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  • Volunteers planting trees at Kānepuʻu

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Find out how Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center partners with keiki, kupuna and community. Find us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram and watch videos on YouTube.

  • November blog post.

Hawaiian Artifacts Preservation Project

November 2023 - Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center has launched E Mālama i ke Koehana Waiwai o Lāna‘i (to care for the valuable artifacts of Lāna‘i), an ambitious two and half-year project to preserve and honor the native Hawaiian artifacts in Lāna‘i CHC’s care.

  • August blog post about the fires in Lahaina.

How to Handle Lāhainā Fire Materials on Lāna‘i

August 2023 - Materials dispersed from the Lāhainā fire will show up on Lāna‘i shores and tips on handling them until they can be returned to their rightful owners or to the appropriate repository from FEMA.

  • June blog video.

Lāna‘i Memorial Day Bouquet Making Cleanup 2023

June 2023 - Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center brought together the island community to participate in bouquet making on Saturday, May 27 on the Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center lawn. The organization also brought together over 80 volunteers for the cemetery clean-up and bouquet placing on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29.

  • May blog video.

Kupulau Festival Celebrates Conservation

May 2023 - Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center's second annual Kupulau Festival celebrated Lāna‘i's precious natural and cultural resources. There were educational booths for all to learn about the biocultural landscape, interactive crafts and opportunities for families to take home native plants.

  • April blog video.

Ka Lanakila Church Restoration

April 2023 - On April 1, 2023 Lāna‘i Culture and Heritage Center volunteers worked to restore Hawai'i's largest dryland forest and Lāna‘i's Ka Lanakila Church.

  • March blog video.

Restoration of Kānepu‘u

March 2023 - Here’s what Lanai’s lovers of land look like. On March 4, 2023 Hawai‘i’s largest native dryland forest got a boost thanks to the Lāna‘i Culture and Heritage Center and volunteers. Fifty native plants were donated.

  • January blog post of the highlights of 2022.

Top 10 Highlights of 2022

January 2023 - 2022 was a time of restoration and innovation. It was our year to rekindle community, advance our mission and to celebrate the centennial of plantation life. Here are the top 10 highlights of 2022 that your support made possible.

  • September blog post.

New virtual exhibit celebrates plantation era centennial

September 2022 - On September 30, 2022 Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center (Lāna‘i CHC) launched its first ever virtual  exhibit as part of its centennial celebration that commemorates the plantation life that began when the island was purchased by pineapple pioneer James Dole in 1922.

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