Paperless Banking Helps Hui Ku Maoli Ola Restore Ahupua‘a
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Del.icio.usSwitching from paper statements to online bank statements is helping to restore part of the Heeia stream bank and surrounding acreage.
A renewed partnership between Central Pacific Bank and the Kaneohe native plant nursery, Hui Ku Maoli Ola, is promoting the switch to paperless banking now through Jan. 31, and the rewards can make an impact on the land. For every CPB account holder who enrolls for the free service, the bank will donate a native Hawaiian tree or plant in the customer’s name to Hui Ku Maoli Ola and Papahana Kuaola, the nursery’s nonprofit arm.
The trees will be planted by volunteers on the 70 acres of property known as Waipao in the Heeia ahupua’a, at the back of Haiku Valley.
“Throughout the years we’ve been able to make a positive effort to reforest this place,” said Matt Schirman, who co-owns Hui Ku Maoli Ola with Rick Barboza. “We’ve been getting the public involved and through our programs are able to let them see a visual difference in what a healthy forest looks like.”
Reducing paper waste is a goal for the bank, but planting trees also has created a stir in the boardroom, according to CEO John Dean. “The before-andafter pictures from last year’s planting are amazing and are true-life testimony of how each person can make a difference in the well-being of our Islands,” Dean said. “We are excited to partner again with Hui Ku Maoli Ola and Papahana Kukaola.”
“It went really good last year,” added Moani Hibbard, volunteer coordinator for the Heeia Stream Restoration Project. “We has 100 or more volunteers from Central Pacific Bank come out to clear and replant.
We planted 300 native trees and plants in three hours and everything is growing really good.”
The next restoration workday is scheduled for Jan. 21.
For more information or to join the fun, call 2356165.
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