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Surfrider Foundation is a national coastal environmental organization with chapters throughout Hawaii and the mainland.  There is actually a pretty big network of Surfrider happening in the islands – there must be a chapter on almost all of the larger islands now.  Surfrider Hawaii fans,  now there is no excuse not to participate – Surfrider is great because they make it so easy for the average person to just get involved and make a difference.  Click here for links to their chapters on all main Hawaiian Islands.

Maui Surfrider Foundation works hard to bring its mission to life—preserving beach access, preserving near-shore water quality, and protecting recreational and cultural sites through CARE: Conservation, Activism, Research, and Education. In April, you’ll find them doing this through a number of events, including More Fish in the Sea (4/3), Blue ?Aina Beach-Reef Cleanup (4/11), and Malama the Surf, a benefit at Flatbread Pizza (4/20)…this is a little dated, but check back soon and we should be all caught up with events etc.

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Hi SKY ~ Sorry this news is reaching you almost a month late, but as they say, better late than never!

This sent to me by Dr. Rick Bennett, Co-chair

Aloha,
The Kona Kai Ea chapter of the Surfrider Foundation had its inaugural meeting last thursday night.  It was well attended and the excitement in room was amazing.  We heard about the amazingly good work of Surfrider Maui from Jan Roberson and about the threats and opportunities  to Keep it Blue from Rick.   The members of the Executive Committee all took part to make the event a Big Wave.
We announced 3 campaigns and a philosophy for our chapter
1.  Keep it Blue… water quality and watershed education, monitoring and outreach.  It is sad to see our water getting greener in some places.  The time is now to stop it and we must address the landscape scale of this issue
2.  Keep it Clean… Our beach clean up program will begin Sept 13 at Kohanaiki  Pine trees in concert with the Ladies Surfing Contest.  Come help us clean and win prizes for the most trash.
3.  Keep it Fun and Funded  … is our plan to have fun in our mission with concerts, dance, photo contests and raise money to make it all happen and central to all our programs we embrace and we are enriched by the wisdom and guidance of the Hawaiian Culture and will follow the ways of the very first surfers as we malama ka aina.

This is an invitation to join our Kona Kai Ea Surfrider  and our  Yahoo group.
This will be the best way to stay connected to us and for us to communicate with each other.
To join  send an email to the subscribe address below.
Mahalo for your kokua,

dr. rick and Hannah Springer,
Co-chairs, Kona Kai Ea
“THE RISING TIDE”
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Please join the Kona Kai Ea Surfrider group and keep Kona Country!

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