Our Sponsors are visionary community leaders who believe that VegFest Oahu has significant positive impact through our educational content and by providing an inspiring, memorable experience for our island ohana. Our Sponsors are supporting VegFest Oahu with enough funding to keep this a free festival for you! Please visit their websites and learn more about their cool products and projects to make Hawaii healthier and more sustainable!
Down to Earth Organic & Natural has been the LEAD SPONSOR for all the VegFest Oahu festivals, and their generous contributions and partnership made 2018 a reality. “In Hawaii where so many residents suffer from diet-related illnesses, VegFest Oahu provides a valuable service by calling attention to how people can attain better health through eating a plant-based diet. Additionally, a plant based diet is truly environmentally friendly and reduces global warming,” said Mark Fergusson, Down to Earth’s CEO. “We are proud sponsors of VegFest Oahu and we will provide strong promotional support to help ensure its success, as well as actively participate in the event by having a booth selling delicious vegan food from our renowned deli, present a cooking demo and health talk.”
Kaiser Permanente – Founded on the radically simple idea that everyone deserves the chance to live a healthy life. We put our community at the center of everything we do — from pioneering new ways to treat cancer to building useful tools that make it easier to stay on top of your health. We’re all in this together. And together, we thrive.
Sustain Hawaii – Walk story for a healthy economy. Sustain Hawaii offers tools to help educate, advocate, and innovate towards a healthier future. Among their many projects, they own ‘Ai Love Nalo restaurant in Waimanalo serving vegan Hawaiian food and produce the eco TV series Waltah the Worm.
The Vegetarian Society of Hawaii promotes human health, animal rights and protection of the environment by means of vegetarian (whole food, plant-based) education. We provide: monthly expert speakers free to the public on Oahu, Maui, and Kauai; Imagine A Vegan World vegan peer support group meetings; Vegetarian TV program; and more!
SKY Kombucha – Made on Oahu since 2013, SKY Kombucha grows organic living kombucha tea using local and seasonal flavors in sustainable bottles and kegs. We want to change the way you think of beverage consumption – by offering a zero waste model for you to choose by purchasing kombucha on tap. If you’re on the go, we offer a $0.50 bottle return so that your single-use packaging will turn into a multi-use. We brew in Waimanalo for this Island and offer these choices because we care about our community and our environment. You can find SKY Kombucha “on tap” or in bottles at a variety of local retailers, such as Kokua Market, Down to Earth, Whole Foods, Beet Box Cafe, Celestial Natural Foods, and Morning Brew.
‘Ekahi Health – ‘Ekahi Health is a leading provider of primary and wellness care in Hawaii. We’re the largest provider on the islands of Ornish Lifestyle Medicine – a 9-week program scientifically proven to stop or even reverse the effects of heart disease by teaching participants to eat better, stress less, move more, and improve their relationships. We also now offer ‘Ekahi WellCare – an innovative approach to diabetes care management that provides individuals with all the resources needed to better manage diabetes under one roof. We’ve also partnered with Vivante Health to equip patients with a digital blood glucose log, comprehensive online education, and a virtual care management team. Visit ‘Ekahi Ornish Lifestyle Medicine online at www.ekahiornish.com, or ‘Ekahi WellCare at www.ekahiwellcare.com
The Naughty Vegan Studio / Good Vibes Center – Naughty Vegan tattoos uses a vegan friendly process. From our vegan ointments, wool free transfer paper, vegan inks, and vegan aftercare to make sure the animal we harm is you. Now, we have two spots but one vibe. A more sustainable future for us all. From Tattoos to a social conscious event space we have you covered. Literally. Come and join us as we start making healthy hip. Check out The Naughty Vegan Studio on Instagram or Facebook. Also The Good Vibe Center on Instagram. Now lets go out and BE THE CHANGE.
Pono Home – Pono Home offers audit consultations for renters, homeowners, and small businesses to help you live healthier, live greener, and save money. This can help identify inefficiencies caused by leaks, plugload (vampire) drains, appliance maintenance issues, older lighting or plumbing fixtures, and more. We will also work to identify potential upgrades and qualifying rebates on major appliances throughout your home like water heaters, refrigerators and more.
Vegans Rock Apparel – a family run business in Southern California, we travel all over the world spreading the vegan message through fun fashionable apparel. This year we will attend 32 events in 14 states and 3 countries. We offer many of our designs on Organic Cotton, Hemp and Bamboo using only Eco-Friendly water based inks. We also offer custom orders using your designs.
Hoku Coffee – Locally made in Waimanalo using the highest quality beans and reusable sustainable packaging, Hoku Coffee is slow-steeped for maximum flavor. Cold brew coffee is smooth, less acidic, and has twice the caffeine of hot brew. Once you try the smooth and quaffable flavor of pure cold brew coffee, it will change the way you think and feel about coffee! You can get your Hoku fix at local retailers like Down to Earth, Whole Foods, and Kokua Market.
Significant In-Kind Donations
Vegan Hills – Vegan Hills, on Waialae Ave between 11th and 12th in Honolulu’s Kaimuki neighborhood, offers the best of the best when it comes to gourmet vegan dining. Their philosophy as a restaurant promotes health, vitality, and well being for the mind, body, spirit and environment. We are grateful for their help in taking care of those who bring you VegFest Oahu 2018 by catering a Mahalo Dinner.
88 Tees – Located in Waikiki and producing the best t-shirts in Hawaii, we are so grateful for the generous donation of blank T-shirts plus printing of our official VegFest Oahu T-shirts! These shirts helped us recruit enough Event Day Volunteers to make the festival run smoothly, and were given as Mahalo gifts to our Musicians, Speakers, and Chefs that presented at the festival.
Production Hawaii Very Special Equipment Rentals – Beautiful and vast selection of supplies to make every event spectacular. We so appreciate the special prices we were given for the VegFest Oahu tents, stage, tables and chairs. This made it more affordable to produce this community event and we loved the look that the stylish inventory gave to our festival! Friendly staff who worked so cheerfully setting up our event tents, even our vendors commented on how they went above and beyond to help everyone who needed.
Literature Donations – VegFest Oahu is deeply grateful to the organizations who have donated and shipped boxes of literature, stickers, posters and more for free distribution to event attendees and volunteers. Check out who’s providing free literature on our blog!
