Kahuna is a company that strongly believes in fostering an environment of positive growth, creativity, collaboration and confidence, all while giving back to the community (Core Values). We believe that our people are our greatest natural resource, in addition to supporting and enhancing work lives, we want to support the causes our employees are truly passionate about within the communities they live and work. Kahuna Kares in an established charitable giving program that provides Kahuna employees the opportunity to further support non-profit charities of their choice through corporate giving. 2
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2017 ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a 501(c)3 volunteer organization that raises money for childhood cancer research through the annual head-shaving event. This year a team made up of 5 Kahuna-ites grew out their hair and beards for 6+ months in an effort to raise money and awareness for this notable cause. Kahuna hosted various sub-events throughout the 2017 St. Baldrick’s campaign to support our shavees and the overall cause. The campaign concluded on March 11th with the notorious head shaving of all local participants who took part in this notable cause. Check out some of our internal fundraising shenanigans....
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ST. BALDRICK’S - PENNY WARS
For three months each ‘shavee’ had a jar in our lobby to collect loose change in support of their overall fundraising goals. Because everything is a competition, pennies counted for positive points and anything green or silver counted as negative points toward their overall jar total. Bribery became a normal occurrence in the office, as shavees brought in donuts and candy and the partners even chipped in an extra 2,500 pennies to up the antics. The penny wars winner with the most positive points at the end of the campaign was rewarded with powerful 5 decision making authority at the annual Kahuna Golf Tournament.
ST. BALDRICK’S - THROW A PIE AT A PARTNER Yes, you read that right, Kahuna-ites had the opportunity to throw as many $1 whipped cream pies (with a few cherries mixed in) as they wanted at the Kahuna Partners. All pie throwing proceeds went towards Team Kahuna’s overall St. Baldrick’s fundraising effort. It seems the opportunity to ‘pie’ The Big Kahuna and Partners was one no one could pass up! This event brought in over $1,000 to go towards childhood cancer research!
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ST. BALDRICK’S - THE MAIN HEADSHAVING EVENT The shaving event was the culmination of our fundraising shenanigans and was graciously hosted by The Exchange Tavern and North Metro Fire Department in Westminster. This year there were a total 55 shavees at this location. The day was filled with joyful stories of survival and the heartwrenching reminder of why the St. Baldrick’s Foundation exists. Irish festivities and philanthropy filled the air while we auctioned off Gary’s 40 year old mustache and watched the other 54 participants get a much needed haircut. The overall donations collected at The Tavern location totaled over $29,450.00 with approximately $12,000 coming from Kahuna Kares and our Team Kahuna Shavee efforts!
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ST. BALDRICK’S - GRAND TOTALS The winner of our Penny Wars was Electrical Engineer and shavee Mike Langfield, with $222.95 going towards his St. Baldrick’s campaign. Thanks to his brother’s penny collection, he was the only shavee to end up with positive points! The winner of the overall St. Baldrick’s fundraising campaign was none other than The Big Kahuna himself, Kahuna President, Gary Davis. Gary raised over $3,200.00! The Kahuna Kares and shavee grand total raised for The St. Baldrick’s Foundation was $11,920.00! 8
2017 OPERATION GRATITUDE Operation Gratitude is a non-profit organization that collects and assembles care packages and letters of appreciation for our First Responders, New Recruits, Wounded Heros and Troops deployed overseas. For four weeks, Kahuna held a care package collection campaign. Through the efforts of Kahuna-ites and their contributions, we were able to assemble and provide over 240 “Kare Kits� to be sent to our troops overseas.
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2016 FOLDS OF HONOR Folds of Honor is a 501(c)3 organization committed to providing educational scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service-members. Through client fundraising events, corporate and Kahuna Kares participation and contributions, Kahuna has donated more than $12,500 to ‘Honor Their Sacrifice and Educate Their Legacy’.
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2016 THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE Every Thanksgiving, Kahuna conducts a food drive collection of non-perishable items for the local food pantry (Community Food Shares of Broomfield and Boulder Counties). In 2016, through the efforts of Kahuna Kares and Kahuna-ites, we collected over 600 pounds of food and provided over 1,000 meals to those within our community.
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2016 CHRISTMAS ADOPT-A-FAMILY Each year through Catholic Charities of Denver, Kahuna adopts less fortunate families in an effort to make their holiday season a little brighter. Through a giving tree and monetary donations from Kahuna-ites, Kahuna was able to provide Christmas and fulfill the family wish lists for five Denver metro families, all of which have small children. In 2016 Kahuna Kares collected over 90 wish list items for the 17 family members adopted.
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KAHUNA GIVING TREE ~ 2016
Since the inception of Kahuna Kares in 2016, Kahuna Kares has contributed over $5,000 to employee supported charities through our corporate matching program, over $27,500 via Kahuna and client fundraising events and countless hours of donated time and talent. All because...
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