On a beautiful Saturday morning on March 10th, the American Heart Association held its 21st Annual Hilo Heart & Stroke Walk. Activities started at 7am at the Hilo Bayfront Park. Exercise demos got everyone’s heart pumping before they headed out for the nearly 2 mile walk along the bay front highway. The AHA Hilo Heart Walk is an event that brings awareness to our community about life changes that need to be made to prevent a heart attack or stroke from happening to you. Changes that include: healthy food choices, healthy activities and balancing your life.  The event also emphasizes “Knowing the Signs” of a heart attack or stroke so that the victim can get immediate help and stop the progression of an attack. Lex Brodie’s Tire was blessed to be at this event sponsoring the College of Pharmacy students who conducted Blood Pressure checks on fair goers.  Other business included KTA Super Stores who had heart healthy food samples, First Hawai ... read more

During the month of December, Lex Brodie’s Tire of the Big Island conducted a Holiday Food Drive.  Lex Brodie’s Tire gave our customers a discount on their tires if they brought in non-perishable food items for the Hawaii island Food Basket. The Hilo and Pahoa Lex Brodie's locations collected 671 lbs of food while the Kona and Kamuela locations collected 511 lbs for a total well over 1100 lbs. We are so Thankful for all of our customers who came into our stores, purchased tires and donated towards this great cause.  We could not have done this without YOU!   Pictured in these photos are: L-R Food Basket employee Haunani Patti-Jean Richardson; Store Managers Daniel Perreira (Hilo) and Frank Amato (Pahoa) at the East Hawaii Food Basket location.  Pictured at the West side Food Basket: L-R   Robbie Johnston and Anita Tatum of Lex Brodie’s Tire along with Maile Pajimola and hardworking warehouse staffer John on the ri ... read more