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Hawaii’s credit unions raise $137,909 for Kapiolani Medical Center

Year-One of Five Year Initiative Surpasses Goal

HONOLULU, HI (April 28, 2015) — Like state credit union leagues and credit unions throughout the nation, Hawaii Credit Union League (HCUL) and the credit unions of Hawaii have embraced Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and its Credit Unions for Kids program as a major fund-raising initiative.  Since 1998, Hawaii credit unions have collectively raised over $650,000 to benefit our island children through programs and services of Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.

In late 2013, Hawaii’s credit unions embarked on an ambitious new fundraising goal: Raise $500,000 in five years to help build the new Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.

Called “5 In 5”, this aggressive goal met with great success in its first year—raising $137,909 through bake sales, craft fairs, golf and bowling tournaments, and much more. Included in this amount was $44,109 from the CO-OP Financial Services Miracle Match program.

All funds raised in Hawaii stay in Hawaii to benefit pediatric programs at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children—the state’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. At the successful completion of the “5 In 5” project, the reception area of the hospital’s new rehabilitation wing will be named “Hawaii’s Credit Unions for Kids.”

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