Habilitat’s Fundraising department prepares residents for the work force. Through commitment and perseverance, they learn the skills necessary to find gainful employment upon completion of the program. Skills developed in this department are self-discipline, communication, and teamwork. Through the years, the enterprise crew has been involved in numerous sales projects, such as christmas trees, family expos, telethons, broadcast live from local stations, car washes, rodeos, luaus, etc. The fundraising department also handles the advertising for our Annual Luau, Auction and Benefit Concert. They are responsible for the logistics of coordinating the Luau and our Christmas Tree lots. In fundraising they they learn the basics of sales through selling Christmas Trees as well as Luau tickets and advertising specialties to businesses all over the island.Functioning within the fundraising entity is a graphics department that handles web design, graphic design and more. Check out our graphics page.
The Fundraising department also helps schools and groups all over the island raise money for their organization through our christmas tree project. We offer schools the opportunity to make money, while we do the work. Our fundraising representatives can be found on the phones or doing a "kick-off" assembly at your local school interacting and motivating the children. These opportunities open a myriad of doors to find gainful employment in the future. Click here to find out how to help your school or group make money.
Habilitat's acquisitions department functions within the enterprise entity. Through acquisitions, we are able to help the organization save on the overall operation costs of the facility. This is as important as fundraising because it allows us to allocate more funds toward growth and education. Through acquisitions, we have been able to incorporate a new computer network for the facility, as well as save on janitorial supplies, shipping rates, administration supplies, facility furniture, audio-visual equipment, exercise equipment, kitchen appliances, and educational, as well as recreational, excursions for the residents. Acquisitions works to enable Habilitat to successfully handle its multiple projects while teaching our residents the valuable lessons of budgeting for, and coordinating, large events and projects. Training is provided that helps residents to make the transition from Habilitat intothe business world successfully. This department is also responsible for the acquiring the hundreds of items featured in the live and silent auction atour Annual Luau.
The Acquisitions department teaches an individual how a business works, how to formulate a budget and how to decrease overhead costs. Along with the office and computer skills, this department offers the experience to deal with high level business executives in a professional setting. We'll look for you at our next Luau!