Simplify the Holidays: Commit, Journal and Enter to Win!

Posted On: Nov 23, 10

Join the Simplify the Holidays Campaign! Make at least one commitment to cut waste and boost the aloha this holiday season, post an online journal about how you are simplifying your holidays, and qualify to win This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 1 autographed by Jack Johnson!  Five winners will be selected each week until Dec 31, 2010 (a total of 30 winners). A single grand prize winner will get a special “Eat Local” package including 3-month subscriptions to local vegetable delivery from O’ahu Fresh (priced at $135) and local eggs from Maili Moa Farm, Gift Certificates to Town Restaurant and Tamashiro Market, and a “DASH of Aloha” cookbook!
Simplify the Holidays
How to Play:

    Step 1. Commit to at least one way you’ll Simplify the Holidays at KanuHawaii.org (if not already a Kanu Hawai’i member, you’ll be asked to register and log in).


    Step 2. While logged in at KanuHawaii.org, click the orange “Journal” button and post a short text entry, picture or video explaining how you are simplifying your holidays.


    Pau! You’re automatically entered to win.



Rules & Judging Criteria:

    1. Five (5) journal posts will be selected at random each Friday from Nov 26 to Dec 31.


    2. Eligible journal entries must explain how the entrant is putting their Simplify the Holidays commitments into action.


    3. Previous winners will not be entered for the drawing in subsequent weeks.


    4. Winners will be notified by e-mail every Tuesday. If a winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after the first attempt, an alternate entrant will be selected in his or her place from all eligible entries.


    5. A single entry will be selected from among all weekly winners for a “grand prize” by the Simplify the Holidays volunteer steering committee.  The grand prize will be awarded to an entrant whose journal entry or entries is most inspiring, and best promotes the spirit of the Simplify the Holidays campaign.


    6. Prizes will be sent to winners by regular postal mail.



Prize & Recognition:Simplify the Holidays
Weekly Winners will:

  • Receive This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 1 album signed by Jack Johnson (30 total will be given away).
  • Have their journal entries featured on the front page of KanuHawaii.org and in Kanu Hawai’i & Kokua Hawai’i Foundation’s e-newsletters during the week following their award.

Grand Prize Winner will receive:

  • Maili Moa Eggs subscription - 60-egg subscription
    Simplify the Holidays(pick up as many as you want weekly from farmers’ market locations).
  • O’ahu Fresh subscription - 3 month subscription to bi-weekly delivery of a box of locally grown vegetables.
  • $20.00 Gift Certificate to Town Restaurant
  • $20.00 Gift Certificate to Tamashiro Market
  • “A DASH of Aloha - Healthy Hawaiian Cuisine and Lifestyle,” cookbook published by Kapiolani Community College
  • Their journal entry featured on the front page of KanuHawaii.org and in Kanu Hawai’i & Kokua Hawai’i Foundation’s e-newsletters during the week following their award.



Get Started Today!