Ko makou Kaiāulu: Refugee Support Center
ʻO ka mea koho kiʻekiʻe i kā mākou hoʻolaha 12 Days of Kindness e lawelawe i nā poʻe i hele mai i ko mākou kaiāulu mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua.
I ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana i kā mākou hoʻolaha ʻo 12 Days of Kindness, ua koho kā mākou hui hale kūʻai ʻo Cole Park i ka Refugee Support Center, hui hoa o Chapel Hill Tire. ʻO kēia hui manawaleʻa, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2012, kōkua i ka poʻe mahuka i kā lākou hoʻololi ʻana i kahi ola hou i ko mākou kaiāulu. Ke hāʻawi nei i kahi ākea o nā lawelawe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumuwaiwai, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā mākau hoʻokō ponoʻī, he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi ka Center no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lokomaikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi.
Aia ma Carrborough, North Carolina, lawelawe ka Center ma kahi o 900 poʻe i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou e hele mai mai Suria, Burma a me ka Democratic Republic of the Congo. ʻO ka holo ʻana i ka hoʻomāinoino, ka hana ʻino a me ke kaua, ua hoʻonoho ʻia lākou i loko o nā keʻena hoʻoneʻe i loaʻa nā ʻaelike hana me ka Moku'āina ʻo Moku'āina i ko lākou hiki ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hāʻawi kēia mau keʻena i nā lawelawe hoʻokipa a hoʻokipa; akā naʻe, kū lākou ma hope o ʻekolu mahina.
A laila komo ka Refugee Support Center, hāʻawi i ke kōkua inā pono. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka poʻe mahuka i kahi ola hou, mālama ka Center i ko lākou mau pono a me nā makemake, e kōkua ana iā lākou e mālama i ko lākou moʻomeheu a me ka lāhui. Eia hou, hana ka Center ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻonaʻauao no ke kaiāulu, e kōkua ana e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ko mākou mau hoalauna hou.
No kā lākou hana lokomaikaʻi, ua hele ka hui ʻo Cole Park e hōʻiliʻili i nā mea kūʻai no nā kamaʻāina o ke kikowaena. Akā ʻo ka hoʻomaka wale nō ia. Ma o ka hooikaika ana a ka poe hana manawalea o ka Center a me ko makou hui Cole Park, ua loaa i ka Center he aneane 5,000 balota ma ko makou 12 Days of Kindness Competition, a loaa he $3,000 haawina mai Chapel Hill Tire.
"Aia mākou ma ka lani ʻehiku e lanakila ana i ka wahi mua ma ka papahana 12 Days of Kindness ma Chapel Hill," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Flicka Bateman. "E hoʻohana ʻia kēlā me kēia keneta o ke kālā makana e kōkua i ka poʻe mahuka i ko mākou kaiāulu. Mahalo iā ʻoe i ko mākou poʻe kākoʻo no ke koho balota ʻana iā mākou, ko mākou mau hoa mahuka no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana iā mākou i kēlā me kēia lā, a me Chapel Hill Tire no ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū a me ka paipai ʻana iā mākou a pau e hana i nā hana maikaʻi.
Haʻaheo mākou e kākoʻo i ka Refugee Support Center a kaʻana like i kā lākou misionari e kōkua i ka poʻe mahuka kūloko e hoʻololi i kahi ola hou. E ʻoluʻolu e kipa i ka punaewele o ka Center e aʻo hou a i ʻole e lilo i mea manawaleʻa.
Makemake mākou e hōʻike i ko mākou mahalo nui i nā poʻe a pau i komo i nā lā 12 o ka Kalikimaka. Inā ʻoe i hana i kahi hana lokomaikaʻi, koho i ka mea aloha i hoʻopā nui iā ʻoe, a i ʻole i hāʻawi i kahi hauʻoli hou i kēia kau hoʻomaha, mahalo maoli mākou. Komo mākou i ka makahiki 2021 me ka manaʻo nui o ke kaiāulu a me ka mahalo!
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