Thank you to all who helped make this event a success!
If you'd like information about future Wine, Women & Shoes events please contact
Priscilla Veilleux at: pveilleux@imuafamilyservices.org 808-244-7467
Imua Family Services is the only organization focused on helping children with special needs, on Maui and Lanai, in the earliest years of their lives. Each year Imua serves more than 2,300 children and their families.
Founded in 1947 to help children suffering from the effects of polio, Imua family Services remains focused on children while its services evolve to meet changing community needs.
For children who are not learning expected behaviors as fast as their peers, extra care in designing early experiences can provide the stimulation that maintains and expands brain capacity. Research shows that the younger a child is when service begins, the better the outcome.
Imua helps children regardless of their families' ability to pay, with referrals coming from physicians, parents, and community agencies. These children may have low birth weight, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, expressive language delays, visual or hearing impairments, autism, or other developmental concerns. Imua works to devise therapeutic programs tailored to meet the child’s developmental needs.
Infant & Child Development Program provides comprehensive early intervention services for children with developmental delays from birth to age three. The program is offered on Maui and Lanai at no charge to families. The Infant and Child Development Program offers special instruction, speech language, occupational and physical therapy as well as family care coordination.
Early Childhood Development Program is available to children ages 3-5 who do not meet age appropriate developmental milestones and fall outside the scope of Department of Education services. The program offers speech language, occupational and physical therapy. The needs of each child are met through the provision of professional therapeutic services for the child and support for those involved in the child’s life in order to help them thrive in home, community and preschool environments, and be better prepared for kindergarten and beyond.
Imua Family Services' mission is to provide comprehensive early childhood development services to children and their families with the support and resources needed to achieve their full potential in life. View video "Building Bridges, Moving Forward, Changing Lives"
We gratefully acknowledge the following organizations for their generous support:
Atherton Family Foundation
Alexander & Baldwin Foundation
Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation
Bendon Family Foundation
Beyond the Rainbow Foundation
The Boeing Company
Compassion Capital/University of Hawaii:
Center on the Family
County of Maui
Dorvin D. Leis Company
Dowling Community Improvement Foundation
First Hawaiian Bank Foundation
Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation
Graham Family Foundation
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Hawaii Children's Trust Fund
Hawaii Community Foundation
Hawaii State Department of Health,
Special Health Needs Branch
HEI Charitable Foundation
HMSA Foundation
Ho’aloha Na Eha, Ltd.
Jitsuo Yoshimori Trust
Kaiser Permanente-Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.
Kent and Polli Smith Fund
Kiwanis Club of Maui
Lassen International Fund
Mark & Debi Rolfing Charitable Foundation
Maui Hotel and Lodging Association
Maui United Way
McInerny Foundation
Okumura Family Fund
Oscar and Rosetta Fish Fund
Peter and Deborah Martin Foundation
Roy's Restaurants
Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation
Sophie Russell Testamentary Trust
Unity Church of Hawaii
VIP Foodservice
Young Brothers Ltd. - Hawaiian Tug and Barge
