Aloha from the Makapala Retreat Center (MRC), We hope you and your ‘ohana are well as we all work to protect our communities in these remarkable times. Across the nation and here in Hawai’i, all community activities and gatherings have been placed at a standstill for the foreseeable future. This is being done in order to protect the health and wellbeing of our kupuna and […]
2020 Spring Camp – Cancelled
It is with a heavy heart that we are informing you that the 2020 Spring Camp Lokahi (March 16-19, 2020) is cancelled. This is not a decision that our staff made lightly or have come to quickly. With the recent events concerning Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), we sought to gain as much information as quickly as possible, as our desire at camp is to provide a […]
End of Year Fundraising Campaign
Aloha ‘Ohana, Today, we embark on our Year-End Fundraising Campaign. Our goal is to raise $15,000 by December 31st. This will to help us start off 2020 with a portion of the $125,000 we need to repair the facilities and to provide continued community engagement and programs for the year. We can’t do it without your help! Makapala Retreat Center (MRC), located in North […]
On Saturday, In the Wind and Rain, We Ran
This past Saturday morning when I woke up, I was tired. It was still dark outside and the weather was cold, windy, and rainy. For a minute or two I thought about cancelling our #RunForIt5k_Kohala because I wasn’t sure if people would come out due to the weather. But the optimist in me said that it was just passing showers and by the time we […]
GriefShare
How GriefShare works It may be hard for you to feel optimistic about the future right now. If you’ve lost a spouse, child, family member, or friend, you’ve probably found there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel. This can be a confusing time when you feel isolated and have many questions about things you’ve never faced before. GriefShare groups meet […]
Run For It 5k – Kohala
In 2018, we lost some people very near to our hearts. It hurt then and still hurts now. Those lives in some way or another, big and small, were interwoven with our ‘ohana. On Saturday, April 13th we’ll be partnering with TWLOHA and running our own 5k here in Kohala. We’re running for those we have lost. We’re running to remember them. But we’re also […]
Kupuna Dinner 2018
On October 19th at the Makapala Retreat Center we were proud to host the 8th annual Kupuna Dinner. We thank the many volunteers (cooks, servers, musicians, dancers, MC’s, sound people, decoration folks, & parking attendants) and locals businesses who helped to make this evening a special night for our Kupuna. We were also excited to be able to share our new “Kupuna to Keiki Garden […]
The Work and The Need
THE WORK… Faith. Family. Community. Culture. These values are the driving force behind everything we do here at Island Breeze Makapala (IBMakapala). We are located at the Makapala Retreat Center. Our mission is to support our local and native communities through programs that engage the mind, body, and spirit. Two of our main programs/events that we run here at the Makapala Retreat Center here, […]
First Christian Church of Honolulu at CAMP LOKAHI!
It’s been a while since we posted cause we’ve been away for a bit…but BIG MAHALO to First Christian Church of Honolulufor this great video of your first experience w/ #CampLokahiTeenCamp! Can’t wait to do it again! Blessings. 2018 Camp Lokahi from FCC Honolulu on Vimeo.
Summer time is camp time!
Well, summer camps here at #IBMakapala have come and gone! It’s been so much fun…and a lot of work. Mahalo to everyone who came out to be a part of our camps this year! Let’s do it again NEXT YEAR! This is a project that our campers were working on at Teen Camp. It’s a play off the new Jumanji remake. We hope to have […]