Welcome

Welcome to the Hawai'i Rotary District 5000 Community Service Projects Hub!

To share your projects on this page, complete this form (CLICK HERE) or email District Community Service Chair Nathan Graves at:  Nathan.w.graves@outlook.com

April is Earth Month! Let’s all get out and Unite For Good to Create Lasting Impact for our future! with an environment project.  Join one of these projects or work on your own.  
 
Oahu. April 18, 2028 8 am - 10 am, Pearl Harbor Bike Path behind Best Buy. Join the Rotary Club of Hickam Pearl Harbor at our adopted bike path clean up event.  In 2022 our club adopted a portion of the bike path and have been committed to keeping it clean and safe for bikers and walkers. We will provide bags, gloves, and tongs. Please bring a refillable water bottle and sun protection. Meet at the section of the bike path behind Best Buy.  Contact for the event - Jeff Sonnega (jsonnega@hawaii.rr.com). To register go to www.rotaryhph.org, Click on Calendar, Click on events, Click on April 18 Pearl Harbor Bike Path Clean up.
Oahu. Volunteer at Hāmākua Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary for Rotarians at Work Day. Saturday, April 25, 9am-12pm. Parking: Available where we meet inside the chain link gate, directly next to 268 Hāmākua Drive in Kailua. Activities: Restoration of the native dryland forest at Hāmākua Marsh (weeding, planting) and Bird Watching along the wetland. Please bring: Water bottles, sun protection, and wear protective clothing (long sleeves or long pants with close-toed shoes). We ask each individual to sign our waiver online before volunteering. All ages are welcome. Children 14 and under need to be accompanied by an adult. Children under 18 need a parent or guardian to sign the waiver for them. Healthy Climate Communities, is restoring the native dryland forest at Hāmākua Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Kailua, O'ahu. Hāmākua Marsh is a beautiful place behind Kailua town with rare, endangered plants and birds that we work to protect with students and volunteers
 
Oahu. April 25. Rotary Club of West Pearl Harbor, 9am - Noon at Hawaii's Plantation Village, 94-695 Waipahu St.  Annual pond clean-up to maintain the environment for native wildlife.  Sign up :  https://www.kanuhawaii.org/need/rotary-at-works-day/#signup
 
Oahu. Postponed due to storm damage. Hawaiian Legacy Forest at Haleiwa Project, 62-394 Joseph Leong Hwy, Unit B, Haleiwa.
 
Maui: April 25, 9am-1pm.  On April 25 Maui Rotarians will work with Malama Kula, an Upcountry non-profit, to help remove invasive species and plant native plants in the burn zone Upcountry. We will gather at 9 AM Upcountry, work through till about 1 PM and then have lunch.  Our Maui Fires Fund has supported Malama Kula in their work to clear burn zones, remove invasive species and replant for homeowners who lost their plants in the Maui Fires. The signup is the QR code on the flyer, or directly to:   https://forms.gle/rUaBETJEUCN5GUfi6
 
Oahu: May 1-3, 2026 Work Days at Camp Erdman to paint Rotary Hall, cabins, etc and carpentry projects, laying a stone pathway and removal of encroaching brush. No special skills required.  Feel free to invite anyone.  You can choose just Saturday, just Sunday or both and spend the night in a camp cabin.  If interested in joining, email Don Anderson at vmcadon@mac.com
 
Resources:

Register your volunteers using one of these Event Management Tools:

  • SignupGenius.com

  • Doodle.com

  • ClubRunner Registration, Volunteer or MyEventRunner modules.
 

Here are best practice tips for projects or events

  • Join together Rotary, Rotaract, or Interact clubs for a larger, impactful project in your country  
  • Align with one or more of Rotary’s areas of focus.
  • Promote it using a media platform (such as Facebook, Twitter, or a local newspaper) to raise interest. 
  • Attract non- Rotary members
  • Don't forget to add your project to ClubRunner Calendar, Rotary Club Central and Rotary Showcase!