American Express – Buying Small Enterprise Saturday to assist massive

LIHU‘E — Black Friday weekend buying continued with Small Enterprise Saturday to a extra diminished viewers on the Kukui Grove Middle the place buyers had been supplied a possibility to spend $100 and obtain a $20 reward card in return.

Laurie Ho, president of the Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau who solely final week partnered with the Kukui Grove Middle to reopen the weekly farmers market because the Pau Hana Market, manned a station because the Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau Small Enterprise Advocate.

“American Express didn’t have that many promotional gadgets to share, this yr,” Ho mentioned. “Normally, there’s a lot of things we can distribute. Even Deja Vu Surf Hawai‘i who is a strong Small Business Advocate doesn’t have anything showing on Small Business Saturday. We’re just promoting the Pau Hana Market that meets Mondays from 3 p.m.”

Swttreats Creations with Tese Lugo confirmed up subsequent to the visitor artist Emilia Knudsen close to the Kaua‘i Society of Artists gallery.

“Melissa McFerrin-Warrack, the specialty leasing manager and event coordinator at Kukui Grove, asked if I would come,” Lugo mentioned. “We’ve done several craft fairs in the past. This year, there’s no craft fairs so having this opportunity is really good.”

Lugo’s choices of cloth crafts together with an assortment of face masks in three-dimensional and kids’s sizes attracted a gentle stream of buyers.

“This three-dimensional one is really good because for glasses wearers, it tucks in under the glasses preventing the glasses from fogging,” she mentioned. “It also has room for talking — you don’t need to take it off to talk.”

Lugo’s choices prolonged to face masks tethers, wallets, and even a case that conveniently shops a smartphone whereas it’s charging.

Small Enterprise Saturday was a purpose to attract the Zonta Membership of Kaua‘i to the Kukui Grove Center where the Zonta Club partnered with the YWCA of Kaua‘i, the Catholic Charities, the Girl Scouts of Hawai‘i, and Friends of the Children’s Justice middle in advocating “Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women.”

“They all need help?” Ernie Domingo mentioned whereas having his lunch with associates. “I didn’t have that much money so I just went down the line with whatever I had.”

The collective group supplied sources that individuals may help, and accepted donations for survivors of home violence, together with bathtub towels, hand towels, face towels, TV trays for youngsters, and enormous storage containers for varsity provides.

“We all care for the same kids,” mentioned Holly Walker of The Associates of the Youngsters’s Justice Middle.

Keiko Napier of Japanese Grandma’s Kitchen dropped off two armfuls of toweling, heading off affords to hitch the membership.

“I went shopping at the Puhi Park Produce,” Napier mentioned. “My car is filled, but I had to come and get the towels for this.”

The Saturday occasion by the Zonta Membership of Kaua‘i marks the start of 16 Days of Activism where people are invited to view each day’s occasion just about by trying out www.Zonta-Kauai.org, or following the social media retailers.