MAHALO FOR CELEBRATING WITH US AT OUR
7TH ANNUAL YOUTH OF THE YEAR GALA!
Mahalo to everyone for making our 7th Annual Youth of the Year Gala
a great success! It is only with your support that our youth development programs have been able to help our island children and communities.
Mahalo for supporting our Hawaiʻi Island youth! Great futures start here!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR…
2019 Honorees
BILLY KENOI & JAY IGNACIO
2019 Youth of the Year
KIANA KANESHIRO
and 2019 Champion of Youth Awardees
HEI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION & HAWAIʻI ELECTRIC LIGHT
MAHALO TO…
Our Sponsors
Platinum HEI Charitable Foundation &
Hawaiʻi Electric Light
Matson
Live Auction Donors
Sig Zane
Tonya & James Ozone
Ryan Kadota
Gift Basket Donors
Atlantis Submarines
Big Island Candies
Body Glove Cruises Owner Maggie Brown
Captain Zodiac Raft Expeditions
Chester Cabral
Fair Wind Big Island Ocean Guides
Grand Naniloa Resort
Hula Hula’s Restaurant
Kadota Liquor
King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel
Kuʻikahi Meditation Center
Linda Koreyasu
Makani Golf Club
Robert Weiss
Ryan Kadota
Sadorra Floral Designs
Stephen Freedman
Tonya Ozone
Wailea Golf Club
Gold HEI Charitable Foundation &
Hawaiʻi Electric Light
HPM Building Supply
Hu Honua Bioenergy
(dba Honua Ola Bioenergy)
KTA Super Stores
Sidney Fuke
Silver Bank of Hawaiʻi
CU Hawaiʻi Federal Credit Union
HFS Federal Credit Union
HGEA
Kadota Liquor
Kona Trans
KTA Super Stores
Robbins Arroyo LLP
Friends of Kaialiʻi Kahele
Bronze Big Island Toyota
Edwin & Cynthia Sorenson
A special mahalo to Altres for donation $2,500 to sponsor BGCBI at the Hawaiʻi State Youth of the Year event
at the State Capitol!
Mahalo to the elected officials for their special certificates to our Youth of the Year and Honorees
Mayor Harry Kim
Senator Kaialiʻi Kahele
U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard
Mahalo to the following individuals and businesses for their generous support
Akatsuka Orchid Gardens for donating the beautiful anthurium centerpieces and leis
Bennet Moraleda: evening’s entertainment
Mahalo to the Youth of the Year Committee for working long and hard to make this event possible
Ryan Kadota, Co-Chair
Lisa Hadway Spain, Co-Chair
Ann Ebesuno
Doug Adams
Sandra Goodale
Toby Taniguchi
Tonya Ozone
Chester Cabral
Donavan Enonoria
Ekahi Media: event’s photographer
First Hawaiian Bank
Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
Ken’s House of Pancakes
Lincoln Ashida
Peed Foundation
Robbins Arroyo LLP
Robert M. & Alice K. Fujimoto Foundation
Rohner’s Interiors
Stan & Jan Roehrig
Toastmasters: NJ Moses & Sharon Justice
Wallace T. Oki