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263 different volunteer opportunties!

1. "Trail Sweepers" hike the trails to help maintain trail safety - If you like to walk, and crave an experience vastly more rewarding than trying to dodge traffic and hard concrete sidewalks, join us for an early morning "sweep" of the Arboretum trails (actually trail sweepers are welcome any time during Arboretum Open Hours). You can put in 100 yards or 1000 yards...make it a brisk walk or a leisurely one; it's up to you. All we ask is that you stop to remove the o

2. Be a Tour Guide at Manoa Heritage Center - Learn to be a tour guide at a cultural and historical site in Manoa Valley. Manoa Heritage Center is a unique piece of historic property that is now open to the public for tours. The tours include a lovely native plant garden and an ancient Hawaiian temple. We are starting our new DOCENT TRAI ...

3. Botanical Garden Ground's Crew - Volunteer gardeners work with Arboretum Grounds Maintenance and Botanical Gardener Staff on a variety of plant care and grounds maintenance activities. Arboretum collections include roughly 5,000 different species of Native Hawaiian, Polynesian Introductions, and Tropical Ornamentals, many of which are endangered or at risk in their native habitats. Volunteer gardeners work closely with Arboretum sta

4. Botanical Garden Guide - Arboretum guides introduce visitors to the Arboretum, its collections and Hawaii's natural and cultural history by providing short guided tours. The visitor's experience is vastly enhanced when they have the opportunity to participate in a guided tour. This is a wonderful way to share your Aloha with visitors to the Arboretum or share your enthusiasm for native plants, your knowledge about tropicals,

5. Computer teacher needed to help with kid and senior classes - To help our teachers assist in providing computer literacy classes to kids, adults, and seniors at numerous locations. We use a thematic curriculum that primarily focuses on the use of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. Schools today are not doing a sufficient job in teaching children to become computer literate and this is our focus. We are also trying to narrow the digital divide and create a m

6. Garden - Visitor Center Greeter - Greet and help visitors to the Arboretum sign in. Provide maps, directions, and information to our visitors from all over the island and all around the world. Lyon Arboretum visitors include local hikers, nature lovers, gardeners, scientists and students. Your assistance will help make the Ar ...

7. Hui H?nai `ai: Harvest and Help Provide Food for Hawaii's Hungry - Volunteers in this new Lyon Arboretum hui will carefully gather fruits, seeds and other valuable food resources from the Arboretum collections. These resources will then be distributed where they can best be utilized?primarily to the Hawai`i Food Bank, who will then share the harvest to those in our community in need of food assistance. Join us and help provide food for Hawaii?s hungry.

8. Information Desk Volunteers for The Contemporary Museum - If you enjoy meeting people from all over the world, and can warmly welcome and introduce them to our exhibitions, grounds, and activities ~ then please contact us!!Responsibilities include welcoming, and introducing visitors to galleries and grounds. Must be able to work independently and enjoy people contact.

9. Lyon Arboretum Seed Bank Assistant - The Arboretum's seed bank supports plant conservationorganizations throughout the state by storing seeds of Hawaiian plants for future outplanting. Assistants extract, clean, catalog, and count seeds,prepare them for storage, and test stored seeds to check their condition. Work is in an indoor laboratory. Hours are flexible.

10. Membership Volunteer - Volunteers in at PBS Hawaii are very vital to the success of public television. Volunteers save us time and money and we depend on them to help us get through the demands of a non-profit organization. Membership volunteers will be assisting in increasing the rate of new and existing members by participating in mass mailings, which include: folding letters, stuffing envelopes, stamping and other cler

11. New Fitness Center Volunteers Needed - The Atherton YMCA is opening a new fitness center and needs volunteers to staff it. Are you looking for flexible hours? Are you looking to serve the community and get in shape at the same time? Are you looking for an opportunity to work in friendly environment and interact with people from div ...

12. Ohana Komputer seeks Office Assistant - Ohana Komputer is looking for a volunteer in our office to assist the Executive Director with numerous office functions. Seeking self starter who is able to multitask. We have numerous programs running simultaneously that need monitoring and updating.The ideal candidate will have some experien ...

13. Phone Bank Volunteers Needed for PBS Hawaii Show - Insights on PBS HawaiiThursdays, 7:15-8:30 pmInsights on PBS Hawaii is an hour long, live, call-in public affairs program that tackles hot-button issues of importance to Hawaii. Hosted by Dan Boylan, show panelists will address questions posed by PBS Hawaii viewers.PBS Hawaii is offering v ...

14. Volunteers for The Contemporary Museum Cafe - The Contemporary Caf105 is seeking interns and volunteers for kitchen workWe are a modest caf105 that serves Mediterranean cuisine with an Asian influence. We are open for lunch Tuesday through Sunday and serve about 80 guests a day. This is a good opportunity for someone interested in the food and restaurant industry to gain experience.

15. Wild Weeders Wanted - Lyon Arboretum is looking for volunteers to help with regular maintenance of our small focus gardens in the lower grounds; the courtyard, native plant garden, spice hill and herb garden. Volunteers will work side by side with Lyon staff doing light weeding, pruning and occasional planting to hel ...