Charity Walk

Some of the Princeville locals

Around 6 am on Saturday, I went with a bunch of Princeville employees to participate in the Annual Kauai Hotel and Lodging Association’s Charity Walk. The walk was a fundraiser where all of Kauai’s tourist industries got together and walked a 3 mile loop. Afterwards, the local hotels provided Malsadas (Portuguese donut holes), coffee, and a breakfast plate. Each hotel, including Princeville, had a different breakfast entrée and after finishing the walk participants could chose from the different booths. Princeville had a “Hawaiian Breakfast Hash” which was a Kahlua Pork Sausage Hash with a fried egg served over rice and garnished with a tomatillo sauce. The Grand Hyatt had French toast stuffed with cream cheese and strawberries and drizzled with white chocolate. Mmmmmm . . . . I can’t remember what the other hotels served, but these two were the ones that stood out to me.

The walk was a lot of fun and it was cool to see all of the local businesses coming out to raise money for local Kauai charities. Along the actual walk, different Hula groups were stationed and performed different hula dances and songs to the passing walkers. At the end of the walk, the Kauai charities and their groups stood on the sidelines to thank all of the participants. My favorite group was the Kauai Girl Scout Brownie Troops who held up hand-drawn thank you signs and waved to all of the walkers. Even though it was so early in the morning, with everyone acting so happy and upbeat it was easy to enjoy the walk and understand why everyone looked forward to this annual event. The walk showed to me the strong community support of the island and made me proud to participate along with everyone else.

Afterwards, a couple of the employees and I went to Wal-Mart to pick up some essentials and then headed back to Princeville. Later I just hung out at the beach and caught some rays.

Today, I’m just hanging around the hotel and later I will be helping one of our sales managers lead a site tour to visiting travel agents (some of which I met on Thursday). Other than that I’ll be chillin out and getting ready for another fun exciting week and this week I’ll be working in the Reservations department. Yay!

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