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BWB Hawaii

BWB Hawaii chapter profile, contacts, collaboration opportunities, and related updates.

Chapter Snapshot

Status
unknown
Metro / Region
Hawaii
Country
United States
State / Province
Hawaii

Official directory lists active/dormant totals, but per-chapter status was not visible in accessible page text during import.

Contact and Links

Official BWB page: https://burnerswithoutborders.org/chapters/hawaii/

Social media: facebook

Sources

Local Context

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Collaboration Priorities

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Research Notes

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Open Questions

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  • Which opportunities are already connected to this chapter?
  • What recent chapter activity should be reflected here?

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Potential Collaboration Opportunities

  • Hawaiʻi Contemporary

    Hawaiʻi Contemporary organizes the Hawaiʻi Triennial and related public art, education, and exchange programs across Hawaiʻi, with its 2025 triennial presented across Oʻahu, Maui, and Hawaiʻi Island and framed around contemporary art, aloha ʻāina, care, resistance, solidarity, and transformation. This makes it a strong arts-and-culture lead for BWB Hawaii projects that combine public participation, community storytelling, placemaking, and civic activation.

    Status: research-lead | Category: arts-culture-organizations | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Co-host a participatory public-art build, repair, or installation day tied to resilience, reuse, or disaster recovery storytelling.
    • Connect BWB volunteers with triennial public programs where logistical support, wayfinding, accessibility support, or community activation would be useful.
    • Invite artists and cultural practitioners into a BWB listening session about ethical, place-based civic action in Hawaiʻi.

    Strong fit for arts/culture and public activation. Verify whether the organization is open to grassroots civic partnerships outside its current exhibition/program calendar and confirm which island/site is most relevant before outreach.

  • Hawaiʻi Foodbank

    Hawaiʻi Foodbank is a statewide hunger-relief nonprofit with warehouses on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, a network of more than 200 partner agencies on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, food distribution, keiki and kūpuna programs, farm-to-family programming, disaster response and preparedness resources, food drives, donation drop-off, and volunteer opportunities. BWB Hawaii could plug into existing food security logistics without creating duplicative infrastructure.

    Status: research-lead | Category: direct-service-providers | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Organize BWB volunteer shifts for sorting, packing, food distribution, or community events.
    • Run a chapter-led food drive or fundraiser aligned with Hawaiʻi Foodbank's published host-a-food-drive process.
    • Coordinate disaster-response support roles in advance of hurricane, storm, wildfire, or flood events.

    Strong official-source evidence for programs, volunteer pathways, partner-agency network, and disaster-related work. Verify island scope for any specific BWB activity, since the site highlights Oʻahu and Kauaʻi warehouses while some listed programs may be statewide or partner-dependent.

  • Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation

    Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting environmental education in Hawaiʻi schools and communities, with programs including ʻĀINA In Schools, 3Rs School Recycling, Plastic Free Hawaiʻi, project and field-trip grants, Kōkua Learning Farm, compost programming, youth internships, storefronts, community events, and volunteer pathways. Its education, farm, reuse, and plastic-reduction infrastructure maps well to BWB projects around stewardship days, waste reduction, and community resilience.

    Status: research-lead | Category: environmental-resilience-organizations | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Partner on a plastic-free event toolkit or low-waste community gathering for a BWB project.
    • Bring BWB volunteers to Kōkua Learning Farm workdays or environmental education events.
    • Co-design a school/community resilience workshop connecting gardening, composting, emergency preparedness, and mutual aid.

    Strong Oʻahu-centered environmental education lead with clear programs and volunteer/member pathways. Verify current event calendar, partner requirements, and whether BWB's target community aligns with KHF's school/community program footprint.

  • Hawaiʻi Community Foundation

    Hawaiʻi Community Foundation is a major statewide philanthropic institution with nonprofit grant portals, fiscal-sponsor guidance, community funds, and initiatives including Stronger Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Resilience Fund, Maui Strong Fund, arts and culture, environmental partnerships, fresh water security, health, housing, and youth work. It may not be a direct operating partner, but it is a high-value funder, credibility, and grant-navigation lead for chapter projects that need compliant funding pathways.

    Status: research-lead | Category: funders-fiscal-sponsors | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Research fit for small grants, resilience funds, or donor-advised support for a specific BWB Hawaii project.
    • Ask HCF staff for guidance on eligible fiscal sponsors or aligned nonprofit partners before applying for funding.
    • Use HCF's public nonprofit/fiscal-sponsor grant guidance to structure a compliant project budget with a local nonprofit partner.

    Treat as a funder/navigation lead, not a guaranteed fiscal sponsor or program partner. Verify open applications, eligibility, fiscal-sponsor requirements, deadlines, and whether BWB or a partner nonprofit can apply.

  • Hawaiʻi Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund

    Hawaiʻi Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund operates apprenticeship, journeyworker, pre-apprenticeship, and career-development programs from Kapolei training facilities, preparing carpentry, drywall, and millwright workers across the islands with skills and safety training. Its site highlights local construction projects, volunteer projects, training centers, partner institutions, and career pathways, making it a strong lead for safe build days and skilled-volunteer education.

    Status: research-lead | Category: labor-unions-worker-centers | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Explore supervised build-day support for community infrastructure projects such as shelves, shade structures, storage, or event fixtures.
    • Request safety-training guidance for BWB volunteers before hands-on construction, deconstruction, or repair projects.
    • Connect youth/community members to pre-apprenticeship or trades-career information at a BWB resource fair.

    Strong skilled-trades training lead. Verify union/training-fund partnership policies, whether volunteer projects are currently accepted, and whether any proposed project requires licensed contractors, permits, insurance, or prevailing-wage compliance.

  • Maui Hub

    Maui Hub is a nonprofit local-food marketplace and distribution network that supports Maui farmers, producers, families, SNAP/EBT accessibility, food security initiatives, and community resilience. It can connect local producers, buyers, and food-access efforts, making it a practical social-enterprise-style partner for BWB activities focused on local food systems, resilient supply chains, and community support.

    Status: research-lead | Category: local-businesses-social-enterprises | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Sponsor or coordinate produce boxes for families through Maui Hub's local food marketplace or gift pathway.
    • Support logistics or outreach for a food-security event that links local producers with community members.
    • Include Maui Hub in a resilience fair focused on local food, SNAP/Da Bux access, and food sovereignty.

    Maui-specific rather than statewide. Verify nonprofit/business model details, current delivery/pickup geography, partner-producer requirements, and whether BWB's target project is on Maui before prioritizing.

  • Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency

    Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency provides statewide disaster preparedness, response, and recovery information, including alerts, 2-Weeks Ready guidance, disaster-specific preparedness pages, maps and tools, Community Emergency Response Team information, hazards awareness and resilience programming, a public-private partnership program, grants, mitigation resources, and language-access materials. BWB Hawaii could align volunteer readiness and community preparedness work with official emergency-management guidance while avoiding duplicative or conflicting response activity.

    Status: research-lead | Category: local-government-public-agencies | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Request a HI-EMA speaker or use published 2-Weeks Ready materials for a BWB preparedness workshop.
    • Map BWB volunteer roles to official community programs such as CERT or hazards-awareness/resilience education.
    • Coordinate pre-disaster communication protocols so BWB support routes through appropriate emergency-management channels.

    Formal public-agency lead; outreach should be careful, preparedness-focused, and non-coercive. Verify appropriate county-level emergency management contacts for island-specific projects and avoid self-deploying during active incidents.

  • Re-use Hawaiʻi

    Re-use Hawaiʻi is a nonprofit employment social enterprise focused on deconstruction, building-material reuse, green jobs, tree milling, workforce development, a reclaimed-materials store, donations, volunteering, and a tool library. Its Honolulu location and circular-economy infrastructure make it a strong practical partner for BWB build days, repair clinics, reclaimed-material sourcing, and waste-diversion projects.

    Status: research-lead | Category: makerspaces-tool-libraries-repair-groups | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Source reclaimed materials for BWB community builds, art infrastructure, or repair projects.
    • Co-host a repair, reuse, or tool-safety clinic using Re-use Hawaiʻi's tool-library and materials expertise.
    • Organize volunteer support for material donations, store projects, or community waste-diversion campaigns.

    Strong fit for makerspace/tool-library/repair and environmental resilience. Verify tool-library access rules, volunteer onboarding, project liability, and whether donated/reclaimed materials are suitable for the intended use.

  • Maui Rapid Response

    Maui Rapid Response describes itself as an ahupuaʻa-inspired frontline mutual-aid network mobilizing resources, people, and action to meet emergent needs of Maui's vulnerable communities. Its published initiatives include continued fire response, outreach, water-related support, resource navigation, and other community-led programs, making it a credible mutual-aid lead for disaster recovery and urgent-needs coordination on Maui.

    Status: research-lead | Category: mutual-aid-groups | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Ask where BWB volunteers or supplies can be useful without duplicating existing community-led response.
    • Support logistics, sorting, transport, or back-end coordination for an MRR-identified urgent need.
    • Use BWB capacity for a specific, time-bound recovery project designed by Maui Rapid Response and local residents.

    Maui-specific and community-led; BWB should approach humbly and follow MRR's priorities. Verify current needs, volunteer intake process, and whether requests are still active before mobilizing people or supplies.

  • Aloha United Way

    Aloha United Way is a long-standing Hawaiʻi nonprofit that advances health, education, and financial stability through resources, partner agencies, workplace campaigns, volunteer opportunities, the AUW 211 statewide information and referral helpline, disaster-related resource pages, and community relief funds. It is a strong CBO infrastructure lead for routing BWB energy toward verified needs and established service partners.

    Status: research-lead | Category: nonprofits-cbos | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Use AUW 211 and partner-agency information to identify real-time service gaps before launching a BWB project.
    • Recruit BWB volunteers into AUW-listed volunteer opportunities or partner-agency support needs.
    • Coordinate a workplace/community campaign, supply drive, or fundraising activity for an AUW-verified local need.

    Strong statewide referral and nonprofit-network lead. Verify partner-agency rules, whether BWB can be listed or referred as a volunteer group, and how to avoid duplicating existing 211/resource-navigation work.

  • Honolulu Neighborhood Commission Office

    The Honolulu Neighborhood Commission Office oversees Oʻahu's 33 Neighborhood Boards, which provide residents with opportunities to participate in decisions affecting their communities and host regular neighborhood-board and committee meetings across Oʻahu. For any Oʻahu-based BWB Hawaii project, the boards are a practical channel for listening sessions, local priorities, resident advisory input, and non-extractive community engagement.

    Status: research-lead | Category: residents-neighborhood-leaders | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Attend relevant neighborhood-board meetings before proposing a BWB public-space, cleanup, preparedness, or art project.
    • Request agenda time for a community listening session or project concept presentation.
    • Invite neighborhood-board members to help define local needs, site constraints, and trusted partner organizations.

    Applies specifically to Oʻahu and formal neighborhood-board processes. For neighbor-island projects, identify the equivalent county/community association or resident leadership channel before importing this lead as statewide.

  • Hawaiʻi State Public Library System

    Hawaiʻi State Public Library System operates 51 public library branches across Hawaiʻi's major islands, provides public events, meeting-room connections, volunteer pathways, digital-literacy and online-learning resources, community programming, and preparedness/resource information. Libraries are trusted public spaces where BWB Hawaii could host education, repair, preparedness, resource-navigation, or youth/community workshops in coordination with branch staff.

    Status: research-lead | Category: schools-libraries-community-centers | Verified: 2026-06-24

    • Partner with a local branch on an emergency-preparedness, digital-literacy, repair, or creative reuse workshop.
    • Use library meeting rooms or event channels for BWB listening sessions or resource fairs where permitted.
    • Coordinate with branch volunteers or Friends groups for public-service days aligned with library policies.

    Strong statewide public-institution lead, but activity must be branch-specific and policy-compliant. Verify meeting-room availability, event sponsorship rules, public-programming lead times, and island/branch relevance.

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