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On Sunday September 21, from 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, the yoga community in Honolulu is holding a yoga marathon in the HTIC auditorium to raise money for homeless families living on Oahu. In addition to featuring yoga (various styles and schools), mantras, dance and meditation, live performances will be provided by Underwater Radar and other artists, in addition to special performances by IHS kids’ yoga class and kid’s ukulele by Uke N8ture. Healthy snacks and water will be provided by a number of local sponsors.

At least 80% of participant donations will go to two local organizations that help Hawaii’s homeless: HIS (The Institute for Human Services), which was founded in 1978 by Father Claude F. Du Teil and provides supportive services to homeless families; and H-5 (Hawaii Helping the Hungry Have Hope), which provides over 4000 meals a month and provides weekly after-school programs to approximately 80 local high school students. The remaining 20% of donations will go towards expenses incurred by the event.

The Yoga Marathon is held as a part of the United Nations’ "International Day of Peace," which was first established as an annual September event by a United Nations resolution in 1981. Last year was the first year that the State of Hawai'i joined this global endeavor with its own "Peace Day Hawai'i" celebration. At last year's celebration, HTIC was proud that one of its students, Shu Hikichi, was awarded top prize in the State’s "Adult, Non-Native Speaker Essay" category. This year, HTIC is honored to serve the yoga organizers as the venue for their important Peace Day fundraising event.

For more information, please contact the organizers of this event: Debbie Azama-Park dazamapark@hotmail.com or Jai Ma (Maria Steele) at mariasteele@msn.com.