Project Hawaii Inc
Project Hawaii Inc
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About this organization
Mission
Our mission is to enhance the lives of homeless children living in poverty. Making Foot Prints in the Hawaiian Sands Worth Following. Our program is run 100% by volunteers and solely supported by public donations Project Hawai'i, Inc., offers a wide variety of programs that provide interactive solutions to helping the homeless children escape the cycle of poverty in their own lives.
About
Our major accomplishment is our SUMMER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM: For our 14th year this year we proud to announce that our jr. leader pilot program is now a full-time summer program and will continue to allow for growth to include more educational options, such as the stem program, etc. What a learning experience for everyone. Maybe a once in a lifetime? We also have an amazing "teen week" (which is actually 10 days) that was designed to allow teens who had graduated through our program when they were younger and now on their way to a brighter future. To come back and mentor the younger children, to share their experiences and why this program is so important. The entire week was full of cultural learning, workshops, leadership classes, and bonding exercises. All before they were paired with younger children to mentor during the Edu-Camp sleepover camp on the Big Island. Sleepover Camp on big island allowing the children from ages 3-7 to escape their everyday hardship of living homeless and learning life and social skills to help them succeed. This camp allows for the public community to be more involved with sharing their talents and teaching new skills to the homeless children. We introduce a wide-variety of activities and venues from art, culture, yoga, reading, theater, music and more. We also provide eye and oral exams. Our main goal is to help them gain the self-esteem as well as life and social skills to help them succeed in school. Adventures Abound Day camp is our session on O'ahu and allows the children to explore the wonders of their island. They will go on field trips, adventures and learn the basic life and social skills to succeed in school. This is our 12th year and we strive to advance with each year. The volunteers pick the homeless children up every morning at 7a.m. get them fed and ready for the day. Pair them with their teen mentor and get ready for the field trips across the island. Exploration through the zoo, aquarium, discovery zone, and other educational programs. The overall goal is to provide them with newfound skills to succeed in school. At the end of both camps children and their siblings all receive their new backpacks filled with supplies and new outfits to start their first day of school. Our camp is open free of charge to children ages 3-7, jr. leaders 10-12 years, and teens enrolled in high school. Another amazing aspect of our camp is that we strive to be 100% organic, non-gmo and local grown meals and snacks. This allows for the children to spend their summer with the opportunity to detox their bodies and minds. During this crucial brain development period, these children are being fueled with healthy choices. Our camp also helps to provide first to work moms the opportunity not only work alongside their children while gaining training skills but fulfill their needed hours. Another amazing feature is we have university students participate as interns to help them with their practicums. This camp is designed to provide ample opportunities to the community to help all sorts of members succeed and meet their goals. We typically have 2 interns and 3-5 first to work parents attend our camp.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is outlined in the filing as “Project hawai'i, inc., mission is to enhance the lives of homeless children and help them escape their cycle of poverty. providing year round services to homeless and poverty stricken children on the islands of hawai'i and o'ahu. run 100% by volunteers and solely supported by public donations. providing year round interactive solutions to help these children gain self-esteem, life and social skills to escape their cycle of poverty.”.
When discussing its operations, they were defined as: “Our mission is the enhance the lives of homeless and poverty stricken children, helping them to escape their cycle of poverty. we provide services year round on the islands of hawai'i and o'ahu. our agency is run 100% by volunteers and solely supported by public donations. we provide emergency and life necessities to homeless unsheltered children and during the holidays conduct even more outreach to encampments to assure that no child is left out of the wonders of the holiday season. we will provide services to over 1,500 individual homeless children annually. during the holidays we can have as many as 100 volunteers involved. our major life changing program is our summer educational programs. we provide a jr. leader program, a teen mentoring program and a summer educational camp. during this time we will have the community provide educational workshops, athletics, music, culture, etc to provide a well rounded learning process. we send over 300 homeless children back to”.
- The state where the non-profit operates has been legally reported as HI.
- The filing indicates that the non-profit's address in 2020 is located at POBox 1844, Keaau, HI, 96749.
- The non-profit has reported 0 employees on their form as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $0.
- The organization has 16 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2010.
- The organization pays $0 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $0 in fundraising expenses.
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