Hawaii Island United Way has created the Ripple Effect Awards program to honor inspirational people who work or volunteer at nonprofit organizations. These nominees show incredible character, initiative, hustle, follow-through, heart and soul. The ripples created by their work create positive impacts on their organization and on Hawaii Island.
Nominations for Ripple Effect Awards come from the community and open on May 2nd, 2025. Click below to nominate yourself or another individual, team or organization.
Nominators:
You must live on Hawaii Island.
You will need to submit a no-budget amateur video of less than 1.5 minutes that shares why you are making this nomination.
Have fun and don’t sweat this - if you love what someone is doing, go for it and share with us why.
And yes, you can nominate yourself, too!
An individual can make one nomination per category for a total of 3 nominations. Deadline to submit this application and accompanying video for each nomination is June 1, 2025.
Winners will receive a cash award, trophy, gift certificate or prize, and of course, bragging rights of being the first honorees of the Ripple Effect Awards. Awards presentation ceremony will be held at Hawaii Island United Way’s Givers Gala on Friday, October 24, 2025 at The Event Center at The Arc of Hilo.
