IYOR Maui Mahalo Luncheon for Community Taskforce aboard Golden Princess

1. Community Work Day Program Mahalo nui loa to all of our sponsors & supporters! We couldn’t have done it without you!

2. May 2007, in a County conference room far, far away…. The IYOR Task Force was created! For one year, monthly meetings were held to plan what would become…. OLA NA PAPA I PULAMA ‘IA Cherish the Living Reefs

3. Our theme was officially adopted statewide.

4. Task Force Meeting – Whale Sanctuary

5. MiQe Ellen Cheryl Wayno Brooke

6. Task Force Meeting – May 2008

7. The Awesome Logo Design Team!

8. The Making of “ Ten Things You Can Do to Protect the Coral Reef.”

9. The Results

10. Mayor Tavares proclaims the 2008 International Year of the Reef for Maui County December 14, 2007 Maui Ocean Center The big day arrives…..

12. Reef Etiquette Sign Debuts!

13. Mayor promotes “Butts Off the Beach” Campaign

14. Uncle Charlie Maxwell blesses new mural at Maui Ocean Center.

15. Kuhea announces Maui Nui’s IYOR campaign at statewide kickoff - State Capitol, January 25, 2008.

16. So what did the Maui Nui IYOR campaign do this year?

17. SOS! Marine Education for Hawai‘i’s Reefs Coordinators: Emily Carlson, Rick Long, & Mike Rineer Pu‘u Keka‘a and Maui Ocean Center Weekly and bi-monthly education stations made possible through a HTA Natural Resources Grant submitted by Community Work Day Program.

18. Educating snorkelers at Pu‘u Keka‘a.

19. Education Station, Maui Ocean Center

20. Mahalo to all of the volunteers who manned the education stations ALL year long!

21. Rick Long and Flo Bahr

22. Mike and Jan Rineer

23. Marv and Michele Paularena

25. Skip and Gloria Snyder

26. Flo Bahr