KIRC WISH LIST
New or used, it doesn’t matter as long as it works!
KIRC ARCHIVES & NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL PROGRAM
• Classroom education center – at Honokanai‘a Kauhale (Base Camp)
DVD/VHS player/recorder ($400) – Mahalo! Computer speakers ($50.00) – Mahalo!
Projection screen ($140 new) Acid-free folders (200) ($70 new)
Acid-free boxes (50) ($240 new) Fire resistant archive cabinets (4) ($650)
OCEAN RESROUCES PROGRAM
• Shoreline survey equipment
Underwater camera & housing ($800) Keen water shoes (3pr/$95per)
Underwater drop camera ($1,100) Sunglasses (3 at $120) ($360) – Mahalo!
Satellite transmitters (marine species tag monitoring) ($9,000)
RESERVE OPERATIONS PROGRAM
• Base-camp (including transition to alternative energy)
Solar panels ($5,000) & storage batteries ($5,000) – for volunteer living quarters
Restaurant style coffee brewer with 3 warmers ($300)
• Volunteer supplies & safety
Dry bags (for water transport) (15) ($300) Safety Glasses (full eye cover) (40) ($200) – Mahalo!
Knee Pads 20 pair ($20 per pair new) Crutches (big & small) 2 pr.
• UXO (unexploded ordnance) & Safety Officer’s program
Digital Camera ($1,000) – Mahalo! Binoculars ($350)
Spotting Scope & tripod ($1,000) Lifeguard Rescue Tube float (2) ($50 each new)
Lifeguard surfboard ($500 new)
• Reserve General Operations
Pelican water proof hard cases (3) ($600 new) Small Zodiac with 2-cycle engine ($3,500 new)
12’ Avon inflatable boat w/fiberglass bottom ($3,000 used)
RESTORATION PROGRAM (in order of need)
1,000 koa seedlings ($5,000) Weed whackers (2) ($300 new)
Heavy Duty Wood chipper ($5,000 used) Brush Mower (1) ($500 new)
Earth augers & Power Pack ($100/$500) parabolic microphone/bionic ear ($200)
Drisco fusion machine ($5,000) – connects irrigation pipe without metals
Nursery equipment ($5,000) – for native seed propagation
HEAVY-DUTY PAPER SHREDDER – NEW (about $1,000) or USED (would be great, too!)
KIRC uses all excess office paper, but our little office shredder can’t handle the volume. Shredded paper is bagged and sent to Kaho‘olawe where Restoration Division staff and volunteers compost it with food scraps.
Once composted, it’s taken to planting areas, mixed with mulching materials (including wood chips) and, mulched around fragile native plantings, shrubs – and soon trees – creating mini-ecosystems that protect the plants. As it decomposes, it breaks up the hardpan, allowing our native plants to sink their roots into living soil.
Contact Jamie Crimmins with your questions regarding donations.
JamieCrimmins@WhisperingTrees.org