News Release

Families are invited to explore Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park with bingo and more on Halloween weekend

Showing off the new Every Kid Outdoors free park pass for 4th graders

NPS Photo

News Release Date: October 23, 2020

Contact: Jessica Ferracane, 808-985-6018

Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I – Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park invites families to visit the Kīlauea Visitor Center lānai on Halloween weekend, October 31 or November 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rangers will safely provide each keiki (child) a free ecology gift bag, and a bingo card that helps families explore the park Halloween-style.
 
Park entrance fees apply, but families with fourth graders get in free. Just complete the paper voucher on www.everykidoutdoors.gov, and present it at the entrance station fee booth. The Every Kid Outdoors pass provides free access to fourth grade students and those accompanying them to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas until the end August 2021. Can’t make it Halloween weekend? Fourth graders are eligible for the pass throughout the year. 

The free eco gift bags are provided by the ‘Ōhi‘a Love Fest and paid for by grants funded through the Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Working Group. They include the bingo exploration card and a Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death (ROD) decontamination kit. ROD is a fungal disease that is killing ʻōhiʻa trees in the park and throughout Hawai‘i. 

Families are encouraged to keep everyone healthy and recreate responsibly: 

•  Practice social distancing. Maintain at least six feet of distance between you and others.   
•  Wear a face covering when social distancing cannot be maintained.
•  Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use your hand sanitizer.
•  Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze.   
•  Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.   
•  If you feel sick, please visit another day. 
•  Let wildlife be wild. Do not feed nēnē, the Hawaiian goose, and look out for them on roadways and in parking lots.

Note to teachers and home-schoolers: would you like a park ranger to visit your classroom virtually? Our rangers are ready with distance learning programs. We can tailor the program to your curriculum needs, and do a virtual huakaʻi (field trip) on location from the park. Contact e-mail us to set it up.
 

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