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Workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI and the Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association have teamed up to create a new award to provide learning experiences and mentorship in hospitality to Hawaii educators.

ClimbHI Helping Hawaii’s Youth. The host for this episode is Jon Conching. The guest for this episode is Julie Morikawa.

Workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI and the Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association have teamed up to create a new award to provide learning experiences and mentorship in hospitality to Hawaii educators.

HLTA and ClimbHI awarded $1,000 scholarships to two outstanding educators to gain experience in and understanding of our industry.

As Hawaii legislators consider a wide range of cuts to cultural, educational, safety and research programs run by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), it is critical to understand how this will affect our keiki today and for generations to come.

Hawaii workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI is hosting its first-ever virtual Leadership, Exploration, Inspiration (LEI) hospitality industry program on April 9, 2021, for up to 2,000 students from high school and intermediate schools across the state.

As a junior at Mililani High School, Raven Petersen attended her first Leadership, Exploration, Inspiration event, which was organized by Hawai‘i workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI.

The 2016 graduate of Waipahu High School on the island of Oahu was inspired when she joined the Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration (LEI) Program offered by ClimbHI, a nonprofit based in Honolulu that gives young people the chance to explore careers in Hawaii’s number one industry: tourism.

Workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI is shifting its annual LEI program to a virtual format this year, with the event slated to take place from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on April 9.

The Kona Historical Society’s to Hold Annual Membership Meeting

More than 200 Hawaii businesses and nonprofit organizations have come together in a groundbreaking community initiative to help more than 3,000 high school students statewide, and counting.

The Hawaii Chapter of Women in Lodging and Tourism has named Julie Morikawa, president of career development nonprofit ClimbHI, as its 2021 Woman of the Year.

ClimbHI In It Together

When workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI first launched its virtual career training portal in 2019, President and CEO Julie Morikawa envisioned that it would serve as a platform for students to connect with businesses for things like volunteering to help at events and attending job fairs.

Students at public high schools across the state can now connect with career opportunities through an online portal.

2020 was an unprecedented year of pivoting and adapting, working together to find our “new normal.”

Public school students are getting a leg up on career opportunities through an online portal known as ClimbHI Bridge, which links educators with local businesses and nonprofits.

ClimbHI Bridge directly links students and teachers with career, internship and mentorship opportunities at Hawai‘i businesses and nonprofits.

The ClimbHI Bridge was awarded a $42,000 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Grant from the county to help students continue their education.

Our schools need your help now. Every child should thrive.

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Schools and businesses are partnering in unprecedented ways to develop the state’s future workforce.

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Hawaii Convention Center Bookings Approach 40,0000

Industry Leaders Talk Staffing, Trends and Sustainability

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Workforce Development Program Goes West

Inspire You & Me – John Tobon, ClimbHI, Hawaii Men’s Shed

Local workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI launched a pilot program last week for a new initiative called LEI Assembly.

Hawaii’s Visitor Industry Hopes to Bolster Workforce by Recruiting Teen Students Early

18th Annual Business Leadership Hawaii Awards: Cades Schutte/The Cades Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Award

Promote Work-Based Learning Opportunities with ClimbHI Bridge

In a companywide effort to give back and invest in Hawaii’s communities, Alaska Airlines is celebrating a “Week of LIFT” from October 11 – 19.

The 2016 graduate of Waipahu High School on the island of Oahu was inspired when she joined the Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration (LEI) Program offered by ClimbHI, a nonprofit based in Honolulu that gives young people the chance to explore careers in Hawaii’s number one industry: tourism.

The Alaska Airlines Foundation has supported communities with cash grants to nonproxts for 20 years.

Alaska Airlines Foundation, the charitable arm of the airline, has awarded $260,000 to 24 nonprofits in Hawaii, Alaska, and Washington.

ClimbHI aims to educate students about future career options. Its largest initiative is the LEI program (for lead, expose, inspire), an annual event sponsored by Hawaii Tourism Authority where high schoolers spend a day learning about the hospitality industry through hotel tours and a career fair filled with tourism-related businesses.

Inspire You & Me – ClimbHI, Richard Soo, Hawaii Hulacat Club Show

The theme of this year’s Lead, Expose and Inspire Program, LEI, April 16-17 on Hawaii Island was the wind of the Hawaiian Islands, and like the makani of the Hawaiian Islands, each person’s wind sets them on a different journey — one that consists of their dreams and aspirations.

A visitor industry-supported workforce development program kicks off this week to encourage young people to pursue tourism careers, an important recruitment step at a time when the state’s visitor industry is vying to attract candidates amid record unemployment lows.

There’s a great opportunity for high school students who are thinking about pursuing a career in Hawaii’s tourism and hospitality industry!

Hawaii businesses can expand students’ horizons through the state’s largest workforce development program.

Kylie Butts thought Tuesday’s Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration program was just going to be a field trip she could enjoy instead of being in a classroom.

King Kekaulike High sophomores Savanna Valdez and Madison Dutro chat with Barbie Dofa, Napili Kai Beach Resort director of human resources Wednesday during a career fair at the Sheraton Maui.

Annual leadership program to help inspire next generation of Hawaii’s hospitality industry.

Chef Michael Young of the Sheraton Kauai Resort, leads a line of Kauai Community College culinary arts students and other chefs in serving up Niihau Lamb during the ACF Breakfast at the Kauai Community College in this February photo.

LEI is the largest workforce development program in Hawaii, and was created to inspire Hawaii’s youth to select careers in the local visitor industry.

The visitor industry is working hard to find the next generation of local hospitality workers. Kapiolani Community College students Anna Huertas, second from left, and Rita Barrientos talk with Julie Morikawa, right, and Grant Durant, an intern at ClimbHi.

Waimea High School student Kamryn Kenney was thrilled to be part of the Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration workforce development program Friday at the Sheraton Kauai Resort.

In honor of Tourism Month, the HTA would like to share an editorial piece by Kezeah Bautista, an 11th grader at Farrington High School, who recently participated in the Leadership, Exploration and Inspiration (LEI) tourism industry career development program held at the Hawaii Convention Center on April 10, 2015.

Hundreds of high school and college students got an inside look at Hawaii’s tourism industry Friday.

We just finished the spot for LEI. Will share with you the air schedule once we have it from Oceanic.

Hospitality and tourism is a great and wide beneficial industry. After the LEI program I felt honored to be part of the event.

Five stars isn’t just the rate of a hotel, it is the amount of work and effort the employees put into the process of making guest have a great time.

I want to express my sincere appreciation for giving my the opportunity to participate in this year’s Leadership Exploration Inspiration (L.E.I) event.

When our time and energy is put to positive use, there will always have outcomes that will drive us to where we are supposed to be.

Hospitality extends so much further than an industry. Through the HTA-supported LEI program on April 5, 2013, I was able to learn and experience what that industry does for others, and how important it is to Hawai’i.