First Giving
Firstgiving.com helps participants raise more money with less hassle. Participants set up their own online Personal Fundraising Page where they tell their story and describe their passion for fundraising with their own pictures and text. They invite their family, friends and colleagues to visit their page and support them by making a secure online donation. All monies raised will be divided among all the Maui Marathon charities listed below. Justgiving provides email based support for donors and fundraisers in case you or your supporters have any questions. For more information about the Firstgiving service, check out this article or visit their website at www.firstgiving.com. To setup a personal fundraising page for the Maui Marathon please visit www.firstgiving.com/mauimarathon.

Do Maui Club
Please visit the Do Maui club page for more information.

A Keiki's Dream
The mission of A Keiki's Dream program is to support Maui children who face a crisis of any nature by providing a "dream come true" while reinforcing the notion that they are someone special and deserve good things to happen to them. All dreams are activities that can be done on Maui and all the children in the program are referred from other service providers and professionals. "The funds received from the 2003 Maui Marathon were directed to making dreams come true," says Executive Director Darby Gill, "and to encourage recipients of the program to always dare to dream. We want to let them know that they are not forgotten and so we keep in touch by sending them birthday cards and movie tickets."

Canister Campaign Candidate
The Maui Marathon distributes canisters at local businesses to collect donations, which assist needy Maui keiki (children) during the month of the September. The candidates for this campaign are Maui youth in need of financial assistance due to medical impairments. Each year, one child is featured on the canister and that child's family receives 100% of the money raised in the canisters.

Imua Family Services
Imua is the Hawaiian word meaning "move forward." To help children and adults with disabilities move forward, Imua Rehab was established on Maui in 1947. An independent non-profit agency, Imua offers programs of prevention and therapeutic intervention. The mission of Imua Rehab is: prevention, treatment and support for children and families with special needs. Some of the organization's programs include: newborn hearing screening; childbirth preparation, infant care and breast feeding; warm pool therapy; and, Camp Imua. For the past 26 years, kids ages 6-18 with special needs have attended Camp Imua. Approximately 45 youth and 150 volunteer counselors participate in various outdoor activities and excursions such as kayaking, building canoes, and helicopter rides during the week long overnight camp.

Aloha House
Aloha House provides a continuum of substance abuse care and treatment for adults and outpatient and outreach services for youth. Funds received from the Maui Marathon are used to subsidize care and treatment for people that have no other resources to obtain these services.

Halau Hula O Keola-Ali'iokekai
"We love to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture through song and dance," says Kumu Iola Balubar. "Our goal is to nurture our students into professional performers" The group participates in many activities including lei greeting, chanting, and dance competitions. It placed second in the senior division of the Big Island Tahiti Fete and is preparing for other competitions throughout the state. Funds from the Maui Marathon assist them in continuing to learn by helping with expenses for bringing Tahitian instructors to Maui, attending workshops and preparing for competitions.

Punana Leo O Lahaina
Punana Leo O Lahaina is the eleventh Hawaiian language immersion preschool program in Hawaii. Open since November 1998, its purpose is to develop age appropriate social, intellectual and perceptual motor skills in children ages 3-5 through Hawaiian language and culture. The 2003 Maui Tacos 5K contribution was used to help defray expenses of the graduation ceremony for Punana Leo's students.

Hawaiian Canoe Club
Hawaiian Canoe Club established in 1960 and through the years has perpetuated the tradition of the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe through its cultural programs and its competitive training program for adults and children. The club is deeply involved with community projects and heads the Hawaiian Kamali'i Program which includes an educational component along with water activities such as navigation, canoe fishing, and canoe surfing.

Arts Education for Children Group
Arts Education for Children Group (AECG) began in 1996 and offers every child ages 5 through 15 an opportunity to explore his or her creative boundaries as well as sharpen cognitive and abstract skills and concepts. Its' mission is to create a world-class music and arts (theater, dance and fine arts) summer program, and to develop a quality all-year around music and arts curriculum. AECG raises funds at the Maui Marathon through a silent auction of donated goods and services held at the finish line.

St. Anthony Junior Senior High School
St. Anthony Junior Senior High School has been educating Maui's young men and women for 150 years. Their mission is to educate the whole person, to bring opportunity and knowledge to the young people of Maui and to prepare them for the real world.

The contributions received by St. Anthony's support several programs including the Japanese exchange student program and the football team. Funds were also raised by the Volleyball Team, Baseball Team, the Yearbook Staff and Project Graduation.