 Welcome to Think Tech on Spectrum OC 16, Hawaii's weekly newscast on things that matter to tech and to Hawaii. I'm Arby Kelly. And I'm Cynthia Sinclair. In our show this time, we'll join the Visitor Industry Charity Walk from Alamoana to Waikiki and back. Lots of people walked for charity, for tourism, for fun, for Hawaii and for themselves. What is the Visitor Industry Charity Walk? Well, in 1974, the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, HLTA, sponsored a super walk for the benefit of one major charitable organization. Then in 1979, HLTA's members voted to extend the charitable support made possible by the fundraising potential of this event. The Visitor Industry Charity Walk is the result of that decision and has been going on ever since. And these days, all Hawaii non-profit charities are eligible to benefit from the proceeds of the walk. The Visitor Industry Charity Walk is not just for HLTA or visitors. It gives everyone of every age a chance to participate and raise money for Hawaii's charities. Walking with HLTA helps us build a better, healthier, happier Hawaii for everyone. Those who walk are treated to food, drink and fun at checkpoints along the route. The checkpoints are operated and supplied with refreshments by volunteers from Hawaii's hotels and supporting organizations. As last year, the walk began at McCoy Pavilion in Alamoana Park, continuing down Alamoana and along the Alawai Promenade, then along Kalakaua into Waikiki and turning on Pawakalani. The walk then headed back along the Makai side of Kalakaua, going Makai on lures and along Kalia Road toward the Hilton Hawaiian Village and returning to the McCoy Pavilion along Alamoana. It's a beautiful day in Honolulu and we're going to do the charity walk. I understand you're a regular walker, every 20 years you get out. Exactly, I try to. The Visitor Industry wants to support the nonprofits in our community who is doing such valuable work and so this is an event that they organize to allow nonprofits to make money. They provide the organizational skills, they provide all the food, they provide a lot of walking manpower and a lot of fundraising and we just kind of come out and have a party with them. Ethan, did you stumble into this by accident? Very much so, very much so. I got a notice from Carol that this was being done and thought, well let's support think tech. There's a rumor that you've been preparing for this and walking 10 miles a day for the past two weeks. Is that true? I can neither confirm nor deny. So yeah, I think you've answered all my questions. Do you have any questions of me? Are you going to have a good time today? Can I give you a report about that in an hour? Arnold, we're about to leave in a few minutes. How are you feeling about this? Feeling good. You know, glad that we have a team think tech out here so, you know, eat a little bit of breakfast there but things are going great. I think we're going to have a good turnout walking today. 7,000 at 7 a.m. Impressive. That's a big deal. They're all here for think tech. Every one of these people came down for think tech. 7,000 people. Wow. You're really into charities, aren't you? I am. I'm working with Aloha Medical Mission is a new thing but I've been volunteering with the charity walk for the past three years. And so it's really exciting to see how many people are turning out. 7,000 people. I hope they know about think tech. Oh, I'm sure they do. Think tech. Who doesn't know about think tech? You know, some people will go a long way to avoid actually walking the walk with the charity walk. Will you be fabulous hats? We've got a group here from Easter Seals Hawaii and we are excited to be here and part of the charity walk. We're going on a walk for a good charity, good cause. All right. Are you having a good time so far? We are, yes. You just started. You're going to do the whole 5.25? I'm still thinking about it. We'll be watching you. Well, you know, Kapuna had a little bit of a leeway to choose to walk the 5 miles or not. It's so great to walk for such a great cause. I think the purpose of this walk is so amazing in itself. We're happy to be here. Thank you for having us today. Yeah, all right. Well, there's 7,000 of you. I hope you make friends. Yes, we are planning on making lots of friends. Thank you. Hope you eat. Oh, lots of food, of course. And I hope you listen to the entertainment, yeah? Oh, yes. Good music around here. We're looking forward to it. All right. We'll be watching. All right. Finish the job. We will. Hey, Hilton. All right. Oh, Hilton. Yeah. Right, you guys. Okay. If you feel you need to break out into a run, it's okay. Get a good night's sleep, everybody. Are you ready, everybody? Charity walk, course, Marshall. How can I get to be one? Volunteer. All right. We'll make you one right now if you want to be. I'll give you my shirt. I've been designated as a Marshall. I will never forget this moment. Thank you. Okay. Here we are at the intersection of, what, Alamoana and Kalakawa. You know, this is actually more of a people's walk than any other event I can think of. You know, it's not a 10K. It's a little less than a 10K. It's 5.25. And it's not fast. And you can walk with your family. You can cut it short if you want. You can stop anywhere along the line. Here they come across the street. Formidab. What a crew. All right, you guys. Charity walk. This is a good example of a community activity that brings people together. And it gives them a good time. It gives them a collegial experience with their friends. And the experience of being with a large group of people. Great fun. Well, we are all here together celebrating this charity event for this one cause. And of course, family too. And we are representing Owlani. Owlani is here in force. You guys have a lot of walkers from Owlani, yeah? Oh, you guys holding hands. That's so nice. Ah, friends walking together. All right, Marriott. Yeah. The bottom line is this is partly at least a substantial part. Tourism industry. There's a lot of marshals out today. Yes, yes. Can I get a marshals shirt after the fact? You guys look great, yeah. I do that to get your attention. This is the only athletic activity in Owlani. What are you doing today? Today, I am hanging out here at the charity walk and having fun, flying around with everyone. It looks like so much fun. I want to do it myself. Can I borrow your outfit for a few minutes? I'm not so sure it would fit you very well, but we could try. Thanks for that, yeah. You're welcome. All right, what's going on here today? Okay, so this is the 40th annual charity walk. An organization called the Hawaii Logic and Tourism Association puts it on every year. Every dime goes to charity. Very timely event this year, Jay, as you know, because of our tragedy on the island of Kauai and on the Big Island. So this is really apropos. And it's the only event we know about, the only physical event where you can actually gain weight. Because along the trail, everybody's going to hit you with some great food. That makes a lot of sense. And for everybody that's done this, it couldn't come at a more timely time. This is checkpoint number four. Am I right to assume that you've been through checkpoints one, two, and three so far? Yeah. Yeah, a lot of people never get to checkpoint number four. So you guys are way ahead, yeah. Hi, can you spare that t-shirt? Ah, there's the man. And I suspect there is some Musubi. There it is. If you stop at checkpoint number four, you get some Musubi. Thank you very much. Whoa, okay, one for my camera. Thousands. Are you prepared for 7,000 people? Yes, we are. We've got boxes and boxes ready for everybody to enjoy the Spam Musubis from Kahala. Yeah, maybe I do the walk twice so I can get another one later, eh? Awesome. Looking at the quality of the Spam Musubi. We're wondering what you think of it. On a scale of 10, you know, how good is it? I'll give it a 7. 7, 7 for the Spam Musubi, all right. Now, you stopped at the other checkpoints too so you know about the chocolate chip cookies, right? Yeah, I do. Okay, on a scale of 10, what would you give the chocolate chip cookies? A 7 also. Okay. It could have been all chocolate chip instead of oatmeal. Okay, number five is coming up soon. Cool. Let's see if they can get an eight or a nine, eh? I hope so. I hope so. Yay, Roosevelt. Yeah, whoa. Okay, so who made the hats? Did you make the hats? Oh, no. I wish I did. The hats are beautiful. Will you be able to keep the hats? Yes, sir. Yeah? And what do you think about the design of the hats? Are your friends like them? Would you go to school on Monday with the hats? Oh, yes, sir. I'm sorry for you. They're great. They look nice. They're free too, so. Okay. Can one of you guys take it off so we can get a good close-up shot of the hat? Okay. Don't hurt yourself. Yeah. There it is, the mighty moe. Aloha. Rimpac 2014. Wait a minute. 2014. That's what it says. All right, you guys. You know, I know it's sometimes it takes a long time to do these runs, but apparently you started four years ago. We're pleased with your determination. Okay. HPD smile. All right. Are you having a good time? Are you going to be doing the walk also? No, no. We're just going to hang out here. Next year, we'll be watching for you. A lot of hotels are represented in this crowd. Gee whiz. I mean, every chain is here, and you can see that there are tons of volunteers from each one of them. In my opinion now, the crowd seems to be getting more garrulous. There's more interaction. It becomes even more social. Now, it could be. That's because we're walking in the shade. It's not so hot. Okay. We're in the middle of the crowd now. They're still coming. All right. Yeah. Don't stop now. All right. Everybody a winner, a winner. All you guys, are you getting lonesome? There's not a lot of people. Look, the sidewalk is empty. How are you feeling? Waves. They come in waves and we like to cheer them on. We like to keep the energy going because, you know, they're walking and we got to keep the stove going. Speaking of energy, you have plenty of energy. I do. Woo. I got it. Getting tired? Oh, no, no, no. How about the sun? Is it beating down on you? No. It's good. Can I switch hats with you? Woo. What you do is you come back down to Kalakawa. And then you turn on lures. All right. Hey, you guys, anybody want to tell me why you're here? We're here to give back to the community. All right. Okay. It's a great opportunity to be out here, to support everyone who's in support of the charity walk. Do you agree with that or are you going to hide behind the sign? I agree. How about a cheer for Farrington? Woo. You won't be able to walk in the next year? I don't know. Usually I work on Saturdays. But if you say yes, it'll be on camera. So I'm just trying to get you to say yes. Yes, you will. Okay. Yes. Yes. There you go. Yeah. It's G. Yeah, like the letter. Okay. I got one question to close our interview. Okay. What do you think of Donald Trump? It's a nice hotel. Who's the dancing girl? Dancing girls? They're probably from the Outriggers. Oh yeah? You don't know her then. Yeah, okay. It's our mission to find out who she is. We want to discover talent today. Have you guys thought about singing for the opera? We're talent scouts. We're looking for somebody who can dance. Good to see you guys. Aloha. Brother Wade from White Music Live. Charity Walk, 40th annual. I knew you'd say that. Please donate to Special Olympics Hawaii. We have a summer games next weekend for 100,000 athletes. Come visit us. How much of what she said you agree with? Everything. She's my knee type. I agree with everything she says. How much of what she said about what she said you agree with? 150% of it. Okay, your turn. Well, I'm from California, so I completely support them. People from California are easy, huh? Just go with the flow. Beautiful. Some people say that when people from Maui come to Honolulu, they're just like tourists, huh? I guess. I'm sorry if I hit a nerve on that one. No, I'm actually originally from Oahu, moved to Maui and visiting Oahu. I can tell immediately. You've gone the whole distance. Have you punched your card all the way through? Absolutely. I got my cards punched. My family's here to pick me up if I fall down and I can't make it. But we're going to get there. Is there room in the car for some other people too? Is there any good reason why you're not walking in the walk today? I got to make the traffic control today. Ah, okay, priorities, eh? All right, next year. Next year, right? Okay, we have this on camera. No. My mom is kind of up ahead. I'm not 100% sure to be honest with you. I was hanging out mostly with the others in the back, but they turned around. What did you say you were hanging out mostly at Starbucks? No, with the others. I thought you said Starbucks. We find the most interesting events taking place at the checkpoints. Very interesting. Yeah, there's all kinds of wild things. What is that? With an avocado aioli with sabi sauce. Did you get up early to make it? No, I didn't. I haven't tasted it. Well, thank you. What company are you with? Holly Kalani. Holly Kalani is so classy. Wow, I think I'll take a room right now. Okay, all right, yeah. This is from the Holly Kalani? Yes, it is. Did you know that? This is from the Holly Kalani. This is the real McCoy. It's a real McCoy. I got to sit down with a Starbucks. Where's the closest Starbucks? Down that way on Calicoa. But you just got to keep going, yeah, yeah, yeah. Can you get a police car to take me there? I can't do that. You just got to keep going. I can't talk to you. Yeah, just better. No, I don't know. I have another question now. Is there any good reason? I can't keep going. Yeah, okay, I'm going to do that. But is there any good reason why you're not walking the walk today? We're here posted, yeah, but I just have to keep going. You guys have to keep going, yeah. Can I help you in some way? I can't answer your questions, yeah. Okay, no Q&A. All right. I still like you. How much for the hat? The hat? The hat is priceless. But? But I'm free. There you go. How about the banana on the top of the hat? The banana is my pay-for-weight. I know that if you stay out here in the sun long enough, it affects your mental process, yeah. Do you feel that it's affecting your mental process? Yeah, I was born like this. Oh, okay. No effect then. All right. This way. Watch him. Watch Andrew. He'll show you. Okay, that's it. Yeah. Yeah, there it is. There we go. Yeah, I'm just trying to help out. It strikes me that Alani has the biggest representation of anyone in the whole charity walk. Is this true? You must have everybody from Alani down here, every staff member, every guest, every, every, every... Maybe a hundred maybe. Really? How many? Maybe a hundred or something. Yeah, they're everywhere. Sir, there's a rumor that HPD is giving jaywalking tickets to all the walkers whose names are Jay. Where's the next refreshment stand? Checkpoint number 12. And this one has a fairly narrow sidewalk with rocks on one side and landscaping on the other side. So the crowd is really bunching up here at checkpoint number 12. Did you make the fried rice? Yeah, we did. What time this morning did you get up to make it? Four o'clock. What hotel are you with? Hilton Hawaiian Village. All right. Here's to the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Sorry, are you having a good time today? I'm having a blast, yes. Thank you. How many people are down here from the Hilton Hawaiian Village? A lot. There it is, a lot. 3,000 rooms. 3,000 rooms. Okay, I'll take one right now, yeah. I could use some rest. Think tech. Hawaii. Mahalo for participating in the visitor industry charity walk, you guys. Mahalo. Watch the chefs cook and then I eat and I'm happy. What's the message to the people? Oh, everybody have fun. Have a good day today. Have a good day. Have a good weekend, Dan. Have a good day. Enjoy yourself. Have a good weekend, Dan. Good job, everybody. You guys related? No, we're not. You both work for the same company? No, we're just friends. We're just friends. No, that's so nice. It's so nice. So I'm looking at Honolulu is sort of what I would call the orthogonal approach, which is it's a great place to live. Quality of life is amazing, amazing city. And I think there could be a really great tech ecosystem here. So that's why I'm thinking about it, yeah. walking by us one by one Alani yet again Alani everywhere Alani everywhere Alani I'm gonna buy it I'm telling you right this is a charity walk everybody this is the McKinley High School Tigers thank you everybody for making charity walk a huge success when they were with Mufi Hanuman they were very enthusiastic what makes them so enthusiastic you do something to make them so enthusiastic no you know this this band always has a lot of spirit and pride they they really hold the school together in terms of all the different activities they go to every football game win or lose and you know we haven't been doing so good but they've always been there to support and they are really at heart like they live breathe in a tiger band I wonder if there's anywhere around I could buy a used trumpet big bucks tell us what's going on here at number 14 so 14 is sponsored by Enterprise Renna Carr Alamo Renna Carr a national car rental been part of the charity walk happily for the past 10 years great event to support and having a lot of fun with the team what a day what a walk what a crowd including of course lots of people from think tech too it was great to get out in a phenomenon of people having such a good time all for a good cause the visitor industry charity walk and other fun open air events like this are an essential part of our quality of life here in Honolulu good for the HLTA and its sponsors and for the people who walk the walk and support the charities involved whether you walk this year or not now is the time to do some walking in anticipation of next year every day if you can stay in shape or get in shape and get ready for the next visitor industry charity walk yes be part of this event one way or the other one of the good things for Hawaii want to know more about HLTA check it out at hawaii lodging.org want to know more about the visitor industry charity walk check out charity walk hawaii.org and now let's check out our 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