Community Action Service pegs Jeff Mikulina for Award
November 5, 2008
The League of Women Voters of Honolulu is honoring Jeff Mikulina, Executive Director of Blue Planet Foundation, in a first-time award for community service. The Donald and Astrid Monson Community Action award will be given annually to an organization or individual who has made the year’s outstanding contributions toward or involving public interest planning, housing, or environmental issues.
"Jeff’s outstanding contributions during the past decade to responsibly manage and conserve Hawaii ’s environment have made our state a better place to live for years to come. The League is proud to sponsor this event and present the first Donald and Astrid Monson Community Action award to him," said Piilani Kaopuiki, President of the League of Women Voters of Honolulu.
A reception honoring the late Donald and Astrid Monson and first time recipient Jeff Mikulina, who until recently served as Executive Director of The Sierra Club of Hawaii will be held on November 13, 2008, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Honolulu Elks Club in Waikiki. Reservations are $50 per person and include pupus, one cocktail, live music, and valet parking.
As the Director of The Sierra Club of Hawaii for ten years, where he was the organization’s lobbyist and spokesperson, Mikulina was instrumental in the passing of legislation setting caps on Hawaii ’s greenhouse gas emissions, making solar water heating a standard feature on new homes, and increasing the funding of natural resource conservation and management through tourism taxes. He has previously served as vice chair of both the Honolulu Planning Commission and Honolulu Charter Commission and was awarded the EPA Region 9 Environmental Hero Award in 2003.
Interested persons may call the League of Women Voters of Honolulu at 531-7448 or email Voters@LWV-Hawaii.com. RSVP by Nov. 10th.
The League of Women Voters of Honolulu was founded in 1948. As part of its mission to encourage citizens to play an active role in elections and promote government oversight, members of the League of Women Voters of Honolulu have been actively involved in issues such as education, planning and zoning, transportation, environmental quality, campaign finance reform, prevention of domestic violence. The League of Women Voters of Honolulu has also provided voter services to the community by registering voters, assisting in vote counts, arranging and moderating campaign debates and forums, holding meetings and conferences on various public issues of the day and serving on State and City and County commissions and advisory committees.
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