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High School Scholarship Opportunities
January-February 2012

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February 24, 2012

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Recent News

More than 500 Kaiser Permanente Hawaii physicians and staff members volunteered their time today working on community projects on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
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Sixteen Hawai‘i Island schools have received grants from The Kohala Center to support funding for garden educators, for curriculum development, and for garden supplies.
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Recent Blog Entries

On Dec 1, 2011, several students and their teachers from Honokaa HS Forestry and Ag classes spent the day on a field trip to Laupahoehoe Forest Natural Area Reserve. Students got to see and experience the forest and received information from the experts from the field.
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Overcast skies greeted over three hundred 5th grade female students at the annual Girls Exploring Mathematics and Science (GEMS) event at the Outrigger Keauhou Resort on Thursday, November 17th. versed in coral reef ecology earlier during the week, and arrived as certified ReefTeachers to volunteer their Saturday in order to educate visitors on proper reef etiquette.
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© 2008 The Kohala Center
All rights reserved.

Senior Staff:

Matthews M. Hamabata, Ph.D.
Executive Director
mhamabata@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Elizabeth Cleary Cole, Ed.D.
Deputy Director
cole@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707




Staff:

Erica Perez
Expeditionary Learning Coordinator
eperez@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

C.J. Davis
Grants Administrator
cdavis@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Cortney Hoffman
Executive Assistant & Human Resource Specialist
choffman@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Megan Peterson
Full Charge Bookkeeper
mpeterson@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Melanie Bondera
Rural Cooperative Development Specialist
The Laulima Center
mbondera@kohalacenter.org

Dir: 808-640-7076
Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Cindi Punihaole
Public Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator
cpunihaole@kohalacenter.org

Dir: 808-895-1010
Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Nikki Goodden
Assistant Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator
ngoodden@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Nancy Redfeather
Hawai‘i Island School Gardens Network Project Director
nredfeather@kohalacenter.org

Dir: 808-322-2801
Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707

Donna Mitts
Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network Coordinator
dmitts@kohalacenter.org

Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707



Kohala Watershed Partnership:

Web site: http://hawp.org/kohala.asp

Melora Purell, M.S. Conservation Biology
Coordinator
Coordinator@kohalawatershed.org

Dir: 808-333-0976
Fax: 808-885-6707

Bradley Lau
Field Operations Leader

Dir: 808-430-2423
Fax: 808-885-6707



Media Consultant:

Janis Wong
Media Relations
jwong@kohalacenter.org

Dir: 808-325-1114
Tel: 808-887-6411
Fax: 808-885-6707