9:00: Beach Cleanup Competition Begins
9:00-10: Stand Up Paddle Board Clinic: 14 Boards
on offer thanks to Robbie Naish
9:00-10:30: Gentle Land Yoga by “Easy Yoga Maui”
10:15-11:30: Yoga on a Stand Up Paddle Board by
Megan Franklin of Kihei Community Yoga
(Limited Boards on offer: BYOB if possible)
11:00-12:15: Barefoot Minded Live Music
11:30: Beach Cleanup Challenge Award Ceremony
12:00-1:00: Catered Lunch by Lulu’s Lahaina

Sugar Beach! It’s the spectacular, overlooked, endless, white, horseshoe sand crescent that extends from Ma’alaea Harbor to North Kihei. What a spectacle! Come out and join the good soldiers of Surfrider Maui for a surprisingly fun morning of beachcombing. Stop by for any amount of time. Look out for our tent at the Maui Canoe Club at the northern tip of Kihei. See you there!

Contact: Volunteer Coordinator

volunteercoordinator@maui.surfrider.org

Contact: Volunteer Coordinator
volunteercoordinator@maui.surfrider.org

Contact: Volunteer Coordinator
volunteercoordinator@maui.surfrider.org

The Trilogy crew will hold their 3rd of 12 clean-ups
for 2013 on Sunday, March 3rd at Lahaina Harbor. Join the group,
along with our Surfrider Maui Chapter members,
as we help to clean up another of our beautiful
surf/reef/beach areas in taking care of the ‘aina.

Many of you are well aware, Ma’alaea harbor was hit relatively hard by the tsunami – mostly by items that were pulled out to sea. Entire dock boxes full of supplies, metal ramps, scuba tanks and lots of other miscellaneous items were sucked over the break wall. Many companies have looked around in the harbor trying to recover some items, but the force of the surging waves actually drew the debris out into the reefs and ocean beyond. Come be part of the solution! Your $20 cash donation goes to the Surfrider Foundation and Surfrider Foundation – Japan Chapter.  Please make reservations directly with Trilogy at 661-4743 x 3. See you there!
For further information on this project,
call Cynthia M. @ (808) 357-0453 or email her at cynthia.matzke@gmail.com

 Surfrider Foundation, Maui Chapter is working to bring life to its mission of
preserving beach access, near shore water quality, recreational and cultural
sites through CARE:
Conservation, Activism, Research and Education.

 The Maui Chapter grows stronger and more effective through its membership, and yours will make the difference for Maui students learning about coastal management and issues affecting the near-shore water quality. Your membership will determine if the US Army Corps of Engineers will succeed in constructing its 1968 plan that destroys 4.8 acres of coral and disrupts critical habitat of endangered whales and turtles. The plan paves a beach and extends the breakwall 620’ – the length of two football fields.

We have come along way since our first HI Chapters Conference at the YMCA campground in Mokuleia a year and a half ago! We reorganized and reinvigorated the Maui and Kona Kai Ea chapters, we formed a new Surfrider Club at UH Manoa and are in the process of starting a new chapter in Hilo! We have grown and brought in new activists who are committed to protecting our coasts.  There is more to be done, and we are looking forward to
working with you all to keep up the good fight for clean water, beach access and responsible coastal development.

Rise Above Plastics continues to be our most popular campaign here in Hawaii and across the country, and each chapter has done great work educating the public about plastic marine pollution, showing screenings of the new film “Bag It” and encouraging people to reduce the proliferation of single-use plastic bags and bottles.  The Kauai and Maui Chapters helped pass county bans on plastic bags, and despite differences of opinion, most of the chapters support the new bill (SB1363), which would keep those bans in place and impose a $.10 fee on all single-use plastic and paper bags across the state.  SB1363 just passed out of the Finance Committee hearings this past week and now goes to Conference Committee and onto a final floor vote.  If it passes, Hawaii will become the first in the country to pass a statewide law to reduce the waste and pollution caused by single-use plastic and papers bags.
Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205519119476419

 Reasons to Join the Surfrider Foundation – Maui:

1. Monthly 808 Deli Beach Cleanups
2. Blue Aina Monthly Reef Cleanups
3. Environmental outreach to youth centers and canoe clubs
4. The preservation of the Ma’alaea’s Freight Train, natural environment,
   cultural and historical sites

Please join Surfrider and strengthen the Maui Chapter’s presence in the community.
It’s easy to join Surfrider by visiting www.surfrider.org
and clicking on Join Surfrider.

Or call 1-800-743-SURF and sign up over the phone with your
check card or credit card.