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Re: Fundraising
Kamehameha schools have to fundraise for reason. There are just under 200 different student organizations from halau's to football teams. Pretty much every student going to Kamehameha in the middle and upper schools belong to an organization.
The will of Bernice Pauhi Bishop precludes any support outside of education, however the board of directors will allow up to $300 per child for major events like the Rose Bowl or Macy parade trips. The rest must be fundraised thru each organization. The major fundraising vehicle for Kamehameha Kapalama campus is the annnual Hoolaulea at Bishop Museum. Punahou's is their annual carnival.
As for Kamehameha being RICH, yes they are in holdings and land assets however not in cash reserves. It's like President Clinton said once when home prices in his home town of Alabama was under $100,000 and Hawaii's was over $500,000 that anyone who had equity assets over a quarter million was considered rich. Well that mean't virtually everybody who owned a home in Hawaii much less the entire nation outside of Alabama was rich and he wanted to impose a tax on the rich...hmmm that died quickly.
Yes Kamehameha is rich however one must also look at how it spends its monies. First off the vast majority of students at Kamehameha at it's three major campuses across the state go there on scholarships funded entirely by the trust. That means most of the kids that attend Kamehameha don't pay a tuition at all yet get the same level (if not better) than Punahou for free.
Second, Kamehameha subsidizes up to $300 per child for fundraising events. The rest is thru annual Hoolaulea in which virtually all material and vendor costs to provide the logistical support is paid for thru the school, so in a way Kamehameha does pay for mostly all of the fundraising needed by their entire student body and it's in the thousands.
Third, as rich as Kamehameha is, it's resources are limited and must last an eternity for future students.
Fourth, Kamehameha has outreach programs that suppliment curricullum and material costs for public schools that 1) are in predominately Hawaiian communities and, 2) provide a curricullum reflective of Hawaiian culture.
Fifth, Kamehameha supports thru grants or runs satellite preschool programs across the state on all islands.
Sixth, Kamehameha provides college scholarships for all Hawaiians regardless if they're alumni or not. The only requirement outside of proving Hawaiian lineage down to three generations is to be a resident of the state of Hawaii.
Seventh, Kamehameha provides jobs for the teaching community regardless of their ethnicity. Being Hawaiian is not a requirement in this regard.
With all this spending going on within KSBE, it requires a huge amount of management resources to keep the trust active and financially solvent for future Hawaiians.
One of the things Kamehameha asks of it's students, alumni and college scholarship recipients is that with their education gained thru the virtues of Princess Pauahi's trust, is that they go out and teach the values of Hawaiian culture to their communities as well as to help educate Hawaiians less fortunate to have gone to Kamehameha schools so they too can in someway benefit from the trust.
My wife got her Masters with the subsidy support of KSBE and is now a Headstart manager out here in Hilo guiding Title I families, most of them Hawaiian, she never went to Kamehameha...she was a public school student graduating from Leileihua in Wahiawa. My eldest son is pursuing a teaching degree at UH/Manoa to give back to the community when he becomes a teacher.
My second eldest boy is working at Hawaii National Park informing tourists about the history and culture of Hawaii and how it relates to the volcano they came to visit.
Both of my kids are doing this thru the auspices of Kamehameha and both are alumni of the Kapalama campus. I'm proud of my boys for living the dreams of Pauahi.
And for that I volunteer my time for the school with my background in fundraising to help support the school that supported my entire family because we in turn support the people of Hawaii thru our efforts. This is what it's all about!
IMUA KAMEHAMEHA!
Kamehameha schools have to fundraise for reason. There are just under 200 different student organizations from halau's to football teams. Pretty much every student going to Kamehameha in the middle and upper schools belong to an organization.
The will of Bernice Pauhi Bishop precludes any support outside of education, however the board of directors will allow up to $300 per child for major events like the Rose Bowl or Macy parade trips. The rest must be fundraised thru each organization. The major fundraising vehicle for Kamehameha Kapalama campus is the annnual Hoolaulea at Bishop Museum. Punahou's is their annual carnival.
As for Kamehameha being RICH, yes they are in holdings and land assets however not in cash reserves. It's like President Clinton said once when home prices in his home town of Alabama was under $100,000 and Hawaii's was over $500,000 that anyone who had equity assets over a quarter million was considered rich. Well that mean't virtually everybody who owned a home in Hawaii much less the entire nation outside of Alabama was rich and he wanted to impose a tax on the rich...hmmm that died quickly.
Yes Kamehameha is rich however one must also look at how it spends its monies. First off the vast majority of students at Kamehameha at it's three major campuses across the state go there on scholarships funded entirely by the trust. That means most of the kids that attend Kamehameha don't pay a tuition at all yet get the same level (if not better) than Punahou for free.
Second, Kamehameha subsidizes up to $300 per child for fundraising events. The rest is thru annual Hoolaulea in which virtually all material and vendor costs to provide the logistical support is paid for thru the school, so in a way Kamehameha does pay for mostly all of the fundraising needed by their entire student body and it's in the thousands.
Third, as rich as Kamehameha is, it's resources are limited and must last an eternity for future students.
Fourth, Kamehameha has outreach programs that suppliment curricullum and material costs for public schools that 1) are in predominately Hawaiian communities and, 2) provide a curricullum reflective of Hawaiian culture.
Fifth, Kamehameha supports thru grants or runs satellite preschool programs across the state on all islands.
Sixth, Kamehameha provides college scholarships for all Hawaiians regardless if they're alumni or not. The only requirement outside of proving Hawaiian lineage down to three generations is to be a resident of the state of Hawaii.
Seventh, Kamehameha provides jobs for the teaching community regardless of their ethnicity. Being Hawaiian is not a requirement in this regard.
With all this spending going on within KSBE, it requires a huge amount of management resources to keep the trust active and financially solvent for future Hawaiians.
One of the things Kamehameha asks of it's students, alumni and college scholarship recipients is that with their education gained thru the virtues of Princess Pauahi's trust, is that they go out and teach the values of Hawaiian culture to their communities as well as to help educate Hawaiians less fortunate to have gone to Kamehameha schools so they too can in someway benefit from the trust.
My wife got her Masters with the subsidy support of KSBE and is now a Headstart manager out here in Hilo guiding Title I families, most of them Hawaiian, she never went to Kamehameha...she was a public school student graduating from Leileihua in Wahiawa. My eldest son is pursuing a teaching degree at UH/Manoa to give back to the community when he becomes a teacher.
My second eldest boy is working at Hawaii National Park informing tourists about the history and culture of Hawaii and how it relates to the volcano they came to visit.
Both of my kids are doing this thru the auspices of Kamehameha and both are alumni of the Kapalama campus. I'm proud of my boys for living the dreams of Pauahi.
And for that I volunteer my time for the school with my background in fundraising to help support the school that supported my entire family because we in turn support the people of Hawaii thru our efforts. This is what it's all about!
IMUA KAMEHAMEHA!
My dad wouldn't let us go door-to-door and we couldn't hit up family members really (kinda embarrassed to ask and for some, not really an option even though the item was maybe a dollar.) So he ended up buying up all that we were supposed to sell. Boy, we had a nice stash of chocolate bars in the 'fridge! 
Sorry, I realize this has nothing to do with fundraising, though Zippy's chili is a sure winner, especially with the local crowd.
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