Kauaʻi Zonta Club, Habitat for Humanity Team Up for International Women's Day

The Zonta Club of Kauaʻi announced March 3, 2026 that it will join Habitat for Humanity for a hands-on community service project “on Saturday” in the lead-up to International Women’s Day, which is observed Sunday, March 8, 2026. Kauai Now reported members gathered on the steps of the Historic County Building to mark Women’s History Month as the club framed the project as part of its month-long observances.

Zonta is tying the volunteer effort to the global IWD theme “Give To Gain” and to the 2026 Women’s History Month theme, “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future,” language that Zonta Club of Kauaʻi Chair and public relations member Edie Ignacio Neumiller used in a press release. Ignacio Neumiller said, “This month reminds us that progress happens because women step forward to lead.” The announcement also recalled Zonta’s mission to “build a better world for women and girls.”

Organizers are positioning the project as a partnership meant to support local families and accelerate gender equity through service; Habitat for Humanity Kauaʻi executive director Milani Pimental highlighted housing need during a recent key-passing at the Huakai development in Waimea. Pimental said that at the Huakai event four homebuyers received keys, three of the four homebuyers are single moms, and the fourth homebuyer is a single father raising three daughters. Those numbers underscore the local housing pressures that advocacy groups say can affect family health and economic stability on Kauaʻi.

The Zonta Club of Kauaʻi has a documented history of hands-on service across the island, which club records list with dates and named volunteers. Zonta members provided dinner for 19 individuals at the KEO Mana Olana Emergency Shelter on February 5, 2020, volunteered at the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank’s Silver Anniversary on September 13, 2019 with volunteers including Marge Akana and Jeanette Bonilla, and returned to food distribution at the Kauai Veterans Center on November 17, 2023. Zonta’s 2022 efforts included a Zontians Oppose Period Poverty campaign with donation sites such as the ReStore at Kaua‘i Habitat for Humanity, and the club supported cultural and community work at the Kaua‘i Brewers Festival in 2022 alongside member Nikki Cristobal.

Kauai Now’s March 3 announcement used the relative term “Saturday” for the hands-on Habitat partnership without listing a calendar date or a precise worksite. The Garden Island records show the club has previously received county recognition; the Kauai County Council presented an International Women’s Day certificate to the Zonta Club on March 6, 2025. Zonta Club President Regina Carvalho and club leaders are listed among organizers; the club and Habitat for Humanity Kauaʻi have been asked to confirm the project’s exact start time, site, volunteer sign-up details and whether the work will target families headed by women.

If confirmed, the Saturday project will join Zonta’s continuing local service record and Habitat for Humanity Kauaʻi’s active work on homeownership in Waimea, adding a hands-on, collaborative event to the observances surrounding International Women’s Day on March 8, 2026.