Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association News Release
For Immediate Release
Date: December 27, 2018
Contact: Judy Edwards,
Communications Specialist
808-747-6572
HPPA Keeps Park Visitor Center Open Daily During Government Shutdown
While Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is partially closed due to a lapse of federal funding, Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association (HPPA), the park’s nonprofit partner since 1933, has stepped in to help keep Kīlauea Visitor Center (KVC) open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
HPPA staff are on site at KVC, providing a starting point to a safe and enjoyable visit to the park, sharing information about open and closed areas, and offering visitors the chance to shop for national park merchandise in the HPPA park store.
Other park partners are assisting with providing information to visitors on the KVC lanai (Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park), and Volcano House Hotel, which itself is fully open and operational, is assisting with custodial services at KVC. The Volcano Art Center Gallery and the Kilauea Military Camp, a recreation facility for active and retired military, also remain open.
Note: Kīlauea Visitor Center will be closing at 2pm on New Year’s Eve, December 31st.
For more information from the National Park Service, click: https://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm
For more information on Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association, click: https://www.hawaiipacificparks.org
