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Central Pacific Bank donates 500 shirts to AMM

July 25, 2011

Central Pacific Bank (CPB) donated 500 shirts – valued at roughly $7,000 – to Aloha Medical Mission (AMM).  AMM will ship a portion of the shirts to Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday to be distributed by Gen. Charly Holganza to the low-income residents. The rest of the shirts will be given away during future medical missions to the Philippines; the next mission is set for October 2011.

YWCA Women Leaders: Honoring Colleen Minami

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Aloha Medical Mission proudly announces that Colleen Minami, the founder of AMM's free dental clinic, will be one of five honorees at tomorrow's YWCA LeaderLuncheon at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom.

Rotary Revamps Aloha Medical Mission building

Monday, May 9, 2011

Last weekend, the Rotary Club of Metropolitan Honolulu worked tirelessly to give the Aloha Medical Mission building a facelift. Forty Rotarians spent Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1, building new stairs for Hawai‘i’s only free dental clinic. They also painted the interior, built storage shelves and laid new flooring in the clinic’s waiting room.

 

AMM receives check from young-professionals group

Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010

The Honolulu Professionals Foundation (HPF) presented Dr. Brad Wong, Aloha Medical Mission board president, with an $8,500 check on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. The money was raised at HPF’s most recent fundraising event at Ka Restaurant & Lounge on Nov. 10.

 HPF member Dr. Joshua Cardwell, pictured fourth from right, volunteers regularly at AMM’s free dental clinic.

Second free surgery a success

Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010

The second Kōkua me ka Laulima: Help with Many Hands patient was operated on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at Castle Medical Center in Kailua.

The first patient was treated at The Queen's Medical Center in early October.

An early Christmas present for the Philippines

Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 AMM Executive Director Susan J. Hughes and Naomi Wong, CRNA, wrapping an anesthesia machine.

Aloha Medical Mission volunteers spent five hours at the Mark Glen Auction’s Sand Island warehouse on Saturday, Nov. 20, loading a 40-foot container with over $200,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies for shipment to Bacolod City, Philippines, for distribution to hospitals and clinics in the area.

Aloha Medical Mission Receives Grant (Midweek)

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Aloha Medical Mission was awarded a grant of $91,475 recently by The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation. The grant is earmarked specifically for the purchase and installation of two new dental chairs to benefit AMM’s free dental clinic.

Mission to the Top of the World

Thursday, October 14, 2010

The first Aloha Medical Mission surgical mission "Reaching the Unreached" to Dhankuta, Nepal, leaves Wednesday, October 20, led by board president Dr. Brad Wong.

The First Cut: Cyst surgery starts off free program

Friday, September 10, 2010

HONOLULU — The first patient recruited under the Kōkua me ka Laulima: Help With Many Hands project was operated upon at the Queen's Medical Center Same Day Surgery Center by longtime Aloha Medical Mission volunteer Dr. Peter Halford (Pampagna, 1998).

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