08-11-23

E huliāmahi kākou.

ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 11 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.

Ma ka helu hope ʻana, he 55 mau kānaka i make aku nei ma Maui. Akā, wahi a kekahi poʻe, he nui hou aku paha. A ʻo ka nui o nā hale i pau i ke ahi, he 1,700 a ʻoi. Ua pau ka Hale Pule ʻo Waiola, akā, aia nō ke kū akula ka Hale Pule Kakolika ʻo Maria Lanakila.

E hīmeni ana ka puʻukani kaulana ʻo Paula Fuga ma Blue Note Hawaiʻi i kēia hopena pule, ma ka Pōʻaono a me ka Lāpule. Hemo ka puka i ka hola 5:00 o ka ʻauinalā, a hoʻomaka ka ʻahamele i ka hapalua hola ʻeono. He ʻelua kikiki, ʻo kekahi, he $35 a ʻo kekahi, he $45, me ka uku ʻana he $10 a ʻoi no ka mea ʻai a mea inu paha. I ka Lāpule, e hoʻolele ʻia ana nō hoʻi ma o ka pūnaewele. He $10 o ka nānā pūnaewele, a e mahalo ʻia ke kālā manawaleʻa keu, ʻoiai, ʻo nā pōmaikaʻi a pau e loaʻa ana ma nā pō ʻelua, e hāʻawi ʻia ana i ka Hawaiʻi Community Foundation no ka Maui Strong Fund. He waihona ia no ka poʻe a me nā kaiāulu i pōʻino i ke ahi ma Maui.

Eia mai kekahi mau wahi e kōkua ai. No ke kōkua ʻana a me ka hāʻawi kālā manawaleʻa, e kāhea aku i ke Keʻena Hoʻoponopono Pilikia Kūhewa o Hawaiʻi ma ka helu, 808-733-4300; ke Kalana ʻo Maui ma ka helu, 808-270-7285; a me ka Hui Keʻa ʻUlaʻula, redcross.org/hawaii. No ka hāʻawi kālā manawaleʻa, e hāʻawi ma o ka Hawaiʻi Community Foundation ma hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong; a ma Foodland nō hoʻi a hiki i ka $249; a ma ke Kahua ʻAhahui ʻOihana Kālepa o Hawaiʻi nō hoʻi ma tinyurl.com/46jknrw9. E hāʻawi manawaleʻa i nā mea pau koke ʻole i ka ʻino ma nā Kikowaena ʻAhahui Limahana a puni ka mokuʻāina mai ka hola 6:00 o ke kakahiaka a i ka hola 7:00 o ke ahiahi—ma Oʻahu nei, aia ma ka Helu 1426 Alanui Kula ʻĀkau; ma ka mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi, ma ka Helu 362 Alanui Lanikāula Hikina; ma Maui, ma ka Helu 841 Alanui Kolu; ma Kauaʻi, ma ka Helu 2970 Alanui Kele, keʻena 213. A e hāʻawi nō hoʻi ma o Maui United Way, ma mauiunitedway.org/disasterrelief. A e kōkua ana ʻo Maui United Way ma ka hāʻawi puʻu kālā i nā hui kumuloaʻa ʻole e kōkua nei a me nā ʻohana i kūpilikiʻi a pōʻino i ke ahi.

Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,

Alu ka pule i Hakalau.

ʻO ia hoi, e alu like.

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