Maui Mall presents Ice Skating in Paradise sponsored by Bank of Hawaii

Maui Mall presents ICE SKATING IN PARADISE sponsored by BANK OF HAWAII starting November 24th (Friday) through December 17th(Sunday). Join us for some outdoor ice skating fun as we celebrate the beginning of the holiday season.

The ice skating rink is open from 3pm to 9pm daily.  Registration starts at 2:30pm with varying wristbands to be handed out for specific 25-minute periods.  Admission is on a first-come, first-serve basis, and time on the ice is limited with in-and-out privileges. Admission fare includes rental skates at $5 per person (cash only please), with free admission for keiki age five and under.  Clean socks are required.  Plus, an ice skating instructor will be on-hand to give free introductory lessons.

All proceeds will benefit various local non-profit organizations.  Please support your favorite organizations by attending the dates below:

Nov 24-25: Adaptations Dance Theater

Nov 26-27: Boys Scouts of America – Maui County Council

Nov 28-29: Maui United Soccer Club

Nov 30-Dec 1: Maui Family Support Services

Dec 2-3: Alexander Academy of Performing Arts

Dec 4-5: Nā Le Kākoʻo o Maui

Dec 6-7: Imua Family Services

Dec 8-9: Maui Food Bank

Dec 10-11: Hospice Maui

Dec 12-13: Waiside Softball

Dec 14-15: Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui

Dec 16-17: Maui Academy of Performing Arts

Blue Zones Project® will also be joining us throughout the event to educate us more about ways to live longer, better, happier lives in Central Maui.  Blue Zones Project is an initiative that will make small changes community-wide, making the healthy choice the easy choice.

Plus, check out our donation-only gift wrap station every Saturday and Sunday starting November 25th through December 24th.  Also, for each Saturday in December, Cupcake Ladies will serve up their delicious cupcakes and have bags of Maui Coffee Roasters’ Heavenly Blend ground coffee available for purchase to support St. Joseph Early Learning Center.

For more information, please visit www.mauimall.com and follow @MauiMall on Facebook and Instagram.

Plus, enjoy Maui Mall’s many fine retailers, restaurants and merchants!

Shopping: Whole Foods, Longs Drugs, TJ Maxx, YNVU Clothing Company, Hawaiian Island Creations (HIC), Headquarters Maui, Crystal Dreams, Maui Creations, Smooch Boutique

Food and Drinks: Baskin Robbins, Da Shrimp Hale, Genki Sushi, IHOP, Kahului Ale House, Max’s Restaurant, Oritsu Ramen, Pizza Hut, Siu’s Chinese Kitchen, Subway, Tasaka Guri Guri, Thailand Cuisine, Wendy’s

Services: Carol Ball & Associates, Color Nail Salon & Spa, Great Styles and Cuts, Hairways, Haleakala Solar, Keoni’s HotLava Dancefit Studio, Maui County Business Resource Center, Maui County Service Center, Pure Barre, Supercuts, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Entertainment: Regal Cinemas Maui Mall Megaplex, Fun Factory 

About Adaptations Dance Theater:

Adaptations Dance Theater (ADT) is Maui’s only non-profit, professional contemporary dance company with a mission to inspire and develop a culturally-dynamic and continually growing community of dance on Maui. Its vision is to contribute to the art movement in Hawai’i by offering a home to professional, contemporary dancers, whether trained locally or abroad, while also creating career opportunities for Maui’s talented youth who would like to pursue professional dance. ADT’s annual programming includes Bring it Home (a summer dance concert), Dance Maui (a culturally-diverse community dance festival), ADT Master Class Workshops, and the ADT Apprentice Mentorship Program. For more information, visit www.adaptationsdancetheater.com or contact Nicole Humphrey at [email protected].

About The Boy Scouts of America – Maui County Council:

The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.  Boys ages 5-20 and girls ages 14-20 are invited to join.  For more information, visit www.mauibsa.org or contact Lynn Araki-Regan at [email protected].

About Maui United Soccer Club:

Maui United Soccer Club (MUSC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, which offers developmental soccer programs for ages 4-19 years old.  MUSC’s mission is to provide youth development through the game of soccer, while enhancing a child’s life skills.  MUSC focuses on the development of soccer techniques and tactics within an age-appropriate progression, and works to provide competitive opportunities that help players move on to college, academy or professional level opportunities.  For more information, contact Krystal Loui at [email protected].

About Maui Family Support Services, Inc.:

Maui Family Support Services, Inc. serves families, parents, caregivers, teens, teen parents, children and prenatal women and offers confidential assistance at no charge.  MFSS strengthens, empowers and supports families to be self-reliant and strong and to create a stable and nurturing environment for their children.  For more information, check visit www.mfss.org or contact Marsha Jones at [email protected].

About Alexander Academy of Performing Arts:

Alexander Academy of Performing Arts (AAPA) is an Upcountry dance studio that provides affordable, high-quality dance instruction and performance opportunities to the Maui community. Students travel from across the island to be a part of this dancing ‘ohana that recently relocated from Kula to its new home in Hali’imaile. AAPA offers year-round classes in ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, tap, hip hop and more, with studio-wide performances in the winter and spring, plus week-long dance camps in the summer. Students of all ages and abilities are welcome. For more information or to register for class, visit www.alexanderacademy.info or contact Danelle Watson at [email protected].

About Nā Le Kākoʻo o Maui:

Nā Le Kākoʻo o Maui is the parent support group for Ke Kula Kaiapuni o Maui Hawaiian Language Immersion Program at Paia Elementary, Kalama Intermediate, and King Kekaulike High School. For more information, visit www.naleokakoo.org or contact Kaimana Brummel at [email protected].

About Imua Family Services:

For 70 years, Imua Family Services continues its mission to empower children and their families to reach their full potential. The Early Childhood Development Center specializes in services to children with disabilities, developmental delays, and special needs with the therapy, family training and support that they need through the play based therapies and strategies. Serving families across Maui, Lanai and Molokai.  For more information, visit www.imuafamilyservices.org or contact Dean Wong at[email protected].

About Maui Food Bank:

Maui Food Bank was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1994 and has continuously and consistently expanded food-banking services for the residences of Maui County for over 20 years.  Maui Food Bank is the only nonprofit in Maui County that collects, warehouses and distributes to those in need mass quantities of perishable and nonperishable food items.  Maui Food Bank serves 10,000 people a month who are food insecure, including the working poor, children and youth, seniors, the homeless and anyone who is at risk of going hungry.  Maui Food Bank through its network of over 100 partner agencies and programs distributes food to the needy in Maui County including the rural communities of Hana, Molokai and Lanai.  For more information, visit www.mauifoodbank.org or contact Steph Kaplan at [email protected].

About Hospice Maui:

Founded 35 years ago on Maui, Hospice Maui has been the steward of a sacred trust in providing the highest level of professional, ethical, culturally appropriate, and deeply compassionate care to our diverse community.  For more information, visit www.hospicemaui.org or contact Tanya Barbero at [email protected]. 

About Waiside Softball:

Waiside Softball is a non-profit organization that teaches girls ages 8-14 the wonderful sport of softball.  We are based in Wailuku and emphasize laulima (working together as a team), kūlia i ka nuʻu (striving for excellence), and aloha kekahi i kekahi (good sportsmanship).  For more information, contact Anthony Williams at [email protected].

About Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui:

Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui serves over 2,400 members and an additional 7,000 youth each year through outreach.  More than just an after school hangout, our clubs provide a safe place for kids to come and do their homework, learn and have fun! The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential to become productive, responsible and caring citizens. For more information, visit www.bgcmaui.org.

About Maui Academy of Performing Arts:

Founded in 1974, Maui Academy of Performing Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that has grown from a small after-school youth theatre program to one of Hawaii’s largest educational performing arts organizations, serving more than 25,000 people each year.  To learn more about MAPA, visit www.mauiacademy.org or email [email protected].

About Blue Zones Project®:

Sponsored by HMSA in Hawaii, Blue Zones Project® is a community-led well-being improvement initiative designed to make healthy choices easier through permanent changes to environment, policy, and social networks. Established in 2010, Blue Zones Project is inspired by Dan Buettner, a National Geographic Fellow and New York Times best-selling author who identified five regions of the world—or Blue Zones®—with the highest concentration of people living to 100 years or older. Blue Zones Project incorporates Buettner’s findings and works with cities to implement policies and programs that will move a community toward optimal health and well-being. Currently, 42 communities in nine states have joined Blue Zones Project, impacting more than 3.3 million Americans nationwide. The movement includes three beach cities in California; 15 cities in Iowa; Albert Lea, Minnesota; the city of Fort Worth; and communities in Southwest Florida, Hawaii, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Blue Zones Project is a division of Sharecare. In January 2017, Central Maui was named a Blue Zones Project demonstration site, receiving support from national experts to implement a comprehensive, evidence-based plan for improving community well-being.  For more information, visit www.hawaii.bluezonesproject.com, like us @bzpmaui on Facebook and Instagram or contact Carissa Holley at [email protected].