Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers - ABC's Extreme Makeover

Family in Shock Over Extreme Makeover
KALIHI (KHNL) - Perfect. Beyond words. The most beautiful she's ever seen.

That's how a Kalihi Valley woman is describing her new, extreme home. Part of the reason Momi Akana was chosen was because of her work helping others. And she won't stop now that she's got her dream home........

Read more from originating article at KHNL News 8 web site

Miracle of 'Makeover' moves many
Momi Akana was already fighting tears before the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" buses even moved.

At the end of a weeklong vacation in British Columbia, the Akana family came home to a new 4,500-square-foot community center for their nonprofit educational organization........

Read more and view photos from originating article at Star Bulletin web site

Akana Family Takes A Look At New "Extreme Makeover" Home
The Akana family celebrates after seeing their new home and community center built by crews from "Extreme Makeover | Home Edition"........

Video at ABC affiliate The Hawaii Channel KITV 4 web site

'I'm staying at your house!'
Theresa "Momi" Akana clasped her hands over her mouth at first sight of her new home in Kalihi Valley.

Where only a grassy lot had existed seven days ago, a dark-green, four-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot plantation-style house suddenly came into view.......

Read more from originating article at The Honolulu Advertiser web site

Outrigger Steps in to Help with Extreme Makeover
It was a monumental secret in the month leading up to the announcement on June 6, but as many of us now know, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is in Hawaii this week shooting an episode for its fifth season in the show's ongoing effort to visit all 50 states. The Akana family of Kalihi was chosen as the deserving family to receive a life- changing gift........

Read more at Outrigger's Beachwalk.net

2,000 volunteers assemble to makeover a Kalihi family's home
Sleepy Kalihi Valley was awoken by the voice of Ty Pennington from the national television show extreme makeover home edition.

"Good morning Akana family!," says Ty Pennington.

Pennington and the crew greeted Momi Akana and her family of six with news that they had been selected to receive the next home make-over........

Read more with video from originating article at KHONN Channel 2 News web site

The Hawaii Channel KITV News 4 Extreme Makeover Special Section
KITV and TheHawaiiChannel.com brings you in-depth coverage of ABC's designers helping a Kalihi family. Find interviews, pictures and more..........

Click here for complete coverage and videos at The Hawaii Channel KITV News 4 web site

Brookfield Homes Hawai`i to Build Largest Structure in Show's History
HONOLULU (June 7, 2007) The Akana family got more good news from the hit show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition today. Yesterday, they were roused out of their sleep by Ty Pennington and his design team and got the word that they were selected to receive the next home makeover. Today, they learned that the show and Brookfield Homes Hawai'i will also construct the largest structure in the show's history when they erect a new center to house mom Momi Akana’s non-profit organization, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Center......

Read more from originating article at Brookfield Hawai'i web site

Kalihi Valley Family Getting Extreme Home Makeover
(KHNL) - It's the dream of a lifetime for a Kalihi Valley family. They're getting a new home built for them, and they don't have to pay a cent.

It's part of the show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

When Momi Akana woke up, she thought she was still dreaming.......

Read more from originating article at KHNL News 8 web site

"Good Morning, Akana Family!" New Hope family gets Extreme Makeover
For anyone familiar with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, you can imagine how much that morning greeting meant to Momi Akana and her family. Those four words would mean a world of difference for the very deserving Kalihi family, especially for Momi, who has dedicated the past 11 years of her life to helping the native Hawaiian community.......

Read more from originating article at New Hope

Kalihi family learns home will get 'Extreme Makeover'
A mom in Kalihi who earned notice from producers of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" with her founding of a nonprofit supporting education for Native Hawaiian families won a makeover for her family home, it was announced today......

Read more from originating article at The Honolulu Advertiser web site

'Makeover' starts on Kalihi family's home
Paige Hemmis, the carpenter with the pink tool belt on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," spent two hours with 12-year-old Kuulei, Momi Akana's daughter, on Tuesday before brainstorming a design for the girl's bedroom.....

Read more at originating article at Mayor's Kalihi Economic Summit
Same article with photos at Star Bulletin web site