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Rhonda Berry
Luna Hoʻokumu, Ko mākou Nahele Kulanakauhale
He aha kāu pilina me ReLeaf?
Ua hana au ma ke ʻano he limahana no California ReLeaf mai 1989 – 1991 ma Kapalakiko. I ka makahiki 1991, ua hoʻomaka au i ka hana ma San Jose e hoʻomaka i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale ʻaʻole waiwai. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia kā mākou nahele kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he mea waiwai ʻole i ka makahiki 1994. He lālā mākou i hoʻokumu i ka Pūnaewele a ua lawelawe au i kahi manawa ma ke komite aʻoaʻo ReLeaf i ka makahiki 1990.
He aha ka manaʻo o California ReLeaf iā ʻoe?
Ua maopopo iaʻu mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana ʻo ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale he kaua piʻi i loaʻa nā ʻano he nui: ʻo ka hana manawaleʻa, nā kumulāʻau, a me nā ʻoihana ʻole. ʻO California ReLeaf e pili ana i kēia mau mea ʻekolu. Ua aʻo mua au e koi ana nā mea ʻekolu i ka ʻōlelo aʻo i mea e ola ai mākou, i ʻole e ʻoki ʻia mākou. Hōʻike ʻo California ReLeaf i ke kākoʻo! ʻAʻole hiki i nā ʻoihana ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o Kaleponi ma ko mākou wahi i kēia lā me ka ʻole o ReLeaf a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo kā California ReLeaf kaua koʻikoʻi a me ka hāʻawi ʻana e kākoʻo nei ma ka inoa o kēia mau ʻano ʻekolu. ʻO Advocacy nō hoʻi kā mākou loulou no ke kālā no ka mea ma o ka hui hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i ke kālā. Ke hana nei ʻo California ReLeaf no mākou ma ka lawe ʻana mai i ke kālā mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala i nā hui waiwai ʻole o ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale.
ʻO ka hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi a i ʻole ka hanana o California ReLeaf?
Loaʻa iaʻu ʻekolu mau mea hoʻomanaʻo nui ReLeaf.
ʻO ka mea mua koʻu hoʻomanaʻo mua loa iā ReLeaf. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au i ka nānā ʻana iā Isabel Wade, ka luna hoʻokumu o California ReLeaf, e noi ana i kāna hihia i kona hoʻāʻo ʻana e wehewehe iā ia iho a me ke koʻikoʻi o nā kumulāʻau i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke aloha i loaʻa iā ia i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana no nā kumulāʻau, he mea hoʻoikaika iaʻu. Ua lawe ʻo ia me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i nā kumulāʻau.
ʻO kaʻu hoʻomanaʻo ʻelua ʻo ka ReLeaf statewide hālāwai i mālama ʻia ma ke Kulanui ʻo Santa Clara. Ua hiki iaʻu ke alakaʻi i kahi Tree Tour a kaʻana like me nā hui ReLeaf Network ʻē aʻe i ka hana o kā mākou Nahele Kulanakauhale. A ua hoʻi kēia i ka wā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi kaʻa.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, aia ka hāʻawi kālā ʻAmelika a me Reinvestment Act (ARRA). I ka loaʻa ʻana mai o ke kelepona mai ReLeaf ua koho ʻia kā mākou Nahele Kulanakauhale e lilo i ʻāpana o ka haʻawina Hoʻihoʻi, he mea pīhoihoi ia. ʻAʻohe mea i hiki ke hoʻonui i kēlā manaʻo. Ua hōʻea i kahi manawa a mākou e noʻonoʻo nei pehea mākou e ola ai. ʻO ia kā mākou hāʻawi kālā makahiki he nui a ʻo ia kā mākou hāʻawi nui loa. ʻO ia ka mea maikaʻi loa i hiki mai iā mākou. He nani.
No ke aha he mea nui e hoʻomau ʻo California ReLeaf i kāna Misiona?
Noʻu, he mea ʻole kēia. Pono e loaʻa kahi hui mokuʻāina i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i nā ʻoihana ʻole e hana ana ma ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale. Hāʻawi ʻo California ReLeaf i nā hoʻolālā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale koʻikoʻi, hoʻoikaika, a piha i ka mokuʻāina.