Opportunities From: HandsOn Maui

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Help us cleanup Stable Road (VOR) Beach ! Bags, gloves, lunch, refreshments and some trash grabbers will be available.

Participants who help with the cleanup will be entered in a raffle where they could win a PacWhale Eco-Adventure cruise and more!

Important Gear: Reusable water bottle, hat, close-toed shoes, sunscreen.

Offered daily

Participate in Pacific Whale Foundation’s marine debris citizen science research. Select a beach of your choosing to clean up and fill out a data sheet recording what debris items are present. This data allows our researchers to expand their data set and analyze the trends and patterns of debris on Maui’s beaches and shores. The information is used to develop educational campaigns and for policy development.

Pick up your supplies (gloves, recycled bag, datasheet) at Pacific Whale Foundation Ocean Stores, or at participating partners, including Maui Brewing Company Kihei, Mahalo Ale Works, Whole Foods, IHOP. Learn more about the Coastal Marine Debris Monitoring Program. 

If you don't need a cleanup kit you can simply fill out the form online. 

Sign up using THIS LINK.

Located in Waiehu, Kaʻehu offers enriching opportunities focused on environmental restoration and cultural preservation. Participants can engage in activities such as native tree planting, invasive plant species removal, and coastal debris removal. These efforts help restore natural habitats and support sustainable ecosystems, while also preserving the cultural heritage of the area.

Sign up using THIS LINK.

Grow Some Good cultivates a healthy community by strengthening local agriculture and improving access to nutritious, affordable food. They envision a food-secure community where everyone grows, shares and prepares healthy local food. We will be helping out in their community garden located at the YMCA in Kahului.

Volunteer with the Pacific Whale Foundation Education team for a variety of our programs. We are looking for volunteers for our outreach events, Ocean Camp field trips and more. These events can vary from sharing about our programs at a community events, to chaperoning a school field trip to assisting with our Ocean Camp program. We would love to have you join us in our mission to teach the keiki of Maui about the amazing wonders of the ocean and the natural environment. 

Please email education@pacificwhale.org if you are interested or would like to learn more. We would love to hear about your passions in educating our youth. 

Please be prepared to complete a background check and keiki safety trainings in advance of volunteering.

Sign up using: THIS LINK.

Keālia Pond is a wetland sanctuary, home for many native and endemic species like the endangered ae‘o (Hawaiian stilt) and ‘alae ke‘oke‘o (Hawaiian coot), providing nesting, feeding and resting habitat. Participants will be contributing to habitat restoration work, protecting and enhancing the refuge’s native plant community. Volunteers will usually work alongside refuge staff to outplant and care for native plant species and remove invasive plants.

Sign up using THIS LINK.

HILT works in three programmatic areas: ʻĀina Protection, Stewardship, and Connection. They prioritize the protection of coastlines, wahi kupuna (ancestral spaces), and lands that grow healthy food for Hawaiʻi’s people, and partner to conserve mauka forests and ranches. Participants will help with restoring habitat by removing invasive plants, planting native species, working in loʻi (taro) patches and more.

Sign up with THIS LINK.

Participate Monthly

The Adopt A Beach program from PWF is an opportunity for residents of Maui County to help cleanup a beach of their choosing and contribute valuable data to the Coastal Marine Debris Monitoring Program Database. 

Volunteers choose any beach in Maui County and are provided a reusable beach cleanup kit including a large vinyl bag, reusable, washable gloves, laminated data sheet and a sharpie marker. Every month volunteers cleanup their beach and submit a picture of their data sheet to the Conservation program at PWF. 

Incentives include discounts at the PWF Ocean Store and after one year of monthly cleanups a free PacWhale Ecotour. 

Find out more and signup to participate here: https://www.pacificwhale.org/adopt-a-beach/