We’re collecting materials for our Kokua Festival Keiki events!

This year the children & families who visit our Keiki Kokua Day or Keiki Corner will be making wrist/head bands and musical instruments. We’ll need bottle caps, cardboard rolls (paper towel, toilet or wrapping paper), large and small yogurt lids, and cereal boxes. Another fun activity will be the transformation of t-shirts into bags and capes. We are accepting donations of t-shirts or any of the other items mentioned.

Drop off at Hale’iwa Farmers Market (Plastic Free Haleiwa Booth) - 3.14 & 4.11

                             

Keiki Kokua Day – School groups completing outstanding Kokua Earth Action Projects (KEAP) this school year have been invited to the Keiki Kokua Day. This keiki (kids)-only celebration will recognize student efforts to malama (care for) our islands with entertainment by Jack Johnson and other Kokua Festival artists, educational activities, videos and exchanges from participating KEAP school groups.

Keiki Corner - The Keiki Corner located in the Hula Amphitheatre will feature live performances on the Keiki Stage, interactive games and activities for the kids by The Green House.

March Highlights

KHF Grant Deadline
Environmental Education Field Trip and Mini-Grant applications for the 2009-2010 school year will be accepted until Wednesday, March 31.
KHF Program Info

Earth Hour
Sat, 3.27
8:30 pm, local time
Participation is easy. By flipping off your light switch on March 27th at 8:30 p.m. local time you will be casting your vote for action on climate change. Use this website to find out what else you can do to get involved including leading the Earth Hour movement in your community.

Recycling Grant Program
Recycling bin grant program from Coca-Cola and Keep America Beautiful. Grant recipients will receive actual recycling bins instead of funding. The grant program is open to governments, civic organizations, schools, non-profit groups. Applications are available only on-line. The deadline to submit an application is March 12, 2010.

National Wildlife Week
March 15 - 21
Celebrate National Wildlife Week by going outdoors to have fun! Surf, climb trees, chase butterflies, dig in the dirt and celebrate nature. You’ll become healthier, happier and more connected to the world around you.

Jack and Kim Johnson receive “Kuleana Award”

Kanu Hawaii has honored Jack and Kim Johnson with a “Kuleana Award”! “Kuleana Awards” are given to individuals who have inspired change in others and in their community through their own demonstrations of Kuleana (Kuleana being the Hawaiian value of personal responsibility and accountability).

Kanu issued the following statement about Jack and Kim today:

“As a team, Jack and Kim model stewardship, compassion, and living lightly on the earth. They live a simple lifestyle, eat from their own garden, and devote lots of quality time to their children and their North Shore community. Jack’s music has introduced people around the world to island values of environmental stewardship and aloha, and profits from his tours support local and global environmental work. Kim has worked tirelessly to build the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation into a local institution that is committed, as she is, to positive, empowering approaches that educate keiki and build a more eco-conscious community.”

Click Here to read the full Honolulu Advertiser article

The Kokua Festival and STAR 101.9 Beach Clean-ups big success this holiday weekend!

The Kokua Festival and STAR 101.9 joined forces this past weekend by offering pre-sale ticket purchase opportunities and mobilizing over 1000 residents to help clean Hawaii’s beaches!  All participants earned a pre-sale code good for purchasing two Kokua Festival tickets during the Beach Clean-up Pre-sale. They were also entered in a raffle where, along with other great prizes, two winners from each clean-up received a pair of free Kokua Festival tickets!

Four Beach Clean-ups took place on Oahu and Maui this past Saturday, February 13th.  Locations included Sand Island Beach Park, Kea’au Beach Park, Malaekahana Beach Park, and Kahului Harbor Maui. The Kokua Festival team would like to thank STAR 101.9, BYU-SIFE, Kanu Hawaii, the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, Rep. Maile Shimaburkuro, Maui Time Weekly, and Surfrider Oahu for their efforts to promote and coordinate the clean-ups.

Sand Island Beach Park:
Surfrider Oahu partnered with STAR 101.9 and the Kokua Hawaii Foundation in gathering approximately 350 volunteers to participate in their “Love Your Beach” beach clean-up on the eve of Valentine’s Day.  More than 500 pounds of trash and recycling was collected. Sunetric’s Watt Wheels and the band Die Trying motivated the crowd with a solar-powered performance.

Kea’au Beach Park:
Kanu Hawaii & Rep. Maile Shimabukuro co-sponsored the beach clean-up with STAR 101.9 and the Kokua Hawaii Foundation at Kea`au Beach. Other supporters included Nani `O Wai`anae, Schnitzer Steel, Roll-Offs HI, Interstate Batteries, Penske, City & County of Honolulu & Wai`anae Community Outreach. Over 200 volunteers, including several of the Kea`au houseless, gathered approximately 700 bags of trash, container-sized truckloads each of bulky items and metal, 25 batteries, and over 200 tires!



Malaekahana Beach Park:
Over 400 community volunteers from Mokulei’a to Hawai’i Kai descended upon Malaekahana Beach Park in Lai’e where BYUH SIFE, STAR 101.9, Surfrider and the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation partnered ridding the beach of large and heavy marine debris such as fishing nets and ropes, to the smallest nurdles (small plastic pieces, often ingested by marine wildlife) hand picked and sifted from the sand by children. Bulky household, automotive, and boating/fishing related debris were added to the mountain of trash that was picked up, while volunteers busily sorted glass and plastic recyclables. Over 3 miles of beach was left sparkling.



Kahului Harbor, Maui:
Maui Time Weekly, Community Work Day, and organizer Matt Lane joined forces with STAR 101.9 and the Kokua Hawaii Foundation for the Kahului Beach Cleanup.  100 people attended and fanned out to clean from Kahului Harbor to Waiehu Beach. 2,600 pounds of trash collected, 3 trailer loads of netting and fishing debris, and numerous tires.



For those that missed out on the beach clean-ups and pre-sale, Kokua Festival tickets will be going on-sale this weekend.  Kokua Festival tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-745-3000.

Hawaii-Only Sale*: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 9am Hawaii Time

General Sale: Sunday, February 21, 2020 at 9am Hawaii Time

*Hawai’i Only Ticket Sales:

• All Hawai’i zip codes are valid—-including neighbor islands. 
• To buy on-line/by phone, you must have a credit card with a Hawai’i zip code as the address to pay for the tickets. 
• If you do not have a credit card with a Hawai’i mailing address——tickets can be purchased in person from any of the outlets on O’ahu—-Blaisdell Box Office, Macy’s Ala Moana, Macy’s Pearl Ridge or Sports Gear at Windward Mall.

Kokua Festival and STAR 101.9 Beach Clean-ups are back!

The Kokua Festival and STAR 101.9 are once again offering the chance to purchase pre-sale tickets by helping to clean Hawaii’s beaches! Everyone is invited to come out, malama ‘aina, and earn a pre-sale code that is good for purchasing two Kokua Festival tickets. All participants will also be entered in a drawing to win two free tickets to the Kokua Festival and other great prizes.

All clean-ups will take place simultaneously on February 13th, 9:00a.m. - 11:30a.m.

Three on Oahu:

BYUH-SIFE North Shore Clean-Up
*A special thanks to Surfrider Oahu for assisting in the planning of the Malaekahana Clean-up!
Beach: Malaekahana and Kahuku Golf Course, Seventh Hole Beach
Meeting Place: Malaekahana Beach Park (by Goat Island, look for signs!)
Contact: Megan Neal, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Kanu Hawaii & Rep. Maile Shimabukuro West Side Clean-Up
Beach: Kea’au Beach Park, Makaha
Meeting Place: Kea’au Beach Park (the park after Makaha Surfing Beach)
Contact: Kaimana Pine .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Maile Shimabukuro .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Surfrider Oahu South Shore Clean-Up
*The South Shore Clean-up will only be available to the first 250 participants due to the size of the park.
Beach: Sand Island State Park Beach
Meeting Place: 3rd beach parking lot, at the very end of Sand Island Access Road
Contact: Steve Mazur, Beach Cleanup Coordinator, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

One on Maui:

Maui Time Weekly Clean-Up
Beach: Kahalui Harbor
Meeting Place:  Kahalui Harbor Park by MACC
Contact: Matt Lane, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Supplies:
We encourage participants to help us make this a zero waste event by bringing their own reusable water bottles that can be refilled at our water stations, a pair of gardening gloves, a sifter (if you have one) for small pieces of plastic, sunscreen, and any plastic shopping bags you might have under your sink!

Kokua Festival STAR 101.9 Pre-Sale

• All participants will receive a unique code that will allow them access to the STAR 101.9 Pre-Sale.
• Pre-sale will begin on Sunday, February 14th at 9:00 a.m. and will end on Monday, February 15th at 11:59 p.m.
• Go to www.star1019fm.com for more information

The Kokua Hawai’i Foundation thanks BYUH-SIFE, Kanu Hawai’i & Rep. Shimabukuro, Surfrider Oahu, and Maui Time Weekly for organizing these clean-ups.