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February will consist of a beach cleanup day at Bellows in cooperation with the Oahu Surfrider Foundation and Sustainable Coastlines. An event has been set up in Zimbra, please reply if you can come. This won’t be an HIC only event, it is open to the public but we can still sport our shirts proudly!

Also, we’ll be continuing our shoe recycling through the end of February. A reminder on…
Read more… February Events: Beach Cleanup & Continued Shoe Recycling

Our January volunteering will consist of two events:

Athletic Shoe Drive

Clean out your closet, take a peek under the bed and ask your friends and family – chances are, you’ll find a few pairs of kicks lying around that have seen better days.

Rules:

Remove excess mud/dirt as best you can; Shoes must be dry (not damp or wet); Must be athletic shoes, no sandals, flip flops, dress shoes…
Read more… January Volunteer Events

For Christmas this year, eleven of us adopted a family to make their holiday season special through Helping Hands Hawaii.

On December 19th, Rosie dropped off all of the goodies collected by our fantastic team at the Helping Hands warehouse. Everything barely fit in her jeep and she was greeted with copious amounts of hugging and effusive thank you’s upon dropoff! They needed to bring out 3 carts just to…
Read more… Adopt a Family 2011

In June, HIC and DLNR worked together to clear a new trail at Kaena Point. We created a new short footpath to prevent erosion in a location highly known for people going off trail. We worked with our partner, Aaron, who leads the Na Ala Hele Trails Program for DLNR. The work was done in collaboration with various members of the Hawaii Ultra Running Team (H.U.R.T.) and DLNR staff.