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Support

13 Oct

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

29 Jun

Posted at 09:03h in Homebuyers, Homeowner Resources, News & Events, Support

A lot goes into becoming a homeowner. Many find the process intimidating and overwhelming, causing them to give up before they even get started. This is a serious problem, as we know home ownership provides a path out of poverty and offers security and stability to families on island. That's where Hawaiian Community Assets comes in. According to their Mission;...

08 Jan

Posted at 15:01h in News & Events, ReStore, Support, Volunteer

What is a core volunteer? A core volunteer is a volunteer that is so dependable and reliable that you can put them on the schedule as if they were staff. As we begin the new year, we felt it important that we recognize a couple of these amazing people. Alan Momohara and Guy Ambrose were the first volunteers to...

11 Dec

Posted at 15:30h in Eleele Iluna Subdivision, News & Events, ReStore, Support, Volunteer

Here at Kaua'i Habitat we have been so fortunate to be able to continue building homes and hope by utilizing COVID-19 safety precautions. These precautions have enabled our constructions site as well as our ReStore to remain going strong, and have allowed us to welcome back resident volunteers in a limited capacity. "We've had some wonderful folks come out over the...