September events News and Calendar items for October · October 2019 from top left: Jennifer Ho and...
Transcript of September events News and Calendar items for October · October 2019 from top left: Jennifer Ho and...
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Community Partnerships make the Difference
The Hilo community – and beyond to all of Hawai`i Island – treasures
Lili`uokalani Gardens. Since the first official volunteer day in May 2014,
partnerships with local and national organizations have added to these
efforts.
Sierra Club Moku Loa chapter, Rotary, Lions, UH-Hilo athletic teams and
coaches as well as Sociology Club and Pharmaceutical School students,
Waiakea High School, Keaukaha and Kamehameha Schools intermediate
students, Youth Challenge, Moku `Aina, LFS Just Serve, Girl Scouts, Boy
Scouts, and the North American Japanese Garden Association are among the
many groups who have made a difference in Hilo's cultural landscape.
September events
Thank you County of Hawai`i and all
the sponsors for bringing the 20th
annual He Hali`a Aloha No
Lili`uokalani to the gardens to
celebrate the Queen's birthday.
Photos on page 2.
Thank you to the flower growers
and floral designers for the third
amazing floral design presentation
in Lili`uokalani Gardens. This year,
Hilo was the culmination of a four
county series on a wedding theme.
We honored all the weddings that
have occurred in the gardens during
its history with marriage vow
renewal ceremonies . Photos on
page 4 & 5.
Thank you to Riki Nakano-Domen
and Alani Hauanio for continued
professional services to the red
bridge. Noticing that paint on the
landing was peeling from too much
usage before proper cure time, they
scraped, treated and repainted in
time for He Hali`a Aloha No
Lili`uokalani.
Mahalo to the Alzheimer's
Association for continuing to hold
such an excellent fund raising walk
in and around the gardens.
Many thanks to local and visiting
members of the Sierra Club. A
national group touring the islands
requested a volunteer opportunity.
They were joined at the tea house
by members of the Moku Loa
Chapter. Photos on this page.
News and Calendar items
for October
2019
from top left: Jennifer Ho and the Moku Loa Sierra Club worked at the first
official volunteer day in May 2014. Jane Kawazoe speaks about Urasenke to a
Sierra Club tour in September. The visitors pitched in to clean all around
Shoroan before lunch.
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20th Annual Queen's Birthday Festival
Mo`i Wahine Lili`uokalani's birthday is celebrated in the Hilo park
named for her on the first Saturday in September after her birthday.
On the occasion of the 20th annual He Hali`a Aloha No Lili`uokalani, a
bush was planted in view of the live entertainment stage. Osmanthus
fragrans also is known as ginmokuse in Japan and kwai fah in China.
Heidi Bornhorst wrote in an old Honolulu Advertiser story that this
"is a plant we cherish in Hawaii for its tiny, intensely scented
blossoms."
Participating in the planting were kumu Kaho`okele Crabbe, emcees
Penny Vredenberg and Kuehu Mauga, family of the late Jacqueline
"Skylark" Rossetti: her son Makana and beloved companion Kimo
La`au. Following the blessing and planting, hula halau brought loose
orchids and ti leaf lei to encircle the bush.
Friends of Lili`uokalani Gardens shared a booth with Jane Hoff, author
of a book on the banyan trees of Banyan Drive and with Japan Airlines
who offered a delightful costume and photo opportunity for the
children. Japan Airlines also provided prizes for all the children who
completed the Queen's Passport scavenger hunt.
Friends of Lili`uokalani Gardens
events & partnerships: October+
Saturday, October 12, 8 a.m. to noon: Lions
Legacy Project cleanup. Crescent City Lions
Club takes the lead.
Saturday, October 19, (tentative)
restoration of the peace pole near Hilo Bay
Café.
Saturday, Nov. 16: 8 a.m. to noon: Lions
Legacy Project cleanup. Hilo Lions Club takes
the lead.
Thursday, Nov. 28: Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 3: Giving Tuesday
Friday and Saturday, December 6 & 7: Na
Makua invitational Christmas Gift Fair at
Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium. Friends of
Lili`uokalani Gardens will have the first
Christmas tree ornament plus 2020
photography contest calendars, and pins.
Saturday, January 11, 2020, noon to 6 p.m.:
Fourth annual Banyan Drive Art Stroll.
Supporter pins required for pupu.
Below: information booth from Hui Malama O Na Oiwi; Hilo High halau
during the annual mass hula
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September memories – wedding vow renewals
moongate under
construction with
Alison Higgins and
crew (Sarah
Anderson (l) and Rita
French (r) photos)
In use with Tony &
Judy Graaf and floral
friends Brenna Quan,
Hitomi Gilliam and
Alison Higgins (Sarah
Anderson photo)
In use with passersby
(Charles Preble
photo)
begin decorating white pillars, one of 3 sites (K.T. photo) finished white pillars (Sarah Anderson photo)
white pillars in use: Rev. Satoshi Tomioka with Ashtin & Brian Hart (Rita French photo) and Kumu Leilehua Yuen
with Yolanda and Gilbert Hesia (Sarah Anderson photo)
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September memories – wedding vow renewals
3rd site: bamboo chandelier, Brenna Quan center (Sarah Anderson photo),
Phoebe Anderson right (Rita French photo), Galyn Williams delivers more
flowers (Sarah Anderson photo), bamboo chandelier in use with Rev.
Tomioka and Yuko & Dennis Blinn (Sarah Anderson photo), Rev. Katlin
McCallister tosses orchids for LaRonde & Adrian DeMello (Sarah Anderson
photo); photo below of Dani & Joshua Daugherty-Willing by Rita French.
Mahalo to Alison, Hitomi, Lois, K.T., Amy, Gladys, and all the farmers & shippers who made this possible
above photos 1) by Sarah Anderson, 2, 3 & 4) by Rita French below photos 1) by Sarah Anderson, 2 & 3) by K.T.