Mahalo for your support!
During the 2009-2010 school year Kokua Hawai’i Foundation reached thousands! Here’s a brief snapshot:
Environmental Education Field Trip Assistance Program
Kokua’s field trip assistance grants bring students to outdoor sites where they can experience hands-on learning about Hawai’i's natural environment.
3,180 students at 46 schools participated in Kokua-supported field trips. Field trip sites include Bishop Museum, Paepae O He’eia, Camp Erdman, Lyon Arboretum, Mokupapapa Discovery Center in Hilo, and many others.
An additional 4,450 children visited Hoa ‘Aina O Makaha’s educational farm, which receives Kokua funding for their Ke Ala Learning Center.
Environmental Education Mini-Grants
Teachers from Hawai’i public schools can apply for mini-grants to help advance their environmental education goals.
3,750 students and 20 schools received assistance for environmental education supplies, curricula, and workshops.
‘AINA In Schools
This farm to school program aims to connect children to their land, waters and food in order to grow a healthier future for Hawai’i. ‘ĀINA IS brings nutrition education, garden-based learning, agricultural literacy, and healthy food choices to Hawai’i's schools.
10 elementary schools on O’ahu participated in our ‘ĀINA IS program. This year 1,500 students participated in garden lessons, while 1,200 took part in nutrition lessons. Over 400 parent and community volunteers supported the program by giving 1,831 hours.
3R’s School Recycling Program
Our Our 3 R’s School Recycling Program encourages reducing, reusing, and recycling on campus by providing educational resources and recycling bins to participating schools.
20,800 students at 40 participating schools reduce, reuse, and recycle on campus. Several of these schools have started composting and vermicomposting food and green waste on campus.
Kokua Earth Action Projects (KEAP)
KEAP is an environmental service-learning initiative encouraging students to work toward creating lasting, positive change in their schools and communities. KEAP groups are recognized for their achievements at the annual Keiki Kokua Day.
During the 2009-2010 school year over 600 students from across the state developed KEAP projects. “Greening Your Campus,” “Compost Start-Up on Campus,” “Renew and Reuse Clothing” and “Container Gardening” are a few examples of this year’s projects.
Plastic Free Hawai’i is a coalition of community members and business owners that strives to educate the stores, restaurants, schools, residents and visitors of Hawai’i on the environmental and health benefits of going plastic free to minimize the consumption and pollution of plastics in our islands.
Currently over 55 businesses have pledged to stop disbursing single-use plastics such as plastic bags and styrofoam containers.
Simplify the Holidays is a campaign that focuses on our traditional holiday dreams and ideals, while helping our local economy, environment and communities too.
Over 1,300 KHF members and friends pledged to give back to their environment and communities this past holiday season.
Those commitments translated to 13.3 tons of waste avoided, 9 tons of paper saved and 888 hours volunteered!
Film Screenings & Discussions allow us to share a variety of environmental issues with a broader community audience.
Over 600 people attended screenings of the film Food, Inc. and Time for Lunch campaign events advocating for healthier and fresher school lunches.
200 watched the film Tapped during World Water week.
Volunteer Appreciation
What better place to have a gathering of the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation volunteers than the Hawai’i Nature Center. Volunteers make it possible for us to support environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawai’i and the Hawai’i Nature Center is a favorite environmental education field trip site for O’ahu schools.
Volunteers gathered for an afternoon of picnicing with their families, stream explorations, hiking, and talking story. KHF staff happily hosted an afternoon of honoring the individuals and groups that enable us to expand and strengthen our programs year after year.
For information on how you can become a volunteer email
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Food Independence Day
Kitchen Gardener’s International, is promoting “Food Independence Day” this July 4th.
Local food is good for local farmers, for local economies, for our health, and for the planet.
Local foods are patriotic, whether you’re buying them from producers in your area or growing some of your own.
This July 4th, you can ask the nation’s first families to eat by example by sourcing their meals as locally and sustainably as possible.
Join here
Guava Shop teams up with the Kokua Hawaii Foundation for their 2nd Community Clothing Swap
Guava Shop, the North Shore’s beachy chic boutique and Plastic Free Hale’iwa Coalition member, will be teaming up once again with the Kokua Hawaii Foundation for another highly requested community clothing swap.
The clothing swap will take place at Guava Shop on Saturday, June 26, 2010, from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
This is how the clothing swap works: Starting Tuesday, June 1, 2010 and every day until 6:00pm the night before the event June 25, 2010, anyone can bring their swappable clothes to Guava Shop to receive swap tickets. These swap tickets can be used to ‘purchase’ clothing on the event day.
The amount of swap tickets you are given will depend on the ‘value’ of the clothing you bring in. The value will be determined at the discretion of the Guava Shop owners or the Kokua Hawaii Foundation volunteers and depends on the cleanliness, quality, style, and brand of the clothing items. For example, bringing in a great dress in perfect condition may get you five swap tickets. While a skirt that’s out of style and has holes in it may only get you one ticket.
Swappable items include quality wardrobe items that you’d typically consign or share with a friend—Clothing that others would be happy to wear. Items must be CLEAN (freshly laundered) and in very good condition. All unclaimed items are donated to various local non-profits that provide clothing to people in need. Out of respect for fellow swappers and your community, please do not bring ripped, dirty, stained items or those with broken zippers, etc. Remember: If everybody brings in great clothes, this swap will be a success and possibly a tradition.
Guava Shop is rewarding participants by offering a 10% discount on all purchases the day of the event. In addition, all Green-themed merchandise will be 20% off.
*Swap tickets can also be purchased for $3 per ticket on the day of the event.
For more information, please call 808-637-9670
‘AINA In Schools Looking for Docents!
We are already building our ‘AINA IS (Actively Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture In Schools) teams at each of the ‘AINA schools for the 2010-2011 school year. We are recruiting parent and community docents to teach monthly nutrition lessons for grades 2nd & 6th, and garden lessons for Grades K, 1st, 5th. No experience necessary, and times are flexible! Join us in educating the next generation about how to make healthy food choices and how to grow their own food.
If interested, please save the training date for your region below and RSVP to Kelly Perry, Volunteer Coordinator, at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Garden Docent Training Dates:
- Honolulu Schools: Monday, August 16th, 9am-12pm, Ala Wai Elem
- Windward Schools: Thursday, August 19th, 2:15-5:15pm, Ahuimanu Elem
- North Shore Schools: Wednesday, August 18th, 9am-12pm, Sunset Beach Elem
Nutrition Docent Training Dates:
- Honolulu Schools: Tuesday, August 24th, 9am-12pm, Wai’alae PCS Elem
- Windward Schools: Thursday, August 26th, 9am-12pm, Aikahi Elem
- North Shore Schools: Monday, August 30th, 9am-12pm, Sunset Beach Elem
Click here for more info on ‘AINA In Schools
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