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The Non-Profit Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation 501c3 was started in April 2007 when the members of the Hawaiian music group "Manaleo" decided to take their efforts to a different level and help the native Hawaiian people, and their own families. By stepping out and bringing an awareness to the public about the cultural issues their families and their native heritage has endured over the years, the Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation was designed to help educate and regenerate the culture within our own Northern California region, where a rising number of native Hawaiian people have migrated from their homeland in order to survive in the struggling economic climate of their native islands. Today's census of Native Hawaiians living here on the mainland has increased exponentially. As a result, children are being born here into native families creating a whole new generation that do not get to experience the values, heritage, history and customs that they normally would in their native land. That is where we hope to be of help. We will assist those families in bringing back their culture by putting together various workshops, festivals, programs and scholarships that expose the public to the rich and diverse customs, arts, crafts, music, language and heritage that are essential to the survival of this disappearing race of people. Anyone who has visited the Hawaiian islands has experienced the magic of the land and the people enough to know that there is something very special, unique and beautiful about this most incredible place on earth. Wont you please assist us with our cause and our vision-
Mahalo nui loa
Malama Pono,
Jerry "Kani" Gillgren,
President Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation 501 (c) (3)