Annual Contributions
Mahalo to Our Generous Donors!
We would like to sincerely thank all who donated to our successful 2025-2026 campaign, especially those who made a second donation to help us reach our goal. Your contributions are invaluable in supporting HEA’s work to improve the educational future of Hawaii.
PLATINUM ($5,000-$25,000)
HSTA-Retired (Susan Hagiwara Special Education Teacher Micro Grant)
Wilbur Luna (Annual Drive, Endowed Scholarship & Keakahiwa/Luna Scholarship)
GOLD ($300-$2,000)
Allen C. Ashitomi
April Hail
Ernest Hamai (HEA Scholarship)
Barbara L. Hudman
Meredith Maeda (HEA Scholarship)
Frances E. Oshita
Donald & Kunie Quon (HEA Scholarship)
Irvin K. Sasaki
Michael G. & Ann Suzuki
Saeko Yoshida (HSTA-Retired Scholarship)
SILVER ($100-$299)
Thomas Aitken (Give Aloha)
June J. Amasaki
Richard S. Anbe
Gordon S. K. Au
Gail H. Awakuni
Margaret Mae Bailey
Merle T. Beuggert
Elaine Blust (HSTA-Retired Scholarship)
Clara Burrows (HEA Scholarship)
Jeanne L. Carey
Joanne Chang (Endowed Scholarship)
Helen H. I. Chang
Victoria K. S. Chung
William K. & Barbara Ann Chung
Odetta Fujimori
Helen S. U. Fujimura
Ichiro Fukumoto
Gloria Gorter
Richard & Kay Tuttle Hancock (Endowed Scholarship)
Donna Higashi (Susan Hagiwara Special Education Teacher Micro Grant)
Nanette E. Hiraoka
Sandra I. Ichiyama
Maxine M. Ishiyama
Doris Y. Ito
Janet Y. Kamasaki
Pauline H. Kaneta
Edward M. & Grace U. Kashiwamura
Amy F. Kimura
Mary Ann H. Kobayashi
Clara Koga
Gail M. Koga
Sylvia J. Koo
Kay T. Kudo
James T. & Melba F. Kurashige (Endowed Scholarship)
Joseph T. Kuroda
Nellie Y. Y. L. Lum
Amy T. Maeda
Dorothy S. Makekau
Marilyn Y. Morikawa (Give Aloha)
Karolyn Mossman (Susan Hagiwara Special Education Teacher Micro Grant)
Ruth C. Mukai
Mitsugi & Marjorie Nakashima
Jane Y. Nikaido
Richard K. Okano
Ray I. Okimoto
Robert T. Okuda
Homer Payne, Jr. (Annual Drive & HEA Scholarship)
Linda L. Puleloa
Anne N. Sadayasu
Carol Sakamoto (TAAC)
Dennis E. Sakata
June R. Sasaki
Annette I. Sato
Grace S. Shigeta
Jane K. Shigeta
Bruce Shimomoto
Cheryl M. Shintani
Mary B. Silva
Alvin H. & Daisy Suezaki
Florence S. Sugimoto
Kenneth S. & Elaine Sugiyama
Lillian N. Takemura
Yvonne H. C. Toma
Jean M. Toyama
Judy Wachi (HEA Scholarship)
Muriel H. Watanabe
Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak
Nancy A. Wond
Mildred F. Wong
James Y. & Grace S. Yamada
Robert & Charlene Yamashiro (HSTA-Retired Scholarship)
Sharon Yanazaki (HEA Scholarship)
Claudia F. Yano
Patricia Hisako Yokotsuji (Annual Drive & HEA Scholarship)
Chaesoon T. Youngs
BRONZE (Up to $99)
Susan Akau-Naki
Lea E. Albert
Nancy S. Arakaki
Willard Blitman
Lacey Cabral
Aileen M. Ching
Anita B. Edwards
Charlene El-Swaify
Ernestine Enomoto
Martha A. Evans
Gladys Fujiuchi
Lydia & Wessen Furumoto (HSTA-Retired Scholarship)
Evelyn S. Gallagher
Lisa Gonzales
Christine Hamada (HEA Scholarship)
Margaret M. Hamamoto
Glenn S. Harada
Maxine B. Haun
Dorothy O. Hazama (HEA Scholarship)
Mildred M. Higashi
Susan Yoshiko Higuchi
Alice I. Hirashima
Irene K. Imada
Warren Y. Imada
May L. Imamura-Uruu
Faith Ito (HSTA-Retired Scholarship)
Sara S. Iwai
Ruth F. Izawa
Hatsue Kamimura
Mildred M. Kaneshiro
Patricia H. Katayama
Deanna S. Kato
Jane N. Kawazoe
Leinaala Kealoha
Elsie S. Kimura
Carol J. Kimura
Masuo Kino
Esther K. Kodani
Ruth A. Kogachi (Annual Drive & HEA Scholarship)
Anita K. Korenaga (Annual Drive & HEA Scholarship)
Yeako Kunishige
Henry A. Kusunoki
Julie L. Lawrence
Mee Quai P. Loo
Gwendolyn H. L. Lum
Janelle Martin
Carolyn H. Matsubara
Florence M. Matsuda
June R. Matsumoto
Glenn K. Miyataki
Kenneth & Lynette R. Mizuo
Charlotte K. Muraoka
Charles Naumu
Janice K. Nogawa
Yeiko J. Nowaki
Mae S. Ohara
Helen S. Omuro
Janice M. Onaka
Jacquelin Rasmussen
Erin Rodrigues
Naomi Saifuku
Mary Ann Saito
Masako K. Sakata
Ellen M. Schneider
Alton M. Shimabukuro
Gwynn Sosa
Grace K. Sunahara
Marilyn Y. Tagawa
Carol Aulani Takatsuka (HSTA-Retired Scholarship)
Lillian A. Uyeda
Ruth E. K. Walker
Edwina K. Wong
Shirley Woods
Jo-Anne A. Yamada
Rex N. Yamasaki
Aimee Yatsushiro (HSTA-Retired Scholarship)
Carol Kouchi Yotsuda
Vernon A. Young