Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association News Release
For Immediate Release
September 18, 2023
Contact: Judy Edwards
Communications Specialist
808-747-6572
(fax) 808-985-7333
Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association Celebrate $10,000 Donation from Parks Project, Pays It Forward
To celebrate a recent apparel collection designed around Hawaiian volcanoes and the ecosystems they create, the company Parks Project donated $10,000 to the Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association (HPPA) to support our mission: With the spirit of aloha, to inspire the discovery and stewardship of the natural and cultural heritage of Pacific island parks.
HPPA is proud to announce that we will then donate these funds directly to our partner Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park in order that the park may meet future volcanic eruption response needs, and for ongoing support of the federally endangered Hawaiian petrel. Surveys for the petrel require that park staff work in harsh, remote, high elevation Mauna Loa nesting areas.
HPPA Executive Directer Mel Boehl says, “This generous donation from Parks Project goes hand in hand with our longtime support of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park’s wildlife and other programs over the decades.”
To learn more about Parks Project: www.parksproject.us
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HPPA is the nonprofit partner of seven national park sites in Hawaiʻi and American Samoa. Proceeds from our visitor center park stores and online shop have contributed over $26 million in support to national parks since 1933.
