Oct 20, 2020 | HOME, Members, Public
Kumu Kathy Ralar, in association with Maui hula teachers and their students, have prepared a video performance to a chant composed by Kekuhi Kanahele about Haleakala. This amazing video includes our senior dancer, Namahina Kawabata, Kathy’s granddaughter, dancing at...
Oct 20, 2020 | HOME, Members, Scholarships
The Napili Kai Foundation awards $32,500 in Higher Education Scholarships The 2020 scholarship awards were presented to Foundation graduates and Napili Kai Beach Resort employee children. Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded $268,500 in scholarships. These...
Aug 20, 2020 | Fundraisers, HOME, Members, Public, Scholarships
The Rotary Club of Lahaina recently gifted $500 to the Napili Kai Foundation (NKF), a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1966. The foundation strives to preserve Hawaiian culture by passing it along to Maui’s reiki 6-18 years of again. Foundation programs...
Aug 20, 2020 | HOME, Members, Public
Or Article Featured on Time for Kids Meet Abby Rogers, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Abby is 10 years old and lives in Lahaina, Hawaii. She likes to free-dive in the ocean, and her biggest pet peeve is...
Jul 15, 2020 | HOME, Members, NKF Events
Guest presenter, Maleko Lorenzo, a member of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and member of the Ho’Ku’lea, the outrigger canoe that completed a worldwide voyage, discussed the basics of ancient star navigation to our keiki members, family and friends. As a result of...
May 10, 2020 | HOME, Members
Our terrific Kumu (Kathy Ralar, Kalei Jaramillo, and Rance Villarimo), along with other hula teachers in the State, have become proficient in the art of teaching hula through video conferencing. The Kumu prepare videos of themselves teaching new chants and dances and...
