Tonight at Ka! Kenny Brimer Forever!
Friday, August 20th, 2010Come and celebrate Kenny’s life with everyone tonight at Ka in Ward Center!
What-Kenny Brimer Forever (Memorial Fund Raiser with Guest DJ’s)
When- Friday, August 20, 2010, 10pm-2pm
Where- Ka Restaurant and Lounge www.karestaurant.com
Who- This event is open to the public including all of Hawaii’s skateboarders, surfers, friends, action sports participants and Island Ohana.
DJ’s Manifest, Toad One and Forty Five.
Cost- $10 cover charge. All proceeds will go to help with Kenny’s Celebration of Life Memorial
July 23,2010 Duarte, California- Oahu lost a skateboarding brother. Kenneth Lawrence Brimer grew up in Oahu, Hawaii and has touched the lives of the localized Skateboard community.
Story below was written by one of Kenny’s closest friends Lawrence Warnken.
Last Summer local skateboarder Kenneth Brimer was out with a few friends street skating at Paki Park just off of Kapahulu Ave. in Honolulu when he unexpectedly took a fall and struck his head on the sidewalk. He wasn’t attempting to do anything death-defying or incredibly difficult, but the suddenness and harsh impact of his fall rendered him temporarily unconscious. Luckily he was near the fire station and paramedics quickly administered aid and took him to the hospital. Soon after the fall, numerous tests were run on him and it was then that Kenny was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphotic Leukemia. Soon afterwards it was decided that he would need a bone marrow transplant to help with his treatment, and one was located relatively easy, something that is not the norm in cases like this. Kenny went to California to receive the bone marrow transplant and await his recovery. However, complications arose and as a result of the operation he was diagnosed with Graft vs Host Disease. Kenny fought hard every step of the way but passed away on July 23, 2010.
There will be a fundraiser on Kenny’s behalf to help his girlfriend Lillie Brown get back on her feet. Lillie was at Kenny’s side the whole time while going through treatments, therapy and the Bone Marrow Transplant. Lillie has really faced challenges as she was not only facing a loss of her partner but the risk of also losing her job. Lillie was let go from her current job due to her not being able to attend work while being of aid to her beloved Kenny. Lillie was away for a total of 7 Months and has finally returned home with Kenny’s ashes. Lillie also wants to make a non-traditional Memorial in honor of Kenny’s personality and this benefit will also help her with this.
We are asking the media channels to help us show some Aloha Spirit and help us to contact all of our local skateboarding community as well as anyone who is going to be out on a Friday night. There will be good music and a great vibe. Please join us for a night of fun and remembrance of a great person by the name of Kenneth Brimer and as we are still in mourning we feel happy that Kenny can once again step on his beloved toy the Skateboard.
Art Auction for Kenny
Artists from all over the world team up to help with the late Kenny Brimer!
Organized from Solitary Arts co-founder Yong-Ki Chang, Artists get together and give art for the greater good in the honor of the late Kenneth Brimer. Please see below for full detail:
In conjunction with the benefit scheduled at Ka tomorrow, I’ll be launching an auction to help raise additional funds for the Kenny Brimer Celebration Of Life Memorial, held later this year in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Generous donations from these friends listed below, for our friend, Kenny Brimer and to his family and fiance, Lillie Brown.
Tommy Guerrero
Mark Gonzales
Neil Blender
Geoff McFetridge
Kyle Field
Todd Francis
and curated by Arkitip:
Evan Hecox
Ed Templeton
Ryan Mcginness
Tony Arcabascio
All pieces are listed for viewing and use at: http://www.solitaryarts.com/pages/benefit-for-kenny-brimer
Each image will be hyperlinked to the eBay URL when the auction starts at Midnight, August 21, 2010.
eBay auction will be held for 10 days from start date (auction ends August 31, 2010).
The Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry of Hawaii joins in to help create awareness for the late Kenneth Brimer.
Ferdie Gabat has been always doing what he can to gain awareness towards disease of Leukemia and has helped out in the past on Kenny’s behalf. We got a hold of Ferdie today and he is willing to do what he can for others in their time of need. For more info on becoming a Donor you can visit us on the night of the benefit as Ferdie and his crew will be there gladly taking registrants for the Marrow Registry in this time of need. You can also get more info by visiting www.bethematch.org or calling 1(800) Marrow-2.
