14th Annual Toy Drive & Kick-Off Concert Announced

With the holiday season gearing up, I’m happy to announce that my family and I will be hosting our 14th annual toy drive and kick-off concert again this year! The festivities start with a concert featuring my Dad & Brother at the Slack Key Lounge at Hawaiian Brians, and continue with a month-long toy drive to benefit the Laulima Giving Program.

We started this toy drive with the intent to help local families and, to date, we’ve donated thousands of new toys and tens of thousands of dollars. It’s been a huge privilege and humbling experience to see so many of our friends and family support this cause with us each year!

Kick-Off Concert Details

To start the toy drive and kick-off the Christmas season, MānoaDNA will be performing live and tickets will be available soon! Here are the details for the concert, as of today (11/4/2024):

• Date: Saturday, November 30th, 2024
• Location: Slack-Key Lounge at Hawaiian Brians (1680 Kapiolani Blvd, 2nd Floor)
• Time: TBD, but will be an evening concert
• Tickets: Click here to buy tickets ($10/each)
• Virtual Viewing: Link to be provided before the concert

We will also be collecting toys at the concert, so please bring new, unused, and unwrapped donations with you!

More Ways to Donate Toys!

The concert is not the only way we are collecting toys! If you can’t make it to the concert, you can still help Hawai‘i families by donating new and unwrapped toy donations to my office at Marcus Realty through December 23rd. Please drop off during business hours (8:30 AM-5:30 PM Monday-Friday), and do not leave any donations outside if the office is closed. The Laulima Giving Project will come to pick up all the donations and make sure they get into the right hands!

If you are going to be dropping off a toy to my office this way, please call/text me to let me know! I am not personally there during all business hours, but our staff is ready to help if I am not.

Thank You!

On behalf of my family, we’re super grateful that you’re taking the time to help this great cause! We’ve been really fortunate to have great Christmases growing up, so we really work hard to give that to other families as well! Your donations go directly to the Laulima Giving Project and make a HUGE difference during the holidays! Thank you for being a part of it, and happy holidays!