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Manini Beach
The Bill Healy Foundation is committed to responsible and thoughtful grant giving in the State of Oregon and the State of Hawaii. We focus on Environmental Conservation and The Well Being of Children.
Since 2000 the foundation has supported a wide variety of projects. Our largest stewardship project to date is Manini Beach in Hawaii. The following is the Manini Beach story along with a list of all grant recipients to date.
Stewardship Project: Environment and Children
Hawaii - Kapahukapu - Manini Beach
One of the most enduring and long term efforts of the foundation is the acquisition of a 29 year lease on 3/4 acre of beach property from the Kamehameha Schools Foundation in 2001. Currently known as Manini Beach, Kapuhukapu, was used as an ancient site of healing for over a century. It is located on the south shore of Kealakakua Bay in South Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The bay has been designated as a National Marine Reserve and is one of the first sites Europeans made contact with native Hawaiians.
Our challenge was to restore the site to a condition that was safe and inviting. The property was littered with old tires, car parts, trash and debris and was overgrown with a variety of invasive weeds. The foundation now provides full time local Hawaiian resident caretakers, landscape maintenance and bathroom facilities. We have installed permanent picnic benches, a gate to restrict motor motor vehicles on the beach and signage to insure safety. The annual Clean Up Day and Picnic is well attened and supported by the local residents.
The foundation is committed to provide an environment of respect and appreciation for the history, beauty, environmental value and the Ohaha Hawaiian tranditions of the site. It is a place that brings culture, tourists, children, local families and community together. We continue to work with Kamehameha Schools and Hawaiian Immersion School to develop future programs to include educational and science based field trips to Manini Beach.
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2002 - $82,500
- Chess for Success
- Friends of the Opal Creek
- Outside In
- Caldera
- Friends of the Children
- Jack, Will & Rob Kids Center
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2002 - $33,304
- Paleaku Gardens
- Protect Keopuka Ohana
- HulaFest VI
- Kohaniki Ohana
- Manini Beach
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2003 - $92,500
- De Paul Treatment Center
- Ecotrust/Klamath Tribes
- Deschutes Basin Land Trust
- Wetlands Conservancy
- Cascade Aids Project
- Stand for Children Leadership Center
- Open Meadow Alternative Schools
- Children's Development Center
- Oregon Center for Environmental Health
- Buffett Award/Indigenous Leadership
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2003 - $46,407
- He Kula Na Mea Hawaii/Hula Scholarship
- He Kula Na Mea Hawaii- Hula Fest
- Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture
- Manini Beach
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2004 - $92,500
- Friends of Opal Creek
- Growing Gardens
- Clackamas Women's
- Janus Youth Program/Food Works
- Portland House of Umoja
- Rebuilding Center of Our United Villages
- Youth Employment Institute
- Buffett Award/Indigenous Leadership
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2004 - $44,530
- KAHEA: The Hawaii Environmental Alliance
- Environment Hawaii
- Kona Pacific School
- Manini Beach
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2005 - $93,500
- Caldera
- JOIN
- Oregon Center for Environmental Health
- "I Have A Dream" Foundation Oregon
- Ecotrust - Chemwa Indian School
- Food Alliance
- Outside In
- Buffett Award/Indigenous Leadership
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2005 - $49,609
- Neighborhood Place of Kona
- Kona Outdoor Circle
- The Sierra Club - Hawaii Capter
- Manini Beach
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2006 - $105,000
- Portland Youthbuilders
- New Avenues for Youth
- Verde
- The Healing Circle
- North Portland Nurse Practitioner
- Janus Youth Progams/FoodWorks
- NeighborHood House Child Care
- Buffett Award/Indigenous Leadership
- Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2006 - $50,339
- Trust for Public Land
- KAHEA: The Hawaii Environmental Alliance
- Holualoa Foundation for Art & Culture
- Manini Beach
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2007 - $221,500
- JOIN
- Healthy Beginnings
- IMAGO Theatre
- Chess For Success
- Stand For Children
- Oregon Center for Environmental Health
- Growing Gardens
- The Xerces Society
- My Sister's Place
- Ecotrust
- Buffet Award/Indigenous Leadership
- Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2007 - $60,121
- The Kohala Center
- Garden Island Resource Conservation
- The Rotary of Kona
- Manini Beach
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2008 - $728,044
- Stand for Children
- Friends of the Children
- Oregon Food Bank
- Oregon Center for Environmental Health
- Food Alliance
- Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
- Ground Productions
- Chess for Success
- Oregon Tradeswomen
- REACH Community Development
- IMAGO Theatre
- Children's Relief Nursery
- Columbia Land Trust
- Riverfest
- Willamette Farm and Food
- Klamath Bird Observatory
- Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund
- Yurok Tribe
- Ecotrust Leadership Awards
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2008 - $320,160
- Manini Beach
- Habitat for Humanity
- Kauai Independent Daycare Service
- Malama Kauai
- GMO Free Kauai
- Ka'ahahui O Ka Naheleohele
- Save our Seas
- PATH: Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii
- Kona Skatepark
- Waipa Foundation
- Environment Hawaii
- The Kohala Center
- Mala'ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2009 - $568,220
- CASA of Douglas County
- CASA of Jackson County
- CASA - Voices for Children
- Children's Center of Clackamas County
- Clackamas Women's Services
- Community Warehouse
- Family Building Blocks
- The Grown Tree Children's Center
- Human Solutions
- St. Andrew Legal Clinic
- Literary Arts
- Metropolitan Family Service
- New Avenues for Youth
- Outside In
- SOLV
- Urban Gleaners
- Portland Bridge Meadown
- Children's Healing Art Project
- Parent Enhancement Program
- Ecotrust - FoodHub
- Growing Gardens
- Janus Youth Program
- Ground Productions
- Oregon Food Bank
- Barabara Leppe Scholarship Fund
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BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2009 - $253,500
- Hawaii Forest Institute
- American Cancer Society
- Re-Use Hawaii
- Aloha Harvest
- Kokua Hawaii Foundation
- MA'O Organic Farm
- He'e Nalu Learning Center
- Ma Ka Hana Ka 'Ike
- Manini Beach
- Hawaii Community Foundation
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2010 - $444,554
- Tooth Taxi
- Wild Salmon Center
- Lincoln County Children's Advocacy Center
- Integral Youth Services
- Yachats Families Activities Program
- Sisters of the Road
- Willamette Farm and Food
- Furniture Share
- Corvallis Environmental Center
- FOOD for Lane County
- Oregon Rural Action
- Community Cycling Center
- Rogue Valley Farm to School
- Children's Book Bank
- Black United Fund
- Children's Institute
- Portland Rescue Mission
- Western Environmental Law Center
- Children's Justice Alliance
- Bicycle Transportation Alliance
- Our United Villages
- Ethos Music Center
- The Portland Schools Foundation
- Opal Creek
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Democracy Now
- This American Life
- Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2010 - $297,950
- Teens On Call
- Children's Savings Project
- Chamber Orchestra of Kona
- Keep Kona Quiet
- Hoa' Aina O Makaha
- Family Promise of Hawaii
- Hui Malama Learning Center
- Molokai Fish Ponds
- Teach For America- Hawaii
- Malama Kauai
- Manini Beach
- Kokua Hawaii Foundation
- Hawaii Community Foundation
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2011 - $515,251
- Stand For Children
- Growing Gardens
- A Family For Every Child
- Indian Country Conservancy
- Wallowa Resources
- Mt. Emily Safe Center
- Caldera
- The Xerces Society
- Urban Gleaners
- Metropolitan Youth Symphony
- Playworks
- Chemeketa Non-Profit Housing
- Oregon Physicians For Social Responsibility
- Imago Theatre
- Living Yoga
- P :ear
- Linn County Victim Assessment Center
- Willamette Partnership
- I Have A Dream Foundation - Oregon
- Schoolhouse Supplies
- Friends of Family Farmers
- Bethlehem Inn
- Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods
- NextStep Recycling
- Children's Healing Art Project
- Oregon Food Bank
- CAF America
- Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2011 - $302,000
- Manini Beach
- Waipa Foundation
- Hawaii Forest Institute
- Ka Hale O Na Keiki, Inc.
- Habitat for Humanity International
- Aloha Harvest
- Hi'ilei Aloha, LLC - Fiscal Sponsor
- Garden Island Resource Cons & Dev, Inc.
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Kohala Center
- Ma Ka Hana Ka 'Ike Building Program
- Sustainable Molokai
- Honolulu Habitat for Humanity
- Hawaii Community Foundation
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
BHF Grantees - Oregon 2012 - $553,100
- CASA of Lane County
- Bradley Angle
- Tooth Taxi
- Deschutes Children's Institute
- Birth To Three
- The Giving Plate
- Clackamas Service Center
- Oregon Symphony Foundation
- Womenspace
- Rogue Valley Farm To School
- CASA of Multnomah/Washington Counties
- Children's Center of Clackamas County
- Oregon Rangeland Trust
- Big Brother Big Sisters - Columbia NW
- Willamette Farm and Food
- Boys & Girls Aid
- Opal Creek
- The Children's Book Bank
- Jackson County SART
- Friends of the Children
- Wallowa Land Trust
- Children First of Oregon
- Forest Park Conservancy
- FOOD for Lane County
- Operation School Bell - Assistance League of Bend
- South Medford High School
- Student Alliance Project
- Children's Institute
- Ecotrust
- Bend Heroes Foundation
- Rotary 5000 Scholarship Fund
- Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund
BHF Grantees - Hawaii 2012 - $300,706
- Manini Beach
- Hoa'Aina O Makaha
- American Bird Conservancy
- Family Support Hawaii
- Supporting the Language of Kauai
- Keei Coqui Watch
- Malama Pono Health Services
- Family Promise of Hawaii
- World Peace Game/Kohala Community Resource Ctr.
- Na Kama Kai
- Pacific Aviation Museum - Pearl Harbor
- Re-Use Hawaii
- Mala'ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School
- The Maui Farm
- Teach for America
- Ka Honua Momona, Molokai Fish Ponds
- Hawaii Community Foundation
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1999 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $13,400
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Recycle Hawaii
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- Tropical Reforestation and Ecosystems
2000 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $14,500
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Recycle Hawaii
- Aloha Brewer's Guild
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- Tropical Reforestation and Ecosystems
2001 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $19,300
- Tropical Reforestation and Ecosystems
- Protect Keopuka Ohana
- He Kula Na Mea Hawaii
- New Moon Foundation
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Recycle Hawaii
- Kai Opua Kids Program
- Aloha Brewer's Guild
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
2002 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $26,000
- Recycle Hawaii
- Aloha Brewer's Guild
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- He Kula Na Mea
- Tropical Reforestation and Ecosystems
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
2003 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $25,100
- Recycle Hawaii
- Aloha Brewer's Guild
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- Kohanaiki Ohana
2004 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $26,700
- Recycle Hawaii
- Aloha BrewerÕs Guild
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- Kohanaiki Ohana
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- He Kula Na Mea Hawaii
2005 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $26,500
- Recycle Hawaii
- Aloha Brewer's Guild
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- Tropical Reforestation and Ecosystems
- Kohanaiki Ohana
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori
- Hohualoha Foundation for the Arts
- Neighborhood Place of Kona
- Friends of the Kona Libraries
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
2006 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $28,600
- Recycle Hawaii
- Aloha Brewer's Guild
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- Tropical Reforestation and Ecosystems
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Innovations Public Charter School
- VASH West Hawaii
2007 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $36,350
- Recycle Hawaii
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- Tropical Reforestation and Ecosystems
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Innovations Public Charter School
- Garden Island Resource
- Hulalai Academy
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2008 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $47,982
- Recycle Hawaii
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori
- Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture
- Innovations Public Charter School
- Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii (PATH)
- Ka Olapa O Kai Malino
- Hulalai Academy
- Ka'ahahui O Ka Nahelehele
- Kealakehe Project Grad
2009 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $47,790
- Kona Pacific Charter School
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori
- Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture
- Innovations Public Charter School
- Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii (PATH)
- Hulalai Academy
- Kealakehe Project Grad
2010 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $50,548
- Kona Pacific Charter School
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori School at Kona
- Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture
- Innovations Public Charter School
- Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii (PATH)
- Hulalai Academy
- Kealakehe Project Grad
- Aloha Performing Arts and Culture
2011 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $65,192
- Kona Pacific Charter School
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori School at Kona
- Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture
- Innovations Public Charter School
- Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii (PATH)
- Hulalai Academy
- Kealakehe Project Grad
- Aloha Performing Arts and Culture
2012 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $80,070
- Kona Pacific Charter School
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori School at Kona
- Donkey Mill Art Center
- Innovations Public Charter School
- Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii (PATH)
- Hulalai Academy
- Kealakehe Project Grad
- Aloha Performing Arts and Culture
- Canoe Clubs
- Kona Athletic Club
- Kona Historical Society
2013 Kona Brewfest Recipients - $95,873
- Kona Pacific Charter School
- Ahuena Heiau Fund
- ACF ADC Scholarship Fund
- Society for Kona Education and Arts
- Hawaii Montessori School at Kona
- Donkey Mill Art Center
- Innovations Public Charter School
- Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii (PATH)
- Hulalai Academy
- Kealakehe Project Grad
- Aloha Performing Arts and Culture
- The Explorations Foundation
- Friends of NELHA
- Honaunau Elementary School
- Na Wai Iwi Ola Foundation
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Barbara Leppe
1925 - 2006
"Always cared about others"
Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund
Barbara Pearson was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from the Univesity of Oregon with degrees in interior design and speech therapy. In 1948 she married her high school sweetheat, Bill Healy, and in 1950 they moved to Bend where they had four children; Chris, Cameron, Tom and Mark. Barbara provided an important role to her husband as he developed the Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort which opened in 1958.
"Bobby" as she was affectionately known, was a women with a reputation for having an independent spirit who cared deeply about young women who struggled in life. She volunteered her time and gave her personal resources to help them forge a better path. When she passed away in 2006, her family and friends contributed to a Scholarship Fund in her memory which focused on education offered through Central Oregon Community College. In 2008 The Bill Healy Foundaiton established a permanent endowment of $20,000 to be awarded annually (4- $5,000 scholarships). The Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund now provides an opportunity for four rural Oregon young women to pursue higher education. Each has an opportunity to reapply, and if they meet the criteria, is eligible for support for a four year educational scholarship.
Barbara Leppe Scholarship Fund Process
The foundation receives applications through the "Beat the Odds" program sponsored by the Oregon non-profit Stand for Children and considers young women candidates from rural Oregon communities.
2009 Scholarship Recipients
Elise Heidy, Condon, Oregon
Kimberly Herrera, Nyssa, Oregon
Hannah Carey, Corvallis, Oregon
Lorena Zuniga, Arlington, Oregon
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