ITS OPERATIONS IN HAWAII, THE PACIFIC, ALASKA, AND ON THE U.S. MAINLAND.
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Message from the Chairman and CEO Many Types of Support on our Manifest
Our communities and their needs Event Sponsorship Matson sponsors are diverse, and so is our giving. fundraising events, including meals at all hours of the day and night; walks and runs; Cash Grants Our most common type This fifth edition ofManifest , our annual bike rides and golf tournaments; concerts, of support is a cash donation. Whether paid competitions and performances. report of Matson’s efforts to strengthen the in the currency of the United States or of other communities in which we live and work, nations, these donations are made with a Container and Equipment Loans and details the growing diversity of ways our generous heart and go straight to the charity’s Donations A variety of schools, churches company invests in the quality of life around bottom line. and other charities were loaned dry and the Pacific and on the U.S. mainland. refrigerated containers to help them raise Matching Gifts Contributions to match funds via craft fairs and rummage sales, To meet our mission in this regard, we look employees’ favorite charities also are cash festivals, carnivals, graduations, halaus for ways to support organizations that are donations, which are triggered by involved and pow wows. And when a container ends particularly effective in our communities. and generous Matson personnel in all of our its useful life to Matson with enough life In the following pages, you’ll find details of the support our geographic areas. company provided to 859 such organizations during 2017, and left in it to be valued by others, many eager a few select images that illustrate how a total of $3.7 million in Ka Ipu ‘A¯ina This Hawaii-focused environ recipients were awaiting the opportunity cash and in-kind support made a difference in our communities, mental cleanup program marked its 16th year to re-use them for a variety of purposes. one project at a time. of providing cash stipend for spearheading Donated or Discounted Shipping cleanups in beaches and parks across the state. All of the decision makers on our geographically organized Matson moves a lot of cargo for charity, Community Giving committees are Matson employees who Adahi I Tano’ Shorelines, roadways where and when our excellent and frequent volunteer for this additional responsibility. Their individual and and parks on the island of Guam benefit from service is more meaningful than cash. collective commitment to improving their communities drives a similar environmental program: assisted Both discounted and donated shipping is Matson’s Community Giving program. This report is dedicated cleanups conducted by volunteers rewarded considered for occasional charitable needs, to their leadership and the active participation of so many other with a donation. requested sufficiently in advance and, for of our employees in their communities, who together embody disaster response, upon hours’ notice. the giving spirit of Matson.
Matthew J. Cox CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Cover Images: Top: Snow-topped Chugach Mountains within the Chugach National Forest, viewed from the Port of Anchorage. Photo: Jeff Schultz. Middle: Dig Afognak campers celebrate after cleaning marine debris from the shoreline of Afognak Island in Alaska. Bottom: The Pacific Ocean 2017 Community Investment Highlights
Matson’s community support totaled $3.7 million in 2017 comprising $2.2 million in cash and an CASH CONTRIBUTIONSCash Contribution BY LOCATION $260K $1.18M $530K $200K by Location additional $1.5 million worth of in-kind services. Western and South Pacific Hawaii Mainland Alaska
Cash Grants—Notable cash donations of $20,000 or more $100K $90K include contribution to the United Ways in Hawaii and on the U.S. Mainland; to Hawaii’s Bishop Museum; to the American CASH CONTRIBUTIONSCash Contribution BY CATEGORY $550K $240K $345K $210K $210K $190K $235K Red Cross in many locations; for the Navy League of the United by Category States; to the American Heart Association; to the Coast Guard Health & Human Services Civic/Cmty Improv/Disasters Maritime/Leadership/Public Benefit Foundation; and to the Hawaii State Department of Education. Education Environment Food/Ag and Nutrition Arts/Culture/Humanities Youth Development Recreation/Sports Matching Gifts—More than 200 personal gifts were matched in 2017, as employees embrace the power of directing Matson’s charitable dollars to causes in their communities. $50K $45K Ka Ipu ‘A¯ina and Adahi I Tano’—In 2017, 135 charities in Hawaii and 24 in Guam participated in cleanups with Matson IN-KINDIn-kind SUPPORT by Location BY LOCATION $580K $860K paying the disposal costs as well as a stipend for each event. That means, three times a week, we’re supporting volunteers Western and South Pacific Hawaii Mainland Alaska who help prevent pollution. $20K $25K Event Sponsorship—Employee participation events include entire families who support the Special Olympics, Heart Walk, IN-KINDIn-kind SUPPORT by Type BY TYPE $1.225M $265K Relay for Life and March for Babies. Container Donations Container Loans Shipping Program Administration Container and Equipment Loans and Donations—Containers COMMUNITY INVESTMENT NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTED were donated in 2017 to charities including the Tiburon Salmon (IN MILLIONS) Institute, Rincon Valley Little League, Hawaii Island Invasive Species Committee and the Royal Order of Kamehameha. COMMUNITY INVESTMENT: 2012–2017 NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTED Donated or Discounted Shipping—Shipping was provided (in millions) for environmental programs to encourage recycling and for $3.7 the removal of decommissioned Eklutna Dam from Alaska; 859 for medical equipment and supplies moving from Hawaii to Pohnpei, Palau and Majuro; for a mobile spay/neuter clinic to $2.9 723 improve animal welfare on Oahu; and canoes large and small 659 $2.4$ 646 moved on our vessels across the South Pacific. Fresh, frozen $2.1 and pantry supplies for food banks and meal programs were $2.0 assisted in Alaska and Hawaii. 456
Since mid-2012, Matson’s support for our $1.0 268 communities exceeds $14 million.
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The MV Manukai approaches Oahu.
“Decades of working in Hawaii with Matson’s Pacific Committee employees and our customers confirm for me Chair, Gary Nakamatsu, Senior Advisor, that we all benefit from dedicated and generous Sales—Hawaii members of the community, including those Vic Angoco Jr., Senior Vice President, with whom I serve. My tenure as Chair leaves me Pacific Jocelyn Chagami, Manager, Industrial grateful for the magnitude of Matson’s commitment Engineering and Operations Systems, and humbled by the service of others for their most Pacific cherished causes. Mahalo!” Russell Chin, District Manager, Gary Nakamatsu, Chair Hawaii Island Matt Cox, Chairman & Chief Executive Pacific Committee members are all island residents and they know the benefits and obstacles of life in remote locations, where reliability Officer defines both our scheduled vessel service and Matson’s approach to charitable giving. Throughout Hawaii, Guam, Micronesia, New Zealand, Len Isotoff, Vice President, Sales—Hawaii American Samoa, Fiji, and Tahiti, islanders depend on each other to support both essentials and the extras. This year, dozens of new causes— Ku‘uhaku Park, Vice President, both employee-initiated and community driven—have been added to the list of our most dependable donations. Government & Community Relations Bernadette Valencia, Vice President & General Manager, Guam/Micronesia
Staff: Linda Howe, [email protected] - Ka Ipu ‘Aina Program Staff: Keahi Birch Adahi I Tano’ Program Staff (Guam): Gloria Perez Vic Angoco Jr. Jocelyn Chagami Russell Chin Matt Cox Len Isotoff Ku‘uhaku Park Bernadette Valencia 2 HAWAII RECIPIENTS
Serving Hawaii since 1882, Matson’s long term relationships in the island communities are evident. In this, our headquarters state, 435 organizations on five islands were supported in 2017. Cash donations totaled $1.18 million. In-Kind support reached $585,000.
STATEWIDE Agricultural Leadership Foundation of Hawaii CASH DONATION An initial gift in 2014 has grown into Matson’s signature support for Hawaii’s public schools across the state, assisting the New Teacher Induction Center to ‘train and retain’ via our support for Beginning Teacher Summer Aloha State Association of the Deaf Academies, two-days of just-in-time training, now reaching all islands. Matson’s 2017 funding also enabled Special Ed Aloha United Way teachers to be ‘specially’ served. American Diabetes Association American Heart Association—Oahu, Maui Association of Fundraising Professionals— General Contractors Association of Hawaii Hawaii State Department of Education— Aloha Chapter Girl Scouts Council of Hawaii Hawaii Teacher Induction Center Better Business Bureau Foundation of Hawaii Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts Hawaii State Junior Golf Association Better Business Bureau Northwest & Pacific Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance Hawaii Steel Alliance Blood Bank of Hawaii Hawaii Aquaculture & Aquaponics Association Hawaii United Okinawa Association Catholic Charities Hawaii Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council Hawaiian Lifeguard Association Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii Hawaii Construction Career Days Hope Community Resources Child & Family Service Hawaii Council for the Humanities, History Day Jewish Cultural Gala Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii Hawaii Culinary Education Foundation Kids Kupboard Coast Guard Foundation Hawaii Foodbank Kina‘ole Foundation Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement Hawaii High School Athletic Association Foundation March of Dimes—Hawaii Chapter Dave Lyman Memorial Scholarship Fund Hawaii HomeOwnership Center Merrie Monarch Festival Domestic Violence Action Center Hawaii Lions Foundation for District 50 Muscular Dystrophy Association-Hawaii Easter Seals Hawaii Hawaii Parkinson Association Na Wahine Pa‘ani ‘O Punahou East-West Center Foundation Hawaii Public Radio National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii Friends of Hawaii Charities Hawaii Restaurant Association National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration— Friends of the Library of Hawaii Hawaii State 4-H Livestock Council Office of Coastal Management
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Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce Friends of Waikiki Aquarium Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association Friends of Youth Outreach (FOYO) Foundation Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation Give Aloha Fund Navy League of the United States—Honolulu Council Gregory House Programs Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation Guava Jam—Royal Paniolo Hall of Fame Ha‘aheo Softball Partners in Development Foundation Habilitat PBS Hawaii Hanahauoli School Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation Hanalani School Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation DONATED SHIPPING The Blood Bank of Hawaii’s newest Hawaii Army Museum Society Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii bloodmobile rolls off Matson’s RO-CON vessel MVMokihana . Hawaii Baptist Academy Salvation Army—Pacific Division Hawaii Bowl Foundation Special Olympics Hawaii Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation Tax Foundation of Hawaii Bradley Ocean Sports Foundation Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation Teach for America—Hawaii Camp Anuenue Hawaii via Small Army for a Cause Hawaii Federation Of USA Wrestling The Nature Conservancy—Hawaii Carole Kai Charities/Great Aloha Run Hawaii Golden Gloves Times Supermarket Charity Golf Tournament Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders Hawaii Kai Boat Club Foundation Central Union Church Preschool and Kindergarten Hawaii Sailing Foundation OAHU Chaminade University Hawaii State Chapter of Children’s Justice Centers 808 Dirt Dawgs Damien Memorial School Hawaii Storm Basketball 808 Storm Drill Team Hawaii Booster Club Hawaii Surfriders AAU of the USA—Escola Coxa Hawaii, Hoops for Drug Abuse Resistance Education—Oahu Chapter Hawaii Theatre Center Christ, Kaizen Volleyball Club, Kawainui Baseball Duke’s Oceanfest Hawaii Titans Fastpitch AccesSurf Hawaii Dynasty Sports Club Softball Hawaii Wall & Ceiling Industry Scholarship Fund ACE Hardware Hawaii East Honolulu Girls Softball Hawaii Youth Symphony Association Aikahi Elementary School Student Council Eastside Baseball Academy Hawaiian Humane Society Aloha Medical Mission Families In The Fire Hawaiian Island Twisters Booster Club Alzheimer’s Association—Aloha Chapter Family Programs Hawaii Hawaii-Niigata Asia-Pacific Exchange & Development Farrington High School Lady Govs Basketball Helping Hands Hawaii ASSETS School Filipino Community Center—Oahu HI Impact Football Association August Ahrens Elementary School Friends of Honouliuli HI Performance Baseball Autism Society Hawaii Friends Of Imi Ho Ola Hina Mauka Bishop Museum Friends Of Kailua High School Historic Hawaii Foundation Boy Scouts of America—Aloha Council—Troops 5, 82, Honolulu Community Jewish Preschool 195, 263, 326, Venture 808 Friends of Kaiser PTSA for Project Grad
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Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce I’m A Bright Kid Foundation Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii Honolulu Police Community Foundation Imagineworks Kaimuki High School Boys Basketball Honolulu Theatre for Youth Institute for Human Services Kainalu Elementary School Honolulu Water Polo Interscholastic League of Honolulu for University Kalani Falcons Athletic Boosters Ho‘okua‘aina Lab School Kalani High School Ho‘ola Na Pua Intertribal Council of Hawaii Kalihi Y Service Club Ho‘omaluhia—Hawaii Pacific Division Iolani Raiders Boosters Club Kamehameha Schools ATP Hospice Hawaii Iolani School Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy HUGS—Help, Understanding & Group Support Japan-America Society of Hawaii Kaneohe Canoe Club Kaoi Soccer Club Kapiolani Health Foundation Kapolei Foundation Kapolei Pony Baseball Keiki Education Living Independent Institute Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Center Killa Bees Softball Club Knights of Columbus Council 16002 KOVA—Keiki Opio Volleyball Academy Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation Kru Baseball Lanakila Basketball Club Lanakila Pacific Foundation Lanikai Canoe Club Lanikai Elementary School Law Enforcement Community Foundation LDS for Kaimuki Ward Boy Scouts of America Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center Le Jardin Academy Leilehua High School Parents Booster for Project Grad Les Dames d’Escoffier International—Hawaii Chapter Lincoln Elementary School Make-A-Wish Hawaii DONATED SHIPPING Blood Bank of Hawaii team members jumped for joy receiving from a Matson employee the keys to the newest bloodmobile. Manufactured near the U.S. East Coast, the final 2,500 miles of its journey aboard the MVMokihana Manoa Elementary School to Hawaii—from Long Beach to Honolulu—was free of charge. Mary, Star of the Sea School Maryknoll School
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McKinley Band Boosters McKinley High School McKinley High School Foundation Mediation Center of the Pacific Mid-Pacific Institute School of the Arts Mililani Bears Baseball Mililani Trojans Association Mililani Volleyball Club Miss Hawaii Organization Moanalua Gardens Foundation Moanalua High School Na Kama Kai Na Maka O Puuwai Aloha—Foundation Nan Charity Golf Tournament Napuuomalei Navy League of the U.S. North Shore Canoe Club Nuke Laloosh Hawaii Oahu Performing Arts Ohana KA IPU ‘A¯INA On World Oceans Day, June 8, 2017, Friends of Waikiki Aquarium (FOWA) cleaned Baby Makapuu beach Oahu Prospects on Oahu’s east shore of debris and litter, reducing nearshore pollution. Oahu RC&D Pacific Aviation Museum Pacific Buddhist Academy Project Vision Hawaii Saint Louis School Pacific Region Baseball PTA Hawaii Congress—Campbell High Project Grad, Saint Mark Lutheran School Palama Settlement Kalaheo High School PTA, Pearl City High School Sales & Marketing Executives—Honolulu Papa Ku Mana Puma Punku Ocean Cleanup Service Corps Of Retired Executives Association Pearl City High School—Softball and Student Council Pumpkin Carving Festival Shriners Hospitals, Aloha Chapter Performing Arts Center of Kapolei Punahou School Sluggers Blue Baseball Playsports Hawaii Pure Aloha Volleyball Club South Oahu County Farmers Association Pohai O Kamehameha Queen’s Medical Center Spike and Serve Club Poi Dogs & Popoki Rainbow Aquatics Swim Team St. Francis Healthcare Foundation Polynesian Arts and Cultural Foundation Revive & Refresh St. Joseph School in Waipahu Polynesian Voyaging Society River of Life Mission Straub Foundation Pop Warner Little Scholars—Kailua Mustangs Sacred Hearts Academy Tamura Superette Foundation Cheer Team, Kalani Falcons Cheer Team Saint Francis School in Hawaii Tamura’s Charitable Foundation
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Team Barefoot Hawaii HAWAII ISLAND Laiopua 2020 Team Opencourt Youth Basketball Club American Brain Tumor Association Lyman House Memorial Museum The 200 Club American Heart Association Na Kalai Wa‘a—Moku O Hawaii The ARC in Hawaii Big Island Resource Conservation and Ocean View Community Association The Early School Development Council Pop Warner Little Scholars—Hilo The LDS Boy Scouts Troop 263 Big Island Sports Academy Rotary Club of Hilo The St. Andrew’s Schools Big Island/West Hawaii Mediation Center Royal Order of Kamehameha I—Kohala TKO Hawaii Booster Club Christian Liberty Academy The Food Basket Trinity Lutheran School Crossnet Ministries International Tony Taniguchi Memorial Golf Tournament U.S. Vets—Oahu Donkey Mill Art Center UH Foundation—Hawaii Community College UH Foundation—Office of Intercollegiate Athletics, Easter Seals Hawaii—Hilo Home and Waiakea High School Shidler College of Business Community Based Services West Hawaii Marine Mammal Response Network / Ukulele Guild of Hawaii Friends of the Future Entangled Humpback Whale Response Unit Ulu Ae Learning Center Habitat for Humanity—West Hawaii Young Life Hawaii Island University Lab School Hamakua Baptist Church YWCA—Hawaii Island University of Hawaii—Department of Kinesiology Hawaii Concert Society and Rehab Science Hawaii County 4-H Livestock Association USO Hawaii Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce Waianae Coast Community Foundation Hawaii Island Community Development Corp. Waianae Hawaiian Civic Club Hawaii Island Sports Officials Association Waimanalo Canoe Club Hawaii Island United Way Waimanalo Warriors Athletic Association Hawaii Saddle Club Waimanalo Youth and Family Collaborative Hawaii Wildlife Fund Webco Foundation Hilo Little League Baseball Whitmore Economic Development Group Hilo Yacht Club Wilson School Ohana PTA Hui Kakoo O Laupahoehoe Women In Need Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Worldwide Uchinanchu Business Network Hawaii Kamehameha Schools—Ho‘olahui Pakipika Wreathes Across America Kanu O Ka Aina New Century PCS YMCA—Armed Services Kau Multicultural Society YMCA of Honolulu Kealakehe High School—Cross Country Team DONATED CONTAINER A well-used container retired from seagoing Young Life Oahu and Softball Program service will be landlocked for the rest of its career in a remote Hawaii Island location supporting the Nature Conservancy’s environmental Youth Impact Program Keaukaha Community Association work in forested areas. Once in position, Matson logos are painted out YWCA—Oahu Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce and charities are free to decorate to suit their environment. Kona Youth for Christ
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MAUI Hospice Maui American Cancer Society Housing and Land Enterprise of Maui American Heart Association Hui Malama Learning Center Baldwin High School Hui No‘eau Boys and Girls Clubs of Maui Kahana Canoe Club Boy Scouts of America—Maui County Council Kihei Youth Center Habitat for Humanity Kiwanis Club of Maui Hale Kau Kau/St. Theresa Church Kulamalu Football Association Hale Makua Health Services Lae‘ula O Kai Outrigger Canoe Club Hali‘imaile Community Garden LYC Lahaina Yacht Club Foundation Hana Arts Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike Hawaii State Association of Counties Malama Maui Nui CONTAINER LOAN As seen on Punahou School campus, containers Hawaii State Department of Education— Maui 4-H Livestock Association are loaned to provide dry or chilled storage for fundraising festivals, Maui Complex-Science/Engineering Fair Maui Adult Day Care Centers fairs, carnivals and garage sales. In 2017, Matson also loaned Maui AIDS Foundation containers to Habitat for Humanity—West Hawaii for short term storage of building materials during a Blitz Build. EVENT SPONSORSHIP Active fundraising events attract Maui Chamber of Commerce Matson employees, like this pair finishing the American Maui Community Food Bank Diabetes Association’s bike ride, Tour de Cure. Maui County Farm Bureau Trinity Episcopal Church by-the-Sea Maui County Kaunoa Senior Services Nutrition Program UH Foundation—U.H. Maui Maui Economic Development Board Valley Isle Timing Association Maui Fair Alliance Wailuku Hongwanji Mission and Preschool Maui Learning Ohana Maui Memorial Medical Center Foundation MOLOKAI Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber Foundation Friendly Isle United Fund Maui Pop Warner Federation Molokai Island Foundation Maui Preparatory Academy KAUAI Maui United Way American Cancer Society Montessori School of Maui Big Brothers Big Sisters Nisei Veterans Memorial Center Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii Pacific Whale Foundation C.R. Kendall Scholarship Fund Paia Youth & Culture Center Child & Family Service—Nana’s House Seabury Hall Contractors Association of Kauai St. Anthony Jr. Sr. High School Garden Island Resource Conservation & Development St. Joseph Church & Early Learning Center Habitat for Humanity
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Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association Hawaii Youth Maritime Programs Island School Kapaa High School Project Grad Kauai AJA Baseball Association Kauai Chamber of Commerce Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair Kauai Dance Center Kauai Economic Development Board Kauai Food Bank Kauai High School—Baseball Booster Club Kauai High School—PAIRS/Project Graduation Kauai Hospice Kauai Humane Society Kauai Independent Food Bank Kauai Lifeguard Association Kauai Museum Association Kauai Robotics Alliance Kauai Sailing Association Kauai United Way Kauai Veterans Association Kiwanis Club of Kauai Koloa Plantation Days Kumu’s Cupboard Life’s Bridges Hawaii Lihue Pop Warner Association National Tropical Botanical Garden Poipu Beach Rotary Club Foundation Pop Warner Little Scholars—Koloa Ruff Ryderz Baseball Surfrider Foundation Waimea High School—Project Graduation DISCOUNTED SHIPPING Partially disassembled in preparation for transport from Seattle, this WWII torpedo aircraft is stowed safely West Kauai Business and Professionals Association below deck aboard the MV Manoa, destined for the Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii to tell the story of America’s fight to protect freedom. The delivery enabled the Museum to add to their collection the heaviest and largest single-engine aircraft built at the time. Wilcox Health Foundation YWCA—Kauai
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In our third decade serving island communities beyond Hawaii, including Guam Women’s Masters Basketball Association Guam, Micronesia and the South Pacific, Matson’s support in these geographic iCan Resources areas grows along with our service network. In total, 109 charities and iRecycle non-profits were assisted in 2017. Isla Center for the Arts at the University of Guam Kamalen Karidat Cash donations totaled $260,000. In-Kind support reached $50,000. Korean Women’s Association of Pacific Make-A-Wish Mercy Heights Catholic Nursery & Kindergarten WESTERN PACIFIC Guam Council on the Arts & Humanities Agency Mount Carmel Alumni and Endowment Foundation GUAM Guam Crime Stoppers Navy League of the U.S. 734th Mobility Airlifter’s Club Council Guam Giants Youth Football National Association of Women in Construction Abundant Life Church Guam Girl Scouts Nice Birdie Golf Club Academy of Our Lady of Pacific Guam Humanities Council Pacific Resources for Education and Learning American Cancer Society—Guam Guam Islanders Softball Assn Pay-Less Markets Community Foundation American Heart Association Guam Junior Golf League PBS Guam American Red Cross Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Port Authority of Guam Employee Association Boy Scouts of America—Guam Guam National Golf Federation Saint Anthony Catholic School Bethel Church Association Guam National Tennis Federation Saint Francis School of Guam Chasing Rainbows End Organization Guam Reserve Association San Juan Bautista Church, Ordot Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Pacific Guam Society of Professional Engineers Simon Sanchez School Coast Guard Enlisted Association, Marianas Branch Guam Visitors Bureau Society of American Military Engineers—Guam Post Cost-U-Less 5K Walk/Run Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce Soroptimist International of Guam Eagle Golf Club for Shriner’s Hospital Guam Women’s Master Softball Club—Hagatna South Pacific Petroleum Corporation 76 Charitable Golf Tournament Father Duenas Memorial High School Foundation for Public Education The MV R. J. Pfeiffer entering the Port of Guam. GEDA Employee Morale Association Guaiya Todu Guam Animals in Need Guam Buick Open Charitable Golf Tournament Guam Cancer Care Guam Chamber of Commerce Guam Community College Foundation Guam Community Health Centers Guam Contractors Association
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Palau International Coral Reef Center Shiraki Memorial Foundation YAP Habele Outer Island Education Fund SOUTH PACIFIC NEW ZEALAND Altus Resource Trust Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopters Pacific Cooperation Foundation The Life Centre Trust The Village Community Services Trust AMERICAN SAMOA ADAHI I TANO’ On Guam’s northwest shore, within the village of Dededo, the white sand Tanguisson beach and nearby park American Samoa—Department of Public Safety were about to be scrubbed of debris by these volunteers for the Bethel Church Association. Two cleanups were held in and American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition around the island each month. American Samoa High School Student Government Association Southern Heat Soccer Association FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA American Samoa National Olympic Committee Hope House Special Olympics—Guam Akoyikoyi School Pago Pago Lions Club St. Francis Catholic School Parent-Alumni Organization Ayuda Foundation—Micronesia Medical Missions South Pacific Shrine Club The Rigalu Foundation College of Micronesia Special Olympics American Samoa Triple J Enterprises 5K Walk MAHI International Ulitao of Guam Pohnpei Swim Club COOK ISLANDS University of Guam U.S. Army IMCOM Pacific—Garrison Kwajalein Atoll Aitutaki Village Council University of Guam Endowment Foundation Wa’agey Cook Islands Canoeing Association USO—Guam Cook Islands Rugby Union MAJURO Visitor Industry Education Council of Guam Rarotonga Sailing Club Majuro Ministry of Health COMMONWEALTH OF THE FIJI NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PALAU Father Peter Ryan Bilolevu Club 500 Sails Palau Adventist Welleness Center NIUE Northern Marianas College for KRNM Radio Palau Basketball Federation Consul General of Niue Government Saipan Chamber of Commerce Palau Community College Palau Conservation Society Niue Rugby Football Union The Tuapa Village Council of Niue
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Mainland Committee Chair, John Lauer, Senior Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer Joe Augsburger, Controller, Matson Logistics Gregory Chu, General Manager, South Pacific “2017 was From offices in Oakland, Concord, Oakbrook Terrace and Phoenix, to vessel terminals along the Lori Geraty, Vice President, an exciting West Coast, Matson’s giving to Mainland-based causes spans the continent and reflects the shared interests Sales & Marketing, Matson Logistics year for the of our employees on land and at sea, our customers and community leaders in many states. This year, we Yolanda Gonzalez, Vice President, supported maritime, cultural, educational and health-promoting causes across the country. Human Resources Mainland Tom Good, Vice President, Committee. Sales—Mainland We continued Paula Strano Isobe, Director, to support Customer Service & Training worthy causes Tim Kirchhoff, Director, John Lauer, Chair Sales & Marketing, Southwest Region in the areas Rich Kinney, Vice President, West Coast we live and serve, and also Terminals & Vehicle Operations experienced several changes Joe Augsburger Gregory Chu Lori Geraty Yolanda Gonzalez Tom Good Paula Strano Isobe Steven Rusca, Assistant Vice President, in our team. We appreciate the Domestic Intermodal, Matson Logistics great work done by those that Jason Taylor, Vice President, Human Resources relinquished their positions, Jeffrey Yasuda, Senior Manager, Business and welcome the enthusiasm Process & Planning, Matson Logistics of our new members.”
Staff: Paul Merwin, [email protected] Main photo: Matson’s terminal at Tim Kirchhoff Rich Kinney Steven Rusca Jason Taylor Jeffrey Yasuda Janine Ray, [email protected] Long Beach, CA.
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Matson focused support on charities clustered around port terminals in Seattle and Tacoma, Oakland and Los Angeles/Long Beach, and inland nationwide. Employee donations triggered gifts to causes across the continent. In all, 247 organizations were supported in 2017. CASH GRANT Just blocks from Matson’s downtown Oakland offices are the protected waters of Lake Merritt where new or experienced boaters can kayak, canoe or paddle Cash donations totaled $530,000. In-Kind support reached $45,000. a pedal boat. Matson’s support of this City of Oakland facility helps provide lifejackets and recreational equipment.
CALIFORNIA Cabrillo High School—Engineering & Design SLC East Bay Leadership Council Alameda County Community Food Bank California Ballet Company East Bay SPCA Alameda County Library Foundation California Chamber of Commerce East Bay Zoological Society Alameda Meals on Wheels California Military Institute Educational Tall Ship Alan F. Wohlstetter Scholarship Fund California Museum Foundation Eric’s Corner Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation California Parks, Recreation and Youth Development— Exploratorium Alzheimers Association—East Bay, No. California Lake Merritt Boating Center Fairfield Community Services Foundation and No. Nevada/Santa Barbara California Public Library Foundation Families of Sunset PTA American Cancer Society—Atlanta, Denim Day California School for the Arts Family Emergency Shelter Coalition American Diabetes Association—California California State University—Long Beach Family Support Services American Heart Association—Los Angeles, Oakland California Symphony Youth Orchestra Filoli Center Antioch High School California Waterfowl Association First Place for Youth Asian Art Museum Foundation Camp Kesem Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano ASPCA Cathedral School for Boys Friends of the Long Beach Fire Fighters Association for the Preservation of the Chabot Space and Science Center Girl Scouts of Northern California Presidential Yacht Potomac Children Today Girls Incorporated—West Contra Costa County Bay Area Rescue Mission Children’s Fairyland Glide Foundation Boy Scouts of America—Long Beach Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Gray Area Foundation For The Arts Boy Scouts of America—Marin Council Foundation Gritty City Repertory Youth Theatre Boy Scouts of America—San Francisco Council College Park High School Athletic Boosters Habitat for Humanity—Greater San Francisco Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern California Community Resource Center Hidden Valley Elementary Parent Faculty Club Breast Cancer Action Cougar Diamond Club Hillbrook School Bridges of Hope International DYF Diabetes Youth Foundation Institute on Aging BSR—Business for Social Responsibility East Bay Agency for Children International Seafarers Center of Long Beach— C&S Charities East Bay Christian Fellowship Los Angeles
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CASH GRANT, EVENT SUPPORT, MATCHING GIFTS High school students in the International Trade Education Program visit the Port of Los Angeles to learn about maritime careers on both land and sea. Matson employees mentor ITEP students, attend Samaritan’s Purse aka Operation Christmas Child fundraising events and make personal gifts which Matson matches. PHOTO CREDIT: ITEP/POA San Francisco Marin Food Bank San Francisco Maritime National Park Assoc. San Francisco Sailing Whaleboat Association San Francisco Suicide Prevention San Marin High School All Sports Booster Club San Ramon Valley Unified School District Save Mount Diablo SCORE East Bay Chapter Seacology Sequoia Middle Schol SMS Parent Faculty Club Shining Star Foundation Spartan Foundation of San Jose State University St. Anthony Foundation St. Ignatius College Preparatory School International Trade Education Programs Napa Police Officers Association St. Joseph-Notre Dame High School John Wayne Cancer Foundation National Liberty Ship Memorial Stand For Families Free of Violence Junior Achievement of Northern California Navy League of the U.S.—Alameda Stanford University Juvenile Arthritis Foundation Newark Swim Team at the Newark Memorial The Brandeis School of San Francisco Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International High School The Foodbank of California KCRW Foundation Norwegian Seaman’s Church The Home Depot Foundation KQED Occidental College The San Francisco SPCA Landmark College OneJustice The Second Opinion League of Women Voters Education Fund Pacific Merchant Shipping Association Tiburon Salmon Institute Leukemia & Lymphoma Society—Orange County Pacifica Sea Lions Aquatic Club Inland Empire Palos Verdes Peninsula Rotary Foundation UC San Diego Foundation Loaves & Fishes of Contra Costa Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital United Cambodian Community Long Beach BLAST, Better Learning After School Playworks Education Energized United Way of Greater Los Angeles Long Beach Community Action Partnership Port of Long Beach United Way of the Bay Area Long Beach Education Foundation Producers Associates University of San Francisco Long Beach Public Library Foundation Quail Run Elementary Learning Fund USS Hornet Museum Los Angeles Maritime Institute Raphael House of San Francisco U.S. Vets—Long Beach Marine Science Institute Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Washington Elementary School PTA Meals on Wheels and Senior Outreach Services Rincon Valley Little League Wheelchair Labs Mills College Ronald McDonald House—Los Angeles Women in Logistics Mt. Diablo Unified School District Ronald McDonald House of Orange County, CA Wooden Boats For Veterans Foundation Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Roundhouse Aquarium Teaching Center Woodland United Way Yu Ming Charter School
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ARIZONA Seattle Marriott Charity Golf Classic National Multiple Sclerosis Society Alzheimers Association—Desert Southwest Transportation Club of Seattle National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation Arizona Aloha Festivals Transportation Club of Tacoma Northwest College Foundation Arizona Centers for Comprehensive Education United Way of King County, Washington Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Trust and Life-skills United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, Oregon Planned Parenthood Federation of America Arizona Conservatory of Music University of Washington Foundation Regents of the University of Michigan Arizona Rescue Mission Renaissance Charitable Foundation ILLINOIS Arizona Symphony Association Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland Arizona Zoo DuPage P.A.D.S. and Northwest Indiana Asian Pacific Community in Action Humanitarian Service Project Scleroderma Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter Desert Botanical Garden Northern Illinois Food Bank Soldiers Angels Drive By Blessings University of Chicago—Booth School of Business Special Organization Founded to Aid Special Kids SOFTASK Foundation for Blind Children NATIONWIDE Friends of Public Radio Arizona SS Cyril & Methodius School AARP Foundation KAET and PBS Arizona St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Alzheimers Association—Cleaveland Northern Arizona University St. Louis University American Federation for Suicide Prevention Rainbow Acres Susan G. Komen 3-Day Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence San Tan Youth Soccer Association The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Berrien Community Foundation St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance The Flatwater Foundation Coast Guard Foundation Valley Life The Friendship Club Colorado School of Mines Foundation Valley of the Sun United Way Truckers Against Trafficking Containerization & Intermodal Institute Waste Not U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Foundation Evanescent Mustang Rescue & Sanctuary United Seamen’s Service PACIFIC NORTHWEST Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home United Way of Metropolitan Chicago American Cancer Society Fisher House Foundation—Maryland United Way of the Coastal Empire, Georgia Albertina Kerr Centers Foundation Fried’s Cat Shelter University of Delaware Centerstone of Seattle Hillside School University of North Florida Council of American Master Mariners Holy Redeemer Hospice University of Notre Dame Cystic Fibrosis Foundation—Washington Chapter Hoosier Burn Camp Webb Institute King Harbor Youth Foundation Hopelink WFYI—Indianapolis Public Radio Low Income Housing Institute of Seattle International Institute of Buffalo Wikimedia Foundation Mt. Hood Swim Team International Propeller Club of the United States Worcester Polytechnic Institute Ocean Beauty Seafoods Charitable Golf Tournament Kids Heroes Foundation World Vision Foundation for Seashare Lundeberg Maryland Seamanship School Wounded Warrior Project Oregon Museum of Science and Industry March of Dimes—Savannah Wreaths Across America Seattle Children’s Hospital via Costco Sumner Depot Mount Holyoke College
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Alaska Committee Alaska Committee members from all ports have engaged enthusiastically in the second full year in the Matson Giving program. Our priorities emphasize the environment and wildlife, meal Chair, Kenny Gill, Vice President, Alaska programs and food banks, activities for the developmentally disabled, heart and lung health, Beth Arndt, Senior Pricing Analyst and efforts to end domestic violence. Chris Dianora, Director of Sales, An auspicious historical event— Pacific Northwest the 75th anniversary of the WWII Lori Galloway, Manager, bombing of Dutch Harbor—was a Terminal Operations, Anchorage highlight this year. During Alaska’s Tamara Grasse, Senior Account Manager lengthy winter, Matson supports Rick Kniaziowski, Manager, community skiing and hockey. And Terminal Operations, Kodiak when summer is available day and Claudia Russell, Director, Kenny Gill, Chair (at left) night—everybody loves baseball! Beth Arndt Chris Dianora Lori Galloway Finance & Administration, Alaska Jennifer Tungul, Manager, “For all of us Committee members, we are Terminal Operations, Dutch Harbor truly honored and take great pride in being Lindsey Whitt, Account Executive, part of Matson Giving in Alaska. It’s a Alaska Sales & Manager, External Affairs fabulous feeling to see the responses when Staff: Lindsey Whitt, [email protected] we donate—and this instills a sense of pride Main photo: Matson’s terminal at the as we give back to our communities.” Port of Anchorage. PHOTO: JEFF SCHULTZ Tamara Grasse Rick Kniaziowski Claudia Russell Jennifer Tungul Lindsey Whitt
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Matson’s support in Alaska remains focused around the ports we serve: Anchorage, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor, and in-kind assistance is strong for statewide causes. Across Alaska, 68 charities were assisted. Cash donations totaled $200,000. In-Kind support reached $860,000, demonstra ting the importance of ocean shipping to charities in our northernmost state.
STATEWIDE American Lung Association of Alaska CASH GRANT On the Alaskan island of Afognak, three miles off Kodiak Alaska Business Week Anchorage Bucs Baseball Island, people of Native Village of Ag’waneq teach the Alutiiq language, Anchorage Concert Association cultural values and skills—such as building a shelter—to Kodiak youth Alaska Hunter Jumper Association through their summer Dig Afognak Camp. Matson directs cash support Alaska MS Multiple Sclerosis Center Anchorage Opera to this program. Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Anchorage Park Foundation Anchorage Running Club Alaska Public Telecommunications University of Alaska —Anchorage and Southeast Anchorage Symphony Orchestra Alaska Run for Women Wreathes Across America Arctic Valley—Anchorage Ski Club Alliance for ALB YWCA—Alaska American Heart Association Arctic Warrior Air Force Ball Committee Boys & Girls Clubs of Alaska Armed Services YMCA of Alaska DUTCH HARBOR/UNALASKA Camp Fire Alaska Banner Health Foundation Alaska State Firefighters Association—Dutch Harbor Challenge Alaska Best Beginnings Alaska Veterans Museum Equine Assisted Therapy Alaska Cook Inlet Soccer Club Unalaska City School District Food Bank of Alaska Covenant House Alaska Unalaska High School Senior Parents Committee Navy League of the U.S. Dimond High School, Anchorage School District KODIAK Far North Youth Baseball and Softball Standing Together Against Rape Kiwanis Club of Kodiak Friends of Alaska Public Library The Conservation Fund Kodiak 4-H Habitat for Humanity—Anchorage The Providence Alaska Foundation Kodiak Booster Club Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation Salvation Army Kodiak High School Girls Basketball Logistics Officer Association of Alaska ANCHORAGE Kodiak Island Volleyball Club Moose Mamas Native Village of Afognak Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis National Ski Patrol—Alaska Division Alaska Chamber Singers Petroleum Club of Anchorage MAT-SU Alaska Men’s Run Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute Chugiak Youth Sports Association Alaska Scholastic Clay Target Program—YESS Salvation Army—Alaska Division Matanuska-Susitna Borough Schools—Palmer High
Alaska South Central Pop Warner Football Association Special Olympics Alaska School Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling Taylar Young Memorial Foundation Mat-Su Miners
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