Employees raised over $330,000 for local charities in 2025

Employees raised over $330,000 for local charities in 2025

~ $273,000 raised for Aloha United Way to benefit Oahu and Maui County nonprofits

~ $48,000 raised for Hawaii Island United Way to benefit on-island programs

~ $8,319 collected for local food banks

Release Date: 5/4/2026

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HONOLULU, May 4, 2026 - In support of families and communities in need across its five-island service areas, Hawaiian Electric employees and the IBEW Local 1260 together raised more than $330,000 for Aloha United Way, Hawaii Island United Way and local food banks during a workplace campaign in 2025.

The in-house United Way campaign theme, Haawi puana, which in Hawaiian means Giving Together, highlighted the unity between Hawaiian Electric and IBEW Local 1260 to support the efforts of local nonprofit organizations that ensure vital resources reach those who need them most.

Funds totaling $273,053.04 raised by Oahu and Maui County employees for Aloha United Way will support the nonprofit's essential programs and its 300-plus partner agencies working to address Oahu and Maui County's most urgent needs. Funds totaling $48,697.69 raised by Hawaii Island employees for Hawaii Island United Way will support 36 health and human services programs that reach thousands of Hawaii Island families and individuals each year.

The 2025 employee-led fundraising campaign included sales of logo merchandise, a popular golf tournament on Oahu and an online pledge drive. The company's family caregiving resource group also teamed up to hold a post-Easter Egg-stravanga featuring keiki activities while the Kakou / Hawaiian culture-based resource group prepared and sold imu-cooked kalua pig. Departments across the company held bake sales and other creative activities to raise monies.

Prior to and during the U.S. federal government shutdown in Fall 2025, employees across the company held 16 events including donation drives that collected $8,318.90 and 4,236 pounds of food for the Hawaii Food Bank on Oahu, The Food Basket on Hawaii Island and Maui Food Bank. Volunteers also supported food box packing events for kupuna and many struggling with food insecurity.

Employees also continued a long-standing tradition of caring for communities through volunteer acts of service. In 2025, employees donated 847 units of blood / apheresis to the Hawaii Blood Bank. About 2,800 employees together with family and friends volunteered 9,297 hours across 202 community events such as emergency preparedness-focused education and native planting/greenbreaks to reduce wildfire risk; serving meals at the Institute for Human Services; participating in charity walks, holding school supply drives and joining inclusion and belonging activities such as Pride Power festivals, among many other activities.