May Makana Pono
Posted on June 4, 2021
Makana Pono: Employee Giving Program
Joyce Alce
DCS
Organization: Olomana School
Joyce is our May Makana Pono awardee.
Joyce Alce served as a director of clinical service for nearly four years. She recently moved to the mainland, but she was selected to receive the Makana Pono award before she left.
Joyce Alce served as a director of clinical service for nearly four years. She recently moved to the mainland, but she was selected to receive the Makana Pono award before she left.
As a parting gift, she chose our May Makana Pono nonprofit, Olomana School. Joyce’s husband is a teacher at Olomana and Islands Hospice is pleased to make this $5,000 donation to help students thrive.
Olomana School is an intermediate and high school part of Hawaii Department of Education (DOE), that offers alternative education for adjudicated and at-risk youth. Their mission is to produce productive citizens by promoting positive values and strengthening academic success by using project/problem-based learning which is integrated in all content areas and used to engage students, deepen the understanding, and develop collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.
The campus at the foothills in Kailua recently hosted a commencement ceremony and celebrated the class of 2021. After a difficult few years full of social isolation and distance learning for students across Hawaii, Islands Hospice is honored to support the Olomana Razorbacks on their path to success!