Updated at 2:31 p.m., Monday, June 25, 2007
Halau Ku Mana charter school seeks emergency aid
Advertiser Staff
Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School has to vacate its home at the back of Manoa, in what was Paradise Park, by June 30. It has found a new home in Makiki, on land leased from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. But while the school has raised $850,000 over the past seven years, it still needs $150,000 to complete its facility and get it operating in time for the new school year.Just above the Makiki Pumping Station, Halau Ku Mana staff and 'ohana have cleared land where eight trailers, painted green and blue, have been put in place. But with just two weeks remaining, the school still needs to build walkways and ramps, have utilities hooked up and install a fire hydrant, among other things.
The school is calling on people to make donations of time, skill, supplies and money.
The school is holding two more volunteer work days: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 7 and July 14. Help during the week is also welcome. Volunteers are needed to pack, move, set up, clear land, pull weeds and replant native plants. The school is also looking for skilled help to make minor renovations to two trailers, replace a gate, repair a rock wall and landscape.
For information, call Micky Huihui at 988-8997, or go to halaukumana.org.
