Join us Kahu Malama 2024!

The Kahu Mālama Award recognizes an individual(s) or entity that has demonstrated extraordinary contributions to Gregory House Programs or the HIV/AIDS community through advocacy, financial support or other means. This year the fundraiser will benefit housing and food needs for over 400 individuals.

This year, we honor Dominic Chow, MD, and Cecilia Shikuma, MD, for their profound professional medical career, which included years of compassionate care and support and advocacy for those living with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Shikuma is Director of the Hawaii Center for AIDS (HICFA), a UH Board of Regents' approved Center of Excellence for HIV training, research and care, and Dr. Chow manages the Clint Spencer Clinic providing HIV care first at JABSOM and now at the Queen Emma Clinic. As Professors at the medical school, they have trained medical students and residents in HIV care and have contributed to advances in knowledge about HIV through clinical trials of HIV antiretroviral therapy and its complications. As physicians they strive to optimize care for the patients they see in their clinic. They extend their heartfelt gratitude to our organizational partners, staff, and patients for supporting the efforts toward the "Hawaii to Zero" initiative. This ambitious plan aims to end the HIV epidemic in Hawaii by achieving zero new HIV deaths, zero new infections, and eliminating HIV-related stigma.

Gregory House Programs, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the only provider of HIV/AIDS housing services statewide, and provides case management and nutrition services on Oahu to over 400 people living with HIV and their families each year. Our programs help improve the quality of life and well-being for our community’s most vulnerable and economically challenged members and in the long run improve the public health of our community. Housing is especially essential for persons living with HIV/AIDS as it keeps the door open to continuous medical care and life-extending treatments.

Your support of this event will help us provide essential housing and nutritional services to those most in need. Tickets for the Kahu Mālama Award Dinner & Silent Auction are available now; $135 in advance or $150 at the door. Please check out the event registration page at: https://gregory-house-programs.networkforgood.com/events/74003-kahu-m-lama-award-dinner-and-silent-auction-2024

To find out more about our organization, please check out our website at www.gregoryhouse.org. For questions (including purchasing tickets and sponsorships offline), and/or you are a business or individual and interested in donating something for our in-person silent auction, we are accepting donations such as: artwork, gift cards (restaurants, spas, grocery stores, clothing stores, etc.), hotel stays, excursions, and electronics to name a few! Please feel free to call Gavin at (808) 522-9036 or email gavin@gregoryhouse.org.

Gregory House Programs is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to ending homelessness and providing nutritional needs for individuals and families who are affected by HIV/AID. EIN 99-0265111.