WE GIVE TO … honor our heritage
why we give
keola beamer, hawaii
Maple oatmeal cookies
This warming treat from the Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakers Association uses maple syrup as a natural alternative to refined sugar.
INGREDIENTS ● ½ cup butter ● 1 cup pure Maine maple syrup ● ½ cup milk ● 2 eggs ● 1½ cups flour ● 1 teaspoon salt ● 2 teaspoons baking powder ● 1½ cups oatmeal ● ½ cup raisins (optional) ● ½ cup chopped nuts (optional)
Beat butter, maple syrup, milk, and eggs. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Add oatmeal, raisins, and nuts. Drop by spoon- ful onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350°F for 15 minutes or until browned. Makes four dozen.
A master of the slack-key guitar, Keola Beamer comes from a long line of celebrated Hawaiian musicians. This year, he joined The Trust for Public Land to work toward the protection of one of the Big Island’s most important cultural sites.
Located on the beautiful Kona Coast, the Kuamoo battle- field is hallowed ground for many Hawaiians—including the Beamers—who trace their ancestry back to warriors who fought and died there in an 1819 battle over the tradi- tional kapu religious system.
Among the hundreds of warriors buried at Kuamoo was Chiefess Manono, who is said to have pleaded with her dying breath for both sides to malama ko aloha—“keep your love.” It’s this spirit of aloha and reconciliation that inspired the Beamer family to advocate for preservation of the battlefield.
“I’m so grateful for The Trust for Public Land’s mission: It makes a real difference in peoples’ lives,” says Beamer. “To be able to take this beautiful area and conserve it for future generations—that would be priceless.”
FIRST LOOK · 19
Keola Beamer (left) and his family started a nonprofit, Aloha Kuamo Aina, which aims to share aloha values with new generations.
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