"One-Stop Shop" for Hawaii's Houseless & People in Need of Help. Hawaii Dream Service Center

HDSC Campus

MONEY RAISING GOAL - HDSC's goal in raising money is to apply for grants, receive donations and to become self-sustainable in three years.  However, we will take in community donations of food, clothes, appliances, and other items at any time.  Monetary donations will always be welcomed.

NOTE FOR ALL BUILDINGS:  HDSC will be able to serve as a "Civil Defense Site" to house thousands of people in the event of a natural disaster such as "Katrina."  Because we are located in a "safe area" 20,000 plus people could find safe shelter on our campus from hurricanes, tsunami, etc.  All of our building will be built to withstand hurricane force winds and strong earthquakes.  We are also a "Go Green" site.

 

Below is a list and description of our fourteen building campus:

1. EXPO Educational Center - Hale Hõike'ike

The expo educational center is a large meeting place with over 2,000 seats.  Plenty of parking space and offices will be available. 

The Expo Center/Auditorium promises to be an exciting venue for events and concerts. As these powerful times of music are aired, people from around the world can join us and experience life-changing stories! We will conduct seminars from the Auditorium, as well as host various training & education programs designed to bring people into understanding networking skills, relationship building, developing business plans, starting up non-profit or for profit businesses, banking, finances, grant writing, resources & much more.

 

INCOME:  Rental of auditorium, concerts, ticket sales, seminars, training, rental of office space, private music lessons, piano, ukulele, hula classes and much more.

2. Ramia Center (Administrative Education & Training Center) - Ramia Waena

This center is the HDSC Administrative Building, housing administrative staff, social workers, marriage counselors, 12 step programs, coffee shop, rental office space, training, a television production studio, radio studio and music studio, life enrichment counseling, parenting classes, anger management classes, non-profit organization and foundation offices, business resource center, phone center, etc. A computer, secretarial and technical support services training center will be included in this building.  The licensed child care center will be a place where the safety, nurturing and educating of keiki (children) ages 3 months through 4 years of age are of utmost importance.  Members, staff and volunteer’s children may attend this child care center program and the after school program for free.

INCOME:  Rental of office space, computer repair and sales, secretarial services, coffee shop. Tuition from outside children attending the preschool/daycare.

3. Hospitality & Travel Training Center Ho'okipa à Ka 'ahele A'o Waena

This building is a Training Center for HDSC clients to prepare for Hawaii’s tourism industry.  The hospitality & travel training center will have 200 guest rooms, a restaurant, seven banquet rooms, a health spa and cosmetology center and a travel training office. 

INCOME:  Income generated from rental of hospitality rooms to outside guests, restaurant training center sales, public use of the health spa training center and the cosmetology training center.  The seven training banquet rooms will also be available for a fee to the public for such things as birthday parties, wedding receptions, retirement parties, just to name a few.  Food will be catered from the Culinary Arts Academy for these banquet rooms. Finished products from sewing, Hawaiian quilting, and arts and crafts will be available for sale in the hospitality training center.

4. Recreation Education & Training Center - Mea Ho'onanea A'o palapala à A'o Waena

This building holds programs that meet the recreation and health needs of HDSC clients.

INCOME:  Income will come from Ohana Partner donors and outside individuals using the recreation center on a monthly basis for working out or attending classes.

5. Culinary Art's Academy - Hale 'Aina Kula

This building houses a Culinary Arts School.  Food for all HDSC clients, staff, and volunteers will be prepared in this building.  Clients will be trained to work in all phases of the food preparation and service industry.  A dining facility will be a part of this building and will be big enough to seat 2,000 people at one time. 

INCOME:  Income will be generated from this building through catering for special occasions such as: graduation, birthday parties, wedding anniversaries, retirement, business occasions in the hotel banquet rooms.  Special groups using the auditorium for meetings can purchase food in the cafeteria or eat at the hotel restaurant. Other income will come from Ohana Partner donors.

6. Youth Education & Training Building  - 'Opio A'o palapala à A'o Haleku'i

This building is a place where daily care, life skills, and training of youth residents (Ages: 13 - 24) are available with separate housing areas for men and women.  Hawaii's youth suicide and underage drinking problems will also be address here through our intervention programs.

INCOME:  Income will come from Ohana Partner donors.   

7. Women’s Education & Training Building - Wãhine A'o palapala à A'o Haleku'i

This building is a place of safety and life skills training of female residents on a daily basis. 

INCOME:  Finished products from sewing, Hawaiian quilting, and arts and crafts will be available for sale in the hotel.  Other income will come from Ohana Partner donors.

8. Family Education & Training Building -

'Ohana A'o palapala à A'o Haleku'i

This building is for the safety, life skills and training of family residents on a daily basis.

INCOME:  Finished products from sewing, Hawaiian quilting, and arts and crafts will be available for sale in the hotel.  Other income will come from Ohana Partner donors.

9. Men’s Education & Training Building  -

Kane A'o palapala à A'o Haleku'i

This building is for the safety, life skills and training of male residents on a daily basis.

INCOME:  Income will come from Ohana Partner donors.

10.Warehouse/Training/Education/Recycling Buildings - Hale ukana A'o A'o palapala Hale

  • Warehouse 1- One section of this building will be available for clothing donation, repair and training of clients.  They will learn how to repair clothes, the art of knowing what clothes suit the customer’s body type whether it is for casual or business attire, and how to be a successful clothing store owner or manager. Clothes from this warehouse will be available for clients and their families, volunteers and staff. 

INCOME:  Clothing sales and alterations will generate income in this building. 

  • Warehouse 2 – Food donations will be collected and stored in this warehouse.  Facilities maintenance supplies and equipment will be stored in another section of this building securely separate from the food section.  Grounds upkeep and security will also be a part of this building. A repair shop for small appliances and equipment like refrigerators and lawn mowers will be housed in this building. 

INCOME:  No income will be generated from the food section of this building as this food will be available for HDSC’s use as well as other service groups if needed.  Example:  River of Life feeds hungry homeless people and are dependant on the donations of the public to feed them.  The food stored at HDSC will be available to help them during those times when they are experiencing a food shortage.  Our food would be free of charge to them.  However, income will be generated from the repair and sales of small appliances.

  • Warehouse 3 – A wood working shop, furniture and upholstery repair shop and a home building and remodeling training center will be in this building.  At the other end of this warehouse will be an auto repair and body shop.  Clients will be trained by professionals to diagnose and repair vehicles as well as fix dents and paint and detail cars. 

INCOME:  Income will come from sales of items made in the wood shop and the furniture and upholstery shop.  Home construction and remodeling services will also generate income.  Cars donated to HDSC will be repaired and sold thus generating income.  However, clients or staff who do not have vehicles of their own will be given a vehicle first.  Another way income will be generated in this building is that the public will be able to bring their vehicles to HDSC for repair or body work.

INCOME PERTAINING TO ALL WAREHOUSES:  We will be able to assist the City and County of Honolulu, the State, the Federal Government and many other agencies as a  "One-Stop" Recycling Center 24/7 of many items such as clothes, appliances, food, furniture, cars, etc., that are currently being taken to an already full land fill sight.

11. Tent City/Car Park - Hale lole

Kúlanakauhale Ho'okú i ke ka'a

Space is available for people who are not ready to live in a structured environment, but need to be out of areas the State and City have closed to them such as parks, bridges, bus stops, abandoned building, etc.  Up to 1000 tents will be set up for these people to live in until such time as they are ready to fulfill their dreams.  Bathroom and shower facilities will be included for their cleanliness and sanitation.  The only two rules will be no fighting and no drugs.  People who prefer living in their cars can park them there as well.  During a disaster, more tents can be put up so that the public could have a safe place to go as well. Our goal for tent city/car park is to provide a safe and clean place for them to live without the fear of always looking over their shoulder to see if someone is coming to move them out.  We desire it to be a place where they will become willing to begin realizing their dreams as well. 

12. Animal Town - Hãnai ã huhu he

 

 

kauhale kinikini

Many of the members coming to us will have animals.  Our goal is to provide a safe and clean environment for their animals.  A large kennels holding at least 500 pets and a medical facility will allow the animals to stay healthy and the members to be able to feed and have fun with their pets.  Animal Town will also be open to the public during disasters.  Another goal for Animal Town is that it will be a vocational, educational and entrepreneurial training center for teaching the proper way to care for animals, how to train them, how to develop an environment of cleanliness and an atmosphere of contentment for the animals and pet sales and kennel construction to the members and public.

13.Entrepreneurial Education & Training Center & Farmer's Market - Oihana A'o palapala A A'o Waena A Mahi' ai Makeke

This will be an area where members will be given the opportunity to be educated and trained on the ways to become a successful entrepreneur. Items that have been made at the Dream Center will be sold here as well as fruits and vegetables grown on the land.  Ministries can have fundraisers here to raise money for their causes.  Other booths will be available for crafters, artists, jewelers, and a prayer tent.  A state of the art car washing system and an animal washing area will be installed as well.  A donation car lot and culturally friendly foods will be included in this area of around 500 booths.

14. Hawaii Community Land Trust - City of Light - Kúlanakauhale O la'a kea

Hawaii Community Land Trust, a sister nonprofit to the Hawaii Dream Service Center is being created for members of the Dream Center and inmates from prison to learn the skill of building homes.  These affordable homes will be from home kits purchased from the following companies: Honsador homes on Oahu, bamboo homes from Maui, Aloha Packaged Homes from Maui and Viceroy homes from the mainland.  Between four and five hundred affordable homes will be built.  We are working very closely with Hawaii Correctional Industries and Rainforest G. Construction to insure these homes are built at an affordable amount.

The second purpose of these homes is to provide an opportunity for members who have gone through the program to purchase their own home.  Some rentals will be available as well. The purpose of the land trust is to provide as many members and staff as possible with a new three, four, or five bedroom home at a cost around $120,000. 

 

 

Future Site of the Hawaii Dream Service Center Campus 2009  - 94-905 Kunia Road, Waipahu, HI 96797

Aerial view of land 

View from land toward ocean

Division of land (a printable copy is available on the NEWS page)

 

This page last updated 08/22/2009