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Registration open for 23rd annual Lacy Veach Day event
Registration is Now Open!
https://tinyurl.com/veach24



Registration now open for 2024 Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery
Students, families, and educators welcomed for a free full day of STEM discovery on Oct. 20


WHAT: Hawaiian Electric, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy, and the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium invite students, families, and educators to celebrate the 23rd Annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery, a free STEM event with activity booths and workshops highlighting space exploration, Polynesian voyaging, rocketry, robotics coding and hands-on educational activities designed for students in grades PK-12. Registration for the event is now open at https://tinyurl.com/veach24. Event details are below:


WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 9:00 a.m.
10:00 – 10:40 a.m. 11:00 – 11:50 a.m. 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: U.H. Institute for Astronomy 2680 Woodlawn Drive Honolulu, HI 96822

Event Registration Check-In and Doors Open Activity booths open and will run all day Opening Ceremony
Workshop Session I
Workshop Session II Event closes
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Institution

DETAILS:
Opening Ceremony speakers include executives from Hawaiian Electric, U.H. Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, and Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium. Activity booths by various community organizations and industry professionals will feature interactive hands-on activities like robotics, fossils, Hawaiian navigation, structural engineering, pilot simulation, rockets, impact craters, architecture, and microscopes. Workshops open to registered participants include learning about indoor drones, forensic science, solar cars, rocketry, sailboats, and more!

The Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery honors the life and legacy of the late Charles Lacy Veach, who grew up in Honolulu with an interest in science, had a distinguished career as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, and went on to fly two Space Shuttle missions. Created by Art and Rene Kimura, educators and Living Treasures of Hawaiʻi, and organized by the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium, the free event is made possible through a grant from Hawaiian Electric which has sponsored the Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery since its inception in 2001. Additional support includes the U.H. Institute for Astronomy.


About Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO)
For more than 100 years, Hawaiian Electric Company has provided the energy that has fueled the islands' development from a Hawaiian kingdom to a modern state. Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO), and its subsidiaries, Maui Electric Company, Ltd. (MECO), and Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. (HELCO), serves 95% of the state's 1.2 million residents on the islands of O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i Island, Lana`i and Moloka`i.

The energy we use is an essential but limited resource necessary to maintaining our quality of life. In a changing world, Hawaiian Electric has evolved to offer more than electricity.

Today, the company also provides energy solutions to help customers save money and use energy more efficiently. Hawaiian Electric also continues to pursue the use of more clean, renewable energy alternatives to help ensure a sustainable future for our islands.

COMMUNITY COMMITMENT

Hawaiian Electric Company is dedicated to our community in which we live, work and serve. Rooted in Hawaii and one of the largest companies in the State, Hawaiian Electric takes the concept of malama pono -- to care for and serve -- to heart. The company and our employees have a long tradition of contributing with dollars, time and talent. Corporate citizenship is crucial to Hawaiian Electric's overall business plan because strong communities are essential to the success of the company, our employees and our customers.

Company and employee volunteerism is encouraged and every month, employees walk, run or provide manpower to dozens of non-profits throughout the State. Hawaiian Electric's corporate giving philosophy gives priority to projects that help families, promote education and protect the environment.

The company also sponsors robotics programs and events that promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) education, as well as the SunPower for Schools program bringing solar electric power to select schools, the Solar Sprint event where students design, build and race cars using solar power, and the Home Energy Challenge, a school-based competition encouraging elementary school students and their families to reduce energy use at home, among other programs.

For nearly a decade, Hawaiian Electric volunteers have provided manpower, bucket trucks and ladders to install Christmas lights at the Kaimuki Community Park and playground before the annual Kaimuki Christmas Parade in December.
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