Hawaii Community Lending was recently acknowledged for their help with local residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When I think of stories, I think about a single mother named Lei,” Jeff Gilbreath, Hawaii Community Lending executive director, said. “She had lost her job at a restaurant on Kauai. She was worried about where her and her four-year-old daughter were going to go because they didn’t have the resources they need. What we did is we got her a small $5,000 loan to be able to bridge her so she could pay for rent, utilities and food until the unemployment insurance came in. She said that this loan was a miracle at the time when she had really given up hope.”
Hawaii Community Lending is a non-profit, community development financial institution that provides loans to those in the community who cannot qualify at local banks and credit unions.