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$5K FHB grant to fund interpretive programs at CNMI and Guam parks
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Posted on Mar 03 2006
HONOLULU, Hawaii—The Arizona Memorial Museum Association has been awarded a grant of $5,000 from The First Hawaiian Bank Foundation.
“We are delighted to receive this important gift from First Hawaiian Bank,” said Tom Shaw, president and chief executive officers of the Arizona Memorial Museum Association. “It will enable us to move forward to develop our educational and interpretive programs at our affiliated Pacific area historic parks in Guam and Saipan.”
“We are pleased to support AMMAs education programs at the War in the Pacific National Historic Park on Guam and the American Memorial Park in Saipan,” said Sharon Shiroma Brown, president of the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation. “These sites, the events that took place there, and the brave military and civilian personnel who fought there are important parts of our nations history and should be remembered, understood, and honored forever.”
AMMA is a non-profit 501 (C) (3) cooperating association of the National Park Service. It provides NPS with financial support; operates on-site bookstores; develops school related programs; sponsors teacher conferences; support research; provides for the preservations and exhibition of artifacts, photographs, documents, and other memorabilia; promotes distance learning through videoconferencing; and publishes interpretive and education teaching/student aids.
In addition to serving as a cooperating association of the NPS at the USS Arizona Memorial and Visitor Center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, AMMA supports the interpretation and related visitor service activities of the NPS at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam; American Memorial Park in Saipan and the Kalaupapa National Historic Park on Molokai in Hawaii.
First Hawaiian Bank Foundation is the charitable arm of First Hawaiian Bank. During 2005 the foundation and bank contributed $2.9 million to more than 330 non-profit organizations.
The foundation funds educational opportunities, access to health care, services for children and youth, human service needs, and the many ways that the arts enrich our lives.
First Hawaiian Bank ($11.6 billion assets) has 61 branches in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan. Founded in 1858, it is Hawaii’s oldest and largest bank. (PR)
