Day at the Beach is our monthly, free community program where we provide fun and safe experiences for people of any age with any documented disability. We offer surfing (mostly tandem), swimming and socialization! As a volunteer you can help in a number of different ways – not just surfing! *We have land-based volunteer opportunities…
A small local non-profit that relies on our amazing community of volunteers to help us run our programs.
The NOAA Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center (IRC) is a state-of-the-art 350,000-square-foot research facility built on a historic landmark site on Moku‘ume‘ume (Ford Island) in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The IRC encompasses the principles of a sensitive architectural intervention in a historic context—the careful preservation of two WWII fighter aircraft hangars and the insertion of a new…
We have an in-person volunteer opportunity coming up! You can help fold, seal, and label newsletters for our donors and partners, to share about their impact on mental health. Come for an hour or two, or as long as you can — you’ll get to meet other volunteers and have a fun, laid-back time. Your help…
A) Native Hawaiian Philanthropy (NHP) will empower native Hawaiian communities with the resources and support to improve the socio-economic conditions of NHO (Native Hawaiian Organizations) and our lāhui. B) Increase active participation, engagement and understanding of native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi BIPOC communities with philanthropic funders and organizations. C) Support culturally-grounded projects and organizations that help…
Mālama Loko Ea Foundation is the kiaʻi and caretaker of Loko ea, a cultural, rare, and significant loko iʻa–fishpond, nestled in Haleʻiwa on the North Shore of Oʻahu. Our mission is to perpetuate the Native Hawaiian culture through education, land stewardship, and community building, while sustainably restoring our precious natural resources. Learn more: https://www.lokoea.org/ The…
Join our wildlife boat tours and collect photo ID’s and data on Hawaiʻi’s marine wildlife. Our boat-based volunteer opportunities are open to a wide variety of participants who feel conservation and environmental protection of dolphins, whales, turtles, coral reefs and ocean habitats may be part of their life mission. Comfortable on boats, good in water…
The Oahu Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in April 2009, based on a no-kill philosophy, with the mission that “Every healthy treatable animal will find a forever home”. In our first three months we were thrown into a large-scale sheltering operation completing the largest rescue in Hawaii’s history.
Albizia (Falcataria moluccana) is a highly invasive tree spread throughout Hawaiʻi, found in forests as well as in urban neighborhoods. This tree can reach massive heights and can grow upwards of 15 feet per year. It is a threat to native ecosystems, where it can outcompete native plants and cause soil erosion. Its brittle branches…