Updated at 5:10 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2008
Duke's aids SurfAid International for Legacy of Aloha
Advertiser Staff
Duke's Canoe Club Waikiki has named SurfAid International as a third recipient of its Legacy of Aloha charitable program and will receive $3,000 at Duke's private 15th anniversary party Jan. 25 at the restaurant's beachfront site at the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel.Surfing the Nations and the Polynesian Voyaging Society were announced earlier this month as the first beneficiaries of the Legacy of Aloha program.
SurfAid International, a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization, provides aid and health care to underdeveloped countries and isolated regions, connecting people through the sport of surfing. SurfAid is incorporated in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, with the program based in Tuapejat, the regional capital of the Mentawai Islands, off West Sumatra, Indonesia. It was the recipient of the 2007 WANGO (World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations) Humanitarian Award.
"We are excited to add SurfAid International to our list of Legacy of Aloha recipients and proud to support its cause," said Duke's Waikiki general manager Ross Anderson, in a statement. "SurfAid has multiple projects and overseas efforts that demonstrate how by working together we can improve the lives of those that are less fortunate."
Created in 2007, the Legacy of Aloha is a charitable donation program that fulfills Duke's Waikiki's mission to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture of aloha by giving back to the community and to those that are in dire need.
