By Staff Reports
(O‘AHU) – With summer fast approaching, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is calling on interested applicants to join the Summer Fun ‘ohana through a variety of amazing job opportunities!
Our largest and most popular program needs hundreds of motivated workers to enrich our keiki with positive and empowering activities. Now our newly revamped websites and digital resources make it even easier to begin your journey working for Summer Fun. From a video highlighting this energetic work to an interactive map of the 2025 locations, all of the information you need to learn about and apply for these jobs is available at: bit.ly/summerfunjob
These employment opportunities not only enhance our keiki’s summertime, by putting the “fun” in Summer Fun, they also provide the chance to develop essential job skills like: teamwork, leadership, conflict resolution, childcare experience, and problem-solving, all while connecting to your community and creating life-long memories!
This year DPR is hosting 63 Summer Fun sites, and the more staff we have at these locations the more keiki we can accommodate! The jobs available offer competitive pay rates ranging from $15 to $20.10 an hour with focuses on coordinating recreation, keiki supervision, lifeguarding our pools, and therapeutic aide.
Summer Fun Google Map showing the locations and contact information for the dozens of Summer Fun locations across O‘ahu. Click on the image to access the interactive map! http://bit.ly/SummerFunMap
Summer Fun’s success also relies on the support of our volunteer Junior Leaders, with over 1,200 Junior Leaders in last year’s program. To register as a Junior Leader please contact the specific site for registration information. Mahalo in advance for your valuable contribution to your community!
Summer Fun is an affordable, city-operated, seasonal day camp where children are engaged in learning experiences in a fun and safe environment. These opportunities help build on soft skills, which promote leadership and future educational and lifelong success. DPR aims to accommodate approximately 10,000 keiki and teens through this remarkable program each year, with registration costing no more than $125 per kid excluding Summer Plus (contracted keiki care before and after the regular program).
The 2025 Summer Fun Program is scheduled to run weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. from June 9 through July 25 (not including holidays on June 11 and July 4). Keiki registration will once again be conducted primarily online through the pros.hnl.info from Monday, May 12 through Friday, May 16, 2025 based on geographic park district under the following timetable:
- District 1 (East Honolulu): May 12 from 5 p.m.
- District 2 (West Honolulu): May 13 from 5 p.m.
- District 3 (Leeward O‘ahu): May 14 from 5 p.m.
- District 4 (Windward & North O‘ahu): May 15 from 5 p.m.
- District 5 (Central O‘ahu): May 16 from 5 p.m.
For more information about the program, visit Summer Fun’s newly renovated, main website at: bit.ly/summerfunoahu
If you need an auxiliary aid/service, other accommodations due to a disability, or an interpreter for a language other than English in reference to this announcement, please contact the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at 808-768-3003 on weekdays from 7:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. or email parks@honolulu.gov at least three business days before the scheduled event. Without sufficient advanced notice, it may not be possible to fulfill requests.