Volunteer at the Sugar Museum!

Are you interested in or do you have a connection to Maui’s sugar history or plantation life? Are you a high school student who needs to fulfill volunteer hours for graduation? If so, we have a volunteer opportunity for you!

We Are Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2021!

Front Desk Admissions

Greet visitors safely, behind a clear barrier. Visitors enter one at a time or in a family group. Process payment using Square. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, 10-12 or 12-2. Please see our COVID-19 policy below and learn how we care for your safety.

Gift Shop Help

Greet shop customers safely, behind a clear barrier. Visitors enter one at a time or in a family group. Process payment using Square. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, 10-12 or 12-2. Please see our COVID-19 policy below and learn how we care for your safety.

Care of Gift Shop and Museum Gallery

Zone out with your ear pods in! Cleaning and dusting exhibit cases, shop shelves, organizing and labeling storage boxes, general housekeeping. Current Schedule: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10-12.

Outdoor Field Equipment Care

Do you have experience with sugar cane harvesting equipment? Are you a former HC&S employee, or just an aficionado? We could use your help inspecting our field equipment displays, and offering advice on startup and care of the machines. Current Schedule: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10-12.

COVID-19 Volunteer Policy

Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum will accept Virtual volunteers, Individual in-person volunteers for indoor work, and Small group (10 or fewer) in-person volunteers for indoor work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Small group will be more or less depending on the current local mandate.

Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum is committed to the health and safety of our community. Volunteers and staff are required to take steps to prevent transmission of respiratory viruses during in-person volunteering. We are following the recommendations of Hawai’i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO). Please view their most recent guidance before reporting for in-person volunteer opportunities, and be prepared to follow those best practices in regards to Masks, Physical distancing, Hand hygiene, Cleaning & Sanitization.

Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum will provide the following protective materials for in-person volunteers:

• Masks
• Gloves
• Hand washing stations with running water and soap
• Hand sanitizer

For volunteer safety and the health of our community, Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum will follow strict cleaning and sanitization guidelines outlined by Hawai’i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO).

Notify and Stay home:

Please notify Holly Buland, Assistant Director (operations@sugarmuseum.com) at Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum if:

• You are scheduled for an in-person volunteer event and you or a household member is exhibiting these symptoms. Please stay at home and seek medical attention as required.

You or a household member are diagnosed with COVID-19 or are showing these symptoms within 14 days after participating in an in-person volunteer event.