The Heathy Baby Contest has been HCJ’s signature program since the organization’s founding in 1953. The year 2027 will mark HBC’s 74rd anniversary - nearly three-quarters of a century of HCJ promoting health and wellness for our island keiki. HBC takes place over a few weeks between August and September with activities, giveaways, events, and competition for scholarship funds. To be involved, consider donating funds or giveaway items, or joining one of the HBC Planning Committees: Marketing, Healthy Baby Contest, Sponsorships/Finance, Administration/Registration, and Judging.

Hosted and organized by Chinatown 808, an organization committed to perpetuating Chinese culture, The Chinatown Festival & Parade is a large-scale community celebration . Taking place around Lunar New Year, this public event showcases the vendors, culture, and patrons of Chinatown Honolulu, drawing thousands of people. HCJ helps Chinatown 808 every year by organizing and managing the essential volunteers that make this festival run.

Hosted and organized by Chinatown 808, an organization committed to perpetuating Chinese culture, The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a festival held to celebrate the annual harvest. On this day, the Chinese believe that the moon is at its fullest and brightest, coinciding with the time of harvest in the middle of autumn. HCJ helps Chinatown 808 every year by organizing and managing the essential volunteers that make this festival run.

HCJ has strong ties with the Miss Chinatown Hawaii, a cultural and scholarship pageant that feeds into the national Miss Chinatown USA. HCJ founded the program in 1977, intending to elevate and empower young women of Chinese ancestry on the local and national levels. Many of HCJ’s recent members have been contestants and crowned during Miss Chinatown Hawaii, and the chapter supports by volunteering during major events and promoting the program.

HCJ has supported the community Dragon Boat Festival for many years, and partnered with Chinatown808 in recent years to continue this tradition. Dragon Boat Festival has typically been an on-water race with many teams and a celebration of this Chinese cultural sport. Due to COVID-19, the on-water race was postponed, so the festival transformed into on-land races and a community festival. In 2023, HCJ will continue supporting the festival with volunteer recruitment and coordination and hosting activity booths on Saturday, July 15, 2023. In the meantime, opportunities will arise for volunteers to repair the dragon boats with hopes for resumption of on-water racing in the near future.