Elected and appointed leaders of the HUOA are all volunteers, who commit to providing their time and energies toward achieving the purpose of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association. Volunteers are always being solicited and encouraged to take leadership positions within our organization.

Personable volunteer to answer the telephone, transfer calls, assist in greeting visitors, perform some clerical duties.

Dependable volunteers to provide general and clerical support to the HUOA staff, including computer data entry, copying, collating, mailing and other clerical duties on an on-call basis.

Provide garden and lawn maintenance at the Hawaii Okinawa Center, including maintaining flower beds, trimming hedges, pruning trees, weed control, mowing our lawn and cleaning our parking lot. Gardeners work weekly on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

Answer general questions about the Hawaii United Okinawa Association, the Hawaii Okinawa Center, and our display gallery. Assist with dance performances, cultural presentations, and tours of the Hawaii Okinawa Center on an on-call basis.

Volunteers assist with capturing on video the special events of the HUOA for future reference and for our weekly Hawaii Okinawa Today (HOT) shows on Olelo Channel 53. Duties include camera work, after being trained by Olelo Community Media, editing our weekly shows, and providing general assistance to the Team in setting up and breaking down our various video shoots.

Volunteers assist on an on-call basis for our cultural programs, community service projects, fund-raising activities, and special receptions. Our biggest need for volunteers occurs at our annual Okinawan Festival, where they assist with set up, break down and clean up, manning our various cooking and selling booths, providing cultural information on Okinawa and things Okinawan and presenting Okinawan cultural performances on stage

Of course, we need volunteers who can assist our organization with the design, up-keep and maintenance of our HUOA website.

Volunteers assist in preparing gift shop items for sale, keeping and restocking inventory, and providing other assistance to our Gift Shop Manager, in person and online

No need be professional like Roy Yamaguchi! Okazu stir fry, home cooking, is perfect. Desperately needed Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Choose one day a week and come enjoy the company of friendly and fun volunteers! Reimbursed for ingredients. Good food, good fun!

A great community service project, HOC Clean Up happens early morning Saturday or Sunday, from 7:00 am – 9:00 am. The Clean Up goal is to conduct a thorough cleaning of the outside restroom, stage and dressing rooms, mezzanine, and exterior windows and trash boxes. This also fulfils a community service project for teenagers active in service organizations.  Clubs can sign up for dates by calling HUOA (808-676-5400) or emailing info@huoa.org.

Only volunteers are needed, HUOA will provide the supplies and equipment. Having 4 people per team allows for a comfortable pace.

• Restroom Team: Team will clean the men’s & women’s restrooms.
• Stage Team: Team will clean the stage, backstage area, dressing rooms, and backstage restrooms.
• Mezzanine Team: Team will go upstairs to clean the mezzanine area which includes the stairs leading up to the mezzanine.
• Exterior Team: Team will clean the exterior rubbish can “boxes”, clean windows, dust, and clean the box office, the Wall of Honor, and planters.

Call to schedule your club for a clean-up date. Mahalo!