Kona Historical Society Joins the #GivingTuesday Movement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Support Kona Historical Society’s effort to create a research station
Consider donating to Kona Historical Society to celebrate #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving happening Dec. 1 that encourages individuals, communities and organizations to support philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide.
For this year's #GivingTuesday campaign, Kona Historical Society hopes to raise $2,000 in 24 hours to create a small research station for public use inside the Society’s Jean Greenwell Library & Archive. Donations can be made online at https://www.mygiving.net/campaign/KHSgiving2020 and contributions of all sizes make a difference.
This funding will be used for a computer, height adjustable table, ergonomic chair, software, training, and protective and sanitizing equipment to enable our community and visiting researchers to use the resources Kona Historical Society holds for them. The Society’s archives hold a variety of collections: historical photographs, manuscripts, family records, oral histories, maps, tax records and more. All these materials are collected and preserved to help illustrate the history of Kona through its agriculture, ranching, geography, cultures, community members, small businesses and civic organizations.
With this new area, Kona Historical Society will be better equipped to welcome visitors and researchers to explore Kona's history and culture. The addition of a research station will also allow Collections Manager Julie Kamiyama to continue cataloguing and digitizing the Society’s unique and ever-expanding collections. These archives often provide the inspiration and foundation for the Society’s public programs, educational initiatives, exhibitions, and sites.
"Archives capture the stories of our community, what people meant to others, and preserve them long after those memories have faded. Our archives do not exist only for the sake of preserving those stories, but to share them," Kamiyama said. "With this research station you may find your story."
Kona Historical Society is a community-based, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and Smithsonian Affiliate that has spent the past four decades collecting, preserving and sharing the history of the Kona districts and their rich cultural heritage within Hawaii.
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