The Baby Hui Helps Parents
For those new parents — whether you are having your first or adding to a growing family, the Baby Hui has information & resources to help. Their blog posts even include Hawaiian foods for your baby. An excerpt: “Hawaii’s a great place to raise children but it’s hard to know what’s okay to feed them. […]
Kalawai Youth Baseball
Kalawai Youth Baseball Club (KYBC) part of the West Kauai Youth Baseball Association and the national PONY League. Makalanai’s programs are usually orientated towards slightly older youngsters, but we wanted to give a shout out to Kalawai Youth Baseball, for boys and girls ages 7-9. Sports are important for both the physical & mental development of […]
Work Wise Kauai Helps Young People Train & Find Jobs
Work Wise Kauai is a program that helps young people train for jobs & helps in job placement — both for those on the island & for those who have gone away to college, but would like to come home if they could find employment. There are both out-of-school & in-school programs & a place […]
Surfing the Nations Feeds the Hungry
If you follow this blog, you know that we love what is happening at Surfing the Nations. On of the many great things they do is feed the hungry. It’s perhaps not widely known, but Hawaii has a significant homeless population as well as many working people who struggle every day to make ends meet […]
Christian Meditation for Youth
Those of us who are older know about the importance of those quiet times, those times in our busy lives where we are still & allow God to speak directly to us. How can we share this life affirming skill with our youth? This site, Christian Mediation for Youth, has some very good information, and […]
Live Albatross Cam on Kauai
Did you know there is a website where you can view a Kauai albatross nest live? Just click here. The ways of nature of part of the wonder of God’s creation, and certainly birth is one of the greatest of these wonders. Watch as the young albatrosses are born & grow under the nurturing care […]
Christian Youth Ministries of Hawaii
We are always looking for worthy programs the help children & youth to experience the joy that can only come from devotion to God. One such program we recently came across is Christian Youth Ministries of Hawaii. This program has been around for more than 40 years, encouraging local missionaries & churches by completing work […]
The Fellowship of Christian Poets
We know that there are many gifted writers in our community, young & old. One of the things we most enjoy at Makanalani is encouraging our youth to explore artistic expression. Writing & poetry can be a great aid to meditation, & a wonderful way to inspire others. In this vein, we recently discovered that […]
Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids is Looking for Young Actors & Actresses
Purple Striped Honu Theatre produces plays for children & youth of the island. If you have the acting bug, this may be your big break. See their press release below: The Purple Striped Honu Theatre for Kids is in need of an actor/actress for its winter production of two plays: Cats and Bats by Rick […]
The many faces of Christianity
“The things Christians have in common are more important than our differences.” Sometimes it seems that there are as many varieties of Christianity as there are people who believe. It is worth taking a moment to remember that we are all brothers & sisters in Christ. That despite how profound our differences may be, we […]