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Our partner Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park is closed due to severe weather.
Guests of Volcano House & KMC may enter & shelter in place. 🏠 High wind & flash flood ⚠️ warnings are in effect thru March 14.
Flooding, downed trees, power outages 🔌 occurring.
IMG: NOAA
#KonaLowStorm #HVNP #KMC #HPPA
And as kid I would have also never dreamed that things like a 21 years old #HPUX #Unix workstation would help me stay sane and fill me with true wonder instead.
#HPPA #PA-RISC #PARISC
Heads up that air quality at the summit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park has deteriorated and the Welcome Center and HPPA park store at Kīlauea Military Camp is temporarily closed while the national park assesses conditions.
#VOG #KilaueaVolcano #HPPA #HVNP
Even small improvements make a big difference in the national park visitor experience!
This year’s HPPA support to our partner Haleakalā National Park includes upgrades to improve accessibility, functionality, and the overall visitor experience.
#SupportYourParks #HaleakalaNationalPark #HPPA #HALE
As the nonprofit partner of the National Park of American Samoa, HPPA works with park leadership to identify priority needs every year. 🤝📋
HPPA supports:
When you shop the park or donate in the visitor center or online, you help protect both natural systems & living traditions. 🌿💚
IMGS: #NPSA
#HPPA
Where do you take your breaks at work? ☕🌿
Belinda is on our Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP store team so she takes her breaks in what she calls: "the best break room ever!" If you have visited this gorgeous, serene, incredibly important Hawaiian site, you know.
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #ADayInMyJob #HPPA #PUHO
You guys 🫶 your national parks. We work in them, we can tell.
In just the last 5 months at Hawai'i Volcanoes NP you folks donated $78K at the register at checkout. Your donations stay in the park.
Mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, for supporting this incredible, important place. 🌋🌿🌊
#HPPA #HVNP
Cultural performances at the visitor center are part of what we support at our partner National Park of American Samoa in 2026! 🤝
These programs bring the park to life. 😍
#AmericanSamao #ParkSupport #HPPA #NPSA #SamoanCulture
Amanda at our Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP visitor center store says she is always ready to SELL THE SHELL! 🐚
Our cute little pū (sea shell trumpet) plushies 🥰 were created to help tell the story of how important events were announced at this amazing place, & kids love them.
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #HPPA
🌊..."and the benefits of membership are"...🌊
🤳When you visit Hawaiʻi national parks VC stores, you might hear about HPPA membership & the pluses for you & the parks. Pete, at our Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP store, knows these benefits inside AND out! 💪
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #ADayInMyJob #HPPA #Pete
A photo an an old school HP c8000 Unix workstation the design with its unique feet still looks very futuristic even today.
And here we go, a true #Unix machine with two #PA-RISC CPU's, OS is HP UX and one the last #RISC workstation #HP released, while switching to Intels ultimate lemon Itanium, should have stayed with their own silicon. This will be fun to figure out.
#hppa #PARISC #PA_RISC #HPUX
#Hawaiian cultural demonstrations remaining for March at Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP 🌺🌊
March 11, 18, 25
ʻUlana Launiu - Coconut Frond #Weaving in the Visitor Center breezeway 9am 🌴🪢
March 20
ʻUlana Launiu - Coconut Frond Weaving in the Hālau (Stop 16) 9am-2pm 🌿🧺
Some programs supported by #HPPA.
Cultural demos for March offered at our partner Pu'ukohola Heiau NHS on Hawaiʻi Island:
Hulu Aliʻi, Chiefly Featherwork (10am-1pm) — Pomai Brown — March 11, 18 & 25 🪶
Weekly demo of feathered capes & cloaks offers a meaningful connection to the rich history of this area.
#PuukoholaHeiauNHS #HPPA
This year, our donation support for partner Haleakalā NP includes:
🌿 Hosting Hawaiian cultural practitioners in the Kīpahulu District
🌿 Helping to gather kūpuna advisors to guide park interpretation
🌿 Supporting the translation of select webpages into ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
#KipahuluDistrict #HPPA #HALE
Your donations & purchases at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP 🌋 stores support programs that connect visitors with Native Hawaiian culture. 🌺
In 2026, HPPA will support:
• Cultural practitioner honorariums
• Traditional materials used for demos
• Live cultural demonstrations & storytelling
IMGS: #HVNP
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Behind every great visitor experience at our partner National Park of American Samoa is a knowledgeable park ranger. 🥾
By investing in staff training, we help ensure that Samoan cultural traditions are shared authentically and respectfully.
#ParkSupport #SamoanCulture #HPPA #NPSA #StaffTraining
The HQ Visitor Center & park store at Haleakalā NP may still be closed for reno, but for Team HPPA the pricing 💲, receiving 📦, & sorting 🗂️ go on! Shaylee & Mary (& Wendy🤳) are out here (literally) making sure your park store visit is epic when the doors open.
#ThisIsWhereWeWork #ADayInMyJob #HPPA
That’s a wrap for our team at the #publiclandsalliance 2026 convention in Florida! Chuck (in hat) just texted that Team HHPA‘s last day in Florida was spent at an amazing PLA-sponsored excursion to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge with critters galore. 🐊
#PLA2026 #MerrittIslandNWR #HPPA
Happiest of happy anniversaries to our Akiko, who you may have been lucky enough to meet at our Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Welcome Center park store being the busiest & also kindest person ever! 🎉🌺 It's lucky #13!
#AmazingAkiko #TeamHPPA #HPPAOhana #HPPA #AkikoAnniversary #HPPAAnniversary
Celestial spotlight on Wendy! She’s back with #HPPA at our #haleakalanps park stores & we couldn’t be more stoked.
🎉🥳👏🙌🏽
If you are visiting the park, tap her bird smarts–she was Maui’s only full time birding guide for years. We’re just happy to have her back in the nest, she’s a good egg! 🪺 🦉🐦⬛
Your donations & purchases in the Welcome Center store at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park 🌋 support programs that connect visitors with Native Hawaiian traditional practices 🌺✨ & help perpetuate the Hawaiian culture 🌈 and inspire stewardship of these absolutely unique landscapes.
#HPPA
IMGS: #HVNP
Your purchases & donations at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP are doing real work! 🌋
In 2026 alone, #HPPA will be providing $365,576 in support to our partner. Every plush toy, book & round-up donation at checkout makes 👏🏼 a 👏🏼difference 👏🏼 . Mahalo for being part of this effective effort!
IMGS: #HVNP
Good morning #publiclandsalliance! Did you pop by the morning coffee ☕️ & bagel 🥯 spot sponsored by HPPA? Did you experience a little aloha 🌺 & some talk story time ? The #PLA26 convention has A LOT going on, so we hope you fueled up before heading into yet another incredible day!
#HPPA #CoffeeTime
Research in #HaleakalaNationalPark matters. 🔬
HPPA support this year funds Student Conservation of America interns who assist park staff w/ monitoring native & introduced plants, forest birds & cultural resources.
Good science needs support. 🌿 Your purchases & donations are where it begins.
#HPPA
Supporting parks isn’t just about landscapes. It’s about people, about a trained, supported team. Your support of our partner #HaleakalāNP helps:
• Fund interpretation interns
• Provide uniforms & recognition for volunteers
• Train staff in volunteer mgmt and & resource education
#HPPA #ParkSupport
Culture is not a display. It’s living, practiced, shared.
This year, support for our partner #HaleakalāNP includes:
🌿 Hosting Hawaiian cultural practitioners in the #Kīpahulu District
🌿 Helping to gather kūpuna advisors
🌿 Supporting translation of select webpages into the Hawaiian language
#HPPA
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park Update 🚧
Please note: the Kaloko-Honokōhau NHP Visitor Center & HPPA Park Store will be closed on Feb. 23 & 24 for scheduled construction. 🛠️🏗️
All other areas of the park will remain open. 🌊🌴
#KalokoHonokōhauNationalHistoricalPark #HPPA
NPS Photo / KAHO 📸
When you visit our partner the #NationalParkofAmericanSamoa, the information you receive matters.
This year, we are supporting:
• Printing of the park newspaper
• Updated tear-off trail maps for Manu‘a
• Accessibility improvements in printed materials
#ParkSupport #NPSA #HPPA #AmericanSamoa
Way to keep showing the ❤️ for your national historical sites!
In the last 4 months, visitors to Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site donated $4,000 at checkout in the HPPA park store 💵✨, because they know their donations stayed right there in the park. 🌺.
#HPPA #PUHE #OTCDonations #ParkSupport
The #publiclandsalliance 2026 convention is ramping up in Daytona Beach 🏖️ and our HPPA folks are representing! 💙 #PLA is the premier annual event for public lands professionals, and if you are organizing or attending, say hi to our people who travelled from Hawai’i. 🤙🏾
#HPPA #PLA #PLA26 #PLA26DB
