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Brand-Aid Hawai‘i Kicks Off
Another BizGym Foundation project kicked off this week with the inaugural Brand-Aid Triage Pop-up. Special Thanks to Dr. Evans and the gang at Argosy University for being the presenting sponsor and hosting the event at Tamarind Park at Bishop Square in downtown...
BGF on Midweek Cover
In Hawai‘i, getting profiled on the cover of Midweek is a dream for many. I didn't really get that until we arrived there this week. so I'm especially thankful to Midweek business & entrepreneurial writer Christina O'Connor and photographer extraordinaire Nathalie...
Lemonade Alley Volunteer Meeting
We had our very first Lemonade Alley 2015 volunteer meeting at Protohub in December and we are so excited for this year's team! BGF Executive Director, Lesley Harvey led the way and talked about all the exciting things we have planned for the competition this year....
BizPitch Camp!
BizPitch Camp: The BizGym Foundation Crew is winding up for its next big event coming up in November. Thanks to a grant from the super cool folks at HTDC, we present to you...”BizPitch Camp!” Baseball season may be coming to an end, but we all know that business...
Twerk Your Brain!
Newbie! Last night I got out of my comfort zone and attended one of Kimee Balmilero’s amazing performance art classes, Twerk Your Brain. Kimee, Camp BizGym Director and professional actor, developed this 2-hour class designed for the adult attendee, particularly for...
Aloha Lesley!
Introducing Lesley Harvey, BGF's new Executive Director! Lesley was hand-picked by outgoing Executive Director Caroline Kim as the next-gen leader to take BGF up another rung. Lesley knows BGF very well as she has been serving as its grant writer under Caroline for...
Aloha Caroline!
Huge mahalos to Caroline Kim, retiring Executive Director of the BizGym Foundation. Caroline has been with BGF as a key contributor, volunteer and Lemon Crew committee member since the very inception of Lemonade Alley back in 2011. Nothing has been beneath her (we...
BBB 2014 Charity of the Year
Thanks to the Honolulu business community and Better Business Bureau for recognizing the BizGym Foundation with the Charity of Year Torch Award. As a new non-profit (2013), this nod of approval will certainly help secure the future of BGF. Both of our programs,...
Team We‘Kea Gets Press!
The Hamasaki Boys are back at it AGAIN! Seems the Star Advertiser is showing them the love this time around. Doesn't hurt to be crazy cute. And winning special awards for shaking lemonade can't hurt either. Congrates guys for a job well done!
L Alley Team Makes a Buzzy Biz!
So we received this delightful letter the other day from one of the 2013 Lemonade Alley teams... Ethan and Logan Hamasaki. It seems that they have identified a huge problem with the dying of the bees here in Hawaii. It's estimated that this year alone, 30-35% of all...
PBN Shows The Love!
Thanks to Jenna Blakely and PBN for covering our emerging story! We're amped that folks show up to help spread the love. Here's an excerpt: "Sue, the founder of BizGym, shares his passion for entrepreneurship through his booming nonprofit, Lemonade Alley, which...
Putting the “FUN” in Crowd-FUNding
Camp BizGym is a 1-week summer camp in which K-12 students create a short video on a business idea of their own to promote through online “crowd-funding” platforms to gain donations for student projects. Camp BizGym is scheduled to take place Monday-Friday,...