Join hands with us here at Palama Settlement as we continue to serve our community of kalihi-Pālama!
Established in 1896, Palama Settlement is a non-profit, community-based social service agency serving the Kalihi and Pālama neighborhoods. We offer a wide range of educational, recreational, athletic, cultural, social, health, and community building programs and services for children, youth, adults, and senior citizens.
Our mission is to partner with those who have the greatest needs in our community, empowering them to enhance their well-being through education, health and recreation.
Palama Settlement is grateful for the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine and their recent volunteering efforts in Palama sports programs. This collaboration, made possible by our dear friends at the Downtown Athletic Club Hawai’i, was created as a way for the collegiate student-athletes to give back and enhance youth sports programs in the underserved community, providing invaluable opportunities for growth and empowerment.
The involvement of University of Hawaiʻi athletes began with the Warriors conducting drills and agility training during last week’s flag football practice. Quick feet and agility workouts in rapid succession was a healthy challenge for the young Palama Scorpions to experience working with collegiate athletes. The UH student-athletes shared lessons beyond the gridiron as they served as positive role models and advocates for success both on and off the field.
The UH Wahine worked through the fundamentals of proper setting and serving techniques with the Palama Volleyball team. Parents sat back with smiles of pride and gratitude, watching the exchange of knowledge!
Palama Settlement’s Summer Enrichment Program provides a variety of fun and educational activities during the summer break for children who have completed kindergarten through fifth grade. Children participate in recreational, cultural, and educational programming. Each week focuses on a different theme. Daily hot lunches are provided at no additional cost.
Palama Settlement will be closed in observance of Good Friday. Operations will resume on Monday, April 1st 2024.
In Observance of the state holiday observed in Hawaiʻi on March 26th, Palama Settlement will be closed for operation on Tuesday, March 26 2024.
Metro Church and Palama Settlement invites you and your family to our Easter Family Event happening on Friday, March 22nd, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. There will be an easter egg-hunt for children ages 6 and below and fun games for the older children out on the great lawn. A special family dinner will be served at our Dining Hall Lanai to end the night. Parking is available in the back of the Palama Settlement Gymnasium, or the vacant lot facing the intersection of Vineyard Blvd. and Palama St.
Palama Settlement’s Annual Holiday event will be the biggest and brightest it’s ever been! “A Palama Christmas” event is scheduled from 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Dec. 15 with live entertainment, lawn games, free refreshments, photos with Santa and Tutu Mele.The evening will feature new fun festivities such as lawn games, a “Christmas Village” outdoor photo opportunity, local food vendors, and a raffle entry to win a roundtrip for two on Alaska Airlines!
The evening will be filled with entertainment by Ke‘elikōlani Middle School Band, Palama Seniors and Pasefika club, Lion Dance Association of Hawai‘i, and Nesian N.I.N.E. will cap off the holiday event.
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!
Parking will be available at the back of the Palama Settlement gymnasium, enter on Vineyard Boulevard, or in the empty lot towards the ewa side of Palama Settlement, entrance on Palama Street.
This event is made possible by the generous support of Toys for Tots, Habilitat, City and County of Honolulu, Target, Walmart, Ho‘omau Fire Academy, Metro Christian Church, Tatau Bike Club, The Rotary Club of Honolulu, Alaska Airlines, Kyo-Ya Hotels & Resorts, and Kualoa Ranch.
“Palama Settlement is so grateful for the many community partners we have so that we can spread holiday cheer to our community.” – Sam Aiona, Palama Settlement Executive Director