Chamber networking event open to public
Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce’s networking event, AfterHours, is 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 at HPM building supply’s newly renovated Kona location at 74-5511 Luhia St.
Pupu and cold will be offered to attendees as they get a chance to mingle with business leaders and entrepreneurs and learn about event host HPM and its 96 years of business in Hawaii.
Attendees can spin the “Price is Right” wheel for a chance to win prizes, including $100 HPM gift cards. They can also enter to win a brand new Toyota Tacoma truck courtesy of HPM, Big Island Toyota and Pratt &Lambert Paints.
The chamber’s monthly pau hana — which meets every third Wednesday of the month — is a networking event that provides attendees the chance to link with others in the local business community, network with and meet new members, and exchange business cards.
General admission is $30; $15 for chamber members and first-time nonmembers. Registration and prepayment is required at www.kona-kohala.com.
Info: Call 329-1758 or email info@kona-kohala.com.
‘Finding Solutions, Growing Peace’ series continues
Nonprofit Ku’ikahi Mediation Center hosts a free talk on Thursday as part of its “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace” Brown Bag Lunch Series.
Talks are held from noon-1 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney at 655 Kilauea Avenue in Hilo.
This month’s speaker is Dennis Alstrand who will discuss “Reaching Out to the ‘Other’ Side: Talk-Story on Building Bridges.”
In this talk-story, Alstrand will explore reaching out to people who seem different from oneself to build peaceful relations.
Alstrand is a case manager at Goodwill Industries for disabled welfare clients, heads a large delegation of Special Olympics athletes in East Hawaii, a member of the Puna Men’s Chorus and is a professionally trained volunteer mediator with Ku’ikahi Mediation Center.
Ku’ikahi’s Brown Bag Lunch Series is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch, enjoy an informal and educational talk-story session, and meet others interested in “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace.”
This lunch-and-learn series is made possible thanks in part to funding from the Atherton Family Foundation.
Info: Contact Ku’ikahi Program Coordinator Al-Qawi Majidah at 935-7844, ext. 3, or majidah@hawaiimediation.org, or visit www.hawaiimediaiton.org.