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06/01/2025

04/12/2025

Last year the Honokaʻa Business Association awarded five students from the Hāmākua District $2,000 each for continuing education after high school.

The year before, 2023, awards ranging from $1,000 - $2,000 were awarded to seven local students.

You too can put your hat in the ring for the 2025 awards! Apply using online application!!

It’s not too late, applications accepted until midnight Monday April 14th.

03/30/2025

Need money for school?! HBA scholarship applications are open until April 14th! Apply in the link in comments below or scan the QR code!

03/12/2025

Are you a Hāmākua based business? Please fill out the form in the link in the comments below or message us for the link! We want to be sure to add your business as we rebuild our website to showcase all that Honoka’a/Hāmākua has to offer! You do not have to be an HBA member to be included, we promote all Hāmākua businesses!

https://forms.gle/LAzJHm6JR61SXJvV6

05/27/2024

WW Silent Auction closes Monday May 27th, there’s still time to bid on your favorite items!!
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03/16/2024

The Honokaa Business Association is excited to invest in our local students by helping to fund educational opportunities for graduates wanting to continue their education after high school. Scholarships awards can be used for a wide range of post secondary educational opportunities such as training, certification programs and apprenticeships along with two and four year college degrees.
Each award will be worth at least $1000 and available to seniors who graduated in 2023 or will graduate this year, and are enrolled at Honoka’a High School, Laupā hoehoe Community Public Charter School (LCPCS) or are home-schooled students who live in the Honoka’a High School and Laupāhoehoe districts.
The total dollar amount that will be available depends on fundraising efforts now underway. Last year the Honokaʻa Business Association awarded $11,000 to seven deserving students, thanks to HBA funding, along with contributions from organizations including Queenʻs Health, Renewable Energy Solutions (RES), Pa’ina by Ocean, and Café Il Mondo and a number of generous individuals. These students are pursuing further educational opportunities in a variety of fields including health care, culinary studies, media and film making, electrical engineering, automotive technology, gender studies and psychology and construction technology.
If you would like to contribute scholarship funding please Venmo , or write a check payable to “Honokaʻa Business Association” and send it to P.O. Box 474, Honokaʻa HI 96727. For more information email Sarah Anderson at [email protected] or call 808 987-9076.
The application deadline is Monday, April 8, 2024.
The online application can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/hbascholarship24