{"id":39088,"date":"2015-10-15T07:41:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T17:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=39088"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:16:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:16:47","slug":"palama-settlement-to-honor-emme-tomimbang-and-francis-keala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/15\/palama-settlement-to-honor-emme-tomimbang-and-francis-keala\/","title":{"rendered":"Palama Settlement to honor Emme Tomimbang and Francis Keala"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Two University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> graduates will be honored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palamasettlement.org\/\">Palama Settlement<\/a>&#8212;producer and veteran broadcaster Emme Tomimbang and former Honolulu Police Department Chief Francis Keala. Tomimbang and Keala will be recognized at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palamasettlement.org\/malamapalama2015\">3rd Annual Malama Palama Gala Fundraiser<\/a> on October 17, 2015 at The Royal Hawaiian. Proceeds will help support vital programs for the community&#8217;s keiki, teens, k&#363;puna and families.<\/p>\n<h2>Emme Tomimbang<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fNvXFhIH1Mc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Raised in the Kalihi-Palama area, Tomimbang is a proud graduate of Farrington High School. After her elementary school years in <span aria-label=\"Kakaako\">Kaka&#699;ako<\/span>, Tomimbang and her dad moved to Hotel and River St. where he had a second-hand appliance store.<\/p>\n<p>During her middle school years at Central Intermediate, Tomimbang learned to swim, socialize and began the formation of her young teenage life at Palama. &ldquo;It was at Palama where I learned how to socialize and I even attended my first dance there.&rdquo; Tomimbang said. &ldquo;Palama provided us a place of trust and continuity, and offered very important programs that helped to guide us later in life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A veteran radio and television broadcaster, Tomimbang has over 40 years of experience in media. She is the founder and president of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emmeinc.com\/\">Emme, Inc.<\/a>, a local video and production company. Tomimbang worked at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitv.com\/\"><abbr>KITV<\/abbr><\/a> as a news reporter and anchor and later joined <a href=\"http:\/\/khon2.com\/\"><abbr>KHON<\/abbr><\/a> anchoring the morning news and began delivering &ldquo;Island Style&rdquo; features.<\/p>\n<h2>Francis Keala<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tPIx5TFN7s8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Born and raised on <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, Chief Francis Keala graduated from St. Louis High School and received a bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. He entered the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honolulupd.org\/\">Honolulu Police Department<\/a> in 1956 and quickly rose through the ranks, promoted to chief of police in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While my dad was the chief of police, he received a lot of support from folks in the community. When he retired he wanted to give back to those who had given so much to him,&rdquo; said Mark Keala, Chief Francis&#8217; son, who will be representing Chief Keala at the gala. &ldquo;Palama Settlement was one of the many organizations that received his active support.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Despite his stature and position, my dad isn&#8217;t someone who feels comfortable being honored for his accomplishments. For our family, this award recognizes my dad for his selfless deeds and enduring support of the community he loved,&rdquo; Mark said.<\/p>\n<p>During his prolific career, Chief Keala also served on numerous non-profit boards including St. Francis Medical Center-West, Boy Scouts Aloha Council and Kamehameha Schools interim trustee. Chief Keala served on Palama&#8217;s Board of Trustees in the 80s, working on Palama&#8217;s personnel committee.<\/p>\n<h2>Event information<\/h2>\n<p>Malama Palama features a silent auction and reception prior to dinner. Al Waterson will emcee the gala with entertainment provided by Emme and Friends. Prices for a table of 10 start at $2,500, individual seats are $250 per person.<\/p>\n<p>To <abbr>RSVP<\/abbr> or for more information, call (808) 848-2502 or to make an online reservation, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palamasettlement.org\/malamapalama2015\">Palama Settlement website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two <abbr>UH<\/abbr> graduates will be honored by Palama Settlement\u2014producer and veteran broadcaster Emme Tomimbang and former Honolulu Police Department Chief Francis Keala. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[679,65,9,56,1626],"class_list":["post-39088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni-recognition","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","tag-women-of-uh","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39088"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144872,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39088\/revisions\/144872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}