Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PRESERVE HAWAIIAN HISTORY & NATURE, SPECIFICALLY TO NURTURE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND KOKEE THROUGH INTERPRETATION AND STEWARDSHIP THAT ENGAGES ALL IN A SPIRIT OF APPRECIATION AND SERVICE.
HOL SPONSORED A VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS. THE ANNUAL BANANA POKA ROUNDUP EACH MAY IS THE TRADITIONAL OPENING OF SUMMER IN WAIMEA CANYON & KOKEE STATE PARKS AND WAS ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 525 PEOPLE. BANANA POKA IS AN INVASIVE, AGGRESSIVE WEED & THE BANANA POKA ROUNDUP IS A FOREST EDUCATION FAIR THAT HOSTS FOREST CRAFT WORKSHOPS USING THESE WEEDS. THE EO E EMALANI I ALAKAI FESTIVAL IS A UNIQUE CULTURAL EVENT COMMEMORATING QUEEN EMMA'S 1871 JOURNEY TO THE UPLANDS NOW ENCOMPASSED BY WAIMEA CANYON & KOKEE STATE PARKS. THIS STUNNING,AUTHENTIC EVENT ATTRACTED OVER 3,500 GUESTS WHO WITNESSED "QUEEN EMMA'S" ENTRANCE ON HORSEBACK FOLLOWED BY PERFORMANCES BY 16 HULA HALAU.HOL ALSO PRODUCES A PERIODIC EMAILER, "KOKEE CONNECTION, FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF KAUAI".
THE KOKEE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM GREETS MORE THAN 93,500 VISITORS ANNUALLY. THE MUSEUM IS AN INTERPRETIVE CENTER & FEATURES EXHIBITS ON THE NATURAL & CULTURAL HISTORY OF KAUAI, PARTICULARLY ITS FOREST FLORA, FAUNA AND THREATS TO THE NATIVE FOREST. THE 2,000 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBITION CENTER IS CONTINUALLY REFRESHED. HOL OPERATES THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AS THE PRIMARY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER FOR WAIMEA CANYON & KOKEE STATE PARKS WITH NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR ITS OPERATIONS. HOL STAFF PROVIDE PARK AND TRAIL INFORMATION AS WELL AS PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO VISITORS.
WITH THE HELP OF SEVERAL GRANTS IN AID FROM THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE, AND A CONSIDERABLE EFFORT OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, HUI O LAKA HAS CONTINUED THE LONG-TERM RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS (CCC) CAMP AT KOKEE. THE CAMP WAS PLACED ON BOTH THE HAWAII AND NATIONAL REGISTERS OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 1996. THE COMPLETED BUILDINGS SERVE AS HUI O LAKA'S ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM HEADQUARTERS AND PROVIDE OVERNIGHT ACCOMODATIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS. THE NOW EIGHTY-YEAR OLD BUILDINGS REQUIRE CONTINUING MAINTENANCE AND AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S RESOURCES ARE DEDICATED TO ITS UPKEEP.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Laura Christine Faye | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $45,208 |
| Lorraine Wichman | TRUSTEE | 0.5 | $0 |
| Billi Smith | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Piccard | TRUSTEE | 0.25 | $0 |
| Myranda Wai Kuapahi | TRUSTEE | 0.25 | $0 |
| Kay Koike | SECRETARY | 1.5 | $0 |
| Frank O Hay | TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Pamela Chock | TRUSTEE | 0.25 | $0 |
| Susan Boynton | VICE PRESIDE | 0.25 | $0 |
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