COMMUNITY IMPACT
PERPETUATING CULTURE // SHARING ALOHA
DAWSON is dedicated to supporting
our communities
Through the community impact work of our parent company, the Hawaiian Native Corporation (HNC), we carry forward a commitment to principally benefit Native Hawaiians by perpetuating our unique indigenous culture. We share aloha in our Native Hawaiian community by supporting numerous organizations via monetary contributions, in-kind donations, and volunteer hours. Additionally, DAWSON’s business operations serve as economic engines that create employment and advancement opportunities for Native Hawaiians. Beyond Hawaiʻi, we share the spirit of aloha in the local communities where we live and work.
Browse some of our community impact initiatives:
Merrie Monarch Festival
Hawaiʻi’s premier cultural event honoring King Kalākaua
POW! WOW! Native Hawaiian Artists
Bishop Museum
Iolani Palace
friends of iolani palace
Ho’oulu Hawai’i
Honolulu Museum of Art
HB19
Honolulu Biennial Foundation
contact
pu’uhonua society
Dawson art project
kanaka maoli artists
mai kinohi mai
bishop museum
DAWSON GARDENS
LUNALILO HOME
HOKULE’A
POLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY
HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO
EA Ecoversity
EA Ecoversity
HIFF – MAKAWALU Writer’s Retreat
HIFF – MAKAWALU Writer’s Retreat
PVS – Waʻa Honua
PVS- Waʻa Honua
Building libraries for Hawaiian Charter Schools
Building libraries for Hawaiian Charter Schools
DAWSON Volunteers at Lunalilo Home
DAWSON Volunteers at Lunalilo Home
Prepping for planting at Lunalilo Home
Prepping for planting at Lunalilo Home
Planting Maʻia at Lunalilo Home
Planting Maʻia at Lunalilo Home
The Planting Crew at Lunalilo Home
The Planting Crew at Lunalilo Home
Work day at Ulupō loʻi
Work day at Ulupō loʻi
Building a hale at Waimea Valley
Building a hale at Waimea Valley
12 Days of Christmas
12 Days of Christmas
Keiki O Ka ʻĀina
Keiki O Ka ʻĀina
Organizations We Support
Benefiting Native Hawaiians
Monetary Contributions
Through its parent organization, Hawaiian Native Corporation, DAWSON has provided financial support to numerous organizations benefiting the Native Hawaiian community, including:
- Iolani Palace
- Hawaiian Word of the Day on Hawaiʻi Public Radio (HPR)
- Lunalilo Home
- Polynesian Voyaging Society
- Bishop Museum
- Puʻuhonua Society – CONTACT
- Family Ingredients (Rock Salt Media)
- Honolulu Museum of Art
- Honolulu Biennial
- Historic Hawai‘i Foundation
- The Queen’s Medical Center
- Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce
- Hoʻokuaʻāina
- MAʻO Farms
- Paepae o Heʻeia
- Papahana Kuaola
- ʻUluʻulu
- Na Kama Kai
- Chef Hui – #FeedthepeopleHI
- Hoʻāla ʻAina Kūpono
- Waiwai Collective
- Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
- KEY Project
- Hikaʻalani
- Kū-A-Kanaka (EA Ecoversity)
- North Shore Community Land Trust
In-Kind Services
Committed to serving our communities, DAWSON and its parent organization Hawaiian Native Corporation haveprovided in-kind support to a number of organizations in Hawaiʻi, contributing volunteer hours along with materials and equipment.
- Lunalilo Home
- Native Hawaiian Organizations Association (NHOA)
- Native Hawaiian Advisory Council to the US Army
- Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana (PKO)
- Hakipuʻu Learning Center
- Hale Kealoha
- Polynesian Voyaging Society
- Kealakehe Elementary School
- Keiki O Ka ʻAina Family Learning Centers
- Mālama Kupuna Iwi & Hikaʻalani
- Waimea Valley- Hiʻipaka, LLC
- Hui Aloha
- Holomua Farms
- ʻAhahui o nā Kauka – Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians
- Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi
IMPACT BEYOND HAWAII
DAWSON Day of Service
Each year DAWSON organizes a company-wide Day of Service to honor the birthday of Auntie Beadie Kanahele Dawson. Auntie Beadie is a Director of DAWSON’s parent organization, the Hawaiian Native Corporation, and is the inspiration for DAWSON Impact, our employee volunteer program.
A renowned community leader, attorney, and practitioner of hoʻoponopono (a Hawaiian practice of reconciliation), Auntie Beadie has served the Native Hawaiian community and the people of Hawaiʻi throughout her nine decades of life. Inspired by her ongoing dedication to community service, hundreds of team members and volunteers come together on DAWSON’s Day of Service to make an impact in more than a dozen communities throughout the U.S.
DAWSON Day of Service – San Antonio ,TX
Feeding the Hungry – Huntsville, AL
Feeding the Hungry – Huntsville, AL
DAWSON Day of Service – Colorado Springs, CO
DAWSON Day of Service – Panama City, FL