FOR IMMEDIATE RELESE
PRESS RELEASE 09/14/2018
Let’s Join Together to Promote Volcano
We invite the Volcano community to support the eﬀorts.
Become an Experience Volcano Hawaii Member
As many of you have heard, Experience Volcano Hawaii began as a grassroots eﬀort to help
our unique and beautiful community survive and thrive after eruption events closed HVNP.
Now that the National Park is partially reopening in phases, we have the renewed opportunity
to sustain Volcano as a vital gateway community and host to travelers from around the world.
It is our intention to reach potential visitors to Hawaii Island and present the community ofVolcano as a unique destination to stay, relax, shop and dine, while enjoying stimulating local
activities, the restorative beauty of nature, and outdoor adventure.
So far we have created a website and a welcoming brochure. Visit the site,
www.ExperienceVolcano.com, which introduces travelers to our lush upland rain forest setting
and artistic and creative community. The colorful brochure and map highlight the main
landmarks, businesses and attractions along the Volcano corridor. Pick up one at the businesslocations on Old Volcano Road and in the extended Volcano area. Pass it on!
Membership in Experience Volcano Hawaii will help meet the expensesof our essential on-going marketing outreach. Contributing members with volunteer
support will also contribute to the next phase of our work:
planning special events to draw visitors to the charming Volcano area—events that showcase
our spirit of creativity, through art, learning and adventure, as well as our love of the land andHawaiian culture.
Essential to travelers’ experience in Volcano is our wide range of unique accommodations;lodges, B&B’s and unique vacation rentals. The EVH website features a list of lodgings, with alink to their websites. Resident hosts, who call Volcano home, impart an authentic
local experience, and oﬀer visitors a home base to explore the natural wonders and culturalactivities on the Volcano side of the Big Island. Visitors return home to refer family and friends
to experience Volcano.
Several Volcano businesses and residents have already become members:
Volcano Business Members: Volcano Art Center, Akasuka Orchid Gardens,Volcano Garden Arts, Cafe Ono, The Volcano Vinery, Thai Thai Bistro & Bar, Lava Rock Café,Kilauea General Store, Kilauea Kreations, Ohelo Café
Accommodation Members: Kilauea Lodge, Volcano Rainforest Retreat, Artist Cottage atVolcano Garden Arts, Volcano Village Lodge, Ferny Hollow, Kipuka Cottage, HiLife Media &RentalsVolcano Inn, Carsen's Kapoho Ocean FrontArtist Members: Ira Ono - Volcano Garden Arts, Michael and Misato Mortara - 2400
Fahrenheit
Community Organizations Members: Volcano Community Association, Rotary,Volcano Community Foundation
Contributing Members: Lorna Larsen-Jeyte, Janet Coney, Dennis Case, Paul
Buklarewicz Charles Pickman
Join us with your membership and support. Each business, entrepreneur, and creative
community member makes Volcano a vital and distinctive destination in the Hawaiian Islands.
By becoming a member of Experience Volcano Hawaii you will be a part of a synergistic groupaiming to increase the exposure of our local businesses and the natural beauty
and adventures of the Volcano area.
Go to www.ExperienceVolcano.org, scroll down to the bottom of theHome page, Click 'Become a Member'.
Mahalo to all who contribute and support Experience Volcano Hawaii!
— Kathleen Golden,
Member of the Steering Committee Of EVH