LAU KUPU DAY 2024
Join us at our Spring Lau Kupu Event (Community Workday)
We are thrilled to invite you to Kupu’s Lau Kupu Day on Saturday, April 6th, 2024 from 9am to 1pm. Lau Kupu Day is a special event where Kupu strives to strengthen our bond with the community through a day of service and dedicated support for our youth.
In honor of Earth Day, we are partnering with Kauluakalana located in Kailua, Oahu whose mission is “to restore and grow healthy relationships between people and place through the aloha ʻāina practices of retelling our Kailua-specific stories, replanting and eating our ancestral foods, and caring for the sacred sites, lands, and waters of our beloved ahupuaʻa of Kailua.”
Join us for a beautiful day outside! Connect with ʻāina and community members topped with a delicious lunch catered by Kupuʻs Culinary students.
Your support of Kupu and events like these enables us to swiftly respond to community needs. With your support, Kupu has launched programs expanding employment opportunities for Maui residents and is working to reduce the harmful effects of global warming and climate change. Funds raised at Lau Kupu Day directly support Kupuʻs mission.
For businesses and groups, please consider forming a corporate team (Details Here). Kindly RSVP by Friday, March 22nd, to confirm your participation as a Company or small hui (group) by clicking on this link: Lau Kupu RSVP Form - Kauluakalana
Lau Kupu participants will be able to join us in the following activities throughout the day:
Loʻi Kalo Restoration: Learn about and participate in the vairous ways of supporting the health and abundance of loʻi kalo.
Hawaiian Plant Restoration and Invasive Plant Removal: Care for native and canoe plant species. We'll be removing invasive weeds, laying mulch, and planting new plants.
How to RSVP and Support Lau Kupu Day
Please consider participating as a Corporate or Family Team and making a contribution to Kupu.
If you cannot attend but would like to support this event with a donation, please click the link below and kindly note “Lau Kupu 2024” in the “Leave a comment” section.
Questions? Contact us at donations@kupuhawaii.org or call 808-735-1221. See you there, rain or shine!
Background on Kupu
Founded in Hawaiʻi in 2007, Kupu has operated programs in Maui for over a decade-and-a-half. Along with supporting a network of Maui-based sustainability-focused organizations, Kupu has trained or employed hundreds of youth and young adults in Maui, preparing them for careers in conservation or other green professions. Across the Hawaiian Islands, Kupu’s 6,000-plus participants have removed over 151,000 acres of invasive species, planted more than 1.5 million plants, and managed projects that help communities adapt and address the climate changes happening around them.