For reservations, e-mail mkmasunaga@aol.com or call 324-7117, ext. 103.
Foodland campaign raises more than $10.8 million
Foodland Super Market Ltd. will give away more than $1.4 million to Hawaii’s nonprofit organizations this year as part of its Give Aloha, Foodland’s Annual Community Matching Gifts Program. This brings the grand total raised for the community to more than $10.8 million since the program began in 1999.
During Give Aloha, customers donated $1,138,446.87 to their favorite Hawaii nonprofit organizations at Foodland and Sack N Save checkouts statewide from Sept. 1 through 30. Foodland and the Western Union Foundation contributed $285,000 to match their gifts. Together, a total of $1,423,446.87 were raised for Hawaii’s participating nonprofit organizations. There were 71 nonprofit organizations from the Big Island participating in Give Aloha this year. A total of $46,007.88 were raised for these organizations.
Give Aloha was created in 1999 in honor of the late Maurice J. “Sully” Sullivan, founder of Foodland Super Market Ltd., who gave generously to the community and encouraged the spirit of giving in others. The program continues his legacy of giving back to the community.
Give Aloha, Foodland’s Annual Community Matching Gifts Program invited customers to make a donation of up to $249 to their favorite Hawaii nonprofit organization at any Foodland or Sack N Save checkout throughout the month of September. Foodland and the Western Union Foundation promised to contribute $285,000 to all organizations combined to match a portion of customer donations. Donations to organizations ranged from 1 cent to $249 at all 29 Foodland and Sack N Save stores statewide, as customers gave to the best of their ability.
Kona Stories, AdvoCats team up for benefit
Kona Stories is celebrating its first anniversary during November. The store has worked all year with AdvoCats raising money and neutering feral cats in its neighborhood.
On Nov. 10, Kona Stories and AdvoCats will be hosting a fundraiser to benefit AdvoCats at Mango Court. Kona Stories will be selling used books and AdvoCats will be selling gifts and crafts for Christmas. All proceeds will be donated to AdvoCats.
Anyone interested in donating books for the sale should bring them to Kona Stories by Nov. 9.
For more information and directions, visit www.konastories.com or call 324-0350.
Body Glove blessing new vessel on Saturday
Body Glove Cruises invites the community to attend a blessing and open house for its new vessel, the Kanoa II, on Saturday at the Kailua Pier. The blessing will be held from 4:30 to 5 p.m. and the open house on board the new vessel will be from 5 to 7 p.m.
The Kanoa II, a luxury, state-of-the-art, 65-foot catamaran certified for 149 passengers offers daily snorkel/dolphin sails, sunset cruises and seasonal whale watching cruises for both visitors and residents. The Kanoa II joins Body Glove Cruises’ original vessel, the 51-foot catamaran Kanoa I, which has been operating in Kona since 1990.
The Kanoa II is equipped with three restrooms, two freshwater showers, a 20-foot water slide, high dive platform, two large double swim platforms, a full sound system for live entertainment and karaoke, and underwater lighting to create an ambiance for evening cruises.
With its larger passenger capacity, the Kanoa II will be available for private parties as well as special and fundraising events. For more information, call Body Glove Cruises at 326-7122.
Lanihau Center hosting Halloween event
Halloween Happenings will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Lanihau Center.
The fun starts with a Pet Costume Contest, sponsored by Pooch Parade with all pets welcomed. For registration information, call 326-7624. The Lanihau Halloween Balloon artist will be making free balloon hats and animals for all keiki from 10 a.m. to noon.
The free pumpkin carving competition is open to all ages. Pumpkins will be judged for the scariest, most unique and the cutest. Those wishing to enter should bring carved pumpkins to the stage before 1 p.m.
The public can also enter the ice cream eating contest at 11 a.m., sponsored by Baskin Robbins. Limited entries are available; sign up early.
Kona’s largest costume contest begins at noon with registration starting at 11 a.m. Free Baskin and Robbins ice cream will be given to the first 100 keiki, free candies and goodie bags also will be awarded. Free Halloween photos to all contestants are courtesy of Longs Drugs. Costume contest categories for the scariest, cutest and most original, first through third places, with more than $400 in prizes.
The conclusion of the Halloween Happenings festivities is a moonlight movie under the stars starts at 7:30 p.m. A family movie will be shown on a 14-foot screen outdoors at Lanihau Center. Bring lawn chairs and mats. To inquire about the movie, visit www.lanihau.com or for event information, call 808-739-2112.
Tax preparation workshop slated
Child care providers are invited to get ready for the upcoming tax season with People Attentative to Children. As a small business owner, family child care providers need to be prepared to handle their finances.
The agency will be offering a three-hour workshop with CPA Joe Holtz on the morning of Nov. 3 in Waimea. There is no fee, however, registration is required in advance. Seating is limited.
Call 325-3800 for specifics and to register.
Huli Sue’s follows environmental practices
The owners of Fujimamas restaurants in Tokyo and Kona have opened Huli Sue’s Barbecue and Grill. Owner/chef duo Mark and Lisa Vann have been serving up barbecue dishes with a side of environmental responsibility since February at the Waimea restaurant.
Along with the standard conservation practices of recycling and using biodegradable take-out containers, Huli Sue’s also composts all of its green waste, supports a neighborhood glassblowing artist community with its recycled oil and has created a new concept of community building, with its “Food for Food” trade, where local folk are encouraged to bring in their backyard produce and trade it for prepared food at the restaurant.
In addition to the three restaurants, the Vanns also run an organic farm just down the road from Huli Sue’s. Fujifarms as it is called, produces all the vegetables and herbs, and now all the eggs, used everyday in the restaurants.
Huli Sue’s is at 64-957 Mamalahoa Highway, 885-6268.
Shiotsuka, KTA honored by academy
Pacific Buddhist Academy will host the second annual awards banquet, Lighting Our Way, on Friday at the Sheraton Waikiki. The academy will honor three individuals and a corporation who contribute to the welfare of the Hawaii community and inspire others by demonstrating leadership rooted in compassion and an awareness of independence. This year’s honorees are Vice Adm. Robert Kihune, retired U.S. Navy; Yoshiharu Satoh, Shinichi Shiotsuka and KTA Super Stores.
Founder of Kona Trans, a hauling company based in Kona, Shiotsuka started his business in 1939 with a single truck. His company now employs close to 70 people. Over the last 50 years, Shiotsuka has annually donated the use of his trucks to local parade organizers and nonprofit organizations in need of hauling services. He was one of the founding contributors to the Konawaena Scholarship Foundation, which was established 14 years ago to provide financial assistance to students that are pursuing education in vocational schools instead of colleges and is a strong contributing member of the Kona Community Hospital Foundation and the Kona Historical Society.
West Hawaii Bar members invited to seminar
West Hawaii Bar Association members are invited to a free seminar from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Judge Ronald Ibarra’s courtroom, 81-940 Halekii St. in Kealakekua.
“Changes in the Courts: the ‘New’ ICA and Third Circuit Updates” will be presented by Mark Recktenwald, chief judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals, who will discuss the new appellate court structure; Ibarra, who will explain the recent case assignment changes; and Judge Elizabeth Strance, who will address practices pointers, including filing requirements, administrative rules and final judgment requirements.
Bottled water will be provided. Bring a “brown bag” lunch.
For reservations, e-mail mkmasunaga@aol.com or call 324-7117, ext. 103.