About Kokua for a Cause
You can make an impact on someone’s life and help give the gift of early detection to a woman in need.
Join Maui Health Foundation’s Kokua for a Cause in honor of breast cancer awareness month.
For over 15 years Maui Health Foundation has provided financial assistance covering the cost of mammograms and biopsies to uninsured and underinsured women on Maui. Last year, thanks to the incredible support of our community, we were able to expand our services to the women on Lana’i. Our goal this year is to raise $100,000 to cover as many mammograms and biopsies as we can.
All funds raised through Kokua for a Cause stay on Maui, to benefit the women of Maui and Lana'i with all procedures done at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
There are many ways you can Kokua:
FUNdraise to Kokua
Fundraise YOUR Way with our DIY Fundraising!
- Click Join or Start a Team or Register as an Individual
- Create a team of your co-workers, family, and friends to join you and make it fun!
- Host a walk, create a challenge, you name it! You can make an impact in a way that is most meaningful to you.
- Link your Facebook and Instagram account to share videos or post photos of your team along the way and view others who have joined in our Gallery. Share your page, post to your Facebook and Instagram with the hashtag #kokua4acause, and recruit others to join your team. You'll earn points for your activity that will put you in a drawing for Kokua for a Cause swag!
Shop to Kokua
Get your exclusive Kokua for a Cause apparel to spread awareness and sport at your next team challenge. Proceeds benefit Kokua for a Cause.
Click here to visit the Kokua Merch Store.
Dine to Kokua
Experience the delectable Tastes of Maui while supporting a good cause. Visit any participating restaurants around the island during the months of September and October and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Kokua for a Cause.
Post selfies of your journey through the Tastes of Maui and tag @mauihealthfoundation and #K4CTastesOfMaui to be entered in a drawing for a prize.
For a list of participating restaurants, click Kokua Your Way in the navigation bar at the top and click Tastes of Maui.
Let’s all #kokua4acause. For our women on Maui and Lana’i!
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Buy Kokua for a Cause Apparel
Get your exclusive Kokua for a Cause apparel to spread awareness and wear at your next team challenge. Proceeds benefit Kokua for a Cause.
Click Here to Visit the Kokua Merch Store.
The Statistics
Did you know...
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in Hawaii
- The incident rate for invasive breast cancer in Hawaii is higher than the U.S. average.
- ONE in every EIGHT women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. That is one in every eight of our mothers, daughters, sisters, or friends.
- Studies show that early detection can help save lives by identifying cancers when they require less extensive treatment resulting in better outcomes.
- Since 2005 Maui Health Foundation’s Kokua for a Cause program provides financial assistance to cover the cost of mammograms and biopsies for the uninsured and underinsured women on Maui.
- The need on Maui is increasing. The number of requests for assistance has grown from 70 women in 2018, to 83 in 2019, to 119 in 2020. Thanks to your support, we funded 163 procedures in 2021 and expanded our support to women on Lana'i.
- All funds raised through Kokua for a Cause stay on Maui, to benefit the women of Maui and Lana'i and all procedures are done at Maui Memorial Medical Center.
- Through our partnership with Maui Health, for every $200 we raise, we are able to cover one mammogram for a woman on Maui.
How Your Support Makes a Difference
“Days felt like years when trying to process the news of an abnormal mammogram, coupled with the stress of figuring out how to pay for a second follow-up. I am very grateful to the Foundation that they were able to help when I needed it the most. I felt so relieved. If it wasn’t for the Foundation, I would have just not done the mammogram, because I couldn’t afford it.”
– grateful patient
Maui Health Foundation receives an average of over 150 requests to fund mammograms, follow-up ultrasounds, and biopsies from uninsured and underinsured women on Maui. These women are faced with the possibility of a life changing situation and do not have any other means to afford the screenings they need to detect breast cancer early on, which could potentially save them.
One in eight of our mothers, daughters, sisters, family, or friends will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
Who do you Kokua for?
Mahalo to our Corporate Sponsors!