Hiki i ka lāʻau ke lilo i nā mea he nui: kahi kānana ea, kahi kahua pāʻani, kahi hale malu, kahi pae ʻāina. ʻO kekahi o nā kumu kiʻekiʻe loa e hiki ai i ka lāʻau ke lawelawe, ʻoiai, he mea hoʻomanaʻo.
I kēia mau lā, ma o ke kākoʻo mai Kaleponi ReLeaf, ka Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai (IECG) hiki ke kanu i 50 kumulāʻau me ia kumu.
Ma Malaki 23, kanu ʻia nā kumulāʻau ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kūikawā o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Kaleponi ʻo San Bernardino Veteran Success Center e hoʻohanohano a hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe kahiko i hala, i kēia manawa, a me ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hāʻawi ka Veteran Success Center i nā papahana a me nā lawelawe i kū hoʻokahi i nā pono o nā lālā lawelawe, me kahi lumi kahi e hui ai nā haumāna kahiko ma waena o nā papa, pūnaewele me kekahi a paʻa i nā hui aʻo. ʻAʻole e hoʻomanaʻo wale ka Veterans Tree Garden hou i kā lākou lawelawe, akā hāʻawi pū i kēlā mau haumāna i kahi wahi ʻē aʻe e hoʻopili ai a noʻonoʻo ai.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea manawaleʻa i kēlā lā, ʻo ia ka Iraq War Veteran, i ʻike i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka māla hou i kanu ʻia i kona kaikuahine, he Afghan War Veteran. “Ua hauʻoli loa ka ʻike ʻana i koʻu kaikuahine e ʻakaʻaka hou a hauʻoli iā ia iho."
Na ka Veterans Living Memorial Garden e hāʻawi i kēlā ʻano hoʻomaha i nā poʻe kahiko a me nā haumāna e hoʻohana pū ana i ia wahi. Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina hou i ka manawa i hoʻohana ʻia ma nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻaʻole wale hoemi i ka luhi lolo, akā hāʻawi pū i nā pōmaikaʻi nui no maikaʻi noʻonoʻo.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea komo, "ʻAʻole like paha kēia, akā no ka mea makemake i ka manawa mālie a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ma ka pā kula, e hele lōʻihi ana kēia māla i ko lākou lā."
Ma California ReLeaf, haʻaheo mākou i nā kāne a me nā wahine i lawelawe i kēia ʻāina. Hoʻohanohano mākou i ka hui ʻana ma nā papahana e like me kēia i hoʻopau ʻia me ka Incredible, Edible Community Garden. Manaʻo mākou e hui pū ʻoe me mākou i nā hana like a puni Kaleponi e kākoʻo ʻo Kaleponi ReLeaf i kēia lā.
