Plastic Free Hawaiʻi Events Recap

Summer’s end sizzled for Plastic Free Hawaiʻi! With water stations at several events, families and friends of Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation rocked their waste-free ways and enjoyed the last days of the season.

• Kahala Mall’s Annual Keiki Day
  Families enjoyed games and prizes at the weekend event. Children wrote Love Letters to the Sea and grown-ups learned about the ways they can be plastic free day-to-day by visiting our education station. Our Plastic Free Commitment Wall was very popular with kids and adults alike who all stated their effort to be a little more waste-free.
  Want to write your own Love Letter to the Sea? Find out how here!
   
• Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club
  We had a blast at the Plastic Free Pop-Up! We were joined by a few plastic free friends including Sundaze Bikinis, a sustainable bikini brand that uses upcycled ocean plastics, and Stacey G. Jewelry, a Kailua-based brand that incorporates ocean plastics into their jewelry and wall hangings. 

Other fun events included:

• EF Language School held a student beach clean up at Kawela Bay where 65 international students collected an estimated 200-lbs. of both land and marine debris.
• Queen Kapiolani Hotel’s Sunset Sessions hosted 180 attendees on July 28th. Guests sipped drinks from KHF’s Plastic Free Hawaiʻi rCups while enjoying a late afternoon of music as the sun went down. Visit our educational outreach and merchandise table at the Sunset Session on Sunday, August 25th.