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Cemetery Stewardship

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Once a month (the 4th Sunday) we clean 3 cemeteries 
each month: O’okala, Honoka’a and Kukuihaele..
To see the ground, the dirt, at the Hawaiian Christian church cemetery...and simply by steadily returning, we saw the dirt and are beginning to see more. The powerful scene of human beings steadily working, persisting, breaking up the overgrown vines, wheelbarrowing them away...focused...feeling the presence of the ancestors, feeling the ocean breeze cooling us on that beautiful afternoon...a miraculous miracle...quietly we have started the movement, just as we are learning that there are 2-3 people dedicated to other cemeteries, maintaining...regularly.  
​- Akiko Masuda
Our vision is your vision – legislation to protect graves of the immigrants – with cemeteries maintained by the community nearby.
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We continue with prayers that we are setting in motion a “community commitment” to those who came before us, that will start to sprout in communities all over our precious Hawaii – honoring on a monthly basis, those who came before us. 

Please know fully and in the depths of your soul, that the ancestors are most grateful that you come and work and clean and give attention in respect and gratitude. ​​

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For more information, see the Calendar of Events or contact Akiko Masuda at 963-6422 or msakiko@hawaii.rr.com. 
Please consider joining the Friends of Wailea Village to support our continuing work in cemetery stewardship with a tax deductible annual pledge of:
  • $60 ($5/month)
  • $120 ($10/month)
  • or more...
  • a gift of any amount for the property fund

Contact us for free, confidential assistance with planned gifts or bequests of any kind.

With sincere gratitude for your consideration and support.
 
Garry Wyckoff
WVHPC Board Member
Friend of Akiko & Wailea Village
Mail checks payable to WVHPC: P.O. Box 272, 
Hakalau, HI 96710
or donate electronically through
​(click on PayPal logo):
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Take a look at the other Wailea Village Historic Preservation Community initiatives:  Reviving Hakalau School, Senior Luncheons, and Mochi Pounding.
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