{"id":5707,"date":"2017-08-08T04:59:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workable-level.flywheelsites.com\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2017-08-08T16:51:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T02:51:30","slug":"proceeds-from-jack-johnson-concerts-support-local-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/08\/proceeds-from-jack-johnson-concerts-support-local-nonprofit\/","title":{"rendered":"Proceeds from Jack Johnson Concerts Support Local Nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Chris Takahashi <\/a>| Staff Writer<\/h5>\n

Musician Jack Johnson <\/a>returned to O\u02bbahu this past weekend ahead of an upcoming album release in September for what Natalie McKinney\u00a0<\/a>described as a \u201cgreat homecoming” and a “tremendous opportunity for us to raise some funds for the organization (Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation).\u201d McKinney is the executive director for the Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation<\/a>, an environmental education nonprofit that Johnson started in 2003 with his wife, Kim.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Johnson performed with special guests Paula Fuga, Jake Shimabukuro, Zach Gill, among others, during the benefit concerts held this past Friday and Saturday evening at the Waik\u012bk\u012b Shell. All proceeds from the weekend will directly support programs run by Johnson’s nonprofit, Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation. The nonprofit works on a number of educational and advocacy programs that most prominently engage with youth in schools across the state.<\/p>\n

In keeping with an ethos of environmental stewardship, Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation collaborated with many\u00a0partner organizations to create a more sustainable concert experience at the Waik\u012bk\u012b Shell. McKinney explained that some greening initiatives, such as those to completely minimize plastic waste, were unique to the weekend. Concert goers were able to\u00a0purchase an official Jack Johnson or Kokua Hawai\u2018i\u00a0Foundation reusable water bottle and even take advantage of a complimentary bicycle valet service from the Hawai\u2018i Bicycling League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While a noted musician like Jack Johnson is helpful in drawing enthusiastic crowds, McKinney was reminded\u00a0that \u201cthe engagement piece is probably one of the highlights\u201d for the benefit shows that took place over the weekend. Many people end up engaging with partner groups in a volunteer role after\u00a0the music and festivities come to a close.<\/p>\n

Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation is a beneficiary of the many volunteers that help support some of their programs, including the well-known <\/span>\u02bb\u0100INA In Schools program. This program encourages \u201cfarm to school\u201d initiatives in the realm of local food production. 22 schools have partnered with the nonprofit to establish healthy campus gardens, composting, and to receive educational curricula in subjects of nutrition and Hawaii-based agriculture, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation is also an active advocate of reducing plastic waste through its Plastic Free Hawai\u2018i campaign, and additionally served as a partner to a recent environmental documentary called \u201cThe Smog of the Sea\u201d which\u00a0focused on raising awareness about plastic waste in the oceans. On Sept. 16, Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation will be participating in the Ocean Conservancy\u2019s International Coastal Cleanup Day in two different locations on O\u02bbahu.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the different programs run by Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation, or how you can become involved as a volunteer, check out their website at www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Chris Takahashi | Staff Writer Musician Jack Johnson returned to O\u02bbahu this past weekend ahead of an upcoming album release in September for what Natalie McKinney\u00a0described as a \u201cgreat homecoming” and a “tremendous opportunity for us to raise some funds for the organization (Kokua Hawai\u2018i Foundation).\u201d McKinney is the executive director for the Kokua […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}