LKOC’s “I Love Kailua” Town Party
Kailua Road, Downtown Kailua
SAVE THE DATE
”I Love Kailua” Town Party 2025
Sunday, April 27, 2025
On this page, click on the following links to find:
~ Information about our Town Party Event
~ Short video ~ What you’ll find at the Town Party
~ Participation, Volunteer and Sponsorship Opportunities
~ Town Party T-Shirts and Buttons
~ More Details ~ Where the Event is Held, Where to Park
~ The History of our “I Love Kailua” Town Party
~ Information about our Town Party Event
~ Short video ~ What you’ll find at the Town Party
~ Participation, Volunteer and Sponsorship Opportunities
~ Town Party T-Shirts and Buttons
~ More Details ~ Where the Event is Held, Where to Park
~ The History of our “I Love Kailua” Town Party
WHAT IS THE “I LOVE KAILUA” TOWN PARTY?
Since 1992, LKOC has been presenting its annual “I Love Kailua” Town Party in downtown Kailua, an all-day street fair featuring artisans, crafters and community organizations, plant sales, delicious food samplings from local vendors, and lots of entertainment for all ages.
The “I Love Kailua” Town Party is LKOC’s major fundraiser each year, where all proceeds go back into the community through our many beautification projects in Kailua.
Click <HERE> see how past Town Party proceeds have been used to enhance Kailua.
The sale of Town Party Commemorative T-Shirts and Buttons, and a portion of plant and food vendor sales, goes to support our mission, which means that by purchasing these items, YOU are helping to keep Kailua clean, green, and beautiful!
The Town Party is also LKOC’s way of giving back to the Windward community that has supported our mission over the past 75 years! To read more about what our all-volunteer organization has done over the past seven decades, we welcome you to visit our LKOC History, Beautification Projects, Scholarships and LKOC/WCCC Partnership webpages.
The “I Love Kailua” Town Party is LKOC’s major fundraiser each year, where all proceeds go back into the community through our many beautification projects in Kailua.
Click <HERE> see how past Town Party proceeds have been used to enhance Kailua.
The sale of Town Party Commemorative T-Shirts and Buttons, and a portion of plant and food vendor sales, goes to support our mission, which means that by purchasing these items, YOU are helping to keep Kailua clean, green, and beautiful!
The Town Party is also LKOC’s way of giving back to the Windward community that has supported our mission over the past 75 years! To read more about what our all-volunteer organization has done over the past seven decades, we welcome you to visit our LKOC History, Beautification Projects, Scholarships and LKOC/WCCC Partnership webpages.
Enjoy this short slide show of what you’ll find at the Town Party.
***** HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE *****
There are many ways to participate in the Town Party.
We welcome Crafters, Artisans, and Non-Profit Organizations,
as well as Food and Plant Vendors, for which we
start taking applications in the February preceding the event.
Although space is limited, we will try to accommodate you!
Full details regarding requirements, rules, and regulations for each type of
booth or vendor space are given in the individual applications themselves.
If you are interested in participating, please be aware of the following:
Town Party Booth Rules and Requirements.
We welcome Crafters, Artisans, and Non-Profit Organizations,
as well as Food and Plant Vendors, for which we
start taking applications in the February preceding the event.
Although space is limited, we will try to accommodate you!
Full details regarding requirements, rules, and regulations for each type of
booth or vendor space are given in the individual applications themselves.
If you are interested in participating, please be aware of the following:
Town Party Booth Rules and Requirements.
As the event approaches each year…
YOU MAY REQUEST AN APPLICATION FOR A BOOTH AT OUR TOWN PARTY
BY CLICKING ON THE ICONS BELOW.
YOU MAY REQUEST AN APPLICATION FOR A BOOTH AT OUR TOWN PARTY
BY CLICKING ON THE ICONS BELOW.
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**** VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ****
Our Town Party would not be a success without the support of our wonderful volunteers.
If you are interested in volunteering, we’d love to hear from you.
Please Email: [email protected] if you’d like to participate.
Here are details on our: Town Party Volunteer Opportunities.
Our Town Party would not be a success without the support of our wonderful volunteers.
If you are interested in volunteering, we’d love to hear from you.
Please Email: [email protected] if you’d like to participate.
Here are details on our: Town Party Volunteer Opportunities.
**** TOWN PARTY SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ****
We also have Sponsorship Opportunities available,
for which your organization will be named in promotional material
associated with the event, as well as recognized at the event itself.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor,
click <HERE> to download information on how to do so,
and how your support will be recognized.
Click <HERE> to make a Sponsorship Pledge online.
We also have Sponsorship Opportunities available,
for which your organization will be named in promotional material
associated with the event, as well as recognized at the event itself.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor,
click <HERE> to download information on how to do so,
and how your support will be recognized.
Click <HERE> to make a Sponsorship Pledge online.
**** CALL FOR ARTISTS ****
If you are interested in submitting an artwork piece for consideration
as our signature design for our next Town Party,
click on the following for details: <HERE>.
If you are interested in submitting an artwork piece for consideration
as our signature design for our next Town Party,
click on the following for details: <HERE>.
**** T-SHIRTS AND BUTTONS ****
Each year, we choose a local artist’s design as a unique piece to be displayed on our
Town Party Commemorative Buttons and T-Shirts, and signature logo items, available at the event.
By purchasing these items,
YOU are helping keep Kailua clean, green, and beautiful!
**** T-SHIRTS ****
Here’s a sampling of our signature T-Shirts available at the 2024 event.
(Prior year T-shirts are available on our LKOC Store webpage.)
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**** BUTTONS ****
Our buttons are available prior to the event at many local merchants in Kailua.
In addition, discounts are available at several local merchants if you display your button!
Our buttons are available prior to the event at many local merchants in Kailua.
In addition, discounts are available at several local merchants if you display your button!
**** WHERE TO OBTAIN YOUR TOWN PARTY BUTTON? ****
Buttons will be available at the Town Party event as well as
prior to the event at local Kailua merchants.
Buttons will be available at the Town Party event as well as
prior to the event at local Kailua merchants.
As an example of the types of artwork chosen each year, below is a composite
of all of our Town Party Commemorative Buttons over the years,
each of which depicts a local artist’s unique design, as well as examples of
how the artwork looks on the T-shirts.
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THE “I LOVE KAILUA” TOWN PARTY
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024
11 - 4, Kailua Road, Downtown Kailua
THE “I LOVE KAILUA” TOWN PARTY
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024
11 - 4, Kailua Road, Downtown Kailua
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******** WHERE IS THE EVENT HELD? *********
The Town Party is held on Kailua Road, 11-4.
Come join the fun!
***** WHERE TO PARK ******
EVENT DAY ROAD CLOSURE ADVISORY: The event will close all traffic lanes/sidewalk areas on Kailua Road on the day of the event, from Hahani St. to Kuulei Rd., fronting Whole Foods, Longs and Kailua Shopping Center. Traffic will be diverted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please plan accordingly.
Three floors of free parking will be available in the lot fronting Longs. Enter from Hahani Street, near Teddy’s Bigger Burgers, or Hekili Street.
Parking will also be available in the Kailua Elementary School Parking Lot: Gates will open at 10:30 and will close at 4:30. Cost is $5, to benefit the 4th Grade at the school.
Town Party organizers encourage Kailua residents to leave their cars at home and walk or bicycle to the pedestrian-friendly event. For information on the bus schedule, please contact 848-5555.
Three floors of free parking will be available in the lot fronting Longs. Enter from Hahani Street, near Teddy’s Bigger Burgers, or Hekili Street.
Parking will also be available in the Kailua Elementary School Parking Lot: Gates will open at 10:30 and will close at 4:30. Cost is $5, to benefit the 4th Grade at the school.
Town Party organizers encourage Kailua residents to leave their cars at home and walk or bicycle to the pedestrian-friendly event. For information on the bus schedule, please contact 848-5555.
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Enjoy this Living808 TV interview about the 2023 Town Party!
https://www.khon2.com/living-808/free-i-love-kailua-town-party-this-weekend/
https://www.khon2.com/living-808/free-i-love-kailua-town-party-this-weekend/
Enjoy this slide show of the 2023 Town Party!
The First Year...
In 1992, LKOC President Rusty Kunz had big plans for ‘fixing up” Kailua, starting with Alala Point, better known as Lanikai Point. After talking to the powers that be here in Kailua at the time, she approached Kaneohe Ranch and landscape architect, Steve Mechler, and decided she needed $100,000. Kaneohe Ranch said that if we (LKOC) could come up with $50,000 they would match it. What to do???? Rusty came up with the idea of having a Kailua Town Party and ergo “I Love Kailua” was born!!!
Our first event was held on Valentine's Day, 1992, thus the name “I Love Kailua”. It was held in the parking lot behind Mike McKenna Ford and First Hawaiian Bank, and extended from where Longs is now to Hekili Street, and to where the old Foodland was. We had about 15 restaurants, 40 crafters, 12 non-profits and 4 wonderful entertainers including Puamana, who has continued with us over the years. The entertainers all performed for free which was a wonderful thing for them to do (and they still do today).
As mentioned, our first event was held on Valentine's Day, but due to the fact that the 14th of February was the restaurants’ busiest day of the year, we decided to change the date to March, then April in the ensuing years. Easter kept changing and so did we. We had 3 entrances: one between Mike McKenna and 1st Hawaiian Bank, one at Hekili Street, and one between Long's and the building where Brent's Deli was. At that time, buttons were required as an entry fee and children under 12 were free. This was one of LKOC’s major sources of income back then. But we can't do this anymore since we have moved the party to public property. We now call the button purchases ‘donations’.
At the party, the money was counted on the desks of Mike McKenna's upstairs offices, and wow, what a job that was! Money was all over the place and it just kept coming and coming. All the script counters were up there too and you could sure tell when they were counting the scrip from Agnes's Bakery... sugar all over the place! All the restaurants had to decorate their booths and were judged on that. Though they looked great, it took too much time, so we discontinued that, but they still sell great food!!
For that first event, Rusty and the gang sat up all night guarding the booths and tents and lots of other things. The week before the event a lot of LKOC volunteers went around to the different neighborhoods to pass out flyers telling of our big party. We even set up the old gin and ti leaf offering to appease the spirits and have them shine down upon us!!!
Everyone just winged it because we had no idea how many, if any, would come. We had no idea how many buttons to make, how much scrip to print and how many T-shirts to create.
But we did have one real seller up our sleeves. Rusty had cleverly managed to buy up some 10,000 POGS at the height of the fad for those crazy milk cap covers. Do you remember? The kids went nuts and the parents went broke buying them up. They turned out to be the hit of the day that's for sure!! It turned out to be a beautiful party and did the people come... by the hundreds. We ended up netting around $35,000 and with a $25,000 donation from Muriel Flanders, we reached our goal of $50,000! That was the first of our many projects that were paid for by the “I Love Kailua” Town Party and Kaneohe Ranch, who's been our sponsor ever since, until now, where Alexander and Baldwin continues that generous tradition.
“I Love Kailua” Over 30 Years
Until 2003, we used the private parking behind First Hawaiian Bank. It worked out well for us; some years we made a lot of money and some years not so much, due to rain, T-shirt design and sometimes conflicting events like the Waimanalo Fair. At some point, folks started bringing their dogs and then our party turned into a real family event. The dogs were all well behaved and ergo not a problem. One year a young man bought a button to get in, and with him was a huge Great Dane ...he should have gotten a button for him too! He didn't think it was too funny, but we let him have a good day and hoped his owner could afford his food bills!
One year we asked Nadine Kam, a local food critic, to judge, but since it was our policy that everyone had to win something, she never came back...not her style I guess!!!!
Our event just kept getting bigger and bigger, and we felt we needed to get professional help and change the location...but who and where??? After much discussion and meetings, we hired Amy Hammond, owner of Special Events Hawaii, and she and our House Representative, Cynthia Thielen, came up with the idea of closing down Kailua Road. What a job that first closing down a public street became. LKOC was the first non-profit to do such a thing for such a long time, and from the number of police officers we had to have that first year in 2004...you'd have thought we were putting on something as large as the Pasadena Rose Parade. No one in the C&C knew how to do such a thing... We finally had to go up as high as the mayor to get the final approval. We did get it approved, and with the help of Kaneohe Ranch, we created our First Street Town Party, and what fun it turned out to be!
Kailua Road between the Kailua Central triangle and the Hahani Street intersection was shut down at 9:00 AM and reopened to cars at 5:00 PM sharp. A huge fine would have been imposed if we had been a second late. We added more restaurants, more crafters, the original non-profits, a bigger plant area, more room for the kids play area, more T-shirts, and more entertainers. However, we could not charge people an entrance fee since we now were on public property, so our buttons became a donation to “Make Kailua: Clean, Green and Beautiful”. We were very lucky that some businesses offered to give a small discount to those customers who wore a button.
We had some interesting years...one in particular was when the toilet company missed the date by one week! When we realized they were not coming, we had to literally beg all the businesses along the route to be kind enough to let our party goers use their facilities.
Early on after the first couple of parties, we realized we had to have some ground rules. We decided that we would provide the food vendor plates because we needed the restaurants to keep their portions the same size so they could charge the same # of scrip. One time we had three pizza restaurants, and had to get after one for serving gigantic slices. Can you guess which one? It was Boston Pizza and they were famous for always having those giant pieces. We had to re-train those guys to really cut down on their servings!
Also our party was extremely popular to all the politicos, especially during election years. We always sent special invitations to the Governor, Mayor, Legislative members and City Council members from our district. Those who were in seated positions were able to say hello and tell LKOC how wonderful we were and how neat Kailua was, but absolutely no politicking allowed. Those who were on the campaign trail were allowed to come in and talk with folks, but no passing out information, and no TV cameras or personal mikes to start campaigning.
During one of our last events held on private property, Ed Libby, who was a young 85 years old, and our Town Party chairperson, had to face up to one candidate who came in with the biggest entourage we'd ever seen, carrying huge TV cameras and mikes!!! Ed had to tell this fellow he could not turn our event into his own campaign party, and they all had to buy buttons and behave themselves. You didn't fool around with this retired Air Force Colonel...he shaped them up very quickly!!
But, for all the 30 years so far that LKOC has put on this party, we've never had too much trouble. We only caught one guy trying to pretend he was one of the scrip collectors, but the restaurant he was trying to scam was too smart to buy his act. One year we had a man dressed up like Captain Kidd holding a huge paper mache shark. He said he was taking pictures for free of kids. Of course we didn't buy that baloney, and our men in blue had him walking the plank to the outside in no time.
2012 marked our 20th year and though every year it gets more and more expensive, and our net profit shrinks, Kailuans would hate to see the party end. In 2011, we probably had some 6000 people and 100 dogs come. We had around 60 crafters with a waiting list of 360. We had 23 restaurants, and a new group called “Art in the Park”, for Kailua's artists. We had 3 scrip and button booths, manned with 45 volunteers (who think they are grandfathered in and would never give up their services). We always have about 30 people who work the set up and take down jobs...not an easy job since the street has to be cleared and cleaned by 5:00 and the party ends at 4:00.
First Hawaiian Bank, who's been with us since the very beginning, does all the money counting and we have 10 or so scrip counters, plus all the volunteers that work at membership, scrip pick up, money pick up, T-shirt and plant sales, and many more who work their hearts out for one day. We’ve had Mike Perry as one of our emcees since the very first one in 1992, and later on we had Kit Bueret join up to emcee the second half of the center stage activity. Our plant section has gotten larger, and if we can get our plant providers from getting snatched by Thomas Square's plant sale the same day we'll be in great shape!
In 2012 we started inviting local artists of Kailua to come up with a design for our T-shirts and buttons. That has been a great success, and in 2017, (our 25th year!) and in 2023 our artists generously donated the original painting used for event to a lucky attendee during a special drawing at the Town Party itself. Our button sales have been a big success as well, and folks collect them as souvenirs. Having all of them is a big coup!
Looking Ahead ~ The Next 30 Years!
LKOC has been presenting the “I Love Kailua” Town Party since 1992. This event celebrates Kailua, promotes our local businesses, and instills a sense of pride in the community. It also takes a huge investment in time and money to be a success. And success means LKOC can continue its beautification and educational outreach in the community.
Over the years, our fixed costs keep rising, and for the past few years we have been fortunate enough to have local businesses and individuals contribute as sponsors for the event, to offset some of these costs, such as the rental of stage and sound equipment, tent rentals, hiring of security and traffic control, and rental of public restroom facilities. Their generous support has led greatly to the success of the event. In particular, in recent years, Alexander & Baldwin Properties has been extremely generous in providing both financial and background support.
If you would like to be a sponsor, we offer public recognition of your generosity in a variety of ways, in our promotional materials for the event, at the event itself, as well as on our website and social media platforms. Plus, think how GREAT you will feel to be a major player in YOUR community!
We hope you will join us next year. It promises to be great!
In 1992, LKOC President Rusty Kunz had big plans for ‘fixing up” Kailua, starting with Alala Point, better known as Lanikai Point. After talking to the powers that be here in Kailua at the time, she approached Kaneohe Ranch and landscape architect, Steve Mechler, and decided she needed $100,000. Kaneohe Ranch said that if we (LKOC) could come up with $50,000 they would match it. What to do???? Rusty came up with the idea of having a Kailua Town Party and ergo “I Love Kailua” was born!!!
Our first event was held on Valentine's Day, 1992, thus the name “I Love Kailua”. It was held in the parking lot behind Mike McKenna Ford and First Hawaiian Bank, and extended from where Longs is now to Hekili Street, and to where the old Foodland was. We had about 15 restaurants, 40 crafters, 12 non-profits and 4 wonderful entertainers including Puamana, who has continued with us over the years. The entertainers all performed for free which was a wonderful thing for them to do (and they still do today).
As mentioned, our first event was held on Valentine's Day, but due to the fact that the 14th of February was the restaurants’ busiest day of the year, we decided to change the date to March, then April in the ensuing years. Easter kept changing and so did we. We had 3 entrances: one between Mike McKenna and 1st Hawaiian Bank, one at Hekili Street, and one between Long's and the building where Brent's Deli was. At that time, buttons were required as an entry fee and children under 12 were free. This was one of LKOC’s major sources of income back then. But we can't do this anymore since we have moved the party to public property. We now call the button purchases ‘donations’.
At the party, the money was counted on the desks of Mike McKenna's upstairs offices, and wow, what a job that was! Money was all over the place and it just kept coming and coming. All the script counters were up there too and you could sure tell when they were counting the scrip from Agnes's Bakery... sugar all over the place! All the restaurants had to decorate their booths and were judged on that. Though they looked great, it took too much time, so we discontinued that, but they still sell great food!!
For that first event, Rusty and the gang sat up all night guarding the booths and tents and lots of other things. The week before the event a lot of LKOC volunteers went around to the different neighborhoods to pass out flyers telling of our big party. We even set up the old gin and ti leaf offering to appease the spirits and have them shine down upon us!!!
Everyone just winged it because we had no idea how many, if any, would come. We had no idea how many buttons to make, how much scrip to print and how many T-shirts to create.
But we did have one real seller up our sleeves. Rusty had cleverly managed to buy up some 10,000 POGS at the height of the fad for those crazy milk cap covers. Do you remember? The kids went nuts and the parents went broke buying them up. They turned out to be the hit of the day that's for sure!! It turned out to be a beautiful party and did the people come... by the hundreds. We ended up netting around $35,000 and with a $25,000 donation from Muriel Flanders, we reached our goal of $50,000! That was the first of our many projects that were paid for by the “I Love Kailua” Town Party and Kaneohe Ranch, who's been our sponsor ever since, until now, where Alexander and Baldwin continues that generous tradition.
“I Love Kailua” Over 30 Years
Until 2003, we used the private parking behind First Hawaiian Bank. It worked out well for us; some years we made a lot of money and some years not so much, due to rain, T-shirt design and sometimes conflicting events like the Waimanalo Fair. At some point, folks started bringing their dogs and then our party turned into a real family event. The dogs were all well behaved and ergo not a problem. One year a young man bought a button to get in, and with him was a huge Great Dane ...he should have gotten a button for him too! He didn't think it was too funny, but we let him have a good day and hoped his owner could afford his food bills!
One year we asked Nadine Kam, a local food critic, to judge, but since it was our policy that everyone had to win something, she never came back...not her style I guess!!!!
Our event just kept getting bigger and bigger, and we felt we needed to get professional help and change the location...but who and where??? After much discussion and meetings, we hired Amy Hammond, owner of Special Events Hawaii, and she and our House Representative, Cynthia Thielen, came up with the idea of closing down Kailua Road. What a job that first closing down a public street became. LKOC was the first non-profit to do such a thing for such a long time, and from the number of police officers we had to have that first year in 2004...you'd have thought we were putting on something as large as the Pasadena Rose Parade. No one in the C&C knew how to do such a thing... We finally had to go up as high as the mayor to get the final approval. We did get it approved, and with the help of Kaneohe Ranch, we created our First Street Town Party, and what fun it turned out to be!
Kailua Road between the Kailua Central triangle and the Hahani Street intersection was shut down at 9:00 AM and reopened to cars at 5:00 PM sharp. A huge fine would have been imposed if we had been a second late. We added more restaurants, more crafters, the original non-profits, a bigger plant area, more room for the kids play area, more T-shirts, and more entertainers. However, we could not charge people an entrance fee since we now were on public property, so our buttons became a donation to “Make Kailua: Clean, Green and Beautiful”. We were very lucky that some businesses offered to give a small discount to those customers who wore a button.
We had some interesting years...one in particular was when the toilet company missed the date by one week! When we realized they were not coming, we had to literally beg all the businesses along the route to be kind enough to let our party goers use their facilities.
Early on after the first couple of parties, we realized we had to have some ground rules. We decided that we would provide the food vendor plates because we needed the restaurants to keep their portions the same size so they could charge the same # of scrip. One time we had three pizza restaurants, and had to get after one for serving gigantic slices. Can you guess which one? It was Boston Pizza and they were famous for always having those giant pieces. We had to re-train those guys to really cut down on their servings!
Also our party was extremely popular to all the politicos, especially during election years. We always sent special invitations to the Governor, Mayor, Legislative members and City Council members from our district. Those who were in seated positions were able to say hello and tell LKOC how wonderful we were and how neat Kailua was, but absolutely no politicking allowed. Those who were on the campaign trail were allowed to come in and talk with folks, but no passing out information, and no TV cameras or personal mikes to start campaigning.
During one of our last events held on private property, Ed Libby, who was a young 85 years old, and our Town Party chairperson, had to face up to one candidate who came in with the biggest entourage we'd ever seen, carrying huge TV cameras and mikes!!! Ed had to tell this fellow he could not turn our event into his own campaign party, and they all had to buy buttons and behave themselves. You didn't fool around with this retired Air Force Colonel...he shaped them up very quickly!!
But, for all the 30 years so far that LKOC has put on this party, we've never had too much trouble. We only caught one guy trying to pretend he was one of the scrip collectors, but the restaurant he was trying to scam was too smart to buy his act. One year we had a man dressed up like Captain Kidd holding a huge paper mache shark. He said he was taking pictures for free of kids. Of course we didn't buy that baloney, and our men in blue had him walking the plank to the outside in no time.
2012 marked our 20th year and though every year it gets more and more expensive, and our net profit shrinks, Kailuans would hate to see the party end. In 2011, we probably had some 6000 people and 100 dogs come. We had around 60 crafters with a waiting list of 360. We had 23 restaurants, and a new group called “Art in the Park”, for Kailua's artists. We had 3 scrip and button booths, manned with 45 volunteers (who think they are grandfathered in and would never give up their services). We always have about 30 people who work the set up and take down jobs...not an easy job since the street has to be cleared and cleaned by 5:00 and the party ends at 4:00.
First Hawaiian Bank, who's been with us since the very beginning, does all the money counting and we have 10 or so scrip counters, plus all the volunteers that work at membership, scrip pick up, money pick up, T-shirt and plant sales, and many more who work their hearts out for one day. We’ve had Mike Perry as one of our emcees since the very first one in 1992, and later on we had Kit Bueret join up to emcee the second half of the center stage activity. Our plant section has gotten larger, and if we can get our plant providers from getting snatched by Thomas Square's plant sale the same day we'll be in great shape!
In 2012 we started inviting local artists of Kailua to come up with a design for our T-shirts and buttons. That has been a great success, and in 2017, (our 25th year!) and in 2023 our artists generously donated the original painting used for event to a lucky attendee during a special drawing at the Town Party itself. Our button sales have been a big success as well, and folks collect them as souvenirs. Having all of them is a big coup!
Looking Ahead ~ The Next 30 Years!
LKOC has been presenting the “I Love Kailua” Town Party since 1992. This event celebrates Kailua, promotes our local businesses, and instills a sense of pride in the community. It also takes a huge investment in time and money to be a success. And success means LKOC can continue its beautification and educational outreach in the community.
Over the years, our fixed costs keep rising, and for the past few years we have been fortunate enough to have local businesses and individuals contribute as sponsors for the event, to offset some of these costs, such as the rental of stage and sound equipment, tent rentals, hiring of security and traffic control, and rental of public restroom facilities. Their generous support has led greatly to the success of the event. In particular, in recent years, Alexander & Baldwin Properties has been extremely generous in providing both financial and background support.
If you would like to be a sponsor, we offer public recognition of your generosity in a variety of ways, in our promotional materials for the event, at the event itself, as well as on our website and social media platforms. Plus, think how GREAT you will feel to be a major player in YOUR community!
We hope you will join us next year. It promises to be great!