Advertiser Staff and News Services In celebration of its grand opening, Menchie's Yogurt will donate 50 percent of its profits Saturday to Special Olympics Hawaii. Menchie's, a self-serve frozen yogurt store, will be opening at Ward Warehouse at 9 a.m. with activities, including a Chinese lion dance and taiko drums. Menchie's partners Kelly Hiraki and Erica Miyabara are both graduates of Punahou School, and will donate a minimum of $2,000 to Special Olympics in conjunction with The Great Aloha Run. "We discovered the yogurt craze during the summer of 2007 and dreamed about someday opening a yogurt franchise in Hawai'i," Hiraki said. Workshops to aid small businesses The Hawai'i Small Business Development Center and the National Football League is teaming up again to put on a series of workshops to help small businesses. The...
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