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Current Projects
Upcoming Project: Kalanui/Kealoha Family House
Ground Breaking Ceremony To Be Announced
89-114 Haleakala Avenue
Waianae, HI 96792
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED: Leeward Habitat is currently seeking
donations to begin construction on this project. Please help us
raise the remaining $20,000 so that begin working on this
project. For more information, please call the Leeward Habitat
office at 808-696-7882.
Kaukamana Hale 25-Home Project:
Infrastructure Construction Planned to begin soon!
We need your help today. Volunteers, donors, and committee
members are needed to make this project a reality. There has
been an outpouring of families needing homes. Nearly 500
families attended the information meetings to receive
applications for the project in hopes to qualify for one of the
25 homes. Now community support is critical.
Please click here to learn
more.
2010 House
Completions
The Opiana Family House
Completion Date: February 20, 2010
The Opiana
Family was given the keys to their new house during the
House Dedication Ceremony on February 20th. This house marks the eighth house
built by Habitat for Humanity Leeward Oahu.
The Opiana Family began building their house on September 19th,
2009. The family worked alongside hundreds of volunteers and
contributed over 500 hours of sweat equity hours in building
their house. This house is the first Leeward Habitat home to
receive an Energy Star Plus accreditation. Energy Star Homes
must meet strict guidelines for energy efficiency, be at least
15% more energy efficient than homes built to current building
codes, and include additional energy-saving features that
typically make them 20–30% more efficient than standard
homes. The Opiana home scored 68 points out of the maximum 80
points to meet this accreditation!
This house was made possible through funding and in-kind
donations from: Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Leeward Coast Community Benefits
Program of the City and County of Honolulu; Federal Home Loan Bank; State of Hawaii; NAHASDA; Leeward Habitat ReStore
Additional thanks to:
Our devoted Site Supervisor, Bill Piazzi for his
tireless work;
Construction Committee Chairman, John Ayat;
AmeriCorps VISTA Member, Benjamin Weinryb
Grohsgal; Our “regulars” who volunteer every weekend at the
build site including Rick Lui, Clare Song, and Nate Jones;
Trinity Western University for dedicating a week at the build
site;
Volunteers from Tripler Hospital;
Waiʹanae
United Methodist Church for providing office space
2009 House
Completions
  
Kaheaku Family House
Completion Date: August 15, 2009
Congratulations to the Kaheaku
Family of 5 on becoming new homeowners! This house was funded in
part by
NAHASDA, the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Leeward Coast Community Benefits
Program, the State of Hawaii, and Federal Home Loans Bank.
Special thanks and remembrance of Dave Luehring for his service
to Habitat for Humanity and his dedication as site supervisor of
the Kaheaku home. Additional thanks to Art Hansen, Bill Piazzi,
John Ayat who helped to complete this home. Thank you to Booz
Allen Hamilton for providing monthly volunteers and the Navy for
their Adopt-a-Day participation at the site.
 Solomon
Family House
Completion Date: May 30, 2009
The Solomon
family of 6 moved into their new Habitat home after almost a
year of working besides hundreds of community volunteers and
dedicating over 500 hours of "sweat equity" into the
construction of their home. This house was funded in part by
NAHASDA, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Leeward Coast Community
Benefits Program, the State of Hawaii, and Federal Home Loans
Bank. Thank you to the Home Depot and Lowe's for their generous
donations of in-kind materials and State Farm Insurance for
Adopting a Day of work at the site!
Special thanks
to our devoted Site Supervisor, Bill Piazzi, and Construction
Committee Chairman, John Ayat, for the countless hours of
working to complete the house. Additional thanks to the Sergeant
Audie Murphy Club at Tripler Hospital for providing the pupu's
and refreshments for the ceremony.
2008 House
Completions
Johnson-Hoohuli Family House
Completion Date:
July 19, 2008
 The
Johnson-Hoohuli Family was given the keys to their new home on
Saturday, July 19th during their House Dedication Ceremony. This
house marks the fifth house built by the Habitat for Humanity
Leeward O'ahu affiliate.
Funding of
this house was made possible through a house sponsorship from
Centex Destination Properties.
Thank you
Centex Destination Properties for your tremendous support!
Additional thanks for funding includes the HomeStreet Community
Housing Award for donating funds for cabinets and countertops,
Swinerton Builders for their Adopt-a-Day contribution and
volunteer support, Seattle Home Loan Bank, Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, and Hawaii Housing, Finance, and Development
Corporation.
Special
thanks goes out to our devoted volunteer site supervisors, John
Ayat and Dave Luehring, for their tireless devotion to the
project; Art Hansen for his house design and great volunteer
service; Bill Piazzi; Trustee Doug Cook for temporary storage of
the family's household items; and all the other volunteers who
helped with money, sweat, tears, and perseverance!
Click here to read more
about this build project.
2007 House Completions
Congratulations to the Kaneakua Family
Completion Date: December 15, 2007
 Hundreds of volunteers worked alongside of the Kaneakua
Family for the past 10 months to build their seven-bedroom home.
On Saturday, December 15th the House Dedication
Ceremony was will be held to mark the completion of their home
and welcome the family of 13 into the community.
“So many
community partners have come together to make this dream of
homeownership possible for the Kaneakua’s,” said Habitat Board
Member, Kealoha Arelliano. “We were able to start and finish
this house because of the sponsorship of the five Rotary Clubs
of Metropolitan Honolulu, Honolulu Sunrise, Pearl Harbor,
Downtown Honolulu and Pearlridge. Their sponsorship helped to
buy the materials needed to build the home.”
Other
organizations joined in the effort as well. The Schofield
Barracks Gospel Church provided a steady stream of volunteers
and a delicious BBQ feast on Saturdays. HomeStreet Bank provided
funding for the countertops and cabinets. Many employees of Castle
and Cooke Homes donated invaluable in-kind services including
painting, drywall, and concrete finishing. In addition,
community members used their experience as Site Supervisors,
Architects, and skilled construction workers to help build the
house each Saturday.
“Building
this home has truly been a community project but most
importantly it has given new hope to this family,” said
Arelliano. “For many of these children it is the first time they
have ever lived in a house. The family is excited to start this
new chapter in their life.”
To find out more about their House Dedication Ceremony please
click on the following links:
KGMB9:
Homeless Family gets Keys to New Home, December 2007
KGMB9:
Homeless Family Gets a Home, December 2007
Star Bulletin: Habitat builds house for homeless clan, December
2007
Build
Site Happenings during the Kaneakua Build
Congratulations to the
Lopes Family
Completion Date: September 8, 2007
Habitat for Humanity Leeward Oahu is proud to announce the third
home in 2007 was dedicated to a local family on Saturday,
September 8th. After a year of working to build their
new home with the help of hundreds of volunteers, the Lopes
Family of 7 received the keys to their new Habitat home.
Noe Lopes and her family’s journey to building a
new home was a long time coming. “We could have never done it
without Habitat” Noe says. “It’s a prayer that has been
answered.”
Before partnering with Leeward Habitat, their 50
year old house was badly termite eaten and the garage even fell
down from the damage. Their family could not live together
because of the conditions of the house. Repairs on the old house
were not kept up to date and they not afford to make the make
major repairs needed on the house just to make it safe. That is
when the Lopes Family turned to Leeward Habitat and started the
application process. After meeting the family selection
requirements the family was breaking ground on their new home in
August of 2006.
Since then, volunteers have been coming together
every Saturday to help the family complete their home. “They’re
so awesome.” exclaimed Noe “We are so blessed to have volunteers
like this. Plus, I am learning a lot and he’s (her husband)
learning a lot. Now he’s excited because he knows how to fix
this and fix that.”
Special thanks to Site Supervisor John Ayat,
Walter and Chris of Koinonia Christian Fellowship, Koinonia
Christian Center, HomeStreet Bank for donating countertops and
cabinets, Dave Luehring, Zak Johnson, Russ Coldwell,
Danny Chang, Kevin and the Sand Island Treatment Center Team,
Luke and the Oceantics volunteers, Brian Chun, Mary Fisher, and
Christine Cipolla.
 Congratulations
to the Sadamaru Family!
Completion Date: June 23, 2007
The Sadamaru Family received the keys to their new home
on Saturday, June 23rd during their House Dedication
Celebration. The Sadamaru's house marks the
second house built by the Habitat for Humanity Leeward O'ahu
affiliate, the NEWEST Hawaii Habitat affiliate!
Leeward Habitat is blessed to have the support of the
Makakilo Baptist Church Men’s Fellowship, Fuller Center for
Housing, and First Presbyterian Church that made everything
possible for the Sadamaru Family’s home to be completed.
Many hundreds of volunteers came together to help get this
project completed.
Special thanks is extended to Gary Hockett as project
coordinator; Danny Chang as site supervisor; Art Hansen as
the architect; Russ Coldwell and Zac Johnson with the
‘signature’ interior wall board and finishing; the many
Makakilo members that have worked countless Saturdays and
donated furnishings to help the Sadamarus get started in
their new home; City Church for their several paint crews
under the able leadership of Lucinda and John Pyles; and the
significant funding support from the Fuller Center for
Housing and First Presbyterian Church.
Click
here to see the Dedication Ceremony Flier.
 Congratulations
to the Mitchell-Lefotu
Family!
Completion Date:
January 13, 2007
The Mitchell-Lefotu Family received the keys to their new house
on January 13th, 2007, a house that they helped build
along with hundreds of Leeward Habitat volunteers. This house
marks the FIRST house to be built by Habitat for Humanity
Leeward Oahu, the newest Hawaii Habitat affiliate that was
founded one year ago.
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