The 2010 Kokua Festival was a huge success!  Mahalo to all of our dedicated volunteers, partners, and crew who worked tirelessly all weekend.  Also, mahalo to our amazing line-up: Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues Band, Jake Shimabukuro and Anuhea and the Green.  You guys ROCK!

 

Kokua Village was bustling with learning and sharing of green initiatives and products. There was record breaking interest and participation in the Kokua Festival Greening Measures!  Over 8,000 plastic water bottles were diverted from the waste stream by fans who used the Menehune Water Refill station, 300 cars were taken off the road by fans who rode their bikes and parked at the Kokua Festival Bike Valet, and over 1,500 fans made Earth Day Resolutions at the Kanu Hawaii Solar Powered Photo Booths.

1,900 Kokua fans turned in their Festival Passports and completed a minimum of three greening actions, which means over 5,700 collective actions were taken!  A few lucky winners walked away with great prizes including pit seats, a Pono Ko’olau Ukulele signed by Kokua Festival artists, a Globe bicycle and an Everpaddle stand up paddle. 

 

What’s left of the Eco-Friendly 2010 Kokua Festival Merchandise is now available for sale on the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation online store.  So get your exclusive Kokua Festival water bottle, reusable tote bag, beach towel or t-shirt now!

 

Congratulations to this year’s KEAP recipients that attended our 2010 Keiki Kokua Day event.  The Kokua Hawaii Foundation, Bill Healy Foundation, RevoluSun, Stretch Island Fruit, Inc. and Simple came together with environmental organizations to celebrate the efforts made by students to make positive environmental change on their campus and communities.
 

This day of reward for students grades K-12 included an awards presentation, engaging educational activities, goody bags for all keiki to take home and dancing to a performance by Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley and Zach Gill. 

This year’s Keiki Kokua Day was so much fun and we look forward to more schools joining us next year.  Teachers and administrators please spend some time on our website to learn how you can submit a Kokua Earth Action Project proposal for 2010-2011. Hope to see you at next year’s Keiki Kokua Day.

Keiki Kokua Day and Kokua Festival participants viewed the artwork of the thirteen Kokua Calendar finalists. Everyone had the opportunity to cast their vote for their favorite “Be Energy and Water Wise” calendar art. Congratulations to first grader, Xander Amatore, whose artwork will be featured as the 2010-11 Kokua Calendar cover.

 

Grab your friends and catch a ride on the Kokua Festival Shuttle! These convenient shuttles will pick-up from four locations around the island and bring you to and from the Festival each day. All shuttle riders will have the privilege of Express Entrance to the venue, get off the shuttle and scoot right into the show!



Be sure to book your ticket by April 21st and be entered to win 2 VIP passes!

Click Here for more information and to purchase shuttle passes.

Bid now on premium seats to the Sold Out Kokua Festival ! This is your last chance to score tickets and get some great swag! Each charity auction package includes:

-2 Premium orchestra pit seats within the first 3 rows
-1 Autographed “Jack Johnson: En Concerte” Cd/DVD Pack
-Kokua Festival poster, water bottle, towel, and tote bag!

The Kokua Festival and STAR 101.9 joined forces this past weekend by offering pre-sale ticket purchase opportunities and mobilizing over 1000 residents to help clean Hawaii’s beaches!  All participants earned a pre-sale code good for purchasing two Kokua Festival tickets during the Beach Clean-up Pre-sale. They were also entered in a raffle where, along with other great prizes, two winners from each clean-up received a pair of free Kokua Festival tickets!

Four Beach Clean-ups took place on Oahu and Maui this past Saturday, February 13th.  Locations included Sand Island Beach Park, Kea’au Beach Park, Malaekahana Beach Park, and Kahului Harbor Maui. The Kokua Festival team would like to thank STAR 101.9, BYU-SIFE, Kanu Hawaii, the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, Rep. Maile Shimaburkuro, Maui Time Weekly, and Surfrider Oahu for their efforts to promote and coordinate the clean-ups.

Sand Island Beach Park:
Surfrider Oahu partnered with STAR 101.9 and the Kokua Hawaii Foundation in gathering approximately 350 volunteers to participate in their “Love Your Beach” beach clean-up on the eve of Valentine’s Day.  More than 500 pounds of trash and recycling was collected. Sunetric’s Watt Wheels and the band Die Trying motivated the crowd with a solar-powered performance.

Kea’au Beach Park:
Kanu Hawaii & Rep. Maile Shimabukuro co-sponsored the beach clean-up with STAR 101.9 and the Kokua Hawaii Foundation at Kea`au Beach. Other supporters included Nani `O Wai`anae, Schnitzer Steel, Roll-Offs HI, Interstate Batteries, Penske, City & County of Honolulu & Wai`anae Community Outreach. Over 200 volunteers, including several of the Kea`au houseless, gathered approximately 700 bags of trash, container-sized truckloads each of bulky items and metal, 25 batteries, and over 200 tires!



Malaekahana Beach Park:
Over 400 community volunteers from Mokulei’a to Hawai’i Kai descended upon Malaekahana Beach Park in Lai’e where BYUH SIFE, STAR 101.9, Surfrider and the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation partnered ridding the beach of large and heavy marine debris such as fishing nets and ropes, to the smallest nurdles (small plastic pieces, often ingested by marine wildlife) hand picked and sifted from the sand by children. Bulky household, automotive, and boating/fishing related debris were added to the mountain of trash that was picked up, while volunteers busily sorted glass and plastic recyclables. Over 3 miles of beach was left sparkling.



Kahului Harbor, Maui:
Maui Time Weekly, Community Work Day, and organizer Matt Lane joined forces with STAR 101.9 and the Kokua Hawaii Foundation for the Kahului Beach Cleanup.  100 people attended and fanned out to clean from Kahului Harbor to Waiehu Beach. 2,600 pounds of trash collected, 3 trailer loads of netting and fishing debris, and numerous tires.



For those that missed out on the beach clean-ups and pre-sale, Kokua Festival tickets will be going on-sale this weekend.  Kokua Festival tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-745-3000.

Hawaii-Only Sale*: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 9am Hawaii Time

General Sale: Sunday, February 21, 2020 at 9am Hawaii Time

*Hawai’i Only Ticket Sale:

• All Hawai’i zip codes are valid—-including neighbor islands. 
• To buy on-line/by phone, you must have a credit card with a Hawai’i zip code as the address to pay for the tickets. 
• If you do not have a credit card with a Hawai’i mailing address——tickets can be purchased in person from any of the outlets on O’ahu—-Blaisdell Box Office, Macy’s Ala Moana, Macy’s Pearl Ridge or Sports Gear at Windward Mall.

The Kokua Festival and STAR 101.9 are once again offering the chance to purchase pre-sale tickets by helping to clean Hawaii’s beaches! Everyone is invited to come out, malama ‘aina, and earn a pre-sale code that is good for purchasing two Kokua Festival tickets. All participants will also be entered in a drawing to win two free tickets to the Kokua Festival and other great prizes.

All clean-ups will take place simultaneously on February 13th, 9:00a.m. - 11:30a.m.

Three on Oahu:

BYUH-SIFE North Shore Clean-Up
*A special thanks to Surfrider Oahu for assisting in the planning of the Malaekahana Clean-up!
Beach: Malaekahana and Kahuku Golf Course, Seventh Hole Beach
Meeting Place: Malaekahana Beach Park (by Goat Island, look for signs!)
Contact: Megan Neal, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Kanu Hawaii & Rep. Maile Shimabukuro West Side Clean-Up
Beach: Kea’au Beach Park, Makaha
Meeting Place: Kea’au Beach Park (the park after Makaha Surfing Beach)
Contact: Kaimana Pine .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or Maile Shimabukuro .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Surfrider Oahu South Shore Clean-Up
*The South Shore Clean-up will only be available to the first 250 participants due to the size of the park.
Beach: Sand Island State Park Beach
Meeting Place: 3rd beach parking lot, at the very end of Sand Island Access Road
Contact: Steve Mazur, Beach Cleanup Coordinator, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

One on Maui:

Maui Time Weekly Clean-Up
Beach: Kahalui Harbor
Meeting Place:  Kahalui Harbor Park by MACC
Contact: Matt Lane, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Supplies:
We encourage participants to help us make this a zero waste event by bringing their own reusable water bottles that can be refilled at our water stations, a pair of gardening gloves, a sifter (if you have one) for small pieces of plastic, sunscreen, and any plastic shopping bags you might have under your sink!

Kokua Festival STAR 101.9 Pre-Sale

• All participants will receive a unique code that will allow them access to the STAR 101.9 Pre-Sale.
• Pre-sale will begin on Sunday, February 14th at 9:00 a.m. and will end on Monday, February 15th at 11:59 p.m.
• Go to www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org and www.star1019fm.com for more information

The Kokua Hawai’i Foundation thanks BYUH-SIFE, Kanu Hawai’i & Rep. Shimabukuro, Surfrider Oahu, and Maui Time Weekly for organizing these clean-ups.

Watch the OFFICIAL video announcement for Kokua Festival April 23rd and 24th, 2010 on YouTube.com/KokuaHawaiiOfficial. This year’s lineup features Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley (solo acoustic), Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band, Jake Shimabukuro and Anuhea. Tickets for Hawaii residents will be available February 20th and general tickets will be available February 21st.

Kokua music festival is a benefit concert for the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawaii.

After taking a year off, the Kokua Festival is back in 2010. Hawaii’s own Jack Johnson is proud to host the 6th Kokua Festival and share the stage with Ziggy Marley and the legendary Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band on Earth Day weekend - Friday, April 23rd and Saturday, April 24th –  at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, Hawaii. In addition to full band performances by Jack Johnson and Taj Mahal & The Hula Blues Band, and a solo acoustic set by Ziggy Marley, this year’s incredible line-up will be rounded out by ukulele extraordinaire, Jake Shimabukuro, and Maui-based songstress, Anuhea.

All proceeds from the festival go to the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Jack and Kim Johnson in 2003 to support environmental education programs in the schools and communities of Hawaii. The funds raised from the Kokua Festival will be used to further support school recycling on Oahu, sponsor field trips, and grow ‘AINA In Schools, a farm-to-school program. The foundation has also expanded its community outreach with their Simplify the Holidays campaign and the new Plastic Free Hawaii coalition.

Back for its third consecutive year, the Keiki Kokua Day will take place the day before the festival and will recognize Hawaii school groups who have completed outstanding Kokua Earth Action Projects (KEAP). KEAP, another school program of the Kokua Hawaii Foundation,  guides environmental service learning initiatives lead by student groups to create long lasting change in classrooms, schools or communities. The Keiki Kokua Day event celebrates these student leaders who malama (care for) our islands with entertainment by Jack Johnson and other Kokua Festival artists,  educational activities, videos and exchanges from participating KEAP school groups.

In addition to the eclectic mix of live music, the Kokua Village features over 50 booths including eco-friendly clothing from Patagonia, all natural food from Kashi, and organic yogurt from Stonyfield Farm. Kokua Festival attendees can try local food and beverages, learn about products and services from green companies, view alternative energy demonstrations, participate in interactive games and crafts for kids, and get information about environmentally active groups from around the islands.

Since its start in 2004, the Kokua Festival has raised the bar on environmentally friendly concert production both locally and globally. Some of the innovative greening measures include:

 
• Zero Waste collection sites where recyclables, food waste and compostables are separated by students from local schools
 
• A bike valet service, electric trolley, and carpool incentives
 
• Promoting the use of reusable water bottles and providing free water stations
 
• Running festival generators and vehicles on locally made biodiesel
 
• Using biodegradable concession-ware
 
• Offering eco-friendly merchandise such as reusable tote bags, bottles, and organic cotton clothing
 
• Offsetting the remaining emissions with clean energy development in Hawaii

Tickets are $40 for general admission/lawn, $50 for reserved seats, $125 in the seated pit area, and $20 general admission for children 3-12. Children under 3 are free. Online ticket purchasers will also have the option to add on a $2 carbon credit to offset their personal travel to the show.

Tickets for Hawaii residents will go on sale Saturday, February 20th at all Hawaii Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com,  or by phone at 800-745-3000. Tickets for the general public will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000 starting on Sunday, February 21st.  On February 13th, STAR 101.9 listeners will be offered pre-sale opportunities by participating in beach clean-ups around Oahu and on Maui. Visit www.star1019.com for more details on the beach clean-up locations and times.

The Kokua Hawaii Foundation thanks Presenting Partners Kashi, Patagonia, and Stonyfield Farm as well as many other like-minded companies and organizations for their support! The Kokua Festival is produced locally by the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, with additional coordination by MusicMatters, a division of Effect Partners, and Pau Hana Productions.
For more information please visit www.kokuafestival.com

About Jack Johnson
Spending his childhood on the beaches of the North Shore of Oahu has given Jack Johnson a unique perspective and profound commitment to his island home. In 2003, Jack and his wife Kim started the Kokua Hawaii Foundation.  Also since 2003, Jack has been a part of 1% for the Planet, a group of businesses and individuals who contribute at least 1% of revenues to environmental initiatives around the globe.  His sixth studio album, will be recorded on 100% solar energy, and will be released on June 1st on Johnson’s own Brushfire Records label. All 5 of his prior albums have each sold over 2 million copies, and total over 14 million copies worldwide.  For his upcoming world tour, Johnson and his crew will once again collaborate with non-profits around the world as part of All At Once, to inspire music fans to create positive change. Visit www.jackjohnsonmusic.com and www.allatonce.org to learn more.

About Kokua Hawaii Foundation
The Kokua Hawaii Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawaii. The Foundation’s mission is to provide students with exciting and interactive experiences that will enhance their appreciation for and understanding of their environment so that they will be lifelong stewards of the earth. While the Kokua Hawaii Foundation participates in a variety of environmental education initiatives in Hawaii, its three main school programs are: 3R’s School Recycling, Environmental Field Trip Assistance,  and ‘AINA In Schools. Recently the Foundation has expanded its community outreach with a Simplify the Holidays campaign and the new Plastic Free Hawaii coalition. For more information on programs and membership, visit www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org.

About Kashi
Founded in 1984, Kashi is a company on a mission to redefine how people eat to achieve their best lives.  As a pioneering health food brand, Kashi is dedicated to providing great tasting, healthy and innovative foods that enable people to achieve optimal health and wellness.   Its products are natural,  minimally processed, and free of highly refined sugars, artificial additives and preservatives.  Join the Kashi community online at www.kashi.com and on Facebook http://apps.facebook.com/challenge_yourself/

About Patagonia
Patagonia, Inc., the outdoor gear and apparel company, is noted for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism. Patagonia has been using organically grown cotton since 1996 and began using recycled soda bottles in fleece garments in 1993.   Through its Common Threads Recycling Program, the company recycles worn-out garments to make new clothing.  For more information please visit www.patagonia.com/recycle.

About Stonyfield Farm
Stonyfield Farm, celebrating its 27th year, is the world’s leading organic yogurt maker and advocates that healthy food only comes from a healthy planet.  Stonyfield donates 10 percent of profits to environmental causes and created the non-profit Climate Counts www.climatecounts.org,  founded on the belief that how you shop and invest can save the planet. For more information visit www.stonyfield.com.