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.”

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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.

Ziggy Marley and Taj Mahal join Jack Johnson at the 2010 Kokua Festival April 23rd- 24th

After taking a year off, the Kokua Festival is back in 2010. Hawaii’s own Jack Johnson is proud to host the 6th Kokua Festival and share the stage with Ziggy Marley and the legendary Taj Mahal on Earth Day weekend - Friday, April 23rd and Saturday, April 24th – at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawai’i. In addition to full band performances by Jack Johnson and Taj Mahal, and a solo acoustic set by Ziggy Marley, this year’s incredible line-up will be rounded out by ukulele extraordinaire, Jake Shimabukuro, and Maui-based songstress, Anuhea.

All proceeds from the Kokua Festival go to the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation and are used to further support school recycling on Oahu, sponsor field trips, and grow ‘AINA In Schools, a farm-to-school program. The foundation has also expanded its community outreach with their Simplify the Holidays campaign and the new Plastic Free Hawai’i coalition.

Back for its third consecutive year, the Keiki Kokua Day will take place the day before the festival and will recognize Hawai’i school groups who have completed outstanding Kokua Earth Action Projects (KEAP). KEAP, another school program of the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation, guides environmental service learning initiatives lead by student groups to create long lasting change in classrooms, schools or communities. The Keiki Kokua Day event celebrates these student leaders who 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.

In addition to the eclectic mix of live music, the Kokua Village features over 50 booths including eco-friendly clothing from Patagonia, all natural food from Kashi, and organic yogurt from Stonyfield Farm. Kokua Festival attendees can try local food and beverages, learn about products and services from green companies, view alternative energy demonstrations, participate in interactive games and crafts for kids, and get information about environmentally active groups from around the islands.

Since its start in 2004, the Kokua Festival has raised the bar on environmentally friendly concert production both locally and globally. Some of the innovative greening measures include:

Zero Waste collection sites where recyclables, food waste and compostables are separated by students from local schools
A bike valet service, electric trolley, and carpool incentives
Promoting the use of reusable water bottles and providing free water stations
Running festival generators and vehicles on locally made biodiesel
Using biodegradable concession-ware
Offering eco-friendly merchandise such as reusable tote bags, bottles, and organic cotton clothing
Offsetting the remaining emissions with clean energy development in Hawai’i

Tickets are $40 for general admission/lawn, $50 for reserved seats, $125 in the seated pit area, and $20 general admission for children 3-12. Children under 3 are free. Online ticket purchasers will also have the option to add on a $2 carbon credit to offset their personal travel to the show.

Tickets for Hawai’i residents will go on sale Saturday, February 20th at all Hawai’i Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-745-3000. Tickets for the general public will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000 starting on Sunday, February 21st. On February 13th, STAR 101.9 listeners will be offered pre-sale opportunities by participating in beach clean-ups around Oahu and on Maui. Visit www.star1019.com for more details on the beach clean-up locations and times.

The Kokua Hawai’i Foundation thanks Presenting Partners Kashi, Patagonia, and Stonyfield Farm as well as many other like-minded companies and organizations for their support! The Kokua Festival is produced locally by the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation, with additional coordination by MusicMatters, a division of Effect Partners, and Pau Hana Productions.

For more information please visit www.kokuafestival.com

ONO Teacher conference

ONO - Out-of-the-Box Nutritious Options: A sampling of innovative ways to bring healthy and locally grown foods into the classroom

Presented by Luke Center for Public Service and Kokua Hawai’i Foundation

Thursday, February 25, 2010
4 – 8 pm
Fee: $15.00
Dinner featuring locally grown food
Kuaihelani Learning Center, Case Middle School, Punahou School

This hands-on workshop will feature examples of lessons related to food that teachers can use in any classroom. It is an opportunity to learn and to share with other educators from Hawai’i.

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