Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 8, 1 August 2006 — Mauna ʻAla donation [ARTICLE]

Mauna ʻAla donation

In late June, the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation

donated $150,000 to the nonprofit group Hawai'i Maoli to help restore and renovate Mauna 'Ala, the Royal Mausoleum in Nu'uanu that holds the remains of many of Hawai'i's ali'i. This latest gift brings the total amount pledged for the Mauna 'Ala renovation project to almost $1.4 million, with donations coming from the Charles Reed Bishop Trust, Kamehameha Schools, the Queen Eili'uokalani Trust, the Queen's Medical Center, the Hawai'i Tourism Authority and others. That means that a little more than $600,000 still needs to be raised to complete the numerous restoration projects for the mausoleum, including improving the bathroom and storage facility, new landscaping with native plants, fixing the property's historic wall and resurfacing the driveway. Hawai'i Maoli was formed by the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and is coordinating the funding for the renovations of Mauna 'Ala.