Help Protect Hawai‘i’s History and Heritage by Supporting
HHF’s Restore + Reenergize Campaign

Aloha kākou,

HHF President Vernon Wong

The past year was one that tested our resolve as a community. Our commitment to supporting each other has enabled us to overcome a time of fear and uncertainty. Today, we remain confident that our shared values of family and the aloha spirit will see us through the finish line.

Without question, historic places play a special role in our recovery.  Historic main streets, sacred places, and landmarks–all important touchstones of the places we call home–connect us to the past, to those who came before us, and to one another.  Places of heritage are essential to the vitality of our neighborhoods and livelihood, and it is our shared kuleana to protect them.

Please join Historic Hawai‘i Foundation in preserving Hawai‘i’s invaluable touchstones of place. Due to the continued restrictions on gathering, Historic Hawai‘i Foundation has made the difficult decision to cancel its annual Kama‘āina of the Year Benefit for a second consecutive year.  This cancellation has a significant impact on the Foundation’s financial condition. We ask for your kōkua to help sustain the organization through the coming year by supporting HHF’s Restore + Reenergize fundraising campaign. 

HHF asks for your consideration of one of these ways to provide support:

  • Make a gift equivalent to your past sponsorship level. Supporting HHF as you have in past years will help offset the shortfall in income and prevent an impact on its operations.
  • Consider a gift in lieu of a Kama‘āina of the Year sponsorship. If past sponsorship levels are out of reach, please consider a donation of any amount and help sustain us through these challenging times.

The full amount of the gift is a charitable contribution and may be eligible for a tax deduction. Recognition benefits are described in the downloadable sponsorship form available below.

Please use the secure online form at right to make your gift, or if you prefer to pay by check, please mail it together with the payment form (page two of the form below).  If you have questions, please contact Beth Iwata for further information.

Mahalo for your support of Historic Hawai‘i Foundation and its mission of helping people protect Hawai‘i’s historic places.

Vernon Wong
President, Board of Trustees
Historic Hawai‘i Foundation

RSVP Deadline: December 31, 2021

Mail sponsorship and donation forms with checks payable to Historic Hawaii Foundation, 680 Iwilei Road, Suite 690, Honolulu, HI 96817.

Questions? Please contact Beth at the email address above.

Mahalo nui to our Sponsors and Donors for their generous support.

HELPING PEOPLE PRESERVE PLACES

Images at top from left to right:

  1. In February 2020, a Section 106 Training for Native Hawaiian Organizations reached nearly 100 participants;
  2. Stone masons and volunteers in Hilo worked together to restore the original stone amphitheater and paths at Kalākaua Park;
  3. A three-day workshop provided students and carpenters with hands-on training experience to restore the wooden windows at a historic site, ‘Ewa Community Church Parish Hall on O‘ahu;
  4. HHF encouraged the exploration of history, nature and art at a sketching event at Foster Botanical Garden in Honolulu;
  5. “The Palace touches everyone’s lives…Seeing it restored like this means so much to the community,” remarked Philips Payson, Executive Director of the Palace Theater in Hilo. The restoration was made possible with funding from two of HHF’s grant partners.

Images, bottom from left to right:

  1. The May 5th “In Land We Trust: Kaho‘olawe” presentation discussed how activists established the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve and what progress has been made in restoring its environment;
  2. The “In Land We Trust: Kaho‘olawe” presenters and moderator;
  3. Nature + Culture Connection: Indigenous Solutions to Climate Change featured presentations on cultural practices effecting food sustainability, reduction of green house gases, and climate change prevention at historic sites. 
  4. The Wooden Windows Workshop participants inside ‘Ewa Community Church.
  5. Hanako Wakatsuki, Superintendent at Honouliuli National Historic Site, was one of several speakers for this year’s Experts Lecture Series.