Duke's Day volunteer event at Waimea Valley

Duke Kahanamoku was a multi-talented Olympic athlete who was known as the Father of Modern Surfing. Duke was not the first person to ever share surfing with a world audience, but he was the one who started the push to make surfing an Olympic sport a dream that came true this year. He is called, the Ambassador of Aloha, because he brought that spirit of Hawaii with him wherever he went. We will be Celebrating, Duke’s Day, his 130th birthday, on Monday, August 24th with a volunteer event and opportunity to mālama Waimea Valley. This special volunteering event is to celebrate his legacy of Aloha. The volunteer work will be in 2 shifts, one from 9am-11:30 and one from 12pm to 2:30. We are hoping to get together some wonderful people to help us clean up litter and invasive plants near our stream. We want to make a big push while the stream is low to keep rubbish from getting out into Waimea Bay and the nearby marine conservation districts. We encourage you to join in the volunteer work and show your aloha by giving back. RSVPs will be required to be part of this event as space is limited to 4 participants per shift. When you sign up, you need to let me know which shift you would like to join. All ages are welcome, but the spots are first come first serve.

This work will help to prevent trash from getting into the stream system and flowing out to the ocean. It will also help to reduce the invasive plants in these areas and protect, our very special plant collections and create space for the native plantings that we have to continue to grow.