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Project Information * 44. Project Title Kawaihae Canoe Club Hale Piko EXHIBIT A 45. Project Start Date **SIQPPED** 46. Project End Date **SIQPPED** *47. Please select all areas of Hawaii Island where the project will be administered, delivered, and implemented. South Kohala 48. Please select the district of the Council Member from which you would like to apply for Contingency Relief Funds. Council District 9 * 49. In 2,000 characters or less, describe the project. The Kawaihae Canoe Club would like to better serve our members and the broader community with improved food preparation, serving and cleaning up areas at our facility located at Kawaihae Harbor. After a sudden storm in May 2024 that forced the club to cancel the long-distance canoe race, the club's leadership understood that it needed to improve our facilities to better cope with these types of challenges. The primary tent on site, more than a dozen years old, was tattering. The Hawaii Community Foundation generously gave $25,000 to fund a replacement. Now the club needs help improving the kitchen area under the tent. The club secured funding from the Dorrance Foundation and would like to firm up the ground by pouring a concrete floor and improving the preparation, serving and cleaning up areas. The club hosts regular potlucks, coffee klatches and big events like annual luaus and a steak fry. The tent also plays host to St. James Episcopal Church, Na Kalai Wa`a and all of the high schools in the area have held events at the club this past year. Kawaihae Canoe Club is happy to share its home with the broader community and foster the pilina (relationships) we need for a strong community. * 50. 5O1(c)(3) Mission Statement The mission of this organization is preserving and perpetuating the history, culture and practices of the Hawaiian outrigger canoe and instilling traditional Hawaiian values (`ike ku'una) not only in the membership of the Kawaihae Canoe Club but also in our home communities of South Kohala, North Kohala and Hamakua. * 51. In 1,000 characters or less, explain how the 5O1(c)(3) is connected to the project. The Kawaihae Canoe Club provides a gathering place for our diverse community. Recently, the club hosted the crew of Hokule'a. The famed double -hulled voyaging canoe that circumnavigated the planet, stopped in Kawaihae as part of its journey to ports across the archipelago. The club, in conjunction with Na Kalai Wa'a, hosted and fed the visiting crew under the tent on the grounds of the club. Besides the happy occasions, Kawaihae Canoe Club is there in challenging times. At the beginning of May 2024, an incredibly strong and violent storm lashed the Kohala Coast the night before the Kawaihae Canoe Club was to host its annual long distance race. Flash flooding blocked the roads and damaged the club grounds. After the roads were cleared, club members flocked to the grounds to begin feeding the first responders and the road crews. The club was resilient gathering place for the community. * 52. Please upload a completed CRF Grant Budget Form. Kawaihae Canoe Club Hale Piko Budget 2025.xlsx Public Purpose of Requested Funds Per §2-138 of the Hawari County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), the County may grant an award only if the proposed program or service provides direct public benefits and fulfills a public purpose within the County. 53. According to §2-136, "public purpose" is defined as a benefit to, improvement of, or promotion of the interests in the following areas. Please select all the public benefits to be derived from your County fund request: Culture and the arts Needs of the poor, youth, the aged, those with physical or emotional disabilities * 54. In 2,000 characters or less, describe the measurable outcomes you aim to achieve with these funds. The Kawaihae Canoe Club plans on hosting four large-scale events (400+) in the coming fiscal year that will bring together diverse communities here on Hawari Island.