We all know the tremendous good CTAHR does on the local, national, and global level, and it is something we can be proud of. But we also should be reminded that we are not doing it alone. In 2014, almost 5000 volunteers-nearly ten times the number of faculty and staff in the college-contributed a total of 186,922 hours to helping the college help others.

We plan to devote the first quarter's Impact Report every year to celebrating the many and various contributions and achievements of our volunteers.  

We begin with four stories from four islands:  

• On Kaua'i, former president of the Kauai Farm Bureau Roy Oyama still has his finger on the pulse of everything ag-related, but his passion is 4-H, his mission to introduce children to agriculture early.
• On Hawai'i Island, three generations of women are active in Family and Community Education, a service group established by Cooperative Extension that has been making life better for families for more than 65 years.
• On O'ahu, volunteers at the Urban Garden facilitate all aspects of this one-stop outreach and education center for homeowner landscapers and backyard gardeners, from grafting trees to selling seedlings.
• And on Maui, Master Gardeners-turned-beekeepers provide education on pollinators, help the UH Honeybee Project collect data on varroa-free hives, and harvest honey to keep their program self-sufficient-sweet!

Read More in CTAHR's Q1 Impact Report