National park visitors donate $415,000 in Hawaii, Samoa
Visitors to national parks in Hawaii and American Samoa have donated $415,000 at the checkout counters in Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association visitor center stores, the organization announced Oct. 15. This is despite the challenges posed by a partial federal government shutdown, periodic national park closures due to hurricanes and other damaging weather events, volcanic eruptions and steady increases in the cost of living and vacationing. Visitors to national parks in Hawaii and American Samoa have donated $415,000 at the checkout counters in Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association visitor center stores. These donations help support educational and wildlife programs, and the preservation of cultural sites at the park where they are made. Despite challenges including a partial federal government shutdown and frequent national park closures due to hurricanes and other damaging weather events, rising costs of living and vacationing. Donations in Hawaii support nene and Hawaiian petrel populations at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, educational programs at Haleakala National Park and cultural knowledge at Pu‘ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park and Kaloko-Honokohau National historical Park.
Опубликовано : Вчерашний день от John Berger в Travel
A customer chooses to donate at the checkout of the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Welcome Center and park store. Visitor donations made at Hawai’i Pacific Parks Association visitor center stores hel... [1997 symbols]
