This Saturday, KVIBE is closed. We are going out to this.

Keep KVIBE Alive!

Video by Mike Orbito

KVIBE provides invaluable opportunities to Kalihi Valley youth — not only do youth learn to build bikes, gaining vocational and mechanical skills, but they learn the value of perseverance and gain a greater sense of confidence in themselves. The Warehouse that is home to KVIBE is a safe haven for youth, where gang colors are not allowed and youth escape the pressures of drug abuse, violence and other "risky" behaviors. Through bicycling, KVIBE creates a healthier path in life for hundreds of Kalihi Valley youth each year.

If Kokua Kalihi Valley is unable to use the Warehouse due to zoning regulations, KVIBE as we know it will disappear. Please urge the City of Honolulu to approve Kokua Kalihi Valley's application for a Zoning Variance, preserving this vital resource for our youth and our community! Thank you for your kokua!

Please sign the petition here (limited only to Hawaii signees):
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/keep-kvibe-alive

Thank you.

There's really no occasion for this post, except to thank the following individuals for their current and consistent support of KVIBE. In no particular order: Sylvester Supapo, David Hammock, Ralph Cady, Burt (Ralph's friend), Brian Yoshida, David Horne, Laura Taylor, Reno, BMX Mike, Junior Bagio, Donovan, Galen, Kyle Nakatsuka, Roy/Nick (KKV Warehouse) and Steven Kau. Without such an excellent core group of volunteers and individuals running a shop such as KVIBE would be next to impossible.