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It’s All AboutYOU Barry Taniguchi: Bringing the Community Together to Make a Difference
In honor of National Volunteer Month, Hawai‘i Community Foundation highlights Barry Taniguchi for generously giving of his time and talent “Giving back runs deep in our family,” said Barry Taniguchi, longtime Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) Board of Governors member and KTA executive “My grandfather always said our family business could only survive
if the community supported us, so it was our obligation to support the community.” Decades later, Barry still follows his grandfather’s counsel and passed it to his own son, now at the helm of KTA.
Barry considers his time maintain, and sustain their on the HCF board an mission. HCF knows how to intensive study do that, and that on philanthropy help is invaluable.” “ When we join and community with others, we When Barry learned stewardship. “I gained a new about the West combine our understanding of resources. We Hawai‘i Fund, he the many tentacles says he thought, make a meanof philanthropy “East Hawaii needs ingful impact.” in Hawai‘i. I one too!”. In 2010, discovered that Barry collaborated - Barry Taniguchi non-profits are the Fred Yokoyama passionate about family and others in their subject, but sometimes the community, founding the lack the resources to train, East Hawai‘i Fund. Years
later, the fund continues to grow, thanks to the committed local residents who contribute what they can, large or small. “Individually, people want to give, but they often think their contribution is too small to make a difference,” he says. “But when we join with others, we combine our resources. We make a meaningful impact.”
> Did you know: The East Hawai‘i Fund at has contributed over $265,000 to over 35
nonprofits since 2010, supporting the Boys and Girls Club and Hope Services, among others.
Learn m ore about H CF ’s par tner s hips at hawaiicommunity founda tio n . o r g