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Ikaia Hirata <br />7th grade student <br />Volcano School of Arts and Sciences <br />Volcano, Hawaii 96785 <br />February 5, 2019 <br />Charter Commission <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Aloha Commissioner, <br />Regarding: 2 percent Land Fund Program. <br />My name is Ikaia Tekashi Hirata, my parents names are Heather Jill <br />Hirata and Brad Tekashi Hirata. My mom, my sisters, and I live in Mt. <br />View, Hawaii, and my dad lives in Kurtistown, Hawaii. Going to Kawa is <br />important to my class, my community, and me because we get to restore a <br />historical place and there's a lot of culture, also we get to go there every <br />three Wednesdays. My class goes there every three weeks because the <br />other two classes have to go. <br />When we stop beach erosion, clear paths, plant natives , malama aina, <br />and aloha aina to keep Kawa like it was in the past. Before Kawa was <br />overgrown, there were lots of invasive plants, trash was on the ground, and <br />the spring was full of sand. Now Kawa is not overgrown, less invasives <br />covering the natives, the trash is picked up, and the spring isn't full of sand. <br />If Kawa is not funded we would have done all this work for nothing. We <br />restored Kawa for the visitors/tourists or family that want to visit. <br />Comm. No. 21.134 <br />