6 Ewa Beach Residents successfully completed the PACT Program

On Thursday, August 22, 2013, 6 students successfully completed CTC's Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) Program.

The Hawaii Building Industry Foundation (HBIF) was awarded a grant from the Hawaii Community Foundation (HCF) Haseko Training Fund, to provide it's PACT Program for residents in the Ewa Beach community. 

The HCF PACT students completed an accelerated 6-week Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) program at CTC-Pacific.  Training consisted of Basic Principles for Construction, First Aid & CPR w/AED, Introduction to OSHA, Fundamentals of Green Building and Introduction to Construction Skills courses. The students also participated in a job site tour led by Larry Hawkins at Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii's Nohona 3 project in Kapolei.

Mahalo to Hawaii Community Foundation and Haseko for a successful partnership, and a big mahalo to our education sponsor - Hawaii Energy Connection who took time out of their busy schedules to familiarize the students with their line of work.

Congratulations to:

Brandon Dalere

Makanaona Dias

Lee-J Gatewood

Kaniala Kaleo

Nikolao Paese Jr.

Alexander Ramos

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Congratulations to the Waianae Health Academy PACT graudates!

On Thursday, August 15, 2013, 11 students participated in the Waianae Health Academy Awards Ceremony held at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center.

The Construction Training Center of the Pacific (CTC-Pacific) partnered with the Waianae Health Academy (WHA), the educational arm of the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Center, to provide it's Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) Program for Native Hawaiians living in the Waianae community. 

The WHA PACT students completed a 9-week Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training (PACT) program at CTC-Pacific.  Training consisted of Basic Principles for Construction, First Aid & CPR w/AED, OSHA 10-Hour, Fundamentals of Green Building, Introduction to Construction Skills, and Job Readiness courses. The students also participated in a job site tour led by Larry Hawkins at Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii's Nohona 3 project in Kapolei.

Mahalo to Waianae Health Academy for a successful partnership, and a big mahalo to our education sponsors - Hawaii Energy Connection and Simpson Strong-Tie Co., who took time out of their busy schedules to familiarize the students with their line of work.

Congratulations to:

 Aren Aldeguer

Keane Ching

Diana Filoteo

Sarah Kauhi

Blyke Marinas

Phoebe Morimoto

Jamal Shamon Outlaw

Caesar Paishon IV

Lenore Pascubillo

Jeri Rodrigues

Corina Wilcox

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Congratuations to All Donors!

Congratulations to all Capital Campaign Donors... 

We have met the challenge donation goal! 

 

We recently received a $50,000 Challenge Donation to help retire the balance of the mortgage and complete the Changing Lives, Building A Legacy Capital Campaign.

This $50,000 Challenge Donation was to be awarded if we raised $50,000 to match this donation by July 31, 2013.

We have met the $50,000 Anonymous Challenge for the Burn the Mortgage Campaign!

All donors (of $1,000+) will be acknowledged on the donor wall in the lobby of the building. If you would still like to contribute to our education endowment, click here to donate online.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday August 3, 2013 at our Burn the Mortgage Celebration, click here to RSVP.

$50,000 Anonymous Challenge - $10,700 to go!!

We recently received a $50,000 Challenge Donation to help retire the balance of the mortgage and complete the Changing Lives, Building A Legacy Capital Campaign.

This $50,000 Challenge Donation will be awarded if $50,000 is raised to match this donation by July 31, 2013.

We are committed to achieving our goal and would like to ask for your support to help meet this Challenge! Your contribution will help efforts to continue to sustain the valuable workforce in our industry and all contributors will be recognized permanently in the building lobby.

To date, we have raised $39,300 of the $50,000 needed to meet the anonymous challenge donation. 

We need $10,700 more to reach our goal!

Mahalo to our $50,000 Anonymous Challenge Donors to Date:

$5,000 - Cosco Properties, LLC
$5,000 - John Cheung, CC Engineering & Construction
$5,000 - J W, Inc.
$5,000 - Mike & Kim Brant (personal donation), Gentry Homes, Ltd.
$1,000 - Armstrong Foundation
$1,000 - Audrey Hidano, Hidano Construction
$1,000 - Brian Adachi, BKA Builders, Inc.
$1,000 - Bruce Barrett (personal donation)
$1,000 - Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii
$1,000 - Clifton Crawford, C&J Contracting, Inc.
$1,000 - Dean Uchida (personal donation), SSFM International
$1,000 - Doug Pearson, Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii
$1,000 - Dwight Mitsunaga (personal donation), DM Pacific, Inc.
$1,000 - Evan Fujimoto (personal donation), Graham Builders
$1,000 - Karen Nakamura (personal donation), BIA-Hawaii
$1,000 - Karin Holma (personal donation), Bays Lung Rose & Holma
$1,000 - Kokea Construction & Consultants, Inc.
$1,000 - Ryan Engle, Bays Lung Rose & Holma
$1,000 - Scotty Anderson (personal donation), Scotty Anderson Group
$1,000 - Steven Hidano, Hidano Construction
$500 - Barbara Nishikawa (personal donation), BIA-Hawaii
$500 - Greg Thielen, personal donation, Complete Construction Services Corp.
$500 - Craig & Dana Washofsky (personal donation), Servco
$500 - Michael & Rachel Watanabe (personal donation), J W, Inc.
$500 - Rons Construction
$500 - Sunrise Construction, Inc.
$500 - Universal Construction, Inc.
$200 - Clarice Watanabe (personal donation), BIA-Hawaii
$100 - Stacy DiPilato (personal donation), BIA-Hawaii
$100 - Sunny Walsh (personal donation, Hunt Building Co.