BLESSED

Aloha mai!
We are so blessed in having such extraordinary, committed, generous people in our club who so freely give of their time, talents and aloha to our community.  Recently Kalea and Hui Hawai'i O Utah Hawaiian Civic Club  hosted 'OHANA RETREAT 2012, which was a smashing success.  Mahalo nunui ia David Carden, Kaika Carden, Chris Riches and Chris Valle for all of their hard work and help with helping with the canoes and ensuring that everyone had a safe and enjoyable canoe ride!

Now Kalea's  involvement in the community doesn't stop there!  Just this past week, we had the opportunity to collaborate with Lei Aloha O Ka 'Ohana in presenting Wa'a Keiki Camp 2012. It was absolutely rewarding, thrilling and encouraging to be able to share traditional cultural practices combined with fun, hands on learning experiences with so many children and adults.  For some it brought back memories and for others, they were able to create brand new, lasting ones as well as introduced them to a potential new cultural skill set! The three day long camp was absolutely a labor of love and it was obvious to all, how much dedication and aloha Kalea has for our community.  Mahalo as always to our outstanding Kalea crew.  We are blessed in particular by David Carden, and Chris Valle for tirelessly, selflessly, and continuously giving to our community, to Uncle Mike Tejada for absolutely making the kids' day by bringing down his stand up paddle boards and one man canoe, the kids fully loved it!!! Mahalo to Kaika Carden, Jena Van Frankenhuijsen  and Adam Lee for all of their hard work, and to Lei Aloha O Ka 'Ohana and our community for continuing to LIVE ALOHA. 

And the community engagement doesn't stop there.  We were asked to conduct a cultural workshop for the staff of Pacific Heritage Academy by Ka'au Alapa and Uncle Nephi Prime, and we are humbled to share.  We're looking forward to it and will make sure we post pics!!! It would just not be complete if we did not give a huge MAHALO to Uncle Mark Cook and his 'ohana for always taking such good care of us at Lindon Harbor.  You guys are our angels, mahalo for all that you do for us, we are truly grateful. Until the next time gang, keep paddling, and LIVE ALOHA.

FORECAST CALLS FOR....PADDLING!

ALOHA GANG! It's been a long cold winter, and we're ready to shed the winter blues and get started paddling!!!  Forecast calls for bright sunny skies tomorrow so we hope you all can join us down at Lindon Harbor for Kalea's first paddle of the season!!!!!  We'll be paddling at 6pm, hope to see you there!

Our August so far...

Aloha gang!
Heading into the middle of August, we've been busy as ever!  August 6th was the 'Ohana Retreat which was pretty amazing! Great turn out, good fun, and beautiful people. Mahalo to everyone who came out to the event and a mahalo nunui to those who were in charge of creating and planning. Looking forward to next year for even MORE fun!

Last week we had the pleasure of having a Boy Scout troop out to paddle with us, it was their first time ever, and we were happy to have them!  If you'd like your group or organization to try canoe paddling, come on out! Give us a call at 801 913 8980 and we'll set it up! 

Last Thursday we were especially pleased to have two new paddlers join our ranks!!! Although they've always been hugely supportive of KALEA, volunteering, supporting, working hard at our events, we've never had them in the wa'a. Until now. And the fires been lit!!!! Mahalo to ka 'ohana Richards! Garin, Cheryl, Brianna and Garin Boy for all of your help all of the time, and we're excited to have Garin Sr. and Cheryl in the wa'a with us!!!
Don't forget, we're paddling this Thursday!!! All experience levels welcome, just come down and have a good time! 

Active in our community

We hope you all can join us this Saturday, August 6th for 'OHANA SATURDAY!!! We are so excited, as four Hawaiian organizations here in Utah come together and partner for this event.  Hui Hawai`i O Utah Hawaiian Civic Club, Lei Aloha O Ka 'Ohana, Kalea Utah, and Kauwahi 'Anaina Hawai`i Hawaiian Civic Club are making this wonderful event happen for our community! Bring the kids early to participate in the FREE KEIKI FISHING TOURNAMENT, tons of prizes, and open to all kids 12 and under, and along with that we'll have FREE shave ice, a FREE Hawaiian craft event, FREE canoe rides, a canoe paddle making demonstration, SUP (Stand Up Paddling) demonstration, free hula workshop and MORE!!! Pack a picnic lunch for you and your 'ohana as it's a potluck, and we'll see you there!!!

Now, we didn't forget that in an earlier post we said we had some great news to share....everything will be finalized tomorrow, and once that's done, we'll make sure and post the good news!!! Kalea is so humbled to be an active part of our vibrant community, and are so appreciative of all of the amazing relationships we've forged. MAHALO to everyone for your encouragement, help and support of Kalea.  We LOVE being a part of this Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Community!

EXCITING, EXCITING EXCITING!!

The gang's getting antsy, lately there have been a few sunny days IN. A. ROW., and that means....PADDLING SEASON IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!! May 7th to be exact!  Please mark your calendars and join us down at Lindon Harbor for KALEA'S first Open Paddle of the season!! 3:30 pm, we'll be having a potluck, so please bring a dish to share! We look forward to seeing everyone at the lake!!!

Reminder!

Uncle Mike Tejada at this year's Poke Challenge!

 Aloha gang! We hope you're all feeling the excitement for our 2011 paddling season! It's just around the corner!! Here are some key dates to remember:

FEBRUARY 14TH: OPEN ENROLLMENT STARTS FOR 2011 PADDLING SEASON

FEBRUARY 16TH: FUNDS DUE FOR LAULAU FUNDRAISER

MARCH 5TH: PADDLING ORIENTATION, 10:00 AM AT LINDON HARBOR.

MARCH 15TH: OPEN ENROLLMENT ENDS

Another reminder, we should ALL be actively selling laulaus, you should have received an email with all of the information, and will be receiving another email shortly for follow up information and instructions.  Remember that on February 25th we're meeting at Jared's house to wrap the laulaus, more information in the upcoming email.  Mahalo for all of your efforts!!  If you're not on the email list already, please click on the contact tab at the top of the page and send an email requesting to be added. MAHALO!!

Our team is active in the community, here are some shots of the Poke Challenge last month at the Hawaiian Cultural Center. Enjoy!