Cool Idea of the Day: Campaign of Forks

Kona Stories owners Joy Vogelgesang (left) and Brenda McConnell

Kona Stories Book Store, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, has launched a Campaign of Forks to help bring awareness to the issue of non-recyclable plastic tableware and to promote alternatives to using PS6 forks. During the holiday season, store co-owner Brenda McConnell was discussing the environmental hazards of using plastic utensils with her visiting daughters, one of whom challenged her not to use plastic forks in her home and business. 

As a result, McConnell started a campaign to collect old-fashioned metal forks for the events at Kona Stories. She needs approximately 100 forks for her monthly Words and Wine event, and will re-use them instead of the plastic forks used in the past. She is asking people interested in the campaign to clean out their drawers or purchase forks to donate to this cause.

"This seemed like a wonderful way to start 2017... thus it begins, a campaign for real forks," McConnell said. "The first thing to do is to stop using these environmentally damaging forks. Ways to do this is to start traveling with your own fork--a nice way to do this is to invest in a To-Go-Ware set." Kona Stories sells these $14.99 sets, which are made of bamboo.