2026 AUW Day of Caring
Join Us for AUW's Day of Caring! Make a difference in our community by volunteering alongside friends, coworkers, and neighbors. Whether you're lending a hand at a local nonprofit, beautifying a community space, or supporting a meaningful project, your time and effort help create lasting impact. Join us for a day of service, connection, and caring!
✨Hawaii Theatre Center✨
The Hawaii Theatre Center is a non-profit organization that operates the historic 1922 "Landmark of the Arts" in downtown Honolulu, serving as a premier performance venue and a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization. Established in 1984, the center hosts a broad range of entertainment, including concerts, comedy, and theater, while delivering community arts education programs.
Website: hawaiitheatre.com
Volunteer Project: Hawaii Theatre Center is requesting volunteers to support HTC's ongoing mission to preserve and activate one of Hawaiʻi's most significant historic cultural assets as part of the Hawaii Theatre's ongoing restoration project by painting the exterior storefronts of HTC's Nu'uanu offices. A well-maintained, graffiti-resistant exterior sends a clear message to the community that HTC is an anchor institution that takes pride in its home and its neighborhood.
Volunteers participating in this project will leave knowing their effort has made a visible, lasting contribution to the cultural and physical fabric of Downtown Honolulu. HTC staff will have completed all necessary surface preparation and priming of the wood prior to the event, and paint colors will be selected and secured in advance, so volunteers can focus entirely on applying paint efficiently and safely. This project is estimated to take about 4 hours for a team of five+ volunteers and requires no specialized skills, only a willingness to roll up your sleeves and help preserve a treasured community institution.
Volunteers will also assist in applying a graffiti-resistant protective coating to the exterior wall of HTC's Rangoon Building, using the same high-quality product currently used on the historic theatre itself. This proactive measure will help protect the building's exterior from vandalism, reduce long-term maintenance costs, and keep the surrounding streetscape clean and welcoming for the Nu'uanu community.
Event Details
📅 Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
🕐 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
📍 Location: Hawaii Theatre Center - 1121 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu, HI 96817
Maximum Number of Volunteers: 10
Age Restriction: 16+
Restrictions:
• Volunteers should have the ability to stand for extended periods.
• Must be comfortable working outdoors in Honolulu heat and sun
• Ability to lift and carry paint cans and supplies
• Comfortable on step ladders (for higher sections).
What to Wear/Bring:
• Refillable Water bottle
• Clothes suitable for painting
Provided:
- • HTC will provide protective wear; Eye guards, gloves, paint masks for fumes.
- • Supplies: Surface prep, paint, applicators (brushes and rollers), ladders, carts, tarp.
- • Post lunch post-completion from a Dining and Retail Partner
- Parking: Volunteers to park at Mark's Garage (21 Chaplain Ln, Honolulu, HI 96813). HTC staff to provide volunteer parking passes for complimentary parking.