Author: Martha
Kamaaina warrior
Posted onTroop 49
Posted onBSA Troop 49 – February 2020 “Allowing us to camp and use the facilities at this very special place, was a comfortable weekend spent in the “old style” ways. We were educated on the unique geological history as an extinct cinder cone, and its mission as an oasis of native plants, Hawaiian culture and in […]
Eagle Project completed at the Fleming Arboretum
Posted onUlupalakua- Shion Ward of Boy Scout Troop 100 of Kula completed his Eagle project at the D.T. Fleming Arboretum in Ulupalakua to earn the Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor – the Eagle Scout Award. Shion Ward, a senior at Seabury Hall, son of Ben and Hiroko Ward, planned, organized, and directed his Eagle Project- […]
A walk through the Fleming Arboretum with Bob Hobdy
Posted onTrail ride benefits St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Posted onMaui News: October 22, 2019 More than 70 horses and riders recently enjoyed a six-hour ride through pastures and gulches up to 4,000 feet above sea level on Mt. Haleakala’s southern slope to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee. The ride began on Thompson Road in Keokea through OW Ranch, Ulupalakua […]
Girls rewarded with ‘puka of blue above Puu Mahoe’
Posted onThe Maui News 11/04/18 Forty weekend participants helped haul prunings and plant native trees and understory. Despite flash-flood warnings over all Maui the weekend of Oct. 12, the Girl Scouts of Troop 770, 772 and 923 kept their plans for a two-night campout at Puu Mahoe. They were rewarded with a “puka of blue […]
Fleming Arboretum Hosts Maui’s 27th St Jude Trail Ride
Posted onUlupalakua- Maui’s 27th annual “Saddle Up” St Jude Trail Ride on Saturday, September 29 was an enjoyable success…a beautiful day and over $22,000 in donations for the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee. The 10 mile ride with 60 horses and riders began on Thompson Road through Ow Ranch and Ulupalakua Ranch to […]