KBPA PROJECTS & EVENTS
2024 KBPA CHRISTMAS PARADE
Thursday, December 5, 2024 – 6-8PM
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
(Deadline November 15, 2024)
Click here to register and pay online or by check
SPONSORSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE!
(Deadline November 1, 2024)
Click here to become a major sponsor of the 2024 parade
PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE? HERE’S A WAIVER YOU NEED TO SIGN
Click here for the Parade Waiver and Release form
YOU CAN VOLUNTEER!
(Deadline November1, 2024)
Click here to register to help as a volunteer in this year’s parade
VOLUNTEER INFORMATION:
Safety is number 1. Be observant and intervene or speak up as necessary, with aloha. Wear your safety vest at all times. Be prepared for rain and cool weather. Staging area (total # of volunteers needed -24) – assist participants to the quadrant location for their group (1,2,3 or 4). Every group has a quadrant and order number. If the group is on a list, they are not approved to be in the parade. Vehicle stagers assist with getting the vehicles in the right numerical order.
How it works: when the parade starts the walkers/marchers come down the Koko Head side of the round-about and the vehicles come down on the Ewa side of the round-about. Groups with a vehicle and marchers merge together. In the quad (grass area), there are signs designating the number. Assist with getting the groups in the right numerical order.
Waialae Avenue locations (total # of volunteer)s needed- 18) – intersections – assist with observing for a steady pace of movement, not too fast, not too slow, no big gaps. Because we are under the direction of Honolulu Police Department officers, the officer may intervene as necessary. Assist with keeping marchers in the marching lane of Waialae Avenue. There will be contra-flow vehicles on the mauka lanes. A marcher may be distracted as he/she is walking so may need to be guided back into the parade flow.
4th Ave.
5th Ave.
6th Ave.
7th Ave.
8th Ave.
9th Ave.
10th Ave.
11th Ave.
12th Ave.
Koko Head Ave. (total # of volunteers needed – 6 FILLED) – end of parade route. All vehicles and marchers go makai on Koko Avenue. No stopping on Koko Head Ave. Marchers need to get onto the sidewalk. This is an active street (no pausing as vehicles will be moving). Note: Rotary Club of Kahala Sunrise has volunteered for this location.
Photographer (total # of volunteers needed – 2). Take digital photos at staging area and all entries along the parade route
VOLUNTEER LOCATIONS
Staging area – Vehicle line-up, Jordan Lee, Lauren Marumto, Summer Shigi (Keep it Kaimuki)
Quad 1 – Dori Baba, CPB employees (6)
Quad 2 – CPB employees (6)
Quad 3 –
Quad 4 –
3rd Ave. – Liholiho Elementary School – 2 volunteers
4th Ave. – Liholiho Elementary School – 2 volunteers
5th Ave.
6th Ave.
7th Ave.
8th Ave.
9th Ave.
10th Ave.
11th Ave.
12th Ave.
Koko Head and Waialae Avenues – (Rotary Club of Kahala Sunrise), Bonnie, Wes, Ryan
2023 KBPA CHRISTMAS PARADE
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Congratulations to everyone involved in putting together another great Kaimuki Christmas Parade – and special thanks to our Parade Director Calvin Hara.
The 2023 Kaimuki Christmas Parade Grand Marshall was the Kaimuki Christian Church. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the church in Kaimuki, the designation recognizes the long history of Kaimuki Christmas Church serving the community, from keiki to kupuna. Beginning as a Sunday School outreach in the Kaimuki neighborhood in 1909, Kaimuki Community Church was organized as a church in 1923. In 1968, Kaimuki Christian School was added to Kaimuki Christian Church’s ministry in east Honolulu. The church also actively supports people in need, from the homeless to children and seniors.
PARADE PHOTOS
Thanks to photographers Donnie Torres, Olelo Community Media (EW Tsang), Quintin Kamm, David Moore and others.
KAIMUKI PARK CLEAN-UP
A huge success! Thanks to Honolulu Parks & Recreation and all of the KBPA members and volunteers to helped clean, paint, rake, sweep and tidy-up Kaimuki Park on Saturday morning, July 29, 2023
Honolulu City Councilman Calvin Say was among the volunteers to helped clean Kaimuki Park. Mahalo, Councilman Say!
(Left: From his August newsletter)
PU’U O KAIMUKI CHRISTMAS TREE
The tree is illuminated nightly through the holiday season and can be seen from much of Honolulu. Our appreciation goes to the volunteers of Hawaiian Electric, who donate their time and equipment to maintain the lights and structure.
KBPA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Every year the KBPA Foundation selects top high school seniors from Kaimuki schools to receive scholarships: Kaimuki Christian, Kaimuki High, Sacred Hearts Academy and St. Louis High School. KBPA believes in supporting our local youth who will be the future leaders of our community. Through an application and interview process, one student from each of the schools is selected to receive the KBPA Foundation Scholarship. Our congratulations go out to the 2021 honorees.
The 2021 KBPA Scholarship recipients are:
Valor Ahn – Kaimuki Christian School
Rae Anelic Dalinoc – Kaimuki High School
Yokiko Techuo – Sacred Hearts Academy
Noah Chun – Saint Louis High School
(Click on photo to enlarge)