Project Mahalo: King’s Hawaiian Honors Charitable Organizations Supporting the Hawaiian Spirit of Aloha

Torrance based King’s Hawaiian Bakery is well known for their fresh baked foods including cakes, pies, and of course their signature Hawaiian sweet bread.  King’s Hawaiian has been baking “aloha” to rave reviews for more than 60 years.

We’ve been to King’s Restaurant and The Local Place more times than I can count but here are a few reviews if you need a refresher!

Stacks of King's signature Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls at the Project Mahalo luncheon.

Stacks of King’s signature Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls at the Project Mahalo luncheon.

In a show of thanks to their customers and the community, King’s launched Project Mahalo,  a philanthropic campaign to recognize four nationally recognized, charitable organizations that represent the Hawaiian way of sharing, generosity, and giving back without expecting anything in return.  Following are the organizations selected to participate in Project Mahalo, along with links to their websites:

King’s  customers visited the Project Mahalo website to cast votes for their favorite organization to receive a $25,000 donation.

Representatives from the organizations participating in Project Mahalo pose with King's CEO, Mark Taira (far right).

Representatives from the organizations participating in Project Mahalo pose with King’s CEO, Mark Taira (far right).

King’s awarded the $25k donation to Meals on Wheels during a ceremony* at their Torrance headquarters on May 1, the observation of the Hawaiian Holiday known as Lei Day.

Keeping in the spirit of sharing, the three other organizations were awarded $10,000 in support of their community service.

Right here in our community, we are fortunate to have two King’s Hawaiian restaurants where we can enjoy their bread, fresh from the bakery, along with other Hawaiian-Pacific cuisine.  You can find their menus online but you’re better off just stopping by and checking everything out in person.  Get the bread!

 

* Disclosure : I attended the award Project Mahalo awards ceremony where King’s served a wonderful buffet of items from their restaurants.  I’ll share those items soon!  I also toured the bakery and sampled items during the tour.  At the close of the tour, they offered all guests a gift bag with samples from their bakery and other promotional items.  I didn’t receive any compensation for sharing the information above.  Honestly, the folks at King’s are so nice (and their bread is so good) that I wouldn’t let them pay me to tell you about what they do.

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