4 Teacher Leaders from Campbell and Kapolei High School visited Kapapapuhi to learn how to connect their students to `āina, career pathways and meaningful learning ...while facing the challenges of the COVID pandemic. Together with HOH808 educational staff, the group developed a number of exciting ideas - serving the youth of `Ewa.

Weʻre so grateful to the amazing Island Energy Services team (and a small crew of our volunteers) for their work to restore flow to a Honouliuli Streamlet! And as a bonus, they helped remove a burnt out van that has been a blight on one of HOH808ʻs key education areas. Their expertise, commitment and willingness to collaborate with HOH808 bring hopeful pathways to Mālama Pu`uloa - the restoration of Pearl Harbor to abundance!

Our first COVID safe `ohana planting is bringing hope to Honouliuli Stream! Planting ma`u akiaki, ahu awa, building terraces and nurturing native species that have popped up since our invasive mangrove and pickleweed removal weʻre grateful to Justin, Carrie and David for their efforts. Shout out to the Leeward Community College Kilo `Aina Scholars who helped to propagate the native plants we used in this small out-planting pilot. Our goal - "carpets" of native species growing along the entire length of Honouliuli Stream as weʻve started to accomplish along the shoreline.

On June 6th, we started with a small, professional group of volunteers to continue removing invasive mangrove from the banks of the Honouliuli Stream. Maintaining strict COVID-safe work protocols, the volunteers - members of the Navy Construction Battalion, worked in the `Ewa heat to mow down mangrove with chainsaws. HOH808 is grateful to this amazing team as their work is also uncovering Hawaiian fishponds - a key part of our vision of Mālama Pu`uloa - restoring Pearl Harbor to abundance.

With viral safety protocols in place, this small but mighty group from the Hawaii Tech Academy worked hard to clear the way for native plants as part of the Honouliuli Stream Restoration at Kapapapuhi. Led by KUPU Environmental Educator Lucas McKinnon, this group also practiced nā hopena a`o - teaching and learning. We applaud this group of young leaders....and wish them a happy, safe and well-deserved spring break!

UHWO Education Faculty Rick Jones has the vision to connect students - teachers in training - to `āina-based education! Working with Project Learning Treeʻs Hawaii Coordinator, Michelle Gorham, Rick brought his amazing students to Kapapapuhi to learn how to engage their future students outside of the classroom. Participants practiced kilo observations, learned mo`olelo, Hawaiian place names and jumped in to pick up rubbish and help grow `ākulikuli - our favorite native groundcover plant! Letʻs hear for our next generation of teachers and those who are empowering them!

Mahalo to Greystar-Kapiina Beach Homes for sponsoring HOH808! We were invited to set up a community outreach booth at their weekly farmerʻs market last night and we now have several keiki growing native akulikuli (our favorite restoration groundcover plant) and sharing information with their ohana about Mālama Pu`uloa!

John Rogers, an all star HOH volunteer is also on the `Ewa Neighborhood Board.  In his "spare time" he is an active member of the Hawai`i Bicycle League.  He cooked up the idea to have folks stop by to learn about our Mālama Pu`uloa Program as they rode the historic Pearl Harbor Trail during the "Bike to Train" event.  To learn what the Hawai`i Bicycle League continues to do in our community check out their website!