Suntech Hawaii has announced a pair of new hires.

Nolie Diakoulas was named a project engineer, with more than eight years of construction experience including project manager/engineer at H&G Properties and project engineer at Carl M. Freeman Communities. Also named was Eamonn Kinsella as vice president of sales. He has more than 20 years of sales experience and 15 years of management experience including director of business development at American Electric Co. and business development manager at SMED International.

The Salvation Army received $100,000 from the Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation for its Family Services Office to help meet emergency material and financial needs of its clients.

The Kukui'ula Development Co. awarded $500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu to support the agency's mentoring services for at-risk children and youth in Kauai.