Mauka to Makai Expo & Clean-ups and More - Oahu


April 12, 2008
8:30 amto2:00 pm

Mauka to Makai Expo

Jump on the trolley from Kaimuki High School to the Waikiki Aquarium; its free, for the 2008 Earth Day Mauka to Makai Expo from 9-2pm, sponsored by the City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawaii Department of Health Clean Water Branch and the Waikiki Aquarium. You are welcome to observe the moi release next to the Waikiki Natatorium sponsored by the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resource Division of Aquatic Resources, 11-11:30 am. Various agencies and organizations and hands-on activities will be announced in the coming weeks.

Mauka to Makai Cleanups

City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services is sponsoring the Manoa-Palolo Canal Adopt-A-Stream cleanup project, an exciting collaborative effort with the Ala Wai Watershed Association and Kaimuki High School. A total of 300 volunteers are needed to remove litter and cutback streambank vegetation along the Manoa-Palolo Canal bank adjacent to Kaimuki High School, between Date Street and Waialae Avenue. Work tasks will be assigned based on physical abilities.
8:30 - 11am

Meet at the Manoa-Palolo Drainage Canal near the Date Street bridge

Karen Ah Mai, 955-7882

Malama O Manoa Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup
Total Volunteers Needed: 25
8:30-9:30am

Meet at the Woodlawn Bridge
For more information call: George Arizumi, 988-5069

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Regional Visitor Center

Fort DeRussy Beach Cleanup

Total Volunteers Needed: 25

9-10 am

Meet at the Pacific Regional Visitor Center, Battery Randolph, Fort DeRussy, above the Army Museum

Garland Ireland, 438-2815

Kaupa Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup

Total Volunteer Needed: 25

8:30 -11 am

Meet at the Kalihi Waena Elementary School parking lot

Barbara Natale, 536-6999

Volunteer Information

To register, please also go to www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com and click on contact us, select volunteer.

Age: 13 years and older

Supplies and refreshments will be provided

Volunteers should wear covered shoes, long pants, hat and sunscreen. Dress to get dirty and bring a change of clothing.

Food Donations Needed (hotdogs, refreshments)

Please contact Karen Ah Mai at the Ala Wai Watershed Association at 955-7882.