Kōkua Lahaina

He $50,000+ mai 485+ mea manawaleʻa i loaʻa mai ma ka wā pōkole! He mahalo hoʻi kēia i ka hui ʻo Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement no ke kālā manawaleʻa he $50,000 hou aku no ka Pūnana Leo o Lahaina. E kākoʻo ʻia nō nā keiki a me nā limahana o ka Pūnana Leo o Lahaina me ke kālā i manawaleʻa ʻia mai.

He nūhou maikaʻi hou aku! Pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka hiki ke hoʻonui i nā noho ma ka Pūnana Leo o Maui me Hāna no kekahi o nā keiki Pūnana Leo o Lahaina. 

Mahalo nui i nā limahana o ia mau Pūnana Leo ma ka ʻauamo ʻana i nā kuleana hou aku i loaʻa kekahi honua no ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau keiki ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.

Mahalo i nā limahana, nā ʻohana a me ka poʻe hana manawaleʻa o ka Pūnana Leo o Maui ka hoʻomalele ʻana aku i nā lako!

A mahalo hou i nā ʻohana Pūnana Leo a pau o ka pae ʻāina ka ʻoni like ʻana no ko ka Pūnana Leo o Lahaina!

Mahalo nui for the overwhelming support! We raised more than $50k from over 485 donors in a short amount of time! A special mahalo to the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement for their generous donation of $50k for Pūnana Leo o Lahaina. Every dollar will be used to support our keiki and staff of Pūnana Leo o Lahaina from the donations received.

More great news! We were blessed to be able to increase our seat capacity at our Pūnana Leo o Maui campus in Kahului and our Pūnana Leo o Hāna campus in order to serve some of our displaced ʻohana from Pūnana Leo o Lahaina. Mahalo nui to our staff from these campuses for taking on the extra kuleana in order to provide access to childcare in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi for these keiki.

Mahalo to our staff, families and volunteers of Pūnana Leo o Maui for distributing all of the donated supplies to our families in need! And mahalo, again, to our Pūnana Leo ʻohana from across the state for working together in unity in collecting donations to support our fellow Pūnana Leo o Maui families.

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