Burger King Hawaii plans charitable initiatives
Now through Friday, Burger King Hawaii is holding the Burger King McLamoresm Foundation’s annual fall fundraiser in its stores statewide. Customers can make a $1 donation to the Burger King Scholars Program. In exchange, customers receive a coupon booklet good for three value-size French fries or onion rings and three soft-serve cones or cups.
Funds raised will be awarded in $1,000 college scholarships to local high school seniors in May 2015. So far this year, a total of $35,000 has been raised at Burger King Hawaii stores. In May 2014, Burger King Hawaii awarded $33,000 in scholarships to 33 Hawaii high school seniors.
Now until Dec. 15, Hawaii high school seniors can apply for the scholarships at bkmclamorefoundation.org. A poster featuring the 33 students who won in 2014 is on display in Burger King Hawaii stores.
Starting Nov. 10, Burger King Hawaii will kick off the season of giving by inviting customers to contribute donations of any size to the 2014 Angel Tree Campaign, in partnership with Aloha United Way and The Salvation Army. The funds are used to buy gifts requested by children in need. Last year, the campaign raised nearly $9,000 to purchase gifts distributed by Aloha United Way and The Salvation Army.
Free real estate sales course offered
A free, four-week real estate sales training course begins Nov. 3 at The Real Estate Cafe in the Kona Coast Shopping Center on Palani Road in Kailua-Kona. For more information, call 728-0223.
Resort partners with Keauhou Bay Adventures
The Sheraton Kona Resort &Spa at Keauhou Bay will now offer its guests easy access to ocean activities and excursions through its partnership with Keauhou Bay Adventures.
Sheraton Kona will launch a Bay, Bed &Breakfast package to commemorate the partnership, which promotes Sheraton Kona’s Gateway to the Bay for activities such as standup paddle boarding, kayaking and snorkeling.
In addition to one of the Sheraton Kona’s guest rooms, the package includes breakfast for two, daily rental of water gear to include kayaks, standup paddle boards, snorkel masks, fin sets and boogie boards. The package further includes a 25 percent discount off all excursions and guided tours through Keauhou Bay Adventures.
With varying levels of difficulty and terrain, Keauhou Bay Adventures offers a wide range of excursions featuring a Sunrise Kayak Paddle, Kayak &Sea Caves Tour, Ocean &Trail Workout, Guided Snorkel Tour and the Extreme Coastal Trek, a two-hour round trip hike from the resort to Kuamoo Bay, which allows visitors to see an ancient Hawaiian battlefield, stunning lava cliff formations and even partake in cliff jumping.
Landscape management conference rescheduled
Postponed by Hurricane Ana, the Hawaii Island Landscape Association and the University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service has rescheduled the fifth annual Landscape Management Conference and Trade Show to Nov. 2 at Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel.
The event provides management tools for professional landscape gardeners, arborists and tree workers, and is also open to the public. The program features speakers from Hawaii Island, including experts from the nursery and landscape industry, as well as UH.
Attendees can choose classes on tree care, turf and ornamental plant management. The trade show features the latest products and services offered to Big Island landscapers and home gardeners. There is still time to participate as a vendor.
Cost for the conference is $110 for HILA members; $130 for nonmembers. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. For information and a registration form, visit hilahawaii.com or contact Ty McDonald at tym@hawaii.edu or 322-4884.
Tommy Bahama collection available
Nalukai, a Hawaii-based fine jewelry company, recently announced its partnership with luxury lifestyle brand Tommy Bahama. Select Nalukai designs will be available for purchase this holiday season in all Tommy Bahama store locations in Hawaii and Japan and online.
Jewelry styles to be carried by the retailer include best-sellers like the Believe/Hilinai small round necklace, Love/Aloha small round necklace, Peace/Maluhia large round necklaces, and green turquoise, rose quartz and lapis beaded stone bracelets. The collection ranges from $160 to $250.
Hawaiian Legacy Tours partners with Paradise Helicopters
Hawaiian Legacy Tours is offering a new Earth, Wind and Fire Tour in partnership with Paradise Helicopters Hawaii. Guests will have an opportunity to view major Hawaii Island natural landmarks by air and stop at the Hawaiian Legacy Forest to plant their own Koa Legacy Trees. Six-person charter tours start from $5,400 for a two-hour flight over scenic areas including the southernmost point of the U.S., a green sand beach, black sand beaches, active lava flows, the waterfalls of the Hamakua Coast, and the City of Refuge. Guests will also land at the Hawaiian Legacy Forest above the Umikoa Village on the slopes of Mauna Kea for a 45-minute private tree planting tour. All-day charter tours are also available, which include a 90-minute private planting, tour and gourmet lunch in the Legacy Forest, as well as several landings at hard-to-reach locations throughout the island.
In partnership with its nonprofit reforestation division, the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, and more than 340 charities, 70 Legacy Partners and tens of thousands of individual tree sponsors, Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods has planted more than 250,000 endemic koa, sandalwood and other rare and endangered Hawaiian species for permanent reforestation in the world’s first Hawaiian Legacy Forest, with a goal to plant 1.3 million endemic trees statewide.
Bank of Hawaii honored
The American Bankers Association has recognized Bank of Hawaii with its 2014 Community Commitment Award in the Community and Economic Development category. Winners from the six different award categories were announced Oct. 21 at the association’s annual convention in Dallas.
The association’s selection committee chose six banks from more than 170 entries based on the creativity and replicability of programs that embody corporate social responsibility ideals, as well as demonstrate success in measurable terms.
Since 2010, Bank of Hawaii has been involved with EPIC Ohana’s Hawaii Youth Opportunities Initiative, which helps youth leaving foster care become successful adults. Through its Opportunity Passport program, teens and young adults who successfully complete a financial education program are eligible to open individual development accounts, or matched savings accounts, to financially assist them as they age out of the system.
For the past four years, Bank of Hawaii has been providing individual development accounts without fees or minimum balance requirements for each eligible young person. Each dollar saved is matched, up to $1,000 annually, and may be withdrawn by Opportunity Passport program participants between the ages of 14 and 26. So far, Bank of Hawaii has opened more than 790 savings accounts for those in the program, which has enabled participants to make 341 purchases, totaling nearly $340,000, primarily to pay for college education, housing and transportation.
By local sources