April Highlights

Kokua Festival Premium Seat Auction
ENDS April 2nd at 3:00 PM HST
Click here to bid

Nature-Inspired Art
Saturday, April 10th
9:30am-noon
At Kapolei High School
Cost: $7 per person or $15 for families of up to 3 people
To register and for more information please e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 542-9107.

Plastic Free Hale’iwa
Sunday, April 11th
9am-1pm
At Hale’iwa Farmers Market

National Volunteer Week: April 18th-24th

Kokua Festival
April 23rd & 24th
3pm - 10pm
Waikiki Shell
www.kokuafestival.com

Nominations Invited for Garden Crusader Awards
A cash award and a gift certificate to Gardener’s Supply in the amount of $2,500 will be given to individuals in the United States who are using gardening to improve their communities….
Deadline: June 1, 2010
Garden Crusader Awards

Opportunity to get Tickets to Sold Out Kokua Festival!

Bid now on premium seats to the Sold Out Kokua Festival! This is your last chance to score tickets and get some great swag! Each charity auction package includes:
-2 Premium orchestra pit seats within the first 3 rows
-1 Autographed “Jack Johnson: En Concerte” Cd/DVD Pack
-Kokua Festival poster, water bottle, towel, and tote bag!

Kokua Film Series presents

                                                                                      View trailer here
Tickets:
$5 General Admission
$3 UHM Students & Kokua Hawai’i Foundation Members

Directions to Spalding Auditorium:
Proceed north on University Avenue two stoplights past Dole St. (Maile Way). Make a right onto the campus. 400 yards past the guard gate, park in the lot on the right at the corner of Maile Way and Farrington Rd. Walk through passage way to the front of the building. Auditorium is on the first floor.

FREE PARKING ON SUNDAY

Further info: 223-0130

Mahalo to our Kokua Festival 2010 Supporters!

The 2010 Kokua Festival on April 23rd and 24th is sold out!  We want to extend a big mahalo to all of our KHF members, beach clean-up participants, and Hawaii residents who support our efforts.  We look forward to a great festival on Earth Day weekend.  See you there!

‘AINA In Schools Update:

Growing ‘AINA IS
During the next school year, we will be adding more schools to the ‘AINA IS ‘ohana. If you know of a Hawai’i school that is interested in applying to becoming an ‘AINA IS program school, have them contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). In the next few months we will also be launching an ‘AINA IS website with tools you can use at home and at school!

Chef Ann Cooper

‘AINA IS recently hosted “Renegade Lunch Lady” Chef Ann Cooper to speak with local school food advocates on how school lunch can be improved throughout the country and how we can implement a statewide farm to school network. One huge issue the group identified is money. Chef Ann, along with Slow Food USA, is launching a campaign to ask congress to invest one more dollar in every kid’s school lunch. To voice your support, visit www.LunchBoxAdvocates.org. Also while in Hawai’i, leaders from the Hawai’i State Legislature presented Chef Ann with a certificate of commendation recognizing her achievements in bringing better food and nutrition to our kids nationally and in Hawai’i.

Other School Food News

• Michelle Obama just launched www.LetsMove.gov
• Jamie Oliver won the TED prize and will premier his “Food Revolution”  tv show this month
• A recent University of Hawai’i feasibility study highlighted various options for advancing farm to school in Hawai’i: launching a pilot program; extend efforts beyond the lunchroom; serving locally grown snacks after school; providing nutrition lessons and more. Organizations throughout the state are building upon the reports outcomes to determine how we can best get our Hawai’i grown food to our Hawai’i grown keiki.