NEWS & EVENTS

What’s going on with Napili Kai Foundation

Read about the newest information and updates about Napili Kai Foundation including performances, special events,
scholarship awards, NKF outreach and more.

Navarro sisters together again in Montana

Navarro sisters together again in Montana Lahainaluna graduates are among top wrestlers nationally at 101 pounds Article from Maui News January 2021. Ira Navarro (top) finished fifth at the Women’s College Wrestling Association Championship while competing for...

New video of Maui hula students on summit of Haleakala

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...

2020 Napili Kai Foundation Scholarship Awards

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...

Rotary Club of Lahaina Donated to the Foundation

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...

Time for Kids Article on Kathy and the Foundation

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...

Cultural Workshop in Celestial Navigation

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...