Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 4, Number 3, 1 March 1987 — Nanakuli Homestead Patrol to Represent Hawaii in Washington [ARTICLE]

Nanakuli Homestead Patrol to Represent Hawaii in Washington

Eight Nanakuli homestead girls and their two leaders will represent the Pacific Council, Girl Scouts of America, at the organization's 75th Anniversary Jubilee Mar. 12 at the John F . Kennedy Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. It will be a first time mainland tripon a jumbojet for all eight girls and one of the leaders who eome from T roops 279 and 361 of the Nanakuli Homestead Patrol. The former is made up of girls 10-12 (juniors) andTroop361 is for girls 12-14 (cadets). The patrol has been selected to represent the eouneil whieh embraces the state. This is an international event whieh will have similar eight-girl councils from throughout the country and the world. Nanakuli, headed by troop leaders Merrie Aipoalani and Elmyra Tangorang, is scheduled to leave Mar. 9 and return Mar. 17. All eight girls live on homestead land in Nanakuli. Those from T roop 279 are Nalani and Kukana Aipoalani, Arlene Tangorang, Marilyn Rhody and Genevieve Marks. Cadets from Troop 361 are Teresa Rhody, Leonara Marks and Ilima Kahapea. Only Mrs. Aipoalani has visited the mainland before. This is the same Nanakuli patrol whieh won first plāee in the float division of the Girl Scouts parade last year in

Honolulu. The 75th Anniversary parade this year is scheduled for Mar. 7 and Nanakuli will again be in it. The Pacific Council in five years will itself note its 75th anniversary, having been established just five years after the National Council. During its Washington stay, the Nanakuli group plans to visit Hawaii's congressional deIegation and D.C. sites. They have also scheduled aMar. 13 display of arts and craft and hula show at Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge where they are staying. "We're taking over a lot of things and the girls have practiced hard for their performance. These are all Hawaiian and part Hawaiian youngsters and they are determined to put on a good show," Aipoalani said. Funds for the trip were raised through several sales of cookies, calendar, baked goods, pizza and some of the proceeds from Sen. James Aki's haunted house and two beer busts. Money also was received as a result of letters of solicitation by Aipoalani to City Council members, state legislators and the business community. For Aipoalani, it will be a reunion of sorts as two sisters who are mainland residents will be joining her in Washington. One sister is coming from Connecticut and the other from Minnesota.