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Recently the Hawaii Business Magazine published an article highlighting Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity and their accomplishments over the past 30 years. The digital format of the article is available by clicking here, while the print version appeared in the April edition of the magazine. The article is titled Kaua'i Affiliate is Habitat for Humanity's Top Builder in Hawai'i and discusses how...

As many of you know the Rotary Club does good things for people all around the globe. One program the club offers is the Rotary Youth Exchange, which is a volunteer driven program that gives high school students the opportunity to study abroad for an entire year. Recently Hawai'i (Rotary District 5000) had four students that were studying and experiencing...

We once again were blessed to have a Hawaii Village Build Team visit the island to build homes, communities and hope with us. This team of nine led by seasoned team leader, Jean Currie, took on multiple tasks as they volunteered at our construction site and ReStore. The team consisted of several familiar faces as well as a few newcomers....

  Kaua’i Habitat for Humanity is announcing its 2023 offering for affordable housing (house and lot) including opportunities in the Kalaheo Pu'u Maluhia subdivision and possible other scattered lots on island. Individuals who are interested in the Habitat self-help homebuyer program must fall within income guidelines and meet other program requirements. Those interested should click here to download and print a Program...

Are you or someone you know interested in serving the Kaua'i community as an AmeriCorps Service Member? Kaua'i Habitat is excited to announce we have an opening for an AmeriCorps National Volunteer Services Coordinator. Serving as an AmeriCorps National member with Habitat offers many benefits. To view some of these benefits click here.  Those interested in applying for the AmeriCorps...

When you think of a Habitat Team Build, the first thing that comes to mind is building homes. But often more than that is produced while spending the day working side by side serving others. I couldn't help thinking that on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, when twelve employees from Rent-A-Center arrived on the 'Ele'ele Iluna jobsite. The team members all work...

We've been very fortunate over the years to have service members from AmeriCorps building homes, communities and hope with us. For the past several years we've hosted two service members a year, each serving terms of 10 1/2 months. Well this year the Kaua'i Habitat 'Ohana grew by four, as the number of AmeriCorps members volunteering with us doubled. AmeriCorps mission...

In an amazing display of the aloha spirit, a build team from Layton Construction arrived at our 'Ele'ele Iluna jobsite to work alongside our homebuyers as they did construction on their new homes. This isn't the first time the nationally ranked construction company has done something like this. In fact the Kaua'i branch of the company, which has offices throughout...

It was a beautiful day on Friday, August 26th, 2022 as Kaua‘i Habitat for Humanity passed the keys to five new affordable homes on Kaua‘i. You could see trucks packed with belongings parked nearby as families received their keys and prepared to move into their new homes.  The deserving homebuyers who received their keys were Dexter Corpuz, Keoki Pantorilla, Bradley...

Fun was had by all at the 2022 Visitor Industry Charity Walk. It was nice to see the return of the annual event after being cancelled the past two years due to the pandemic. Kaua'i Habitat was happy to participate and raise funds for the event that will share it's proceeds with the many nonprofits on island that work endlessly...