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CONSUMER EDUCATION (FOCUS ON SENIORS AND MILITARY MEMBERSAND THEIR FAMILIES) - EDUCATED CONSUMERS TO HELP THEM MAKE INFORMED PURCHASING DECISIONS AND AVOID SCAMS, THROUGH 28 GROUP PRESENTATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AT 12 CONSUMER FAIRS AND 3 OTHER EVENTS, REACHED 5,193 PEOPLE IN PERSON. THE SCAM TRACKER, WHICH IS OUR SEARCHABLE ONLINE PORTAL THAT COLLECTS SCAM REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC TO ALERT AND HELP PROTECT CONSUMERS, COLLECTED 456 REPORTS SHOWING $60,148,250 REPORTED LOSS IN OUR MARKETPLACE. BASED ON PUBLIC INQUIRIES AND SCAM REPORTS, CONSUMER EDUCATION TIPS WERE SHARED THROUGH MEDIA, INCLUDING TV, RADIO, PRINT AND ONLINE, RESULTING IN 355 EARNED MEDIA MENTIONS AND 223,447,944 IMPRESSIONS THAT AMOUNTS TO $1,502,352 IN PUBLICITY VALUES. ALSO HOSTED 1 ANNUAL PUBLIC EVENT, CALLED "SECURE YOUR ID DAY," TO HELP PROTECT CONSUMER'S SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND EDUCATE CONSUMERS ABOUT ID THEFT BY PROVIDING FREE SHREDDING AND SECURE DISPOSAL OF DOCUMENTS AND E-WASTES. IN THE SECURE YOUR ID DAY EVENT, WE ASSISTED 614 VEHICLES AND SHREDDED 2.5 TONS OF PAPER DOCUMENTS AND E-WASTE.DISPUTE RESOLUTION - PROMOTED EFFECTIVE AND PEACEFUL ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, INCLUDING ARBITRATION, MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION, FOR MARKETPLACE DISPUTES. ASSISTED SETTLING 2 CASES IN AUTO WARRANTY RELATED DISPUTES WORTH $96,000.CHARITY REVIEW - PROMOTED TRANSPARENCY, SOUND GOVERNANCE FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATION, AND TRUTHFUL SOLICITATION AND SECURITY OF DONOR INFORMATION THROUGH BBB CHARITY STANDARDS. PROVIDED 409 BBB CHARITY REVIEWS TO POTENTIAL DONORS TO HELP THEM MAKE WISE GIVING DECISIONS.BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOUNDATION OF HAWAII, INC. MERGED WITH BBB FOUNDATION, A WASHINGTON NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2018.

CONSUMER EDUCATION (FOCUS ON SENIORS AND MILITARY MEMBERSAND THEIR FAMILIES) - EDUCATED CONSUMERS TO HELP THEM MAKE INFORMED PURCHASING DECISIONS AND AVOID SCAMS, THROUGH 28 GROUP PRESENTATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS AT 12 CONSUMER FAIRS AND 3 OTHER EVENTS, REACHED 5,193 PEOPLE IN PERSON. THE SCAM TRACKER, WHICH IS OUR SEARCHABLE ONLINE PORTAL THAT COLLECTS SCAM REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC TO ALERT AND HELP PROTECT CONSUMERS, COLLECTED 456 REPORTS SHOWING $60,148,250 REPORTED LOSS IN OUR MARKETPLACE. BASED ON PUBLIC INQUIRIES AND SCAM REPORTS, CONSUMER EDUCATION TIPS WERE SHARED THROUGH MEDIA, INCLUDING TV, RADIO, PRINT AND ONLINE, RESULTING IN 355 EARNED MEDIA MENTIONS AND 223,447,944 IMPRESSIONS THAT AMOUNTS TO $1,502,352 IN PUBLICITY VALUES. ALSO HOSTED 1 ANNUAL PUBLIC EVENT, CALLED "SECURE YOUR ID DAY," TO HELP PROTECT CONSUMER'S SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND EDUCATE CONSUMERS ABOUT ID THEFT BY PROVIDING FREE SHREDDING AND SECURE DISPOSAL OF DOCUMENTS AND E-WASTES. IN THE SECURE YOUR ID DAY EVENT, WE ASSISTED 614 VEHICLES AND SHREDDED 2.5 TONS OF PAPER DOCUMENTS AND E-WASTE.DISPUTE RESOLUTION - PROMOTED EFFECTIVE AND PEACEFUL ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, INCLUDING ARBITRATION, MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION, FOR MARKETPLACE DISPUTES. ASSISTED SETTLING 2 CASES IN AUTO WARRANTY RELATED DISPUTES WORTH $96,000.CHARITY REVIEW - PROMOTED TRANSPARENCY, SOUND GOVERNANCE FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATION, AND TRUTHFUL SOLICITATION AND SECURITY OF DONOR INFORMATION THROUGH BBB CHARITY STANDARDS. PROVIDED 409 BBB CHARITY REVIEWS TO POTENTIAL DONORS TO HELP THEM MAKE WISE GIVING DECISIONS.BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOUNDATION OF HAWAII, INC. MERGED WITH BBB FOUNDATION, A WASHINGTON NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2018.