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11 May Impactful Videos Highlight KHfH

Posted at 09:09h in AmeriCorps, Builds, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Global Village, Group Builds, Hawaii Village Build, Homebuyers, News & Events, Support, Travel and Build, Volunteer, Waimea Huakai Subdivision

[caption id="attachment_12522" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ross Anthony, M.Ed.[/caption] You always hear us talking about how wonderful our volunteers are. When you hear this, you probably picture people in hard hats swinging hammers. Well, there are plenty of ways to make an impact at Kaua'i Habitat without ever picking up a hammer. One example is videographer, editor and volunteer Ross Anthony, M.Ed., who visited...

16 Mar Join Us as KHfH Celebrates 30 Years

Posted at 13:23h in News & Events, Support

It’s our 30th year of building homes and hope! Please celebrate with us at our 30th Anniversary Dinner on November 4. 2023 (Date Changed from May 25) at the Royal Sonesta. Individual tickets (open seating), reserved tables for 10, sponsorship packages, and ad space in our event program are available for purchase. For more information or to purchase tickets or...

24 Feb Rotary Youth Exchange Students Give Back to Hawai’i

Posted at 12:04h in Homebuyers, News & Events, ReStore, Support, Volunteer

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. Currently Hawai'i (Rotary District 5000) has four students that are studying and experiencing...

13 Oct Rent-A-Center: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Posted at 14:34h in Builds, Donation, Donor, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Group Builds, Homebuyers, News & Events, Support, Volunteer

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...

10 Oct KHfH `Ohana Grows by Four

Posted at 15:02h in AmeriCorps, News & Events, Support, Volunteer

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...

06 Sep Layton Construction Builds Aloha

Posted at 14:18h in Builds, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Group Builds, Homebuyers, News & Events, Support, Volunteer

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...

30 Aug Keys Passed to Five New Habitat Homebuyers

Posted at 14:54h in AmeriCorps, Builds, Donor, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Homebuyers, House Dedications, News & Events, Support, Volunteer

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...

25 Aug 2022 Visitor Industry Charity Walk Fun

Posted at 11:26h in News & Events, Support

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...

15 Jul KHfH Introduces New Volunteer Program Manager

Posted at 09:38h in Group Builds, Hawaii Village Build, Homebuyers, News & Events, Support, Travel and Build, Volunteer

Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity is excited to introduce Nicole Pacanas as our new Volunteer Program Manager. Nicole comes to the position with the unique advantage of experiencing the nonprofits volunteer program from every aspect. She and her family were in the first group of homebuyers in the second phase of the 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision. So she was initially introduced to...

22 Mar KHfH Receives Transformational Gift From MacKenzie Scott

Posted at 13:39h in Donation, Habitat for Humanity International, News & Events, Support

Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity is among the 84 Habitat affiliates and Habitat for Humanity International to receive a transformational gift from American author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Habitat for Humanity Maui also received a portion of the $436 million of unrestricted giving. Kaua'i Habitat received $5.75 million and Habitat for Humanity Maui received $3.5 million of the generous donation, that...