Kauai Charity Walk Fundraiser 2024
When it comes to giving back to our Kauaʻi community, Holo Holo Charters isn’t here just to talk the talk, we’re here to walk the walk, and we mean that literally!
Holo Holo Charters is a proud sponsor of the Visitor Industry Charity Walk happening this year on May 4, 2024.
The Hawaiʻi Lodging & Tourism Association started the statewide Charity Walk in the 1970s and describes the event as the visitor industry’s way of showing its appreciation for Hawaiʻi communities.
Every May, on the islands of Hawaiʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, and Kauaʻi, there’s a friendly competition between visitor industry companies– mostly hotels, but also some tour operators, car rental companies, etc. The visitor industry comes together for a community walk on a Saturday morning and a big pot of money is raised that stays right there on each island and is distributed to local non-profits.
In 2023, Kauaʻi raised $570,000—more than on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island!—and that money benefitted more than 50 Kauaʻi organizations! Any non-profit organization can apply, and there’s a formula that’s used to allocate funds. The Charity Walk is a big deal here on Kauaʻi and its monies are vital for many of the island’s non-profits. The goal for Kauaʻi this year is to raise over $600,000, here’s how you can help!
For the last couple of years, Holo Holo has been a corporate sponsor for the Kauaʻi Charity Walk but this year, we’ve decided to go all in— create a team, make a fundraising plan, and hit the streets!
- Create a team. Everyone is welcome on our Charity Walk team! We’re enticing our employees to walk with us by entering them into a raffle to win gift certificates to local restaurants and staycations. We’ve invited many of our partners, vendors, and affiliates to walk with us. And literally everyone reading this post is welcome to walk with us! If you’re a Kauaʻi visitor and you want to leave the island better than you found it, walk with us! We don’t bite; we’re very friendly people!
- Create a fundraising plan. We’ve signed up for the event with only eight weeks to fundraise, but for our first time raising funds, we’ve set a goal of $20,000 dollars. Our plan to get there includes:
- An option in our booking process for guests to add a donation that we’ll match dollar-for-dollar.
- We’ll be asking our partners, vendors, and affiliates to contribute to the good cause as well.
- Hit the streets! The 45th Annual Kauaʻi Charity Walk will be held on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7am. Our team and dozens of other visitor industry teams will start at Vidinha Stadium and march through Līhuʻe– south on Hoolako Street, East on Rice, North on Umi, West on Ahukini, South on the Kapula Highway, and back to Vidinha for food, entertainment, and festivities.
If reading this post makes you feel like giving, please do so using this link Charity Walk (givesmart.com). Your donation will help our team reach the $10,000 goal, and the money will go directly to the Charity Walk Fund. Every dollar counts! Click the button “Register & Donation” to share a financial donation and/or sign up for the walk ($50 suggested donation which includes a free t-shirt!). If you aren’t able to walk with us that day, you can still support with a financial contribution using the link.
If you’ll be on island this May 4, do come walk with us! This would be a great way to practice regenerative tourism, leaving Kauaʻi better than it was before you came. At the very least, you get to on a walk with some cool locals!
As always, thanks to our loyal Holo Holo customers. It’s our honor to live and work on Kauaʻi, and it’s our kuleana to give back. Your support makes that possible!
