We installed a 10,000-gallon water storage tank at Mahele Farm for its new aquaponics system. Aquaponics is a closed-loop system for farming fish and plant crops that boosts soil health and fertility.
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We started on a tractor hale at Mahele Farm, to protect it from the elements. Here we are pouring cement to set the foundation, and building solid block walls …
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We finishing building the visitor gatehouse at Kahanu Garden, doubling the size of the previous gatehouse, and using donated ʻohiʻa posts for strong support.
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We’re helping build a traditional hale at Kahanu Garden—our mentor is renowned hale builder Francis Sinenci, along with his expert crew from around the state. The structure will be a hale waʻa, or canoe hale.
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Our community skateboard workshops went all summer, capping out at 140 handmade boards!
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We finished building a new solar shower and bathhouse for a Hana ʻohana (family). In the words of one of our students, “Hana is like a big family. We all help each other out …”
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We’re helping Hui Laulima o Hana, Hana’s Dialysis Center, by rebuilding their decaying thrift store. Sales from the store help raise money for their programs. Here’s us and all the aunties …
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This summer we’re making our own skateboards, and even teaching the little kids — the next generation’s shredders! We have 92 skateboards now in progress . . .
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Our Hana families are at the skate park every day — picnicking, kids playing in the park next door, watching our keiki go!
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Mayor Alan Arakawa, Senator Kalani English, and Councilman Bob Carroll came out to Hana to bless our new skate park … we even gave the Mayor his own skateboard — handmade by us!
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