The entertainment roster for Sunday’s "Kokua for the Philippines," a benefit concert for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, is now set, with the addition of Mick Fleetwood and ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.
Other entertainers recently added to the lineup include Brother Noland, Taimane, Streetlight Cadence and Kristian Lei. Among the previously announced: Henry Kapono, Kalapana, Raiatea Helm, Makana, Sean Na’auao, Loretta Ables Sayre, Kalei Gamiao, Kuana Torres Kahele, Aidan James, Da Braddahs, Roman of Kolohe Kai, Rebel Souljahz, Natural Vibrations, Amy Hanaiali’i, Jordan Segundo, Starr Kalahiki, the Honolulu Jazz Quartet, EMKE and Sing the Body. In addition, Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell will participate in the five-hour event set to get underway at noon at the Great Lawn at Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort.
General admission tickets are available for $20 through Honolulu Box Office at www.honoluluboxoffice.com or by phone, 550-8457.
The event will be broadcast live on local radio and television stations and via the Internet. Proceeds from phone bank, which will be operating on Sunday, and on-site gifts will be donated to the American Red Cross for disaster relief. For more information, visit www.kokuaforthephilippines.com.
Here are recent business-related donations to the relief effort:
»Hawaiian Electric Industries and its subsidiaries, Hawaiian Electric, Hawaii Electric Light, Maui Electric, and American Savings Bank, contributed $100,000 to the Filipino Community Center for relief efforts in the Philippines after the powerful typhoon, which hit the Philippines on Nov. 8, leaving more than 5,700 dead and displacing an estimated 4 million people.
The donation from the HEI Charitable Foundation will be doubled to $200,000 by the Consuelo Foundation, which has pledged to match up to $2 million in donations toward Philippine relief efforts.
Jon Matsuoka, president and CEO of the Consuelo Foundation, said in a news release that through the donation and the partnership with the FilCom Center, "we will be able to provide much-needed relief and secure more aid for disaster-stricken victims in the Philippines."
The HEI Charitable Foundation also will match personal donations made by employees of HEI and its subsidiaries. Donations made directly to the FilCom Center will be matched by the Consuelo Foundation.
"Our thoughts are with the people impacted by this devastating disaster — those in the Philippines and their families here in Hawaii," said Connie Lau, HEI president and CEO.
» First Insurance Co. of Hawaii employees and the company’s charitable foundation gave $10,000 to the Hawaii chapter of the American Red Cross. Employees of First Insurance donated $4,385, and the foundation added $5,615.
"Hawaii and its people have such close ties to the Philippines and our hearts are with those who have a long road to recovery," Allen Uyeda, FICOH’s president and CEO, said in a news release. "First Insurance is happy to help in its own small way."
» Employees at Fairmont Kea Lani on Maui raised more then $22,000 for relief efforts.
The more than 650 employees of the Wailea resort sold waffle dogs, pizza, baked goods, plate lunches and bibinka. They also held car washes and a garage sale. The result was a doubling of the original goal of $10,000.
"I am incredibly proud of our motivated and generous employees," said Charles Head, general manager of the Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui. "It goes to show what a difference we can make when we all pull together for a common goal."
The money was given to the Maui branch of the American Red Cross.
"We want to thank everyone involved for their wonderful contribution to the cause of humanity," Michele Liberty, Maui County director for the American Red Cross, said in a news release from the company.
» L&L Hawaiian Barbecue raised $40,000 for typhoon victims.
The company collected donations from its nearly 200 locations worldwide within one week in November, and also held a fundraising event Nov. 16 at L&L Hawaiian Barbecue on Keeaumoku Street in Honolulu in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Hawaii from which 100 percent of the profits were donated.
The amount was matched by the L&L Foundation, and the money will go to the Filipino Community Center to support relief efforts.
