Please follow us!   Our Sponsors More Sponsors Home l Privacy l We welcome all volunteer candidates! We are looking for volunteers who will take the Honolulu Festival to its limit! The festival began in 1995 and is supported by the Honolulu Festival Foundation, a not-for-profit organization formed in 2000 to administer Festival activities. The primary objective of the Honolulu Festival Foundation is to provide the annual festival to residents and visitors to Hawaii at no cost. By sponsoring and promoting the Festival, the Foundation is proud to make an important contribution towards perpetuating culture, customs and traditions of Asians and Pacific Islanders. Our major goals are to expand community support for the Honolulu Festival and to provide economic support for the State of Hawaii. Organizers and volunteers represent a wide array of public and private entities locally and internationally. We welcome all volunteer candidates who are willing and able to diligently give their time to promoting and producing Hawaii's premier cultural event, Honolulu Festival. As a prospective festival volunteer, you should anticipate spending about 6 to12 hours on committee work and during the actual festival itself, mostly during the month of March. You will be expected to participate in practices or meetings as required, and exhibit good teamwork. Unfortunately, we cannot represent that applying assures acceptance, as there are more applicants than openings each year. We look forward to reviewing your application. *Parents of all volunteers under the age of 18 must sign a waiver. || Volunteer Job Descriptions Ennichi (March 3 and 4, 2012) Ennichi is a special day in Japan that celebrates each person's relationship with a particular deity. This day usually celebrates the birth or the passing of the deity the person is honoring. A large number of food and game stalls are constructed near the temple or shrine to ensure its attraction to many visitors, both young and old. Honolulu Festival reproduces these Ennichi food and game booths and gives away prizes for game winners. Duties include assisting with: Kingyo Sukui Scooping goldfish with a thin net made of paper. Giving out prizes. Shateki Shooting a toy gun at targets. Giving out prizes. Yo-yo Tsuri Game in which a paper string is used to hook onto a ball (yo-yo) in a bucket of water. The trick is to keep the string from tearing apart. Volunteers’ job is to partially fill the balloon with water to make the yo-yo, to also assist children to play the game, and to give out prizes. Cotton Candy Making and giving out cotton candy Crowd Control Keeping crowd orderly and forming a line Bento Delivering bento for the workers Job Requirements: 1) Enjoy working with children 2) Able to cheerfully perform duties as listed above to help with games 3) Able to speak loudly to control crowd 4) Able to lift up to 15 lbs. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Honolulu Festival Souvenir Booth　(March 3 and 4, 2012) Duties include assisting with: Sales of Honolulu Festival logo goods. Taking money/credit cards, giving change and receipt, bagging sold items Delivering logo goods from one place to another Delivering bento for the workers Job Requirements: 1) Familiar with cash handling. 2) Able to perform cheerful customer service. 3) Able to lift up to 15 lbs. Now Closed. Thank you to those who have applied! Honolulu Festival Information Desk　(March 3 and 4, 2012) Duties include assisting with: Giving away Honolulu Festival goods to visitors (while supplies last) Providing event schedules and information to visitors Assisting in giving away door prizes to winners Delivering bento for the workers Job Requirements: 1) Able to perform cheerful customer service 2) Able to lift up to 15 lbs. Now Closed. Thank you to those who have applied! Grand Parade in Waikiki　(March 4, 2012) Duties include assisting with: Carrying banner/placards Managing parade participants Distributing water to participants Passing out parade schedule to spectators Delivering bento for the workers Job Requirements: 1) Able to walk the parade route (begin at Fort DeRussy, down     Kalakaua and ending at Kapiolani Park, approximately 1 mile) 2) 15 years of age or older *Exception of the Children's Mikoshi (should be 12 years and under recomended) 3) Able to lift up to 15 lbs. 4) Able to perform cheerfully DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Mikoshi (March 4, 2012) Duties include assisting with: Parade Participation, Carrying Mikoshi Playing Music Dancing Dismantling the Mikoshi Job Requirements: 1) Able to walk the parade route (begin at Fort DeRussy, down Kalakaua and ending at Kapiolani Park, approximately 1 mile) 2) 15 years of age or older *Exception of the Children's Mikoshi (should be 12 years and under recomended) 3) Able to lift up to 15 lbs. 4) Able to perform cheerfully DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Sugaren Banner Bearers (March 3 and 4, 2012) Duties include assisting with: Bearing a banner on the stage Parade Participation, Bearing a banner Job Requirements: 1) Able to walk the parade route (begin at Fort DeRussy, down Kalakaua and ending at Kapiolani Park, approximately 1 mile) 2) 15 years of age or older 3) Able to lift up to 18 lbs. 4) Able to perform cheerfully Sugaren's Yosakoi Performance http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=324209724277283 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Daijayama　(Several Pre-Meeting and March 4, 2012) Duties include assisting with: Building Daijayama float Parade Participation Playing Music Dancing Dismantling the float Instructors (will be trained) Job Requirements: 1) Able to walk the parade route (begin at Fort DeRussy, ends at Kapiolani Park) 2) 15 years of age or older 3) Able to lift up to 15 lbs. 4) Able to perform cheerful 5) Able to attend pre-meetings and practices For specific information: Honolulu Festival Feature Article "Honolulu Daijayama" DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS FEBRUARY 17, 2012 Each year as the Honolulu Festival approaches there are hundreds of volunteers that come out to support the Festival. The people of Hawaii are known for giving. These volunteers include local students, families and friends. It is through volunteering that they are able to come into contact with the cultures of Japan and the other Pacific Rim countries, and make new friends from all over the world. It is amazing how this circle of volunteers interested in cultural exchange continues to expand each year. It is quite contagious! So contagious that many volunteers get hooked and return each year.

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