Volunteer | Kauai Habitat for Humanity

06 Jul The Beauty of Giving

Posted at 15:42h in Donation, Donor, Homebuyers, House Dedications, News & Events, Uncategorized, Volunteer

You have often heard us saying there are many ways to build homes and hope with Kaua'i Habitat without doing construction. It's true. Just look at Sandy Ambrose. Sandy has been volunteering with us for years, but you won't find her with a hammer in hand at the job site. Where you will find her is in the studio with...

12 Jun Construction Continues

Posted at 11:35h in AmeriCorps, Builds, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Homebuyers, News & Events, Volunteer

Our Construction Supervisors, AmeriCorps Servicemembers, homeowners and core volunteers have been very busy making dreams come true this week. Yes, the dream of homoeownership is alive and well in our 'Ele'ele Iluna neighborhood, especially for future homebuyers Robert Williams and Zachary Kawai who are seeing the walls go up in their future homes. The day the walls go up is always...

25 Feb Kaua’i Board of Realtors Build Hope

Posted at 11:21h in Board of Realtors, Builds, Group Builds, News & Events, Volunteer

The Kaua'i Board of Realtors have been longtime supporters of Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity and have done so much for us over the years. Well, they are still at it, and their experience sure shows! This past weekend they did an outstanding job at our Anahola jobsite. It was great to see the "pros" diving right into building stairs and...

18 Feb Trinity Western University

Posted at 14:19h in Builds, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Group Builds, News & Events, Volunteer

We have been blessed once again to be visited by a volunteer group from Trinity Western University! Trinity Western is a private Christian liberal arts university in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. These amazing college students are being led by Allan and Sylvia Kotanen and have spent more than a week working on various construction projects in our 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision....

13 Feb a hui hou Maddi

Posted at 16:04h in AmeriCorps, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, News & Events, Volunteer

Today we had to say farewell to one of our amazing AmeriCorps members, Maddi, who just completed her 10 1/2 months of service at Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity. AmeriCorps members donate their time helping others and addressing critical needs in the community. We are so grateful that Maddi helped us tackle the affordable housing crisis by working alongside our staff...

11 Feb Mahalo Corteva

Posted at 11:15h in Builds, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Group Builds, News & Events, Volunteer

A big mahalo to all the great volunteers from Corteva Agriscience that spent the day building homes and hope alongside our staff and homebuyers! This group worked on insulation, window trim and painting in our 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision. It's amazing what they got done in just one day! Mahalo volunteers! If you know of or are a part of a group...

06 Feb Welcome Lauren

Posted at 11:00h in AmeriCorps, News & Events, Volunteer

Please help us in welcoming Lauren Sarg to the Kaua'i Habitat 'ohana!! Lauren will be working alongside our staff and homebuyers as she dedicates 10 1/2 months to serving our community as an AmeriCorps Service Member. AmeriCorps is a voluntary civil society program that engages adults in public service work with a goal of "helping others and meeting critical needs...

23 Jan Age is a State of Mind

Posted at 13:26h in Builds, Eleele Iluna Subdivision, Group Builds, News & Events, Travel and Build, Volunteer

Age is simply a state of mind according to Travel & Build volunteer Millie Fink. "It's not a number or a date on the calendar, it's a state of mind," the nearly 90 year old volunteer was heard saying as she was busy painting a home in Kaua'i Habitat's 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision. "Doing work like this is how I stay...

21 Jan AmeriCorps Members Serve on MLK Day

Posted at 09:24h in AmeriCorps, Jobs, News & Events, Volunteer

As the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Jan. 20, 2020, marks the 25th anniversary of the day of service that celebrates the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. It is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage...

16 Dec Hawaii in Top Ten AmeriStates

Posted at 16:12h in AmeriCorps, Volunteer

Have you heard of AmeriCorps? It's a wonderful program where amazing people commit time to improving lives by addressing critical needs in a community. At Kaua'i Habitat we have been blessed by so many caring individuals as they address the affordable housing crisis on Kaua'i. These service members dedicate 10 1/2 months of their lives building homes and hope with...