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Giving back to the community is part of Hawai‘i’s history and part of the legacy of Kaua‘i’s Wilcox family “As part of a family whose story is intertwined with that of Kaua‘i, history is very personal.” Richard “Dick” Sloggett
their histories would be lost
and commissioner of
to future generations.
public health, was a force behind Wilcox Health and
To this day, the influence of
the G.N.Wilcox Memorial
the family’s generosity can
Hospital. The family’s legacy
be felt in the institutions
is also linked to Elsie H.
they helped to shape.
Wilcox Elementary School,
George Norton Wilcox
Kaua‘i Community College,
transformed Grove Farm
and the YWCA of Kaua‘i.
into a thriving sugar plantation and helped to build Na-wiliwili Harbor. Mabel Wilcox, a nurse
Then there is “Camp Sloggett,” which was built as a family retreat in Ko-ke‘e by Dick’s grandparents,
“I guess you could say we
Christmas holidays spent
Henry Digby and Etta Wilcox
were all born with the gene,”
at Grove Farm homestead,
Sloggett, and later donated
said Richard “Dick” Sloggett,
where presents sat under
to the YWCA. It’s a special
Jr., about his family’s long
a Norfolk pine illuminated
place that still serves as a
tradition of philanthropy
with real candles!
gathering spot for members
in Hawai‘i. The 85-year-
of the extended family at
old is a fifth generation
Grove Farm, Mahamoku,
Thanksgiving. “As part of
descendant of Abner and
and Wai‘oli Mission House
a family whose story is
Lucy Wilcox, missionary
are now preserved as
intertwined with that of
teachers who settled on
museums that can be
Kaua‘i,” said Dick Slogett,
Kaua‘i in 1846 after arriving
enjoyed by the local
“history is very personal.”
in Honolulu in 1837. Dick
community and visitors. It
recalls the summers he
was the hope of Elsie and
spent at Mahamoku in
Mabel Wilcox, who led the
Hanalei with his great aunts
restoration efforts, that
Elsie and Mabel Wilcox, and
neither the properties nor
The Wilcox family’s legacy of giving on Kaua‘i includes the Wilcox Health and Wilcox Memorial Hospital.
> Did you know: Over 200 families have named HCF in their estate plans to invest in the future of Hawai‘i and ensure that their charitable legacy will live on like the Wilcox family.
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