Providing Ama – balance and support – to Hawaii’s Communities
HONOLULU – OluKai officially announced the Ama OluKai Foundation today, a Hawaii-based 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, protecting and celebrating Hawaii’s cultural heritage and aloha spirit. The Foundation will provide semi-annual donations to six partner beneficiaries including the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Hawaiian Lifeguard Association, Maui Cultural Lands, ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center, Na Kalai Waʻa and Nā Kama Kai.
The Ama OluKai Foundation supports programs that focus on educating and serving Hawaii’s communities by partnering with organizations that:
- Focus on developing quality communities and individuals in Hawaii.
- Preserve Hawaii’s rich traditions and historical lessons, with emphasis on the arts, sciences, language, customs, morals, physical activities and educational outreach.
- Perpetuate the aloha spirit.
“Being ‘pono’ is important to OluKai,” said Dan McInerny, Executive Director of Ama OluKai Foundation. “Giving back to the community has always been a core value of OluKai. The Ama OluKai Foundation is a more formal way of spreading goodness, morality, excellence and prosperity. We take great pride in this responsibility as we honor and preserve the cultural history of Hawaii while celebrating its aloha spirit.”
Representatives from each beneficiary organization were honored during OluKai Ho’olauleʻa this past weekend on Maui’s North Shore, which saw more than 600 ocean paddlers take to the famous Maliko Downwind Run.
Around 100 OluKai ‘ohana, foundation beneficiaries and retail partners including REI and Zappos participated in the Ama OluKai Foundation Giveback Day on Monday, May 4 lending a hand to the Waihe’e Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge project on Maui.
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About Ama OluKai Foundation:
Inspired by the strong tradition of giving an offering or tribute in Polynesian culture, OluKai established the Ama OluKai Foundation, a private non-profit 501c3 founded in Hawaii. The Foundation seeks partnerships with organizations that are located in Hawaii who promote the Hawaiian culture from its ancestral past to present day and carry forward the spirit of giving for future generations. Follow Ama OluKai Foundation via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. #AnywhereAloha #AmaOluKai. For more information visit www.amaolukaifoundation.org
