Ulu Hana & the Pewa Awards

from 2019 Annual report

by Partners In Development Foundation

Donors & Supporters

Celebrating Hawaiʻi’s unsung community heroes since 2016.

The 2019 Ulu Hana: Pewa Awards took place at the Mānoa Grand Ballroom in the Japanese Cultural Center of Honolulu. Over 300 people attended the charitable event, raising nearly $100,000 in unrestricted funding for our many programs serving Hawaiian families and communities across the state.

Earl Kawaʻa, Antoinette “Toni” Lee, and Craig Takamine were all recognized for their dedicated service to our communities across Hawaiʻi nei. Each of the Pewa Awardees, along with previous Pewa Awardee Sweets Wright, was presented with a kīhei: a traditional cloak typically made of tapa, tied with a knot over the left shoulder and worn during special ceremony or protocol.

A special mahalo to the iHeart Media Group, the Kumuola Foundation, Big Island Delights, Design Asylum Inc., Ka Paʻalana Homeless Family Education Program, the Mānoa Grand Ballroom, Paradise Beverages, Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, Embroidery Ltd., the Palama ʻohana from Hanapēpē, and Danny Goya.

2019 Awardees: Craig Takamine, Antoinette “Toni” Lee, Earl Kawaʻa

Save the Date!

The next Ulu Hana: Pewa Awards will take place on August 19, 2020 at the Pomaika‘i Ballrooms. For more information, to sponsor a table, donate an item for the silent auction, or attend as a volunteer, contact the Partners in Development Foundation communications office at (808) 595-5290 or email communications@pidfoundation.org.

Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF)

is an IRS Section 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity incorporated in 1997. PIDF provides a wide range of free programs in education, social services, and environmental sustainability, and integrates Hawaiian language/culture for at-risk communities in Hawaiʻi.