Volunteering

Thank you to Laura, Tony, and his mom for joining the HIC team in the annual Making Strides for Breast Cancer walk. It was a great event and we had fun walking and spending time looking at the booths. Our favorite part was seeing, once again, the dog in a tutu walking with us.

Thank you also to those who contributed. Julie, Janet, Ilin, Rosie, Norman, and Steffi (and anyone…
Read more… Making Strides Breast Cancer Walk

Wow!!! Check out these numbers posted by the Kokua Hawaii Foundation:

On September 16, 160 volunteers cleaned the Kahuku coastline at James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, removing a staggering 13,100 lbs from the beach for International Coastal Cleanup Day. Most of the debris were entanglements of fishing nets and ropes. 2,100 lbs. of this debris were recycled with the Read more… 13,100 Pounds of Marine Debris Removed from Kahuku

HIC will be in attendance at BOTH of the plastic free Hawaii cleanups on September 16th sponsored by the Kōkua Hawaii Foundation’s Plastic Free Hawaii Program for International Coastal Cleanup. The locations are:

Kahuku Beach (James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge; enter the gate at Mile Marker 14 and follow banners to the beach)Kailua Beach Park (hosted by Kailua Beach Adventures)

Check-in at 8:30am, Cleanup from 9:00am – 11:00am

This is…
Read more… Plastic Free Hawaii: International Coastal Cleanup

On Saturday, Nathan and Rosie, along with their partners, attended the “Do Good, Have Fun” beach cleanup in Haleiwa… that’s on the North Shore for you townies.

Haleiwa is a small town. So much so that the Chamber of Commerce was reviewing the list of attendees when one name stuck out. A local contractor who also happens to be Rosie’s partner. She showed up to his house on Friday night…
Read more… Do Good, Have Fun Haleiwa Beach Cleanup: Thank You

Well, it’s official… the trophy that has graced our office for the past year is being sent back to corporate today. It’s time to pass the torch to the next leader in volunteering at NIC and we wish them the best. It’s been a great year and I want to give heartfelt thanks to everyone who has participated in our initiative to make Hawaii a better place.

Thanks to Ann, Janet and Jamie for walking in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. It was fun to see such an incredible amount of people all out walking for a great cause and our team raised $679 to date.

Heartfelt thanks to Russell, Emily, Rika, Julie, Emily, Terry, and Jing for your support and donations. If we missed anyone thanks to you also!

Hour count: 12 hours…
Read more… Race for the Cure: Thank You

The new HNS playground is finished and ready for the kids as they head back to school today after fall break. It was such a great community event with many volunteers… from HNS parents, faculty, alumni, friends, military personnel,and builders from around the island. Thanks to Ann for coming out to help and big thanks to Janet for coordinating.

Hour tally:

Sat: 17 (included security night stay) Sunday: 15

On October 20, 2013 HIC is participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Our team is hoping to raise $1,000 and help play a part in helping Susan G. Komen for the Cure® end breast cancer forever. Together, we are fueling the best science, boldest community and biggest impact in the fight against breast cancer and we will not stop until this disease is gone forever.

For…
Read more… Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

Thank you to everyone for the great success we had with the Tour de Cure! Janet led the effort to put together a team to participate in a new corporate wellness challenge. The goal was to participate as a portal team in a walk/run/bike for a cause and our event was the Tour de Cure on Saturday, Sept 7.  It was a bicycle ride aimed at raising money for the…
Read more… Tour de Cure: Great Job Team!

Saturday July 13, 2013 HIC participated in the Sandy Beach Cleanup. Traffic was bad on the way to Sandy’s because Hanauma Bay’s parking lot was full. Sandy’s was packed too and we ended up parking on the street. The event was very well organized,  the tables were already set up when we got there, and the large number of volunteers present was impressive. We signed in, received our T-shirts, grabbed…
Read more… Sandy Beach Cleanup