HMSA employees raised more than $116,000 for Hawaii's United Ways
HMSA's workplace campaign for the Aloha, Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, and Maui United Ways topped $116,000. A Holiday Fair returns Nov. 12, with proceeds for Aloha United Way.
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HMSA employees raised more than $116,000 for the Aloha, Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, and Maui United Ways, Maui Now reported. The total is statewide, from a workplace campaign rather than a single island event.
A Holiday Fair returns Nov. 12, and its proceeds go to Aloha United Way. The $116,000 is money already given. The fair is a later event, not part of that total.
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Employees at HMSA, a health plan in Hawaiʻi, raised more than $116,000 in a workplace giving campaign. The money goes to four United Ways: Aloha United Way, Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, and Maui. A United Way pools donations and sends them to local groups that help neighbors. HMSA is based in Honolulu, and the gifts cover the islands, not one town. A Holiday Fair comes back on November 12, and the money from that fair goes to Aloha United Way. The $116,000 is what employees already raised.
- What is a workplace giving campaign?
- Why would one campaign send money to four islands?
- How is money already raised different from a fair that is still coming up?
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