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Healthy
Hawaii Coalition Projects
In
order to achieve our stated goals of protecting the environment and improving
individual and community health, we currently participate in the following
activities.
• Researching, developing, and implementing a curriculum for
teaching keiki about the importance of preserving our limited water resources
on Oahu and Maui.
• Identifying,
researching, and alerting the public about environmental and community
health risks.
• Working to improve the fitness of children in Hawai’i
by supporting increased physical activity and healthier diets.
Teaching Our Keiki to Protect the Watersheds
Since
2002, Healthy Hawaii Coalition has worked with grants awarded from the
Kailua Bay Advisory Council on Oahu, and more recently the State Department
of Health Clean Water Branch, to research, develop, and implement a curriculum
for teaching our keiki about the importance of preserving our limited
water resources.
Click here to learn
more about this exciting project.
Fighting
to Protect Wa’ahila Ridge
Healthy Hawai'i Coalition was originally formed in 1996 as People for
Environmental and Community Health (PEACH). In 2001 the organization was
renamed Healthy Hawai’i Coalition (HHC). HHC became very active
in the long struggle to protect Wa’ahila Ridge (Manoa, Oahu) from
the proposed construction of twenty 138,000 volt power ines…....Read
more...
HHC
Volunteers and Firefighters Clean Up Graffiti in Haiku Valley, Kaneohe
On
Nov. 7 2005, Healthy Hawaii Coalition volunteers teamed up with firefighters
from the Kailua and Kaneohe Stations to repaint the Omega Building, a
favorite target of graffiti “taggers”. Read
more…
HHC
Volunteers “Untag” the Graffiti in Makakilo
HHC
founder/president, Mike Gabbard, and a team of volunteers recently got
rid of graffiti “eyesores” in Makakilo. Read
more…
HHC
Provides the Missing Nativity Scene at Honolulu Hale Every year
the Honolulu City and County hosts the City Lights event. Read
more…
HHC
tests Oahu sand for possible contamination
HHC announced April 19, 2006 that they’ll be stepping forward to
test the sand at impacted Oahu beaches for possible bacterial contamination
from recent sewage spills. Read more...
HHC
releases results to Oahu sand tests
On April 21, 2006 the results to test analyses done on sand samples taken
on April 19, 2006 from 5 Oahu beaches Read more...
HHC
Volunteers Tackle Latest Graffiti in Kaneohe
On
April 14, 2006 HHC volunteers tackled the latest graffiti assault on the
Omega Building, in Haiku Valley Kaneohe, a favorite target of graffiti
“taggers” Read more...
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