Hammer and Nail
Summer 2010, No. 6
Habitat Goes Global
Habitat for Humanity International’s
Global Village (GV) program is a great
way for Habitat affiliates to benefit from
the growing trend of volunteer vaca-
tions, and more and more affiliates are
getting involved. Through the program,
HFHI puts together teams of 8 – 16
people to go on working vacations for 1
– 2 weeks where they build in partner-
ship with an affiliate, alongside a family
that is generally of another culture, in
another country. Most of the host affili-
ates are outside of the US, and volun-
teers have the option to join teams go-
ing to Africa, Brazil, China and many
more destinations. However, more and
more US affiliates with something
unique to offer are beginning to host
teams as well, including GV regulars
Maui, Kauai, and Molokai Habitats.
The cost to each team member for a GV
trip to the ‚Garden Isle‛ of Kauai is
approximately $1,100 - $1,300 (which
includes food, lodging, cultural activi-
Table Of Contents
Global Village (contined), Affili-
ate News.……………………….….2
Americorps partnership….…….5
We’ve moved, World Habitat Day
Wish list………….....………..…..6
Meet our VISTAs, On the Air,
DHHL,……..……………...….......7
With special thanks to our sponsors:
The Department of Hawaiian Homelands
ties, basically every-
thing except airfare)
and also includes a
minimum of a $450
donation to the Kauai
Affiliate. Team mem-
bers can choose to do-
nate more if they like,
or even fundraise be-
fore his/her trip to de-
fray trip costs and raise
additional money to
donate. Teams stay in
Kahili Mountain Park, a
‚A retreat area with
rustic cabinettes, out-
door showers and/or
community showers
and mini-kitchenettes.
The cabinettes are nes- Kauai Habitat regularly hosts GV teams.
tled in the shadows of January 2010
some of the most majes-
tic mountains on the island,‛ according to Noordhoek, former Resource Develop-
descriptions of GV trips to Kauai on ment Director, it’s a ‚tough process,‛ and
HFHI’s Global Village website. took them about a year to get started.
There is a small added expense because of
Kauai Habitat has been hosting GV teams an extra leg of flying to the small island,
since 2005, and will host as many as 8 but according to Noordhoek, the time and
teams this year. Besides the beautiful lush- energy put into becoming part of the GV
ness that is Kauai, what keeps them coming family is worth it. Affiliates can expect to
back year after year? According to Stephen net $7,000 to $10,000 per team to benefit
Spears, Executive Director of the affiliate, their program, not to mention the oppor-
‚Kauai was voted in ‚Travel and Leisure‛ tunity to share Hawaii’s unique culture
magazine as the best island in the United with philanthropically-minded individu-
States and second best in the world. Also, als. Emillia is proud of all that Molokai
we have a long history (15 plus years) of has to offer to Global Village participants.
working with groups. Global Village team ‚It’s a beautiful rural island with fabulous
members always have a good time…‛ Sign partner families for them to work along-
me up! side, and unique cultural traditions. Uncle
Palipo takes the team members down to
Molokai Habitat is the newest Hawaii affili- Halawa Valley to go through protocol and
ate to take advantage of working with intentions, followed by a hike to Halawa
Global Village teams. They welcomed their Valley falls. Kumu Farms puts on an agri-
first team in January of this year, and their cultural tour during the day, and then an
second in July. According to Emillia
 Hawaii Habitat Board of
Directors
President
Chandler Rowe
Vice president
Richard Emery
Treasurer
David Enersen
Secretary
Rosemary Slabaugh
Steve Bader
Thad Bond
Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland
Mike Dang
Ron Davis
Ron Federizo
Kama Hopkins
Abe Lee
Bob Lindsey
Ritchie Mudd
Ty Nohara
Peter Savio
Jasmine Tso
Staff
Kathleen Hasegawa, Exec. Director
Mandy Jansen, Operations Manager
Mike Day, Green Building Associate
Laura Fay, Affiliate and Community
Relations/Fundraising Associate
awesome field to table dinner in the
evening to honor the team members,
who’ve spent their own money and
time to come here to help build afford-
able homes and learn about Molokai’s
culture.‛
Maui Habitat also welcomes a Global
Village team each year. Although it’s
not difficult for an affiliate to apply to
have teams visit, according to Cheryl
Pokipala of Maui Habitat it can be
tough to fill up a team in this economy,
especially with the rising costs of airfare
to Maui. But those intrepid travelers
who do sign up will not be disap-
pointed—between the opportunity to
work side by side with a deserving
Maui family on their very own home, to
the breathtaking scenery and pristine for the family. This will be Habitat [West
Hawaii’s] 9th home, the 4th in Kawaihae on
Maui beaches, participants are sure to
Hawaiian Homelands.‛ Volunteers are
have the experience of a lifetime.
always needed!
There are many ways you can get in-
Congrats to Habitat West Hawaii,
volved with the Global Village program.
which was awarded Kohala Chamber of
Affiliates interested in hosting teams of
Commerce Pualu Award for Environ-
volunteers should contact
mental Awareness for their commitment
mandy@hawaiihabitat.org for more infor-
to energy efficiency in building their
mation. Individuals interested in joining a
homes, and for their successful ReStore,
team to build in Hawaii or elsewhere
which keeps almost 300 tons of material
should visit www.habitat.org/gv for ap-
from entering our landfills each year.
plication instructions and a list trips they
can join. Good work folks!
Affiliate News Honolulu
We are pleased to welcome Genie Brown
as the interim Executive Director of the
West Hawaii Honolulu
affiliate.
Habitat for Humanity West Hawaii re-
Genie was a
cently held their 1st Annual Christmas
supporter of
Luau at Hulihe’e Palce. The event, which
Honolulu
benefitted the affiliate and the Daughters
Habitat for
of Hawaii, took place on the evening of
Saturday, November 27th and featured a over 7 years
silent auction of decorated Christmas trees
before tak-
complete with gifts, a luau buffet and spe- ing on the
cial entertainment. role as di-
According to the affiliate, ‚It was an rector. E
komo
inspirational day for all who attended the Maile Alau
mai Genie!
Along with all the ‘welcomes,’ there are
bound to be some ‘good-byes,’ the first of
which goes to Executive Director Dave
Washburn. We wish Dave all the best
with future endeavors and greatly en-
joyed working with him. Aloha Dave!
The affiliate also recently said good-bye
to VISTA volunteer Christopher Al-
banese who ‚has made huge strides in
community and faith relations for our
affiliate,‛ says Maile Alau. HHH wel-
comed new VISTA volunteer, Annie
Habitat West Hawaii Staff and Board
Hollis in August. Annie comes to the
Members accept environmental award
islands most recently from Alaska but is
groundbreaking for Ben and Naomi originally from
Genie Brown on
Noeau’s home in Kawaihae on June 26th, the job site Ohio. Apparently the
word is out in Ohio
2010. Kahu Danny Akaka, Jr. performed a
traditional Hawaiian blessing with the that Honolulu Habi-
blowing of the pu and a blessing of the 4 tat is the place to be,
corners of the property. Members from because Christopher
the Habitat ‘ohana and the Noeau’s tilled hails from Ohio as
well!
the soil with the Hawaiian o’o, the presen-
tation of a tree—a symbol of family, Honolulu Habitat
strength and life, and the ribbon cere- took the time on June
mony—as a symbol of our collective hope 24th to recognize their
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faithful volunteers at their annual volun-
teer recognition event, Ho’omai’kai 2010,
which was held at the Waioli Tea Room.
The event
which was
attended by
over 65 peo-
ple included
awards, a
silent auc-
tion, and
dinner. Ma-
halo nui loa
to Ace Hard-
ware, Ko Annie Hollis
Olina Re-
sorts, and all the silent auction donors
who made the event possible.
On September 10th and 11th, which is
also the National Day of Service and
Remembrance, Honolulu Habitat held
their Seventh Annual Build-a-Thon, a
public awareness and fundraising event
to raise money to complete the Vascon-
cellos family home; the affiliate’s first
home to be built on O’ahu’s north
shore. Teams from Tripler Army Medi-
cal Center, Booz Allen Hamilton, Ko
Olina Resort, and the UH Manoa Archi-
tecture school helped put down the
decking and put up the walls on the
home. This year’s Build-a-Thon which
raised $20,000, featured a live on-site
broadcast by Augie T and Lina Girl on
KCCN FM100.
Honolulu Habitat wants to say mahalo
to all those who came to check out the
homes on the 2010 National Kitchen and
Bath Tour this past October. The tour
stopped at several homes throughout
O’ahu and the designers were on hand to
speak with attendees about the design
elements of each home. The event bene-
fitted the currently in progress Vascon-
cellos family home in Waialua.
If you’re going to be shopping at
Ward Warehouse or Windward Mall this
holiday season, be sure to have your
packages wrapped by Honolulu Habi-
tat’s cheerful elves. Honolulu Habitat
will be providing gift wrapping services
December 10-12 and December 17-24 at
Ward Center, and December 10-24 at
Windward Mall. For more information
about gift wrap times and exact loca-
tions, please visit the Honolulu Habitat
website at www.honoluluhabitat.org.
Kauai
The Kauai affiliate is living up to their
promise to build ‚the next 100 homes.‛
They recently completed numbers 101 –
103 with the lucky Gampong, Keuma, and
Brown families, and have five more lined
up and ready to go! One of those is a
‘volunteer house,’ which will house vol-
unteer groups and Global Village teams
visiting to support Kauai Habitat’s build-
ing efforts. They also completed the major
undertaking of an off-site sewer line and
will soon begin highway improvements
for their 107 lot subdivision in Ele’ele.
There is a lot more to do in the subdivi-
sion including land
clearing and water and
electrical lines – and all
of these are important
steps in creating hous-
ing solutions for
Kauai’s low income
families. Keep up the
good work!
Kauai Habitat re-
Milani Pimental
cently added Milani
Pimental to their staff of eight as the new
Fundraising Associate. Milani has over 10
years of experience with non-profit devel-
opment and will work closely with the
Development Director. Although raised in
Chicago, Milani was born in East Kauai
and has been living on island for the past
12 years. We’re happy to welcome her to
the Habitat ‘ohana. Kauai Habitat also
recently welcomed two Americorps Na-
tional Direct (or direct service) members
to the family in late September. Alex
Strack, a recent University of Oregon
Alex Strack (L) and Logan Fox (R)
graduate with a degree in Public Rela-
tions who grew up in Davis, California,
will be working on Community Out-
reach programs and assisting on the con-
struction site. Logan Fox, who studied
Civil Engineering at Santa Clara Univer-
sity and grew up in Santa Cruz, Califor-
nia, will be tapping into his experience
working on home builds in Mexico to
serve as Kauai Habitat’s Construction
Crew Leader. A warm welcome to both
Alex and Logan!
Leeward
A tragedy occurred within the Habitat
for Humanity Leeward O’ahu affiliate as
Mr. Solomon Kalanui, prospective home-
owner, passed away suddenly in August.
The Kalanui-Kealoha home, the eighth
built by the affiliate, should be complete
before Christmas. We wish his family the
best as they deal with their loss, and lots
of aloha in their new home.
The affiliate recently welcomed for-
mer Office Manager Trinda Sanchez as
their new Executive Director. We are
pleased to welcome Trinda back into the
Habitat family! Former VISTA members
Ben Weinryb Grohsgal and Sean Davis
ended their terms of service this past
August and we wish them well in the
adventures that await them next!
State Farm Insurance participated in
an "Adopt A Day" event with Leeward
Habitat in September. Along with work-
ing on the Kalanui-Kealoha build, they
donated $3,000 to help fund the home.
Molokai
Molokai Habitat is doing its part to con-
tribute to a more energy efficient Hawaii.
The affiliate recently dedicated the na-
tion’s first completely off-grid Habitat
home, which has a renewable energy
system for the lucky Kaai family. The
ambitious project was completed with
the help of RevoluSun, a solar contractor
from O’ahu which donated time and
labor to design and install the system.
Additional support was given by Young
Brothers, who donated shipping for the
project. The home, which showcases Mo-
lokai Habitat’s dedication to building
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Affiliate News, Continued
energy efficient homes, isn’t the only
sustainable project the ‚Friendly Isle‛
affiliate is undertaking at the moment. In
Mid September, Molokai Habitat began
construction on their next partner family
home, made mostly of renewable bam-
boo. Maui’s Bamboo Living is donating
50% of the construction cost of the home,
which will be the first Habitat home in
Hawaii to be LEED certified.
Molokai Habitat bid ‘aloha’ and
‘farewell’ to Executive Director Jean Han
who retired in November of this year to
spend time with her family. We will
surely miss Jean’s cheerful disposition
and positive attitude, as well as her dedi-
cation to helping eliminate poverty hous-
ing on Molokai. We wish Jean much hap-
piness in her retirement.
We would also like to wish many
blessings and much luck to Development
Director Emillia Noordhoek, who left the
affiliate in November to pursue other
interests. We’ve enjoyed working with
Emillia these past few years!
The affiliate officially welcomes Jacob
Noury-Adolpho in December as their
new Executive Director. Jacob was born
and raised on his family’s homestead
Hale Aloha O Hilo Habitat for Humanity
Walk-a-Thon participants
Jacob Noury-Adolpho
farm in Hoolehua, Molokai. He spent the
last 12 years on the mainland working in
Network Deployment Program Manage-
ment. His deep passion for the people of
Molokai led him back to the island and
to Habitat for Humanity. His hobbies
include farming, hunting, diving, camp-
ing and spending time with his family.
We look forward to working with him!
Marialenna Davis will continue to
serve the affiliate as Volunteer and Faith
Relations VISTA member for a second
year. The affiliate is happy for all that
Alenna has accomplished for them this
past year and looks forward to continuing
to work with her!
The affiliate hosted their second Global
Village team this past July, which worked
hard alongside partner families on the Kaai
family home.
Hilo Habitat
On August 21st Hilo Habitat held a suc-
cessful 5K Walk-a-Thon in Keaukaha. The
walk started at a Hilo Habitat home cur-
rently being constructed. The second aid
station was at a completed Habitat home
where participants talked with the family
about their new home and life. At a third
aid station participants were greeted by
members of Malia Puka 0 Kalani Church.
Afterwards, refreshments and musical
performances by Aukahi Pride were en-
joyed. Prizes and supplies for the event
were donated by Home Street Bank,
Curves, KTA, Cost U Less, Hilo Hawaiian
Hotel, Cronies, OceanicTime-Warner Ca-
ble, Safeway and Starbucks.
The affiliate would also like to thank
Home Street bank for a recent grant of
$2,500, as well as a donation of plumbing
supplies from J & J Hardware. Wal-Mart
came through with a donation of $1,000 for
the second year in a row. Hilo Habitat
would like to thank these community part-
ners for their continued support!
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Maui Habitat
On October 15th Maui Habitat held a
grand opening and blessing to celebrate
the opening of their new ReStore and
new affiliate office at 970 Lower Main
Street in Wailuku. The blessing was per-
formed by Kau Kalani Wong from Kame-
hameha Schools of Maui, and entertain-
ment was provided by Habitat for Hu-
Maui Habitat ReStore/office grand
opening and blessing
Americorps and Habitat: A Perfect Match
How much do you know about the
Americorps program? This growing
program, often deemed ‚the domestic
Peace Corps,‛ connects those that are
interested in serving their communities
through non-profit organizations that
provide services and address critical
needs within their communities. Habitat
for Humanity and Americorps have a
long-standing partnership that allows
interested folks to serve affiliates in such
areas as Resource Development, Con-
struction, Family Services, Green Build-
ing, Faith Relations and more. Three of
the seven affiliates and the Hawaii Habi-
tat State Support office are currently tak-
ing advantage of this program, with six
members serving statewide. Members
are having a growing impact on address-
ing affordable housing needs in Hawaii,
so we would like to take the opportunity
to explain some of the basics of this dy-
namic partnership.
manity homeowner families. The event
was well attended and included hot
dogs, popcorn, and face painting for the
keiki. An invite only ‘soft’ grand opening
the previous night welcomed sponsors,
partners, and potential partners from
local businesses to come check out the
store. Booths were also tended by Maui
Habitat staff to share what was going on
within the affiliate and how folks could
get involved. The new 8000 square foot
ReStore is double size of the last ware-
house and will provide more opportu-
nities for Maui residents to get the
building materials they need at an
affordable price.
Maui Habitat recently held its big-
gest yearly fundraiser, the Ninth An-
nual Island Paradise Classic golf tour-
nament sponsored by Tommy Ba-
hama. This year’s event was a great
success and featured a pre-tournament
party and awards dinner celebration,
silent auction and prizes such as a
Tommy Bahama shirt a month for a
year and golf prizes. As always, much
Members apply to positions just as
they would a job. They find postings on
Americorps.gov, Habitat.org, or
Craigslist.org, and go through an official
hiring process that is a collaboration be-
tween Habitat and the affiliate. Members
come from all walks of life and have a
variety of motivations for serving. They
are often between jobs or have just
graduated from college and are looking
to take their career in a different direc-
tion; they may want to get their foot in
the door with Habitat. But the one thing
all members have in common is their
passion to give back. Members commit to
serving full time for one year with lim-
ited benefits, including a modest living
allowance (up to $15,912) yearly in Ha-
waii depending on county) health bene-
fits, childcare, and a post-service educa-
tion award of $5,350 to return to school
or pay towards student loans.
Americorps members can serve within
fun was had at the post-tournament
awards ceremony.
The affiliate also sponsored their an-
nual ‚Buy a Brick‛ event, where donors
could purchase a brick to build a mini
Habitat home on site in the mall. On-
lookers were treated to speakers ranging
from Habitat staff and project managers
to homeowner families telling their sto-
ries.
two different types of programs while
working with Habitat. Americorps
VISTA (Volunteers In Service to Amer-
ica) members help build the capacity of
the affiliates. They do ‚indirect‛ service,
meaning they work to help build systems
and develop programs within the affili-
ate as opposed to directly serving clients/
homeowners. They may work in Re-
source Development, Volunteer Manage-
ment, Green Building programs or a va-
riety of other positions. Nationwide,
VISTA members only work within non-
profits that deal with poverty reduction,
and their living stipend and benefits are
set just at the federal poverty level. They
are not allowed to get second jobs or
have any supplemental income that
brings them above this level.
Americorps National Direct members
are involved in ‚direct‛ service, meaning
they may do construction, work with
homeowners, or a variety of other tasks.
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 Americorps members are not consid-
ered employees at an affiliate, but mem-
bers who are completing a year of service.
They aren’t able to replace staff in any-
way, but are meant to develop new pro-
grams and supplement what is already in
place at affiliates. Each member is pro-
vided with a specific assignment descrip-
tion along with tasks and goals they are to
work on during their service year.
Being awarded members is a competi-
tive process, and affiliates have to apply to
Habitat to receive limited member slots.
There is a cost-share paid to Habitat
which in recent years has ranged from
$5,800 - $9,600 per member per year. In
addition, affiliates may choose to support
their members with additional resources
such as housing stipends, bus passes, or
gift cards for groceries.
The bottom line is that Americorps
members work in our affiliates because
they care about the mission of Habitat and
want to serve our country. If you’d like to
support the Americorps members on your
island, please contact your local affiliate. If
you are an affiliate interested in more in-
formation about taking part in this pro-
gram, contact
Mandy at the
Hawaii Habi-
tat for Hu-
manity office.
We’ve moved
our office!
The Hawaii Habitat for Humanity office
has moved to Kalihi! We would like to
thank board member Mike Dang for help-
ing us to secure an affordable rental in the
Dillingham Business Center, owned by
Kamehameha Schools. Stop on in to our
office, in the same building as Midas and
Dillingham Saimin on the corner of Dilling-
ham and Waiakamilo.
Our new contact information is:
Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Assn.
1427 Dillingham Blvd. Suite 201
Honolulu, HI 96817 808-847-7676

World Habitat Day

Proclaimed
On October 4th, 2010 Hawaii Habitat for
Humanity received a proclamation signed
by Governor Lingle and an honorary de-
cree from the City and County of Hono-
lulu, declaring October 4th, 2010 World
Habitat Day for Hawaii and Honolulu,
coinciding with the 25th annual celebration
of World Habitat Day by the United Na-
tions. The proclamation encouraged ‚our
residents to help support Habitat for Hu-
manity to raise awareness and take action
to help families improve their living condi-
tions.‚ Both documents are available at
www.hawaiihabitat.org. Mahalo to former
Governor Lingle and the City and County
of Honolulu for their support..

Laura Fay (L) and Kathi Hasegawa

celebrate World Habitat Day

Hawaii Habitat Wish List

If you have the ability to donate any of Sponsorship to attend confer-
the following , please call our office at ences/workshops
847-7676. Thanks for supporting Hawaii Sponsorships for Hawaii Habitat’s-
Habitat for Humanity! First Annual conference
Frequent flyer miles Projector for meetings/conferences
Monetary donations Cell phone and service for VISTAs
Gift cards for office supplies (Costco, Lap top computer
Fisher, Office Depot, etc.)
Food/drinks for meetings
Rental supplements for VISTA mem-
bers Vacuum cleaner

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1427 Dillingham Blvd. Suite 201
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: 847-7676
E-mail: mandy@hawaiihabitat.org
www.hawaiihabitat.org
Look for us on Facebook and
Twitter!
Habitat on the Air
Olelo Community Media will soon
be airing a 30 minute ‚Giving
The Opiana family at the dedication of their home
Aloha‛ program featuring panelists
representing different facets of Habi-
tat in Hawaii. Many thanks to the
panel which included Kathi Hase-
gawa, Executive Director of Hawaii
Habitat, Maile Alau, Development
Director of Honolulu Habitat, Chan
Rowe, President of Hawaii Habitat
and long-time volunteer, and special
thanks to homeowner James ‚Kimo‛
Opiana for sharing his touching and
emotional story. Stay tuned for air
Hawaii Habitat Awarded $200,000 from DHHL
In June 2010, Hawaii Habitat received a
long awaited grant of $200,000 from the
Department of Hawaiian Homelands.
The grant allows Hawaii Habitat to sup-
port the seven affiliates in building 20
homes on DHHL undivided interest land
(which will also be funded by DHHL)
through technical support, trainings,
advocacy and grants management and
support. The grant which was approved
in June of 2009, was finally received in
June of 2010 to the delight of Hawaii
Habitat staff, whose budget, along with
the affiliates, has been stretched to the
limit during the recession.
The grant has allowed for the devel-
opment and continuation of several pro-
grams within Hawaii Habitat. Two new
Meet our new VISTA Members
Meet Mike Day our new Green Building
Associate VISTA
member. Mike’s
background is in
Industrial Arts
(BAIA, San Fran-
cisco State Univer-
sity) and he has
spent the last few
years working in
spatial planning,
Mike Day
operations, and
project management capacities. He has
an industry background in printing and
graphic/media design, and is striving to
continue growing towards a career in
construction/facilities/project manage-
statewide networking groups have been
established which met for the first time
in Honolulu in December. A Family Ser-
vices Networking group brought to-
gether Family Selection/Support staff,
volunteers, and affiliate representatives
to network and learn ways to improve
the services they provide. A network of
Construction Site Supervisors from each
affiliate also got to meet each other,
many for the first time, network, learn
best practices, and about innovative and
sustainable building products and tech-
niques. Habitat Executive Director’s
were able to begin meeting quarterly as
well.
The funding has also allowed Hawaii
Habitat to bring several trainers/
ment. Mike hails from California but has
been living in Hono-
lulu for several
years.
Laura Fay is our
new Affiliate and
Community Rela-
tions/Fundraising
Associate VISTA
member. Laura isn’t Laura Fay
a stranger to Habitat
or Americorps, having spent the past
year working for Habitat for Humanity
of Island County in Washington state as
a VISTA for Volunteer Coordination and
Family Relations. Laura grew up in
Eugene, Oregon, and went to
college at the University of New
Hampshire where she studied
English and Women's Studies.
She is passionate about social
justice issues, the outdoors,
reading, and new adventures.
This year she will working on a
variety of projects, including PR,
fundraising, disaster prepared-
ness plans, and developing net-
working meetings for Family
Services committee members
across the state. Welcome Laura!
consultants to Hawaii, including Mary
Ellen Taylor, Senior Director of US
Learning and Organizational Develop-
ment with Habitat for Humanity Interna-
tional. Mary Ellen held a training session
in conjunction with Hawaii Habitat’s
July Board Meeting, and facilitated a
strategic planning session with affiliates
and Hawaii Habitat Board and staff.
Maureen Howard, Executive Director of
Habitat for Humanity of Washington
State, also came out to train Hawaii
Habitat staff on development of trainings
and networking groups.
We are hoping to soon receive the
second contract from DHHL which will
provide affiliate operating funds, fol-
lowed by construction funding to build
the 20 homes.
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