Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate is now welcoming visitors to its Lahaina farm.  As of Dec. 21, Maui Chocolate Tour offers a first-hand look at how cacao is grown and harvested on Maui, and then wraps up with a nine-piece tasting among the trees.

HouseMart Ace Hardware and Ben Franklin Crafts stores continue their annual tradition of raising funds for United Way chapters on Oʻahu, Kauaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island through the sale of their limited-edition Holiday Gift Bundles.

Four Seasons Resort Maui, which reopened its doors nearly one month ago, always celebrates the holidays by creating magic for the employees’ keiki. This year, they designed a drive-through holiday party to keep the celebration alive.

Dr. Benjamin Falit, medical director and radiation oncologist at the Pacific Cancer Institute speaks about the cancer treatments they provide and precautions they are taking during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children are invited to enter the free 2021 Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest for kids. Youth, ages 4-15, can submit multiple drawings of dream cars.

In Kahului, the average price is $3.48, which is two cents less than last week, two cents lower than last month, and 36 cents lower than on this date a year ago.

Thrivent, a diversified financial services organization, donated $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity Maui to help more than 10 families on Maui stay in their homes.

Walmart and the Salvation Army are working together on two iconic holiday giving programs that are also going virtual this year due to the pandemic: the Red Kettle and Angel Tree. 

Hawaiian Airlines published its inaugural Corporate Kuleana Report outlining progress advancing a host of environmental, social and governance initiatives, including lowering carbon emissions.

Maui United Way has been selected as the upcoming beneficiary of the ʻOhana Fuels’ “Fuel Up. Do Good.” program. From January through March 2021, proceeds from sales made at Maui ʻOhana Fuels locations will be donated to Maui United Way.

Beginning Saturday, Dec. 12 and running through Wednesday, Dec. 23, The Shops at Wailea will celebrate the holidays by giving away one prize each day to followers who enter the giveaway.

Hunt Capital Partners, in collaboration with Ikaika ʻOhana and Urban Housing Communities LLC, announced the closing of $21.9 million in federal and $8.1 million in state low-income housing tax credit equity for the new construction of Kaiāulu O Kupuohi in Lahaina, Maui.

The monthly Sunset Market at Wailea Village is hosting a special Sunset “Holiday” Market on Dec. 17 with a toy drive benefitting IMUA Family Services from 4 to 7 pm.

The Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) recently donated $29,000 to nonprofit organizations, including the Maui Food Bank and Feed My Sheep Maui.

Imua Family Services successfully concluded its second annual Pedal Imua event last weekend netting a profit of $17,000. The 60-mile “gran fondo” tours cyclists around the famed West Maui Loop, and raises funds for Dream Imua, a program that grants child-directed dream days to children in crisis or who have experienced life-altering circumstances.

“It’s never been more important to support our local businesses—and shopping locally for everyone on your holiday list is the perfect way to do it,” Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate suggests.  

The new building will be more than double the size of its current Wailuku branch and main office and will replace the Wili Pā Loop location. The building is anticipated to be completed in mid-2022.

ClimbingHI LLC (Cody Clark) earned the award for Exceptional Small Business of the Year with 10 or fewer employees.

The new ecotour offering will feature smaller-groups at a portion of the cost of a private charter. Private Tour Shared Experiences allow passengers to share an intimate experience with a maximum of four groups of two to 10 people each.

Maui Health will be conducting a table-top exercise today to practice and isolate any issues in the transport and storage of the COVID-19 vaccine, when it arrives in Maui County.