Earth Day at Ewa Beach 2006

Mahalo for all your hard work on Saturday, May 6!

RESULTS

102 volunteers (WE ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED 50)
2 TONS of debris from North Road, Fort Weaver Road (from Ewa Beach Park to North Road), Kilaha, Kilinahe, Kilipue, Kaunolu, Kauwili, Kanakahi, and side streets to Halalii Street.
Weed and Seed removed graffiti on North Road.
Volunteers also reported removing tires, batteries, metals, large pieces of wood.

With your help, we focused on what we as government agencies, community groups and individual volunteers can do in positive, hands-on volunteer efforts to preserve our island environment, e.g. stream cleanup, removing trash from streets, using oil change boxes and absorbents for instance.

THANK YOU TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR SITE COORDINATORS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE IT HAPPEN.

Hosts

Office of the Mayor, City and County of Honolulu and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services

Cooperating Agencies

Campbell High School
Military - Army and Navy
Ewa Beach Boys and Girls Club
Ewa Weed and Seed for Graffiti Removal
Ewa Lions Club
Various Ewa Beach team sports clubs
Council Member Todd Apo
Rep. Kymberly Pine
Ewa Neighborhood Board
State DOT Adopt-A-Highway
City Department of Facility Maintenance

Big mahalo to Zaricke, Rowena and Gail at Campbell High School, Gerald, Ramon, Larry, David H, Tyler, Darlene, CJ, Terri, Waylon, Darlynn, Gale - Weed and Seed, Francis - Boys and Girls Club, Cal Sueoka - Ewa Lions Club, Mark Matsunaga - Office of the Mayor, Russell (Waste Management Hawaii for Earth Month T-Shirts), State DOT for adopt-a-highway trash bags and cotton gloves. Stay tuned to storm water pollution prevention PSAs on KHUI.

Final results and photos will be posted on www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com; along with information on the next cleanup on Saturday, October 14, 2006, Campbell High School cafeteria, 8:00 am - Noon; we'll also have radio interviews, games and give aways.

Follow-up:
Volunteers requested follow up on status of weed wacking along North Road fence.
Volunteers also requested follow up on pot hole in front of 91-1153 Kauiki (large pothole around manhole cover) and bulky items/tires/piles of trash at 91-1234, 91-1223 and 91-1219 Kauiki Street (see attached photos).
Rowena: please send me name list for certificates by end of this week.
Terri: please follow-up with the Navy for the next cleanup. Also, please be sure to forward information to John Muraoka re public outreach and education.
Zaricke: please get posters up for next clean up; also please ask students to call in Star Market shopping cart on Fort Weaver near North Road; please ask Star Market to retrieve the carts before someone throws it in the Ewa Drainage Channel.

Please consider making a long term commitment to environmental awareness and ongoing change in our daily habits. For more information, go to www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com. To register for the next cleanup, email me or go to www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com, click on contact us and complete the online form.

Photos