I ka loaʻa ʻana o California ReLeaf i ke kālā ma o ka EPA's Environmental Education Sub-Grant Program, ua hoʻomaka ka hui e ʻimi i kahi kumu hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni e hana pū me mākou no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā alakaʻi hāʻawi a nānā i nā noi hāʻawi. Laki loa ʻo ReLeaf e loaʻa iā Rue Mapp, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Outdoor Afro.
Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kāna hana me Rue i ka makahiki i hala, ua hāʻawi ʻo California ReLeaf i nā haʻawina i 25 nonprofit a me nā hui kanu lāʻau kaiaulu a puni ka mokuʻāina. ʻO kekahi kokoke $40,000 hiki i kēia manawa e hoʻolako kālā i nā papahana e hana ana i nā manawa kūpono no ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni ma o ke kanu lāʻau a me ka mālama lāʻau.
He ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi ʻo Rue Mapp iā California ReLeaf i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka hui i kāna mau lawelawe i ka ReLeaf Network a i ka hoʻolālā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale o Kaleponi. ʻAʻole ʻo kā mākou hui ka mea i mahalo ʻia e Rue. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he Hero ma Nūpepa Backpacker, Hoʻohanohano ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Root 100 o nā poʻe ʻeleʻele kiʻekiʻe a me nā mea hoʻoikaika no 2012, a loaʻa iā Josephine a me Frank Duveneck Award no kāna mau hana kōkua kanaka.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana iā Rue a me kāna hana, e nānā keia ninaninau nui mai na Keiki ma ke Nature Collaborative.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā hana hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni a California ReLeaf, e kipa kā mākou ʻaoʻao hāʻawi.