Grassroots organization · Hāmākua ahupuaʻa · Maui

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Holomua Outreach

Grassroots organization rooted throughout the Hāmākua ahupuaʻa.

Beginning with a longtime commitment to Holomua Road, we build trust and pilina through consistent care, practical resources, and community-led pathways forward.

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Hāmākua ahupuaʻa · Rooted on Holomua Road · Serving communities across MauiFiscally sponsored by Maui Grassroots Collective, a 501(c)(3)

01Our kuleana

Support and uplift our lineal and generational houseless descendants across Maui.

What began with a focused commitment to Holomua Road has grown through steady relationships. We show up, build trust over time, and meet people where they are.

We build trust by being consistent, useful, and present—grounded in the belief that everyone deserves a fighting chance to recover and heal.

Holomua Outreach community members gathered together during weekly outreach — Weekly outreach · Building pilina through steady presence

Our purpose and approach

Relationship-led care, grounded in a commitment to keep showing up.

Learn how pilina, mālama, and forward movement guide the weekly practice along Holomua Road.

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02Our work now

Four practical pathways, one shared purpose.

Immediate care and long-term opportunity belong together: restore ʻāina, nourish people, remove barriers, and stand alongside the community.

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Community members removing a discarded washing machine from the roadside

Environmental workforce

Restore ʻāina through meaningful work.

Hands-on cleanups, illegal-dumping removal, green-waste clearing, and fire mitigation build practical experience while improving community safety.

Community members preparing meals together beneath shade tents

Food systems

Prepare food as care and opportunity.

Community members gain experience in food preparation, safe handling, and meal distribution while nourishing poʻe who cannot readily cook or store food.

Holomua Outreach community members gathered together at an outdoor resource event

Access and opportunity

Remove barriers to stability.

Help securing photo IDs, SNAP benefits, medical coverage, and other essential documents reconnects people with work, housing, healthcare, and support.

Holomua Outreach community advocates gathered outside the Maui County Council chamber

Community advocacy

Stand alongside the people affected.

Relationship-led, non-displacing advocacy helps community members navigate services and be heard when public decisions affect their safety and wellbeing.

A mobile outreach site with shade tents, tables, and a Maui Rescue Mission vehicle — Weekly outreach in practice · Care arriving where people are

The long horizon

A permanent safe space for continued mālama.

The complete work plan connects today’s practical needs with jobs, skills, education, housing, recovery, and healing.

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03Community care

Community-based trash removal

Mālama poʻe. Mālama ʻāina.

Clean land, shared purpose, and a sense of belonging—built by people who choose to show up.

Community cleanups · 2024

Three cleanups. One community moving together.

Neighbors returned to care for Holomua Road across three community cleanup days.

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Cleanup 01

May 2, 2024

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Cleanup 02

June 16, 2024

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Cleanup 03

August 10, 2024

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Holomua Outreach volunteers gathered beneath a shade tent after a community cleanup — August 10, 2024 · Volunteers who carried the third cleanup

A steady community practice

Meet, organize, clear the road, and recognize everyone who gave their time.

“Huge Mahalo to all of our volunteers who show up in their spare time!”

04Public advocacy

Care means advocacy, too

Showing up when decisions affect the community.

We do not support sweeps.

Holomua Outreach showed up in numbers when Bill 95 and the Pāʻia Fire Mitigation Plan came before the Maui County Council.

Maui County Council proceedings during closing arguments for Bill 95 — Maui County Council · June 7, 2024

Bill 95 and our response

Four council videos, Holomua’s response, and related reporting.

The dedicated page keeps the original statements together and lets visitors hear each council excerpt directly.

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05Our people

The people behind the work

Community led, through and through.

“I move solely from my naʻau and upbringing, with the intention of providing care where care doesn’t exist—changing this system one kuleana at a time.”