LIHU‘E — The Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development became the first RC&D in the Pacific Islands Area and the state of Hawai‘i to earn membership to the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Council’s Circle of Diamonds Program.
LIHU‘E — The Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development became the first RC&D in the Pacific Islands Area and the state of Hawai‘i to earn membership to the National Association of Resource Conservation and Development Council’s Circle of Diamonds Program.
Owen Moe, president of the Board of Directors for the Garden Island RC&D, showed off the prestigious award certificate during the board’s meeting, Monday at the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative conference room.
The Garden Island RC&D becomes the 220th RC&D area to be awarded membership to the program and gained its membership through demonstrating sound management principles and operating with integrity and strong commitment to the RC&D mission, states a release from the GIRC&D.
The mission of the RC&D program helps people care for their natural resources and improve the quality of life in their Kaua‘i communities.
Volunteers representing public and private sector co-sponsors and other organizations make up the GIRC&D and undertakes community-driven projects which are strategically focused on the county’s conservation and economic viability.
Priorities for GIRC&D are set by residents to meet their community needs.
This nonprofit organization encourages and improves the capability of volunteer, locally elected, civic leaders to plan and carry out projects regarding resource conservation and community development.
GIRC&D is a locally led, community-based nonprofit organization doing business on Kaua‘i since February 1992.
