Kanu Hawaiʻi
Turns 20 Years
June 25, 2026
Celebrate 20 Years of Community Impact With Us
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Mission
Kanu Hawaii provides tools and opportunities for people to connect with one another – to take action that builds more compassionate and resilient communities across Hawaii.
Vision
Hawaii’s people are equitably thriving through healthy and vibrant relationships, shared aloha, and a deep rooted kuleana for one another and Honua (the Earth).
Kuleana
Aloha
Pono
Mālama ʻĀina
The countdown is on! We`re just days away from joining @malamahonuapcs at @bishopmuseum for a morning of live music, cultural performances, good food and great company.
Haven`t grabbed your tickets yet? Presale tickets are only $10 and include access to Bishop Museum`s exhibits. Snag yours before the price goes up!
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mlamahonuaatbishopmuseumjune202026/event/mmtm2-abmahe/
See you Saturday!
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20 years.
450+ partner organizations.
750,000+ volunteer hours.
96+ zip codes across Hawaiʻi.
$4.95M in annual community impact.
It all started with one question: What will I do to take care of the Hawaiʻi we all love?
12 days until we celebrate 20 years of Kanu — June 25. Tickets at the link in bio. 🎟️
#KanuHawaii #20YearsOfKanu #HawaiiNonprofits #Volunteer
KANU HAWAIʻI TURNS 20! We are so excited to invite you to our 20th Anniversary celebration on on June 25, 2026 at the Hoʻokupu Center from 5:30 – 9PM. Itʻll be an evening of connection, storytelling, the inaugural Hawaiʻi Volunteer Awards, dinner by Kupu Grinds, and a live auction. Looking forward to seeing you! 🥳 June 5 is the last day for early bird ticket prices – visit link in bio 🤙
Kanu Hawaiʻi Turns 20!
20th Anniversary Celebration
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Link in Profile
$150 Early Bird, through tonight only
Goes to $200 tomorrow, June 6
This is a fundraising event.
Mahalo for your support 🤙🏽
Seeds planted. 2010. Sixteen years later, 450+ partners across all the islands.
On June 25, we’re celebrating 20 years. Link in bio.
Across Hawaiʻi and to communities beyond!
Mahalo nui for your time, heart, and service this #VolunteerMonthHawaii ! We shared so many opportunities through our stories and website this month for you amazing people to participate in, and were floored by all the love shown to our ‘āina. Just because #VolunteerMonthHawaii is over, doesn’t mean the volunteering stops! Keeping our earth clean keeps our earth happy. Mahalo 🌏 ❤️ 🤙🏽
EAlaEHawaii.org – In recognition of World Earth Day (April 22), we invite you to join us for E Ala E for Earth Day (“Arise”), a community sunrise ceremony honoring World Earth Day, this Saturday, April 25.
Two locations:
O’ahu – gather 5-5:45a @Kaloko Inlet
Maui – 5:45a @Cove Beach, Kalama Park in Kihei, Maui (on the water) map links on website
E Ala E draws its name and spirit from the oli (chant) composed by kumu hula Pualani Kanakaole Kanahele, daughter of the late Edith Kanakaole, as part of the cultural protocols developed by the Kanakaole family for the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO). The oli, meaning “arise” or “awaken,” was created during the movement to transition Kahoʻolawe from decades of military use back into the hands of Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners — a call to rise in deeper relationship with our ʻāina rather than its abuse and mistreatment.
The E Ala E for Earth Day gatherings are held in honor of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana and the cultural traditions of the Kanakaole family, carrying forward that same spirit: awakening at dawn to honor our connection to the land, the ocean, and each other.
This year holds special significance as the PKO (@kahoolawe) marks its 50th anniversary, commemorating the January 4, 1976 landing of the Kahoʻolawe Nine, the activists whose occupation of the island sparked the movement that ultimately ended military bombing and returned Kahoʻolawe to the people of Hawaiʻi.
For the first time, we’ve moved E Ala E for Earth Day to a Saturday to make it easier for more people to join. Whether you’re an early riser or need a reason to become one, there’s no better way to honor the planet than greeting the sun with your community.
Aloha, everybody! It’s April 1st and that means one thing. Volunteer Month Hawaiʻi 2026 is ON.
This is the month to renew our support for nonprofits, community orgs and agencies doing the on the ground work 365. Whether it’s a beach cleanup, packing meals, planting natives, mentoring keiki, or helping our communities recover from the Kona Low, every act of service counts.
Hundreds of volunteer ops across the islands are on our platform right now, ready for your kōkua.
Your kuleana this April? Find one opportunity. Just one. Show up. Do a good deed. Post about it. Tag @kanuhawaii. Use #VolunteerMonthHawaii. Let’s celebrate the power of community.
Find your opportunity at kanuhawaii.org/needs
Let’s go!!
#VolunteerMonthHawaii #KanuHawaii #MalamaHawaii #Volunteer
Photo Cred: Lo’i Kalo Mini Park