DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION
East Hawai`i: Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6, Hilo, HI 96720
Phone/TTY: (808) 961-8311 | Fax: (808) 961-8411
West Hawai`i: West Hawai`i Civic Center, Building B, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Phone/TTY: (808) 323-4322 | Fax: (808) 323-4346
Email: parks_recreation@hawaiicounty.gov
Questions for Camping or Pavilion Permits: camping@hawaiicounty.gov
Administration | Aquatics | Cemetery Information | Culture and Education Division | Elderly Activities
Hawai`i County Band | Hilo Municipal Golf Course | Ho`olulu Complex | Pana`ewa Recreational Complex
Park Facilities | Parks Maintenance | Recreation | Veterans Advisory Committee | West Hawai`i Band
DESCRIPTION: Provides administrative and organizational support services to all the divisions/sections and band to achieve the development and implementation of the department’s programs and services.
DIRECTOR: Roxcie L. Waltjen
DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Maurice C. Messina
Department of Parks & Recreation Staff
Related links:
- Camping - Hawai`i County Beach Parks
- (Isaac Hale, Kapa`a, Kohanaiki, Kolekole, Mahukona, Punalu`u, Spencer, Laupahoehoe, Miloli`i, Whittington, Mauna Kea Recreation Area)
- Camping at Ho`okena
- Mauna Kea Bunkhouse Application
- General Information, Map
- Kolekole Gulch Park - Fact Sheet (4-28-17)
- Department of Health Big Island Water Quality/Beach Advisories
- EPA Beaches LEARN: Human Health at the Beach
- Rules and Regulations
- 4-Year ADA Park Project Schedule
- Limited English Proficiency Plan
- Parks and Recreation Documents
- Release of Claims Memo To Participants, Certification and Forms
News
- 2019 County Park Closures for Maintenance
- Age Group Track & Field Meets, February 9, 2019 and Exponent Track & Field Meets, February 23, 2019
Class Schedules
- Aquatics - Program Guides
- Culture and Education Division – East and West Classes
- Elderly Recreation Services – Senior Citizen Classes
- Recreation Division – Program Guides
- Recreation Division – Summer Fun Flyers
JANUARY 2019
2019 Summer Fun Employment Application and Information
January 2, 2019
The Department of Parks and Recreation announces the following positions for temporary summer employment for the 2019 Summer Fun Program, which will run from June 12, 2019 through July 19, 2019 (4 days of mandatory training to be held from June 4-7, 2019).
SUMMER FUN STARTS ON JUNE 12, 2019 (Wednesday).
Only fully completed applications with current First Aid certificates submitted by the extended March 15, 2019 application deadline will be considered for employment.
All applications must be turned in to:
Recreation Division, 799 Pi‘ilani Street, Hilo, HI 96720
Phone: (808) 961-8740, Email: Recreation@hawaiicounty.gov
MAY
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
May 4 or 11, 2019, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
RSVP: Blood Drive Kona
May 7, 2019
Kailua LDS Church, Kona
Joy Foster, RSVP, (808) 323-4333
Joy.Foster@hawaiicounty.gov
RSVP: Blood Drive Hilo
May 21, 2019
Aunty Sally’s Lu‘au Hale
Kathleen Azevedo, RSVP, (808) 961-8730
Kathleen.Azevedo@hawaiicounty.gov
Veterans Advisory Committee (Agenda)
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 1:30 p.m.
Locations:
Hilo Aupuni Center - Office of the Prosecuting Attorney
655 Kilauea Avenue, Conference Room B
Hilo, HI 96720
Video Conference Site - Kona - West Hawai‘i Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Bldg. C, 2nd Floor
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 (Mayor’s Office Conference Room)
For more information call Department of Parks & Recreation (808) 961-8311
JUNE
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
June 8, 2019, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
2019 Youth Football Clinic & Release of Claims Form
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
8:00 a.m. check-in 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Free Clinic
All athletes 7 years old - 14 years old
Old Kona Airport Field
75-5560 Kuakini Highway, Kailua, HI 96740
For application information contact Kristina @ admin@bipw.org
Summer Fun Flyers
2019 Summer Fun Employment Application and Information
June 12 to July 19, 2019
Recreation Division, 799 Pi‘ilani Street, Hilo, HI 96720
Phone: (808) 961-8740, Email: Recreation@hawaiicounty.gov
JULY
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
July 4, 2019, Thursday, 7:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
45th Annual Hawai‘i Kupuna Softball Tournament
July 10-11, 2019
Walter Victor Baseball Complex, Hilo
Randell Kokubun, League Coordinator, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 961-8710
Randell.Kokubun@hawaiicounty.gov
AUGUST
44th Annual Hawai‘i State Senior Citizens Softball Tournament
August 6-8, 2019
Maka`eo Park, Kona
Randell Kokubun, League Coordinator, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 961-8710
Randell.Kokubun@hawaiicounty.gov
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
August 10, 2019, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
SEPTEMBER
RSVP: Blood Drive Waimea
September 3, 2019
Waimea LDS Church
Joy Foster, RSVP, (808) 323-4333
Joy.Foster@hawaiicounty.gov
37th Annual Hawai‘i Kupuna Hula Festival
September 11-12, 2019
Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou
Charlie Brown, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 323-4340, Charlie.Brown@hawaiicounty.gov
Iris Higa, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 961-8710, Iris.Higa@hawaiicounty.gov
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
September 14, 2019, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
Employ the Older Worker Week
September 15-21, 2019
Mark Kunzer, Senior Training & Employment Program, (808) 961-8750
Mark.Kunzer@hawaiicounty.gov
OCTOBER
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
October 5 or 12, 2019, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
Akamai Living Fair Hilo
October 18, 2019
Edith Kanaka`ole Multi-Purpose Stadium, Hilo
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Onan Masaoka, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 966-8501
Onan.Masaoka@hawaiicounty.gov
NOVEMBER
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
November 2 or 9, 2019, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
Akamai Living Fair Kona
November 22, 2019
Old Airport Pavilion, Kona
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Charlie Brown, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 323-4340
Charlie.Brown@hawaiicounty.gov
DECEMBER
2019 Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
December 7 or 14, 2019, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699