IT'S PAYNE AND -- PINK AND IT FLIES A LOT
AND IT'S PRETTY.
John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING808".
OVER 120 VOLUNTEER EVENTS
CELEBRATING VOLUNTEER WEEK.
HERE TO TELL US MORE, KEONE
KEALOHA.
TELL ME WHAT YOUR FAVORITE
ANIMAL IS?
IT WOULD BE MY [INDISTINCT]
John: TELL ME ABOUT
VOLUNTEER WEEK IN HAWAI'I.
TEAR VOLUNTEER WEEK IS BUILDING
OFF OF NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK.
HAWAI'I NEVER OFFICIALLY
RECOGNIZED IT UNTIL THIS YEAR.
John: WHY IS THAT?
@ IT'S USUALLY DONE BY
PROCLAMATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT
GOVERNOR IGE HAS A PROCLAMATION.
WE HAVE A SIGNING THIS AFTERNOON
AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND ALL THE OTHER MAYORS ARE
SIGNING ONE AS WELL.
John: TELL ME WHO'S
PARTICIPATING IN VOLUNTEER WEEK.
HOPEFULLY, EVERYBODY THAT'S
LISTENING TO YOUR BROADCAST IS
PARTICIPATING.
THERE'S TWO WAYS.
YOU CAN GO OUT AND VOLUNTEER OR
YOU CAN RECOGNIZE A VOLUNTEER.
IT'S A GREAT USE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA.
RECOGNIZE SOMETHING.
COULD BE SOMETHING DOING A
SPORTING.
COACH OR VOLUNTEERING AT AN
ELDERLY HOME.
John: WHAT'S BEHIND THE
IDEA AND WHY WHY ARE YOU HOSTING?
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITY TO
GET UNDER ONE TENT.
AND HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD THINGS
GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE CAN ALL USE SOME GOOD NEWS.
IF WE GET THIS HAPPENING FOR AN
ENTIRE WEEK, WE HOPE TO INSPIRE
PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.
John: IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
THERE'S SO MANY BUSINESSES THAT
RELY ON VOLUNTEERS, FOR FOLKS TO
BE HAPPY.
AND EVERYDAY WORKING LIFE TO GO
FORWARD.
YOU REALLY DO NEED VOLUNTEER.
THIS IS GREAT TO APPRECIATE
VOLUNTEERS FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK.
THIS IS.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
APPRECIATE VOLUNTEERS WORKING
REALLY HARD.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO
IS THANK SOMEBODY FOR GIVING.
WE'RE PRACTICING ALOHA.
WE'RE GIVING AND NOT EXPECTING
ANYTHING IN RETURN.
John: CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME
EXAMPLES OF SOME PARTICIPANTS
THAT WILL BE HELPING?
SURE.
WE HAVE -- THERE'S FOLKS FROM
THE BUSINESS SIDE.
NEXT FROM NONPROFIT.
ALASKA AIRLINES, SOUTHWEST
AIRLINES.
YOUNG BROTHERS.
ARE SOME OF OUR BIG HELPERS.
WE'VE GOT LITERALLY ALL NAMES
YOU WOULD KNOW.
HAWAI'I FOOD BANK, RED CROSS.
BISHOP MUSEUM.
AND LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS.
ONES THAT ARE MALAMAING AREAS IN
THEIR BACKYARD.
WAIMANALO SIDE, A GROUP FOCUSED
ON REMOVING INVASIVE SPECIES.
John: SO MANY GREAT
EXAMPLES.
BIG ORGANIZATIONS.
A LOT OF SMALL INVOLVED .
YOU MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON IT BUT
WHERE DID VOLUNTEER WEEK COME
FROM?
IT GOES BACK EVEN BEFORE IT
STARTED WITH NIBSEN -- NIXON IN
'74.
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
HAPPENING A WHILE.
WE DID DO ONE LAST YEAR.
A PILOT, AND IT FELT LIKE PEOPLE
WERE INTERESTED.
THIS YEAR WE GOT OUR GOVERNMENT
INVOLVED.
OUR MAYORS, GOVERNOR, THE
LEGISLATURE PASSED A RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE IT.
WE FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
CAN GROW.
NOT ONLY HERE BUT THIS NEXT YEAR
IN 2020, WE'D LIKE TO POSITION
IT AS THE YEAR OF THE VISITOR.
John: I'D LOVE TO KNOW THEN
HOW DOES IT AFFECT -- HOW DIZ --
DOES VOLUNTEER FIT IN WITH THE
VISITOR INDUSTRY?
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS
WE CAN CONNECT OUR VISITORS.
NO LOCAL IS GOING TO KICK YOU
OUT WHEN YOU WANT TO WORK AND
SWEAT.
AND MILLENNIAL TRAVEL SEGMENT.
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE
KIND OF THINGS LIKE
VOLUNTEERING.
John: THANKS FOR ALL THE
INFO.
SOMEBODY WANT TO KNOW MORE?
SO FOR THE CAMPAIGN,
VOLUNTEER WEEK HAWAI'I.ORG.
HELPING TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, DOING THE WORK.
John: APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
CUPCOMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO TALK