Operation Wildlife – Assistance League – Hawaii

Operation Wildlife Featured on Hawaii News Now

technology archive — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:29:46 +0000

With the presentation to 45 students at Ala Wai Elementary School on March 6, 2023, the Operation Wildlife (OWL) Team finished all the school sessions for this school year.

We shared our OWL presentation at 26 schools, including 6 in Hilo and 5 on Maui, with a total of 1,787 people, including students, teachers and administrators. Sixteen OWL volunteers went out to the schools, and we even had a few non-member volunteers observing at some schools. A couple of our volunteers played critical roles of Neighbor Island advisor and biofact triage specialist!

The best critique comes from teachers. Here are some from this year’s evaluations:

“The students had an amazing experience. A lot of them said that they never would have thought that they would be able to see or touch such beautiful animals in their young lives. One student said it was the best moment he ever had at a school. A lot of my students were inspired to do something and create change because of this presentation. Thank you for creating such a wonderful program for students”.

“Thank you for all that you do. A lot of my kids felt the importance of taking actions to help our native species. It is an experience they will never forget.”

“All of the provided teaching material, video presentation, and viewing of biofacts were above and beyond our expectations. The students loved it!”

The student with the sea turtle, in the photo above, said he had a staring contest with the turtle and lost! Comments like these make it all worthwhile!

We also made the news on Maui and had an interview with Jim Mendoza of Hawaii News Now, thanks to our Public Relations committee led by Linda McColgan.

Our Operation Wildlife team was on Maui this week

linda.mccolgan@hotmail.com — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:11:09 +0000

And…. Maui News came to one of the schools with them!

Click the link to read the article and view the pictures:.A walk on the wild side | News, Sports, Jobs – Maui News

Operation Wildlife coming to Maui soon!

linda.mccolgan@hotmail.com — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:49:22 +0000

Operation Wildlife is an educational program that travels to Neighbor Island and Oahu schools to teach fourth grade students about animal endangerment and preservation. (Hawaii has more endangered species than any other state.) Assistance League of Hawaii has collected over 100 exotic biofacts (tiger skin, elephant tooth, piranha, and much more) for students to touch, feel and examine.

Member volunteers travel to Maui, Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai, Molokai, carrying suitcases filled with biofacts and PowePpoint video equipment. They present a memorable endangered species program for students, of which many have not been to a zoo.

This traveling program enhances the fourth grade endangered species and Earth’s ecosystems in their science curriculum at schools on all major Hawaiian Islands. Students handle a fantastic array of animal skins, skulls, furs and feathers. They gain understanding for the need to care for and conserve natural resources.

Operation Wildlife coming to Hilo soon!

linda.mccolgan@hotmail.com — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 02:49:03 +0000

OWL Duo Make Presentation in Waimea

technology archive — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:18:53 +0000

Assistance League of Hawaii Operation Wildlife (OWL) members were at the Thelma Parker Memorial Library in Waimea on the Big Island of Hawaii where they gave three presentations to students from Parker, Waimea County, Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA) and Waimea Elementary schools. Waimea was OWL’s first Neighbor Island trip which was from September 24 to the 27. Gerri Migita and Leilani Alcover made that trip.

Koko Head Elementary was visited on September 24 and Kapunahala Elementary in Kaneohe on September 26. More presentations are planned for this academic year. If you want to get involved in our OWL program, call us at 808 946-1505 or drop us an email at althrift281@gmail.com. You can also go to this link to join Assistance League of Hawaii.

OWL Prepares for New School Year

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 23:50:43 +0000

Operation Wildlife (OWL) members met on Wednesday September 5 to finalize plans for this academic year and to review the wonderful new Power Point presentation that will be shown to schools around the state. Member volunteers shown, left to right include: Betty Parinas, Kathy Takemoto, Marge Martin, Arden Moore, Andrea Cyriacks, Gerri Migita, Myrtle Ching-Rappa, Marge Fabre, Joy Corbett, and Shelley Carroll.