2022 Gratitude Report

Year of Resilience

2021 GRATITUDE REPORT

Aloha kakou

It was a big year for us at Honolulu Habitat, filled with joyful achievements and unexpected challenges. Through it all, we remained united by the vision of a world – and island – where everyone has a decent place to live.

As a Habitat homeowner, I know firsthand the tremendous impact of your support. Every time I hand over the keys to a new home, I am reminded of the moment we received ours. It’s a moment that changes everything.

Now, as chief executive officer of Honolulu Habitat, I am determined to lead this organization to do things we never have before. We will build more homes. Serve more families. And create more pathways forward for the people who need them most.

The work of Habitat is the work of many. All that we achieved this year was possible because of you – our generous donors, determined volunteers and dedicated partners. This report is a summary of the amazing impact you had on our island this year.

There’s a lot of talk these days about affordable housing. But we – you – are doing more than talking. We are building. We’re building homes, communities and hope, together.

Mahalo for your commitment to and investment in our organization. And thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for empowering us to transform this moment into the origin story of a more impactful Honolulu Habitat for Humanity.

Mahalo nui loa for your continued partnership.

Me ka haahaa, with humility, TJ Joseph Chief Executive Officer

All of this was possible because of you.

Board of Directors

Shanti Gomes President Locations Hawaii

Kristen Konishi Secretary Bank of Hawaii

Robert Kroger Treasurer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

David Asakura Commercial Asset Advisors

Raquel Hicks Punahou Schools

Kaipo Kukahiko Vice President HMSA Foundation

Ku’uwehi Hiraishi Hawaii Public Radio

Wendy Odo Healthcare Association of Hawaii

Tim Von Herrmann Pan Pacific Partners

Rebecca Wright Howard Hughes Corporation

Chris Hong English Hong Architecture

Bri Littlefield Director of Philanthropy Shana Petelo Qualified Loan Originator

Jennifer Keomaka Construction & Office Coordinator

Jerome Narciso Director of Finance

Wailani Kontic Community Resources Manager

Geno Seumalo ReStore Manager

Mike Dube ReStore Inventory & Retail Coordinator

Iafeta Petelo ReStore Associate

Jonathan Bator ReStore Donations Coordinator

Mahalo to all our partner & foundation donors

for their generous support

SUSTAINER ($10,000+)

Aloha United Way

Atherton Family Foundation

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

Hawaii Community Foundation

Hilton Grand Vacations

Honolulu Friends Meeting

Jhamandas Watumull Fund

Na Lei Aloha Foundation

Nordic PCL Construction Servco Pacific Inc.

The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

BENEFACTOR ($5,000+)

Ahe Group

American Savings Bank Bank of Hawaii Fidelity Charitable

First OnSite Hensel Phelps

Honolulu Board of Realtors CARE Fund

Honolulu Builders, LLC.

Layton Construction Maryl Group Construction

The Swinerton Foundation

Pan Pacific Partners

The Rosendin Foundation

Top Priority Countertop Ward Village

SPONSOR ($2,500+)

Adams Family Foundation

Friends of Hawaii Charities

Keith and Polly Steiner Family Foundation

Makiki Christian Church

Manoa Valley Church Sydney Stern Memorial Trust

IN 2022 YOU DID MORE THAN BUILD HOMES...

This house is for my grandchildren. It's about them now.

- Teri Mercurio, eldest daughter

...you gave peace of mind

Since 1971, Enid and Lloyd Young have been on the wait list for Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Fifty years, three children and seven grandbabies later, they finally have a home of their own.

For 40 years, Enid and Lloyd have been resident caretakers of St. John’s by-the-sea Episcopal Church. “It’s been a big responsibility for a long time,” said Teri Mercurio, their eldest daughter, “and now that they are in their 70s, this house will give them a new way of life.”

“Mom doesn’t have to climb up and down stairs anymore,” she said, “she can carry groceries from the car right into the kitchen. Little things like these will make a huge difference in their quality of life. I cannot tell you how grateful I am to know that they’re going to have all these things for the rest of their life.”

But Lloyd, a US Navy Veteran who served four years on the USS Radford, says the house isn’t about him – it’s a family legacy. “This [house] is for my grandchildren,” he said on the day they moved in, “it’s about them now.”

The Young Family Enid and Lloyd Young

...you built a legacy

Elaine and Randall Kalaluhi had a single goal in mind when they partnered with Honolulu Habitat for Humanity: to build a home, a gathering place, big enough for their entire family.

For more than a year, Elaine, Randall, and their children spent every Saturday working alongside volunteers to raise the walls of their home in Papakolea. The two-story, 6-bedroom house took 14 months to complete.

Today, four generations of the Kalaluhi family are finally together again under the same roof.

For the Kalaluhi ohana, this multi-generational house is a new sanctuary and hub for family and friends. It’s where graduations, birthdays and milestones will be celebrated. “My grandchildren are already lining up to reserve the house for their big days,” laughed Elaine. The first of many joyful occasions to take place in the home was her grandson’s 4th birthday.

The Kalaluhi Family Elaine and Randall Kalaluhi

The Kapuahela Family Barbara Kapuakela

I can keep my family safe and healthy here. It’s a blessing for all of us.

All I can say is thank you.

- Barbara Kapuakela, homeowner

…you helped strengthen families and communities

When Barbara Kapuakela came to Habitat, she and her three siblings, Doreen, Abraham and Thomas, had been living in their family’s generational home in Waimanalo. While filled with memories of their childhood, the house was slowly deteriorating around them and was no longer safe for them to stay.

Where the collapsing house once was, now stands an ADA compliant home. Fully accessible with ground level ramps, wheelchair accessible shower stalls and wide doorways, the house will change everything for the Kapuakela family.

But the best part, she says, is being able to stay in her home community of Waimanalo. Before partnering with Habitat, Barbara lived in fear of not being able to keep her family together. But now, thanks to you, they have peace of mind knowing that they can stay together on the land where they were raised.

...you reunited loved ones

Married for 28 years, Wili and Cheryl raised three beautiful children in Waimanalo before lack of available housing forced them to live apart. For years, Cheryl resided in Kapolei, where housing was easier to find, while Wili stayed in Waimanalo to care for his aging mother.

“We had such a hard time finding housing,” said Cheryl, “When DHHL suggested that we contact Honolulu Habitat, everything changed. It was such a blessing.”

On the day of their Home Dedication Ceremony, in the highly anticipated moment when the homeowners usually receive the keys to their new home, Wili and Cheryl surprised guests with a delightful prelude – a vow renewal, on the threshold of their new home, marking a new chapter for them not only as homeowners, but as a husband and wife.

Finally, after years of waiting, Wili and Cheryl are together again under the same roof.

The Gramberg Family

Wili and Cheryl Gramberg

Because of these unseen things –love, faith, and new hope – this is no longer a hale, it’s a home; a space where their spirits can finally rest.

- Kahu Kenneth Makuakane

But, on April 30, 2022, we traded our work boots for evening wear to debut our new signature event: Hard Hats & High Heels.

Partners, community leaders and Habitat homeowners joined in an evening of purpose-driven elegance to celebrate our shared vision of a world – and island – where everyone has a decent place to call home.

Pan Pacific Partners

Women are disproportionately underrepresented on the build site and account for only 30% of construction volunteers. Over the next five years, Wahine Build aims to increase the proportion of women volunteers to 50%.

Karen (Chang) Barr, Audrey Alessi, Maile Alsup, Anjellica Amian, Kent Amshoff, Gary Anderson, May

Dade Apao, Jocelyn Apo, Heidi Argov, David Asakura,

Au, Sharon Baillie, Jennifer Barrett, Maureen Bates, Andrew Battjes, Ben Bautista, Luminary Beauty, Deanna Benevedes, Amy Bentz, Nancy Bentz, Madeline Bernstein,

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Asato, Crystal Kay Asentista,

Noh Yoon Kang, Betty Kaniaupio, Chad Kaopua, Laurence Kaptain, Freddy Kassebeer, Deborah Kawakami, Amy Kelly, Lorna Kemmerer, Susan Kennedy Cady, Jennifer Keomaka, Aloha Kim, Karen M Kimbrell, Lisa Kimura, Vincent Kimura, Traci King, Yvonne King, JJ Klein, Patrick Knauff, Christopher Koike, Stacy Kong, Stephanie Kong, Kristen Konishi, Richard Kornowski, Christine Kuhns, Christy Kuhns, Kaipo Kukahiko, Deborah Kula, Julianne Kumashiro, Jacqueline Kunning, Heather Kunz, Robyn Kuraoka, Adrienne Lally, Lyn Lam, Valerie Lam, Victoria Lam, Tiare Lando, Kendra Lane, Bobbi Lang, Ricky Lavaughn, Lisa Laveti, Daphne Law, Debra Le Vault, Janet Lee, Kenny Lee, Nadine Lee, April Leong, Keoki Leong, Suzanne Lewis, Laurie Lindsay, Salesi Lino, Bri Littlefield, Jeanette Littlefield, Leighton Liu, Danielle Livingston, Elliott Lloyd, Ginger Lockette, Erin Logue, Kathleen Long, Alvin Loo, Jason Look, Jill Lopez, Jayna Louder, Daniel Lucariello, Micah Lum, Shirley Lum, Wesley Lum, Karen Machida, Dan Madden, Antonia Maffia, Noland Magbaleta, Treston Malone, Joni Maluo, Hailey Mancinelli, Mary Manion-Bick, Cherilyn Mark, Darrell Mark, Dale Markley, Michelle Martinez, Tai Matsuoka, Julia Mayne, Cara Mazzei, Kiana McCormick, Vanessa McCowan, Onita McDaniel, Judy McDonald, Chelsea Mckay, Lainey Mebust, Clint Medeiros, Karli Meisinger, Breanna Mena, Stephanie Mendez, Keoni Mendiola, Amy Mijo, Jason Miller, Veasa Miller, Joan Millwater, Adriane Milner, Joscelyn Minton, Alan Misaki, Randy Misaki, Karen Mitchell, Lauline Mitchell, Alicia Miyahira, Roy Miyamoto, Judy Mohr Peterson, Theodore Monohon, Mary Monohon Humphrey, Melanie Moore, Todd Morgan, Art Mori, Sally Morin, Heather Morris, Sunday Morris, Donald Morrison, Martha Mullen, Daryl Muromoto, Jim Murphy, Kathleen Murphy, Elizabeth Murray, Erin Murray, Jeremy Myrtle, Patty Myrtle, Todd Nagata, Michael Naito, Diane Nakagaki, Susan Nakazawa, Lianna Napuunoa, Hardian Natale, Jeff Nelson, Janice Ng, Karen Nicolas, Jessica Niles, Victoria Nirschl, Pamela Nitta, Priscilla Northcutt, Wendy Odo, Jessica Ogasawara, AnnMarie Oh, Bobbi Jo Olson, Gloria Omandam, Kay O'Neal, Susan Oneill, Jennifer Oyer, john ozoa-sioson, Eddie Paco, Daniella Palomino, Bill Parry, Teresa Parsons, Jen Patterson, Alana Peacott-Ricardos, Dennis Peters, Geoffrey Peterson, Cameron Pickle, Helen Pierce, Mary Pigao, Micah Polk, Michael & Laurie Polkowitz, Anja Poniatowski, J William Potter Jr, Chrissy Pressley, Sam Price, Jillayn Quaschnick, Josie Quintero, Regina Quintero, Constance Reed, Bernie Reeves, Eric Rennagel, Rellen Resuello, Jason Retuta, Betty Revestir, Alessandra Rice, Tim Rinke, Sherry Roberts, Ian Robertson, Ray Robinson, Natascha Roblee, Madeleine Roell, Whitney Rosholt, Desta Rudolph, Becky Runser, Robin Sagadraca, Philip Sailor, Miho Sakai, Sidney Salvodon, Jamie Sanborn, Rebecca Sandvig, Ciara Santiago, Kurt Santos, Allison Sasaki, Grace Saturnia, Melissa Saville, Dryden Sawchuk, MiMi and PopPop Scarborough, Kurt Schanzenbach, Susan Schelkun, Larry Schenk, Lissa Schiff, Robert Schornstheimer, Terry and Gale Schuster, Ashley Schwartz, Roxanne Scott, Dana Shaffer, Michael Shanahan, Jessica Shaw, Susan Shaw, Daniel Shishido, Meghan Silva, Lugene Simeona, Betty Slider, Ann Sloat, Daniel Smith, Larry Smith, Max Smith, Theresa Smith, Kaily Smitson, Alexandria Sosner, Jennifer Sproul, Jill Steinberg, Umida Stelovska, Michael Strada, Harriet Strothers, Pam Sumimoto, Micah Swain, Judith Sweet, Robert Tada, Irene Takata, Cacia Taniguchi, Erik Taniguchi, Regan Taniguchi, kelly tardiff, Ann Marie Tardiff, Tanyah Tavorn, Marielle Terbio, Erin Thomas, Kimberly Thomas, Carol Thomas, Claire Thompson, Matt Thorn, Charles Toedt, Robert Tomas, Kelley Tomsett, Tiffany Torre, Kaela Tourdot, Kelly Tourdot, Viviana Trivino, Kei Tsukamoto, Cheryl Tuitele, Janis Turner, Nelly Uehara, Danielle Ulmann, Joseph Uno, Summer Vaimaona, Mark Valenzuela, Madeline Vasquez, Danny Vellucci, Andrea Verbeek, Evy Veronica Lopez, Simeon Victor, Tim von Herrmann, Charles Wade, Lee Waggoner, Cynthia Waiwaiole, Chelsey Wall, Katherine Washburn, Natasha Watson, Joel Weaver, William Weaver, Chase Webb, Nadine Weiss, Eric Welton, Roy Wilkens, Margaret Williams, Brianne Wilson, Chris Wirsing, Howard Wolff, Cecily Wong, Diane Wong, Janelle Wong, Kathryn Wong, Sally Wong, Elizabeth Wong Mark, BethAnn Woods, Aaron Yahiku, Lynn Yamada, Daniel Yamamoto, Roy Yamamoto, Julie Yang, Bruce Yoshimura, Nicole Zajac, Alison Zecha, Melissa Zell

HopeBuilders legacy donors

Through automatic donations every month, you empower us to plan long-term, budget more efficiently and create more life-changing outcomes.

Special thanks to our dedicated William Ellwin, Donald Engle, Jean Fukiji, Shanti Gomes, Jeannie & Paul Johnson, TJ & Levi Joseph, Noh Yoon Kang, Richard Kornowski, Kaipo Kukahiko, Debra Le Vault, Suzanne Lewis, Bri Littlefield, Jim Murphy, Wendy Odo, Daniel Smith

Through thoughtful, planned gifts, our Dorothy Au, Paul Bernstein, Shelia Bunton, Charles Gregg, Ida Holtsinger, Deborah Kula, Joseph Leonardo, Stephanie Luuloa, Onita McDaniel, Audrey Mueh, Bonnie Nam, Joyce Nouchi, J. William Potter Jr., Miriam Sharma, Roy Wilkens

bring hope to future generations and lasting impact for families in need of decent, affordable shelter.

Anderson,

Ralph

Dorothy

Elizabeth Berry,

Bertrand, Lawrence Bick, Carolann Biederman, Nerissa Bilar, Elizabeth Bills, Dawn Birdsey, Joel Bongco, Cris Borden, Paris Boyd, Steven Boyd, Ron Brandvold, Claire Broussard, Karin Brown, Melissa Bruhl, Melissa H Bruhl, Shelia Bunton, Ruby Bussen, Agnes Caagbay, Zhenni Cai, Shaila Campbell, Annie Carter, Jennifer A Caruso, John Castro, Savanna Champagne, Daniel Chang, Kevin Chang, Mia Checkley, Cathy Ching, Lisa Ching, Rebecca Ching, Theodora Ching, Donna Ching-Foster, Becky Choi, Lisa Chun, Marva Chun, Mark Chun-Ming, Christian Ciabal, Monica Ciletti, Nate Clark, Zach Cobb, Cynthia Cobb-Adams, Devon Combe, Robin Cone-Murakami, Valerie Corcoran, Dina Coviello, Anthony Cox, Precilla Cox, Susan Crowell, Lois Crozer, Barbi Cruz, Billie Cuellar, Mike Curtis, Vicki Dailey, Heather Damon, Dee Darby, Becca Darrow, Michaela Darrow, Cassie Dartt, Nikoulas Daubert, Christy Decker, Jason DeMarco, Alyssa Demere, Judy Demere, George Denise, Michelle Diaz, Katie Dickelman, Amanda Dobransky, Asia Doike, Arnold and Beverly Drill, Rachel Dykema, Lauren Easley, Stephanie Easley, Vicki Ebesu, William Ellwin, Rhonda Emmert, Donald Engle, Tony Enriquez, Taryn Esperas, Susan Essoyan, Chris Etzkorn, Christine Etzkorn, Sheryl Ferido, David Fishering, Marcy Fleming, Jesus Flores Rodriguez, Francy Forbes, Megan Forshey, James Foster, Leslie Foster, Travis Foster, Shannon Francisco Riley, Michelle Frelich, Sandra Friestad, Tammy Fujikado, Jean Fukiji, Janice Fukumoto, Brent Funakoshi, Lindsay Garcia, Jim Gentile, Gregory Gibbons, Darla Gilley, Shanti Gomes, Stacy Gomez, Saba Gott, Felix Gottdiener, Gabriela Grafsgaard, Micah Grafsgaard, Jen Grant, Jennifer Grant, Lynn Grant, Mari Grant, Charles Gregg, Betty-lu Groth, Brock Groth, Jennifer Gunterman, Lisa Hacker, Vardit Hacmon, Kuulei Halemanu, Worreen Hamocon, Juhee Han, Calvin Hara, Shelby Harrington, Elizabeth Harris, Tim Harshman, Kawai Hasegawa, Ayumi Hashiro, Keith Hayon, Dorothy Hazama, Sharon Hendrickson, Linda Heu, Marshall Hickox, Raquel Hicks, Raquel Hicks, Sandra Hicks, Victor Hicks, Ashley Hill, Della Hiraishi, Kuuwehi Hiraishi, Michael Hiu, Dean Ho, Chris Hong, Jessamy Hornor, Kelly Hu, Donald Huang, Vincent Hui, John Hulihee, Melissa Humphrey, Daniel Ice, Kiley Igarashi, Julie Ihara, Lauren M. Imada, Hawley Iona, Robert Irvine, Takuma Itoh, John Peter Jaeger, Mark James, Vivian Jebe, Derek Jennings, Cindy Johnsen, Jean Johnson, Jessica Johnson, Joel Johnson, Rev. Prof. Gregory Johnson, Brianna Jones, Levi Joseph, TJ Joseph, Charnelle Julian, Leslie Kaawaloa, Ken Kajihara, Christina Kalili, Shirley Kam, Katherine Kaneakua, Robert Kaneakua,

thank you to our generous donors who make our mission possible.