The Iliahi Foundation of Hawai'i

Partnerships with the Community

Discussions with the following organizations have proposed creating special relationships to create synergies within the general community which support the Hawaiian native plants programs of the Iliahi Foundation of Hawaii. 

Our ability to execute these activities will depend greatly upon our success in receiving additional volunteer and financial support from our current supporters and from other new volunteers, private individual donations, and foundation grants.  Each program will be the subject of a specific grant request.  Each program and partnership will be further developed as funding and resources become available.

Over time, additional similar partnerships will be developed as resources allow.

Established partnerships:  

• Punahou School - Class of 1959  

            

- Punahou Class of 1959  Memorial Grove at Honouliuli Nature Preserve

-Plant and nurture 350 native trees (a mix of iliahi, koa, wiliwili, ohia, kamani and kauila) in the memory of each of our classmates and their families, relatives and loved ones.

• By June, 2009 create a grove of 350 native Hawaiian trees in a special designated five acre area within the 3700 acre Honouliuli Nature Preserve in the Waianae Mountains of Oahu, managed by The Nature Conservancy and long-term leased from the James Campbell Estate.

• Plant one tree for each of the 325 of us who graduated together in June of 1959,

• Plant 25 more trees symbolizing family members and the part timers who attended with us but did not graduate in 1959. 

• The 1959 grove of native trees will link with other similar groves being planted and tended currently by other Oahu high school and civic groups under the supervision of TNC The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, to create a forest area of greater significance beyond our 1959 grove. 

• We will plant koa, iliahi, wiliwili, a'alii, (and kawila if possible), all native plants that existed before the arrival the first immigrants from the Pacific which were used by the early Hawaiians for special purposes including; fishing canoe outriggers, surfboards, fragrance, furniture, and grass hale frames.  We will nurture existing kukui trees already growing within the area.  All other non-native plants and trees will be removed from the area.

• We are growing the plants from seed in two special native plant nurseries we built in Palehua south of the preserve, from seeds given to us by TNC and found by us in the existing nature preserve. 

• We will have a special dedication consecration service as an event related to our 45th reunion in June of 2004, by which time we hope to have over 150 trees in the ground.   We will have a second dedication consecration service as an event related to our 50th reunion in June of 2009, by which time we hope to have all 350 trees in the ground.  

• The 1959 grove will live on long beyond the last of us passes on, and will be of interest to our progeny.

 

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• The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i     Pauline Sato, Director Oahu Program

- Provide two native plant nurseries at Kunia 

- Outplanting within the Honouliuli Nature Preserve

 

 

• Chaminade University of Honolulu    Department of Biology, Ron Iwamoto, Professor
• Science Club

   

- Native plant germination and outplanting programs with the Chaminade Biology Club

- Involve the students in construction and operations of the Palehua nusery

- Student participation in outplanting at Honouliuli Nature Preserve

 

 

• Nu'uanu Baptist Church Youth Group - Mike Kahue, Director

- Involve the youth group in construction and operation of the Palehua nusery

- Youth participation in outplanting at Honouliuli Nature Preserve

 

• Kapolei High School  outreach

     Work with youth eco conservation and restoration education programs under the sponsorship of Kapolei school outreach training with programs in biology, sustainability, and community service.  Provide financial support from the James Campbell Foundation to Kapolei outreach programs administered by TNC The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii..

 

Future partnerships under development:  

 

• HYCC Hawai'i Youth Conservation Corps

     

Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources

Pono Pacfic Land Management LLC

US Fish and Wildlife Services

Kamehameha Schools 

   The Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps (HYCC) is a hands-on summer learning experience aimed at educating Hawaii's youth on the many conservation issues that threaten Hawaii's unique environment. Students are mentored by and work alongside some of Hawaii's premiere conservation leaders while building friendships with other students who desire to protect and restore our paradise. Members are also challenged to develop leadership and teamwork skills. Participants work in rarely visited, breathtaking habitats. HYCC is more than just out of the ordinary"; it's a chance of a lifetime!

   The opportunity here for the Iliahi Foundation of Hawaii  is to have HYCC partners including Kamehameha School, Hawaii DLNR, US Fish and Wildlife, and PonoPacific LLC provide us with young men and women interested in learning about eco-restoration and land management conservation to work with IF as a  program(s) sponsor to complete work projects related to our objectives including:. 

- plants growing at Palehua nurseries 

- feral ungulate control 

- clearing and brush control 

- out-planting and tending at Honouliuli and Nanakuli and other locations on Oahu

 

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• Pono Pacific Land Management LLC

   Pono Pacific Land Management, LLC! is an ecological restoration and natural resource management company based in Hawaii. Their goal is to service Hawaii and the Pacific region with conservation services that are cost effective, efficient, trust worthy, and compassionate for both the environment and the people. We anticipate working with Pono Pacific Land Management as the manager of the  HYCC Hawaii Young Conservation Corps to set up and manage Iliahi Foundation eco-restoration projects on Oahu.

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• Kawaiaha'o Church   Community outreach - 

- Learn from the Kawaiaha'o Church community about the historical uses of Hawaiian plants

- Develop healing metaphors around the restoration of the Iliahi trees to Oahu

 

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• Presidio Native Plant Center 
• Golden Gate National Parks Association  
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area 



Student exchange program:

-Two Oahu based students will visit the San Francisco Presidio Native Plants nursery to learn about native California plants germination and outplanting.

-Two GGNPA Presidio Native Plants  nursery students will visit Oahu and learn about Hawaiian native plants germination and propagation.

 

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• Iliahi Elementary School of Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawai'i  Jane Serikaku, Principal  

Iliahi Elementary School

- Provide native Iliahi plants to the school for planting on the campus.

 

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• Windward Community College  Office of Continuing Education and Training - (wood carving, native plants and trees, and sustainability) Shane Eagleton master carver. Angela Chaille-Meixell, EdD intermin Provost

   

- Students in the native wood carving program will be exposed to the entire cycle of germination and outplanting of native Hawaiian plants to increase their knowledge and appreciation of the full life cycle of the native woods they are carving.

- Student volunteers will work outplanting in the Honouliuli Nature Preserve.

- Construction of a Hawaiian native plants nursery on the WCC campus to provide native plants for outplanting on the WCC campus and in the surrounding Koolau Mountains.

 

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Foundations:

The Iliahi Foundation of Hawaii is grateful for the support of the following non-profit foundations who have provided grants for our eco-restoration programs in Hawaii.

Cooke Family Foundation

Hawaii Community Foundation

James and Abigail Campbell Foundation

Jon and Karen Larson Family Foundation