Adopt a Park
To provide long-term stewardship of our parks
The Adopt a Park program fosters lasting partnerships with the kaiāulu (community) by working to maintain, beautify and improve City and County of Honolulu park lands. The Department of Parks and Recreation is responsible for maintaining 394 designated parks and over 1,700 acres of undeveloped land across Oʻahu with limited staff and resources. Volunteering to steward these lands in partnership with DPR is one way the community can get involved to maintain and improve park lands. This long term program requires a two year commitment by the Adopter with a minimum of four different work days per year. Together we can mālama ʻāina (care for and respect the land) and continue to keep Oʻahu beautiful! Mahalo!
Volunteer Spotlight
Manny Pangilinan, also known as Manny Aloha, is the lead inspiration behind the Island Wide Cleanup Project in conjunction with Parley for the Oceans. This project had a simple goal, circle the island of O‘ahu, stop at every beach park, and clean up for an hour. Little did Manny know the impact, both physically and symbolically, this project would attain. Along his journey, Manny visited 82 beach parks, removed 2,301 kg of trash (1,625 kg of which was plastic), and encouraged 714 volunteers to join his cause. This included 146 keiki from Ocean Uprise and other local groms. Together, this amazing team of everyday philanthropists cleaned up an estimated 671,722 square meters of our coastlines by World Oceans Day on June 6, 2026.
DPR and the Adopt a Park team thank Manny, the Parley team, and the volunteers who joined the Island Wide Cleanup Project for their stewardship. Mahalo!
