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Hannah VanSpronsen <br />8th grade <br />Volcano HI 96785 <br />February, 4, 2019 <br />Charter Commission <br />Hilo, Hawaii <br />96720 <br />Regarding: The 2% land fund program. <br />Aloha Charter Commission, <br />Hello my name is Hannah VanSpronsen. My parents are Hillary and <br />Kenneth VanSpronsen and we live in Mountain View. I'm an 8th grader at <br />Volcano School of Arts and Sciences and I'm very privileged to be able to <br />go to Kawa. Kawa is a very precious place because it and the people there <br />teach us responsibility before we move onto high school, then the real <br />world. When I first went there two years ago, it was overtaken by invasive <br />plants. But now with the help of Na Mamo o Kawa, Kumu James Akau, <br />Uncle Duane, Aunty Clarissa Pua, and Uncle Kaui Felder, Kawa is a <br />beautiful place once more. Kawa is a wahi pana, a very special place and <br />should stay that way so those who live here can always see what Kawa is <br />truly like. <br />Like I said Kawa is a very special place as well as being a <br />conservative and I personally would like it to stay that way for a long time to <br />come. So that the future generations can see a truly wonderful spot in <br />Hawaii that their parents, grandparents, and their past ancestors helped to <br />rebuild and recover. On that note of the future generations, I know that they <br />would love to see the same land that their ancestors once walked on, not <br />some city that took all of the ancient landmarks away from them. So I think <br />Comm. No. 21.148 <br />