Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association News Release
For Immediate Release
March 8th, 2022
Contact: Judy Edwards
Communications Specialist
808-747-6572
(fax) 808-985-7333
Specialty Park License Plate Donation To Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Tops $153,000
Hawaii’s first specialty license plates, with their lava flows and nēnē geese, were authorized by a 2015 state law to raise funds for resource protection and education projects at Haleakalā and Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Parks. The specialty license plate program revenues are distributed by Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association (HPPA).
On February 28th, 2022, HPPA was thrilled to present a check to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Superintendent Rhonda Loh for $153,356. These funds will be dedicated to supporting the ʻIke Hana Noʻeau (Experience the Skillful Work) craft demonstrations and workshops through video. These popular workshops were, in pre-pandemic years, open to visitors on the park lānai for instruction in such Hawaiian arts and crafts as lei making, lauhala weaving, hula, and much more. Now the park hopes to develop ʻIke Hana Noʻeau instructional videos to be available online for everyone, around the world.
Other national parks that currently benefit from specialty license plate programs include Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Crater Lake National Park, and Yosemite National Park.
For more information on how to purchase a specialty plate, visit https://vehicleregistrationlicensing.as.me/specialtyplates.
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HPPA is the nonprofit partner of six national parks in Hawaiʻi and American Samoa. Proceeds from our visitor center park stores and online shop have contributed over $22 million in support to national parks since 1933.
