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Iris Wells <br />6th Grader <br />Volcano School of Arts & Sciences <br />Volcano Hawaii, 96785 <br />February 7, 2019 <br />Charter Commissioners <br />Hilo Hawaii 96720 <br />Regarding 2% Land Fund Program <br />Aloha Commissioners, <br />My name is Iris Wells, my parents are Jane and Keoki Wells. I am a 6th <br />grader at Volcano School of Arts and Sciences and I live in Volcano Village. <br />I feel very lucky I can go to Kawa at least once a month. I learn to work <br />with all my classmates and work with my hands. I also learn about <br />Hawaiian culture and how to observe my surroundings, and how they <br />change over time. Kawa is important to the Hawaiian Islands; my family, <br />my friends, the community, and everyone. There were thousands of <br />Hawaiian ancestors who cared for the land, and we want to maintain the <br />integrity of the Hawaiian land and culture for everyone. <br />When I go to Kawa, I learn Hawaiian culture and science. I learn about <br />native and invasive plants. I learn how to pull out invasive plants, including <br />christmas berry and haole koa. I learn at Kawa how to plant native plants <br />like wiliwili, and I also learn how to take care of them. I learn how to <br />observe my surroundings over a period of time. <br />I have been working and helping Kawa for many months now and it is <br />growing to be beautiful. I hope in the future I can bring my children and <br />grandchildren to Kawa. I will tell them about how I helped Kawa and that <br />they should help Kawa too. All of us help Kawa and give it a lot of aloha <br />aina. When people who come from the big city to see Kawa, they will be so <br />Comm. No. 21.121 <br />