PAEPAE O HEʻEIA - LOWLAND CORE

PAEPAE O HEʻEIA - LOWLAND CORE

Counts for up to 4 hours of service-learning.REGISTRATION REQUIREDPlease sign up with MINA on the MINA Activity RegistrationDo not register directly with Paepae o Heʻeia, there will be sign-in sheets upon arrival.TRANSPORTATIONTO BE ANNOUNCEDSITE DESCRIPTION We have the privilege of helping to restore an 800-year old loko iʻa in the last fully functioning ahupuaʻa in Oʻahu. Hele mai and let's be a part of this story! The day begins at 8:30am and ends at 12:30pm. Work on community workdays is appropriate for ages 12 and up. Tasks may include moving rock and coral, filling buckets, hauling floating barges through the water, cutting/pulling out invasive mangrove, invasive limu and jellyfish removal, trash pickup, and reconstruction of the kuapā. If you want to come on your own time (not with/for MINA), there are community workdays on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of most months during the year. To learn more about the organization and the loko iʻa visit their website paepaeoheeia.org and follow them on Instagram @paepaeoheeia   TO BE PREPARED, BRING/WEARCovered shoes or tabis (mandatory to participate)NO CROCS OR SANDALSClothes you don’t mind getting dirtyHat and sunglassesReef-friendly sunscreenFILLED reusable water bottleTowel, pareo, change of clothesMess kitDIRECTIONSPlan to arrive a little early by 8:15am so that we can start on time. Lunch usually includes a little something grown at our fishpond. This Saturday Ulu Turkey Chili is on the menu. If you have any dietary restrictions, please let us know in advance of the workday and we will try our best to accommodate you. The workday will be staged from our homebase/ office/ facility space in our residential neighborhood at 46-077 Ipuka St. Kaneohe, HI 96744.  Please find street parking.  Keep in mind parking rules as they relate to keeping your distance away from mailboxes, driveways, corners and curbs.  As you enter Ipuka St. from Kamehameha Hwy., we’re the fifth driveway on the left, the one with a large white gate and a KAPU NO FISHING sign. Walk down the driveway, we’ll be meeting under our tented area.Coming from Honolulu, take the Kahekili exit. Turn right onto Haiku Road. At the 4-way intersection of Kamehameha Hwy, Windward Mall, and Kaneohe Bay Shopping Center, turn left. Pass King Intermediate. Turn right into Ipuka Street and as you go start going down the hill, you will see a gate and a mailbox made with mangrove wood on the left. Find street parking and be mindful of mail boxes and driveways. Walk down the steep driveway (no parking down the driveway) and check in with staff. Click here for a map to the fishpond. Call Ulla at 808-330-1276 if you're lost (:COORDINATORSSite: Keahi Pi‘iohia, Rachelle Tom & Kā‘eo DavisMINA: Dr. Ulla Hasager, Dr. Ruben E. Campos, Waileia Tupou

📍 46 Ipuka St, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA

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