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Lei Your Foundation: Building a Business

Location: UCB 127

✨ Lei Your Foundation: Building a Business ✨

Ready to learn, create, and connect? Join us for a hands-on lei-making workshop that blends culture, creativity, and learn the behind-the-scenes of running a creative business and entrepreneurship.

- Make your own lei (✨ all supplies provided!)
- Learn the behind-the-scenes of running a creative small business
- Hear directly from a young local entrepreneur & floral artist


Join us Wednesday, 03/10/26, from 5:30–7:30 PM in UCB 127 on the UH Hilo campus

Refreshments provided for the first 20 UH Hilo students


Meet the Maker: Kawaihili Uyeshiro is a 17-year-old florist and owner of Ko Kawai Lei, creating handcrafted lei and floral designs inspired by her upbringing on a family protea farm and guided by the knowledge of her kūpuna.

Register here

Special Restrictions: Limited to 20 UH Hilo students

For more information, contact: kipuka@hawaii.edu (808) 932-7418

Tags: Lei Making Native Hawaiian Entrepreneur Creative Business Hilo Campus Life Student Workshops Cultural Workshops Hawaiian Culture Ko Kawai Lei Hoʻolana Kīpuka Support Local Women in Business

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