We are the members of PMKCA who enjoy bringing to light the wonderful, unusual, sometimes problematic, and significant things about mauka Pa’auilo and Kalōpā that make our living here such a pleasure. 

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We write the content that appears in the PMKCA Newsletters that have appeared regularly in the Hāmākua Times monthly newspaper over many years – may the Times survive after the tragic loss of its editor, David Becker. 

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We publish timely Bulletins to the PMKCA Mailing List, about 140 PMKCA members and others who like to follow what is going on in our communities.

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We recently introduced a complete renovation of this PMKCA website (www.pmkca.org) to refresh its appearance and provide more useful content to members and community residents.  Explore the new website!!!

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We assist the PMKCA Board and other committees by publicizing their activities, successes, and challenges.  We help assess what issues are important to our communities by developing questionnaires that give residents a chance to guide the priorities that PMKCA sets, or that influence our connections with government agencies and authorities.

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We have plans to bring more attention to the small businesses, artists and craftspeople, farms, and ranches that operate in our area by creating a directory of products and services, so that our residents can find a local source when they need help or are looking for a product.

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Oh, and we would love to help plan more community events that bring us together – young and old folks, kama’aina and newcomers, ranchers and farmers, professionals, retirees – everybody!  We believe that more fun a community has, the more resilient it can be in meeting adversity. 

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These are not small or simple tasks, but we enjoy what we do!

 

If you see yourself being a part of what we’ve described here,

we invite you to join the Communication & Publicity committee. 

Contact Ruth Bennett at 808 776-1111, or by email at rbennett22@earthlink.net