The program was divided into five weeks. Each week building upon information and experiences gathered from the previous week.

Week One: To provide an overview on the Aiea town. Making references through maps, aerial pictures, historical writings, and tours. Speaker Ron Oba spoke about his experiences as a boy growing up in Aiea and as a 442nd WWII war veteran.

Week Two: To immerse the students in Hawaiian culture and history so they may better appreciate Aiea and its resources. Children are exposed to Aiea's history through legends, tours, experiences (peeling and pounding kalo and clearing the taro patches) and songs.

Week Three: Students are exposed to the more recent history of Aiea. Aiea had become a small sugar cane production community in the late 1800's to middle 1900's. The old sugar mill site was visited and students toured the H.A.R.C (Hawaii Agriculture Research Center) building. They start developing a proposal on how the sugar mill land may best be used to serve the community while applying drafting and charting skills.

Week Four: Students are walked through both political, legal and commercial processes for preserving a place or thing that they felt were worthy of preserving. Students were asked to do persuasive writings, and plan presentations on the topic of their choice. Research on the site or object was collected through written, digital, and primary sources.

Week Five: Production week, where students worked on the computer to produce products and samples of campaign strategies to persued others to support their efforts to save the place or object within Aiea. Oral and visual presentations were documented on video.

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