KAI
‘ŌPUA NEWS - Sept. 24, 2025
Aloha to
all Kai ‘Ōpua members,
ohana and mo’opuna.
KAI
‘ŌPUA NEWS
Aloha to
all Kai ‘Ōpua members,
ohana and mo’opuna.
We’re
exiting September with the Na Wahine O ke Kai on Sunday, Sept 28th.
Kai ‘Ōpua has an open women’s crew
participating, while a few other ladies and juniors are jumping with other
clubs to get their “Channel” experience.
The men
will have a couple of crews for the Moloka’I Hoe 2 weeks later on Sunday,
Oct. 12.
Live tracking for your favorite crews and merchandise sales are also available.
Link below:
https://channelcrossing.square.site/
Enter
October with the bi-annual Hulihe’e Palace cleanup on Saturday, October 4
from 8 am to 10:30 am. Kai’Ōpua as a club community service
partners with the Daughters of Hulihe’e Palace in doing yard maintenance and
interior cleaning of the Palace and kitchen. This time around we will only be
doing the interior of the Palace which includes window washing, polishing etc. Link
for the signup below. We usually get a good number of volunteers, so it will
not take long.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r057HUqwP9GyNR3vz_90Yj-xxBjl2xyVq2blpeOIY1Y/edit?tab=t.0
Followed by
the Hoala Swim on Sunday, Oct. 5th. Kai ‘Ōpua provides the water safety for
this Ironman training swim.
Open to any member/ohana/friend that wants to help that has an OC-1, OC-2,
paddle board, surf board etc. Just got to be 15 yrs of age and older. Sign up link below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jw8y-SPon8fC3cxk3u3WYdsIHHNi5v7Q5EgE7v2iow8/edit?usp=sharing
Ironman
Swim Bag booth week of Oct. 5 from 5:45 am – 9:45 am
Kai ‘Ōpua will again be hosting a booth in
front of the ABC stores at the pier. We’ve done this booth for ages since Uncle
Bo times. We get monies for this, but it’s the fun to ogle at the athletes, talk
story with them and see what freebies are given out. The athletes are so
grateful for this service and yes. And of course, the underwear run on Thursday
– more ogling (not for the faint of heart).
Need about 20 volunteers per day. Don’t have to stay the whole time, but
Thursday it is peak help needed. Signup link below. Looks for the tabs on the
bottom as to the days that you’re volunteering for:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NEq64zjN6IlqxAO2ibtCejLAyDwIsD_qCd2qdMLa8GA/edit?gid=940095486#gid=940095486
And save
the date and inventory your items for the every 2 years Kai Ōpua rummage sale to be done at our canoe halau on November
8th. We’ll be collecting two weeks and up prior.
This is a
GREAT way to down-size your personal items (and yes, then you get to buy new
stuff!). Just no junk please. This has been a HUGE AND SUCCESSFUL fundraiser.
We’ve done it about 2-3 times and yes, it is a lot of work to price and
segregate items, but if you want in on this, Ellie Vannata is in charge.
Particulars coming later.
ANY
QUESTIONS? EMAIL US AT INFO@KAIOUPA.ORG
STAY SAFE
AND IKE ‘IA ‘OE MA LUNA O KE KAI!
