April 2023 - Lanai Culture & Heritage Center volunteers whose generous gift of time and hard work supported the center's stewardship days. This year's efforts focused on restoration of Hawai'i's largest dryland forest and Lānai's Ka Lanakila Church.
Dryland forests are Hawai'i's most endangered ecosystem, according to Hawaii State Department of Land & Natural Resources. Only 2 percent remain, yet are home to 40 percent of all native land plants, insects, spiders, snails, birds, even the native bat.
Nearly 50 volunteers worked to preserve the historic Ka Lanakila Church at Keōmoku. The church was built in 1903 and was in regular use until 1951 when the last of the Keōmoku community moved to the uplands of Lānaʻi. Lānaʻi Culture & Heritage Center restored and stabilized the church between 2010-2012 and installed educational signage to ensure this important piece of Lānaʻi's history would not be lost.
Get involved at LanaiCHC.org. We are a community-based nonprofit that relies on donations to fund our mission to serve as the island's historical resource and ʻāina steward. Your donation, no matter how big or small, keeps the flame of knowledge, culture, and heritage burning bright.
9 апр 2023
