HONOLULU – Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii (RMHC-Hawaii) is asking schools, businesses, clubs, community organizations and individuals to “Make Change Count” by participating in its coin campaign to raise funds for many families in need.

“The Ronald McDonald House was built with love for hundreds of families with severely ill children that walk through our doors every year,” said Jerri Chong, president of RMHC-Hawaii. “A few cents from many can go a long way, and with everyone’s help RMHC-Hawaii will continue to Make Change Count.”

HONOLULU - The cancellation of earmarks by the U.S. Congress in 2011 left Pan-STARRS, one of Hawai‘i’s flagship programs, $10M short of the funds needed to complete the historic 2-telescope system — and on the verge of folding.  

Thanks to an anonymous $3M gift, Pan-STARRS will survive the cuts and continue astronomy research of global import.

The Pan-STARRS project is an innovative design for synchronized wide-field telescopes developed at the UH Institute for Astronomy. Since it became operational in 2010, the first telescope in the system, PS1, has discovered more than 345 near-Earth asteroids, including 29 that are potentially hazardous to Earth, as well as 19 previously unobserved comets – like the one visible in our skies right now.