In honor of our 40th reunion, we ask for kōkua from classmates, families and friends to help reach our goal of raising $40,000 for the KS Class of 1970 Scholarship Fund. At over $60,000, our scholarship is the largest alumni-endowed fund managed by the Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation (KAPF).
Your contribution is greatly appreciated and entirely tax-deductible! There is no better way to say mahalo palena ‘ole to Princess Pauahi for her gracious gift than to offer our own gift of education to nā keiki o ka ‘āina!
Please take a few minutes to listen to mana‘o from some of our classmates about how their experiences at Kamehameha impacted their lives and why they think it is so important to give back — their time, their talents, their kōkua and contributions to funds like ours.
To make a contribution, you may:
- Mail a check or money order for a one-time contribution or a pledge to be paid in regular installment payments over time, payable to Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation — KS Class of 1970 Scholarship. Enclose payment or pledge in the business reply envelope you received in the mail and send to:
Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation
567 South King St., Suite 160
Honolulu, HI 96813
- Donate online at www.pauahi.org; click on Giving/Online Giving.
To share your mana‘o about KS and giving back, you may post a comment below or contact:
MESSAGES from two recent recipients of the Class of 1970 Scholarship, the largest KS alumni class endowment managed by the Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Foundation:
As a native Hawaiian, I seek to actively help my people to rise out of poverty and depression into positions of power and influence. I plan to further this service as a physician scientist, especially working with the highly prevalent cardiovascular diseases plaguing native Hawaiians. The knowledge I gain through higher education will propel me toward my goal of helping the Hawaiian community through science. In a family of four boys with one currently in college at UCLA and an elderly grandmother whom we support, oftentimes funds are scarce and sacrifices must be made. Furthermore, a graduate/medical school education is necessary for a future as a physician scientist but generally is a colossal financial toll. However, it is my hope that I will be able to attend the college and higher education that will best cultivate my academic and personal growth, allowing me to achieve my aspirations. A Pauahi Foundation scholarship would go great lengths toward helping me to reach my goals.
— Nathan Joel Nakatsuka, KS 2008, Harvard undergraduate
Even though I know that it will be awhile before I am actually certified to teach in a classroom, I am not wasting any time getting experience that will help me when that time comes. At the beginning of the 2006-07 school year, I became a volunteer member of Jumpstart, an AmeriCorps organization dedicated to preparing at-risk preschool children for school success. My experience in Jumpstart last year was so meaningful to me that I returned this year as a Team Leader. Each week, my team and I work in a local Head Start preschool, helping the students develop their literacy and social skills. As the head of a group of four other college students, I am responsible for helping my team provide developmentally appropriate education activities for our class of 16 three- and four-year-olds. The progress I see from the beginning to the end of the school year is more than any reward for the time I spend with the children. It’s an amazing feeling to see the little boy who, previously, refused to share with anyone, offering his only blue crayon to the classmate who wanted to use it. And to know that, in at least a small way, I helped these kids to grow and progress instills in me an indescribable sense of actually making a difference in their lives.
— Kiara Leong, KS 2006, Scripps College
