Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 8, 1 August 1991 — OHA float needs kokua [ARTICLE]

OHA float needs kokua

Next month the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will participate for the first time in the annual Aloha Week floral parade, Sat. Sept. 21, with a decorated float. The parade theme, "E Pupukahi," meaning "We Are One," stresses unity. OHA's participation in the highlypublicized event, whieh is viewed both nationally and internationally, is to recognize the agency's 10 years of work on behalf of Native Hawaiians and to underscore its future plans for bettering Hawaiian conditions. OHA needs your kokua in all areas of obtaining float materials and in construction. Volunteers with float construction experience are needed, especially skilled welders or carpenters. Also in need are florists to donate flowers and/or time, as well as lumber and ehieken wire. Float designer will be award-winning Andrew Miyamoto. These floral materials are also needed: palapalai, laua'e, staghorn, 'ekaha, moa and leather fern, helieonia, liko lehua, uki grass, koa pods, dendrobium heads and spikes, silver protea tea leaves, statice, protea flowers, ti leaves, crown flowers, hydrangea, 'a'ali'i, anthuriums and marigolds. The float especially needs silver eucalyptus leaves, brown chickory leaves and carnations, mums and dendrobium orchids in white. To volunteer or make donations of flowers and materials, please contact Trustee Rowena Akana at 586-3777. Mahalo nui loa kakou!