Participants of the Hawaii Wildfire Summit voted on their favorite bookmarks based on three categories.
As part of a way to celebrate the upcoming Hawaii Wildfire Summit and Wildfire Preparedness Day, HWMO met with middle school students from several schools and youth programs and had them participate in a youth "Prevent Wildfire" bookmark contest. Students represented Kamaile Academy, Kohala Middle and High School, Waikoloa Middle School, and the Malama Kai Foundation Ocean Warriors program. The artwork they produced conveyed several messages that they could choose from:
"Prevent wildfires to protect our ocean"
"Prevent wildfires to protect our forests"
"Prevent wildfires to protect our communities"
Students from Kamaile Academy in Waianae created their bookmarks during an HWMO school visit earlier in 2018.
Ocean Warriors hard at work designing their creative prevent wildfire bookmarks.
23 of the bookmark entries were selected by the HWMO staff to be voted on at the Hawaii Wildfire Summit on May 2 and 3.
We are excited to announce the winners of the contest as determined by the many participants who took the time and thought to cast their ballots at the summit.
Congratulations to our winners and mahalo to all of the youth participants in this year's art contest. Special thanks to Jameil Saez, STEM teacher at Kamaile Academy, and Elizabeth Pickett of the Malama Kai Foundation Ocean Warriors program.