Fall Quarter Project
Mālama Makapu'u
Saturday, December 18, 2010
The ‘ōpio of Hui 2 ‐ Alaka‘i, Keau, Ki‘ini, Kirk & Makaio hosted their 1st community service project at Makapu‘u Beach. After weeks of planning & coordinating, their efforts paid off as the project was a huge success! This community service project aimed at clearing the overgrowth of naupaka & sprucing up the public restrooms. HMK staff, ‘ōpio,and their families gave up a few hours on Saturday to do good in their community.With weed‐wackers, paint, and more in hand, the hard work of the HMK ‘ohana began. Uncle Kawika organized the project that entailed cutting away tons of naupaka bushes & clearing paths for patrons to safely travel when at the beach. Uncle Daniel, Alaka‘i’s Grandpa, helped with the coordination of the restroom project. The restrooms were repainted...no more graffiti! After a few hours of hard work, the ōpio had the opportunity to take on the waves of Makapu‘u. It was a beautiful day!
Uncle Kawika: “Days after this event, people were commenting and saying how much of a difference it made. They asked who did it, with assumption that the city did it, and when I said, ‘no, a bunch of kids from Waimānalo did it’, they were astonished.”
Saturday, December 18, 2010
The ‘ōpio of Hui 2 ‐ Alaka‘i, Keau, Ki‘ini, Kirk & Makaio hosted their 1st community service project at Makapu‘u Beach. After weeks of planning & coordinating, their efforts paid off as the project was a huge success! This community service project aimed at clearing the overgrowth of naupaka & sprucing up the public restrooms. HMK staff, ‘ōpio,and their families gave up a few hours on Saturday to do good in their community.With weed‐wackers, paint, and more in hand, the hard work of the HMK ‘ohana began. Uncle Kawika organized the project that entailed cutting away tons of naupaka bushes & clearing paths for patrons to safely travel when at the beach. Uncle Daniel, Alaka‘i’s Grandpa, helped with the coordination of the restroom project. The restrooms were repainted...no more graffiti! After a few hours of hard work, the ōpio had the opportunity to take on the waves of Makapu‘u. It was a beautiful day!
Uncle Kawika: “Days after this event, people were commenting and saying how much of a difference it made. They asked who did it, with assumption that the city did it, and when I said, ‘no, a bunch of kids from Waimānalo did it’, they were astonished.”
Winter Quarter Project
Waimānalo Watershed Project
in conjunction with the Waimānalo Community Recycling Day
January 22, 2011
Over the Christmas break the ‘ōpio surveyed, inventoried, and mapped several illegal dump sites in the Waimānalo "back roads". The map and inventory they created was be used by the WaimānaloCommunity Recycling Day coordinators to recruit and place other volunteer groups on the clean-up/ recycling day. Sadly, there are many illegal dump sites (the ‘ōpio mapped 4 main ones), polluting our streets, streams, negatively affecting our watershed. Ambitiously, the ‘ōpio have deicded to tackle the worst site they found on Waikupanaha (on the way to the old dairy) by pulling out and sorting the reash along that street. Mahalo to O'ahu RC&D and Hui o Ko'olaupoko for coordinating the Community Recycling Day and the hauling and disposal of the trash! Mahalo to all of the volunteers who participated in the clean-up!!!
in conjunction with the Waimānalo Community Recycling Day
January 22, 2011
Over the Christmas break the ‘ōpio surveyed, inventoried, and mapped several illegal dump sites in the Waimānalo "back roads". The map and inventory they created was be used by the WaimānaloCommunity Recycling Day coordinators to recruit and place other volunteer groups on the clean-up/ recycling day. Sadly, there are many illegal dump sites (the ‘ōpio mapped 4 main ones), polluting our streets, streams, negatively affecting our watershed. Ambitiously, the ‘ōpio have deicded to tackle the worst site they found on Waikupanaha (on the way to the old dairy) by pulling out and sorting the reash along that street. Mahalo to O'ahu RC&D and Hui o Ko'olaupoko for coordinating the Community Recycling Day and the hauling and disposal of the trash! Mahalo to all of the volunteers who participated in the clean-up!!!
Spring Quarter Project
Mālama Waikupanaha
April 15, 2011
This project is a follow-up to a street clean-up project on Waikupanaha Street on January 22, 2011. The street clean-up was inspired and organized by the youth involved in the Hui Mālama O Ke Kai after-school program, who decided to take action about the illegal dumping occurring in their community. Waikupanaha street is located adjacent to the City & County’s Waimānalo Refuse Convenience Center, and has consequently become an unofficial yet popular dumping ground when the Convenience Center is not open or available to accept trash. When the youth surveyed the street while planning for their clean-up project, they found that some of the residents of the street had been attempting to combat the illegal dumping by making their own effort to clean-up the dumped trash as soon possible and posting hand-made signs to discourage illegal dumping. But the residents have become discouraged as their efforts to mālama could not keep up with the dumping in front of their homes. At the January 22nd clean-up project, the youth and community volunteers removed a 40 ft container full of trash, ¾ container of metal, and 28 tires from this ½ mile stretch of road. Since the clean-up the youth have continued to monitor the site and have noticed that the illegal dumping continues, albeit at a slower rate. It seems that another group has been attempting to remove trash that is dumped, and keep the area clean.
This planting project is an attempt to discourage further dumping at Waikupanaha Street by beautifying a corner at the entrance to the street with landscaping using native plants.
April 15, 2011
This project is a follow-up to a street clean-up project on Waikupanaha Street on January 22, 2011. The street clean-up was inspired and organized by the youth involved in the Hui Mālama O Ke Kai after-school program, who decided to take action about the illegal dumping occurring in their community. Waikupanaha street is located adjacent to the City & County’s Waimānalo Refuse Convenience Center, and has consequently become an unofficial yet popular dumping ground when the Convenience Center is not open or available to accept trash. When the youth surveyed the street while planning for their clean-up project, they found that some of the residents of the street had been attempting to combat the illegal dumping by making their own effort to clean-up the dumped trash as soon possible and posting hand-made signs to discourage illegal dumping. But the residents have become discouraged as their efforts to mālama could not keep up with the dumping in front of their homes. At the January 22nd clean-up project, the youth and community volunteers removed a 40 ft container full of trash, ¾ container of metal, and 28 tires from this ½ mile stretch of road. Since the clean-up the youth have continued to monitor the site and have noticed that the illegal dumping continues, albeit at a slower rate. It seems that another group has been attempting to remove trash that is dumped, and keep the area clean.
This planting project is an attempt to discourage further dumping at Waikupanaha Street by beautifying a corner at the entrance to the street with landscaping using native plants.