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Time, Talent and Treasure Given
Posted October 14, 2016
Mitch Mitchell is the kind of supporter that every nonprofit organization dreams of. In addition to being a highly engaged advocate, he is passionate about Hale Makua Health Services and the people the organization serves, employees and residents alike. He has a kind heart, an easy laugh and a generous spirit.
We are fortunate to have gotten to know Mitch over the past 23 years. He has been a driving force behind Hale Makua Health Services’ fundraising efforts. CEO Tony Krieg fondly recalls the early beginnings of the organization’s fundraising efforts at the Amfac PGA Golf Tournament in Kaanapali, “In the early ‘90s Hale Makua was given the opportunity to run the food concessions for the Tournament, and that year it poured. Mitch and I were flipping burgers under a tent with six inches of water running through it and Arnold Palmer crouched on a table with his golf clubs.”
Mitch is always one of the first to offer to help, from emceeing our annual fundraiser, Kokua for Kupuna, and being the individual to raise the most funds for the Maui County Visitor Industry Charity Walk, to volunteering with ecology at the PGA TOUR Tournament of Champions. In addition to serving as a Board Director and being the recent Chair of the Development & Community Relations Committee, Mitch has helped cultivate over $2 million in gifts and single handedly raised a total of over $150,000 since 2003 for the Charity Walk.
With a long history of support, Mitch decided to perpetuate his legacy while ensuring that Hale Makua Health Services would continue to provide services for Maui’s frail elderly and disabled individuals in the future by making Hale Makua a beneficiary in his will. Mitch shares,“Hale Makua has been such a big part of my life here on Maui that making this planned gift seemed like the next logical step for me. I support this organization because of the people that I get to help and connect with. Not only the residents and clients, but the employees, who work so hard to ensure that our kupuna are cared for”.
Mitch’s unwavering support and commitment to Hale Makua Health Services and Maui’s community makes it possible for Hale Makua to coninue serving Maui’s frail elders and disabled individuals now and into the future.
Mitch is pictured above sharing a laugh with residents Olive Silva, Nancy Kawamura and Melissa Miyamoto in front of his recent donation of artwork.