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Posted On: Jan 04, 12



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In the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year the Kokua Hawai’i Foundation has reached thousands through our programs:

  • AINA In Schools: 12 elementary schools participate in ‘AINA In Schools. This semester 1,985 students participated in garden lessons and clubs, while nearly 1,300 took part in nutrition lessons. 287 parent and community volunteers supported the program by giving 2,483 hours. In addition to garden and nutrition lessons, four ‘AINA IS schools have salad bars, and four ‘AINA IS schools participate in a fresh fruit and vegetable snack program. 160 students visited farms on field trips and two waste audits took place at one ‘AINA IS school cafeteria. All that from August to December!
  • Environmental Education Field Trip Assistance Program: In the Fall of 2011, 3,247 students at 31 schools participated in field trips supported by Kokua Hawai’i Foundation. Field trip sites included Tin Roof Ranch, Ka’ala Farms, Waikalua Loko Fishpond, Lyon Arboretum, Ku’u Home Kulaiwi, and many others.
  • Environmental Education Mini-Grants: 3,404 students and 22 schools have received assistance for environmental education supplies, curricula, and workshops. Mini-grants this semester have funded waste audits, aquaponics, gardening and agriculture projects on school campuses throughout HawaiÊ»i.
  • Kokua Earth Action Projects (KEAP): During the 2011-2012 school year, 2,539 students from 13 schools will participate in student-led environmental service learning projects. KEAP project titles include “Go Green, Be Plastic Free,” “Turn It Off,” and “From Field to Table.”
  • 3R’s School Recycling: 32,500 students at 45 participating schools reduce, reuse, and recycle on campus. Several of these schools have started composting and vermicomposting food and green waste on campus and have conducted waste audits on their school campuses.
  • Plastic Free Hawaii & Plastic Free Schools: 100 educators attended this fall’s Service Learning Teacher Institute “Can You Be Plastic Free? Schools Reducing Single-use Plastic for Hawai’i's Health,” over 300 students and families have attended screenings of the film “Bag It,” and hundreds of volunteers have participated in Beach Cleanups at Hale’iwa, Kahuku, Kailua &  La’ie beaches giving 1,100 hours to keeping our beaches plastic-free! To get involved contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).