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A long way
from burlap bagsEdgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister, first walked the wealthier neighborhoods of Boston with burlap bags seeking donated goods in 1902. The donations were spiffed up for sale by the disabled and disadvantaged who were paid for their efforts through sales.
Goodwill Industries is the nonprofit business that grew out of Helms' ministry.
Goodwill Industries of Hawaii has much to celebrate during the parent organization's centennial year.
It has been awarded $10,000 by the Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation for a management training program.
The funds will provide for nine courses covering staffing, new hires, employee recognition, payroll, finance, policies and procedures, safety, performance evaluation, salary review and corrective action processes.
The education program is geared toward ensuring consistency for and by supervisors and staff at 26 Goodwill locations.
New campus for HPU
Hawaii Pacific University, split between downtown Honolulu and Windward Oahu campuses, appears to be establishing another campus -- in cyberspace.It is among more than 40 universities, community and technical colleges that have purchased licenses to use the trademarked Campus Pipeline Web Platform, designed for creation of a "digital" campus.
According to Salt Lake City-based Campus Pipeline Inc., a digital campus is a network that "integrates an institution's technology, information, services and communities under a single online roof."
The company claims more than 200 college and university clients worldwide.
BYO headphones
Folks flying into and out of Hawaii on American Airlines won't have to purchase those funky, only-good-in-airplanes headphones any longer.The airline has announced it is eliminating its $5 entertainment charge on mainland flights as well as on routes to Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Passengers can bring their own headsets to take in the airline's complimentary in-flight entertainment on audio and video equipped aircraft. Otherwise on-board purchase is a $2 option.
Erika Engle is a reporter with the Star-Bulletin.
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