For Children to Flourish Projects
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Access For All Program
It’s simple. We provide free boat trips to our local kids. When we connect kids and their support systems to the beauty of nature: hope can be found, dreams can ignite, and even healing can begin. Our goal is to meet one or more of these three objectives during our 2-4 hour trips.
1) O.C.E.A.N. Course (Outgoing Curiousity Experiences Around Nature) How we relate to ourselves and the world around us
2) Science Education (influenced by the Coral Reef Education Institute)
3) Respite and Therapy (inspired by help and conversations with Kipuka Ho’ola)
This beautiful experience can help kids develop an awareness of themselves and others, encourage an appreciation for our ocean and life within, and learn skills to help them overcome hard things. -
Maui Resilency Project
Maui/Lahaina Resiliency Program. Our plan is to empower locals in Maui to use their maritime resources to give back to those who have been impacted by the devastating Lahaina fires. Since November 18, we have received funding to take out 360 kids and their families who lost everything in the fire. We couldn’t do this without the beautiful partnership with Trilogy Sail. We also work with Kipuka Ho’ola as they have helped coordinate therapists to come on board to be available for kids and their families.
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Leadership Development
Happened May 2024 and 2025. Next Spring/Summer of 2026
50% off island kids 50% from Hawaii
We are so excited to begin our leadership development camp. A collaborative effort with Pacific Connections and other local and global non-profits. Our goal is to raise up future and well equipped leaders trained specifically to ask better questions and become better listeners. The ocean and boats are the tools we will use to navigate these conversations in a beautiful, fun, inspiring and safe way. The ocean is a great training ground to help develop the foundation of a curious spirit.
Access for All: Whale Wisdom
For many students, the opportunity to experience humpback whales in the wild may never come—whether due to sea sickness, regulatory barriers, or limited access based on location. But lack of access should never mean lack of opportunity. Every child deserves the chance to learn about the incredible natural world and the powerful lessons it offers.
Through true and accurate ocean science, we introduce students to the remarkable lives of humpback whales and other marine animals. Along the way, we highlight the character traits these animals exemplify—altruism, perseverance, and bravery—helping students see how science and nature can inspire them to live with greater purpose, resilience, and compassion in their own lives.
To learn more or register your classroom or homeschool co-op, please use the link below.
We are currently offering classroom experiences on all islands across Hawaii.
The Flotilla
Since December 2022, For Children to Flourish has been honored to host an annual ocean experience for youth from the east side of the island through a partnerships with youth organizations like Collide. Many of these keiki come from traumatic backgrounds, and time on the ocean provides a powerful space for hope, healing, and connection.
What began as a small outreach effort has grown tremendously. In December 2025 alone, we had the privilege of serving 102 children. This life-changing experience is made possible through our generous boat partners: Ocean Sports, Kohala Divers, Hawaii Nautical, Da Whale Boat, and Holoholo Kai, grants, and donors like you.
Safety and professionalism are always our highest priorities, and we cover operational costs to ensure every child has a safe and meaningful experience. In addition, our boat partners generously donate a significant portion of their profits to help make these outings possible.
If you’re visiting the Big Island, we encourage you to support these businesses as a way of giving back to the community.
To register your youth organization for a future ocean experience, please click the Learn More link.
Future Vision
Captain Kelsey and team have a heart to help strengthen and encourage kids all over the world by connecting them to their own natural resources in a fun and safe way. When pure joy can be experienced, hope can be found and healing can begin. When kids can live healthy lives, they become healthy members of their community: better parents, dependable employees, great leaders, and faithful friends
Kelsey, along with family and friends, journeyed to Uganda in June 2025. For Children to Flourish was honored to sponsor a collaborative event with NGO, Bringing Hope, connecting 120 orphans to a local business where kids were able to be in nature, jump on bouncy houses, play on a playground, and eat really good food. So many of these kids have undergone major trauma in their lives. A day of jumping, playing, dancing, eating treats, and just being a kid can be a reset to a child’s brain. When joy is experienced, a child is jumpstarted in their healing journey. Mahalo to the generous donor who gave to a day of hope and healing in Uganda!
