{"id":95450,"date":"2025-07-27T00:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T00:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95450\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T00:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T00:58:10","slug":"aloha-kia-partners-on-four-islands-to-distribute-books-school-supplies-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/95450\/","title":{"rendered":"Aloha Kia partners on four islands to distribute books, school supplies : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   July 26, 2025, 2:00 PM HST  <\/p>\n<p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screenshot-2025-07-23-at-8.14.58-AM-1024x484.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494894\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Employees at six\u00a0Aloha Kia dealership locations will partner with local libraries and organizations across four islands to distribute books and school supplies during reading events July 24 \u2013 Aug. 2 in support of education and literacy.<\/p>\n<p>On Maui, employees from Aloha Kia Maui will be on hand for an event from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, July 31 at N\u0101pili Park, located at 50 Maiha Street in West Maui.  The Hawai\u02bbi State Public Library System\u2019s Maui Holoholo Bookmobile is partnering to give away books and school supplies at the event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6481-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263179\"\/>Aloha Kia Maui. Maui Now photo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to support our keiki and their educational journey through these literacy events,\u201d said Russell Wong, regional vice president,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kengarff.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ken Garff Automotive Group<\/a>. \u201cBy partnering with local libraries, we aim to foster a love for learning and provide essential resources to help students succeed. We know education is the foundation of our community, and we\u2019re proud to play a role in empowering Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s future leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Employees at the Aloha Kia dealerships will distribute books, school supplies and educational resources while celebrating literacy through fun, collaborative events.<\/p>\n<p>These donations are part of the dealership group\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kengarff.com\/were-hear-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We\u2019re \u2018Hear\u2019 for You<\/a>\u201d program,\u00a0an employee-run, philanthropic initiative where employees engage in meaningful, hands-on service to help the local communities and causes they care about most.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Holoholo-Bookmobile-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275820\"\/>Holoholo Bookmobile. Courtesy photo.<\/p>\n<p>Other events across the state include the following: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hilo Public Library<\/strong>: (300\u202fWai<strong>\u0101<\/strong>nuenue Avenue, Hilo)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday, July 24, 10:30 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Employees from Aloha Kia Hilo will join the library\u2019s Tutu &amp; Me Storytime and give away free books and school supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kailua-Kona Public Library<\/strong>: (75\u2011138\u202fHualalai Road, Kailua\u2011Kona)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturday, July 26, 10 a.m. to noon. <\/li>\n<li>Employees from Aloha Kia Kona will distribute books and school supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pai\u02bbiolu Kai\u02bbaulu and Mauiokalani Housing<\/strong>: (85-295 Kauiokalani Pl, Wai\u2018anae) Monday, July 28, 5-7 p.m.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Employees from Aloha Kia Leeward are joining Hawai\u2019i Literacy\u2019s Bookmobile efforts to distribute books and supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>N\u0101pili Park<\/strong>: (50\u202fMaiha Street \u2013 intersection with Honoapi\u2018ilani Hwy, Maui)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday, July 31, 10 a.m. to noon<\/li>\n<li>Employees from Aloha Kia Maui are giving away free books and school supplies at the Hawaii State Public Library System\u2019s Maui Holoholo Bookmobile event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kukui Garden: <\/strong>(1103\u202fLiliha Street, Honolulu)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday, July 31, 2:30-4:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Employees from Aloha Kia Airport are joining Hawai\u2019i Literacy\u2019s Bookmobile efforts to distribute books and supplies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prince K\u016bhi\u014d Park<\/strong>: (Lawai Road, Po\u02bbip\u016b)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saturday, Aug. 2, 2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>The Little Miso Bookmobile will host their Storytime with Aloha Kia Kaua\u02bbi employees where keiki will receive free books and literacy-readiness tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 26, 2025, 2:00 PM HST Employees at six\u00a0Aloha Kia dealership locations will partner with local libraries and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":95451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[62852,1022,171,62853,62854,62855,62856,62857,62858,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-95450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-bookmobile","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hawaii-public-library","12":"tag-holoholo-bookmobile","13":"tag-ken-garff-automotive-group","14":"tag-maui-holoholo-bookmobile","15":"tag-napili-park","16":"tag-russel-wong","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114922488085071256","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}