Naʻe fakahā ʻe Kōvana Josh Green, MD, CEO ʻo e Kautaha Vakapuna ʻAlaska ko Ben Minicucci, mo e kau taki ʻo e koló ʻa hono kamataʻi ʻo e Maui CARE Flights, ko ha hoa ngāue ke ʻoange ha ngaahi vakapuna ʻe 3,000 tupu ʻo e ʻAlaska Airlines ki he ngaahi fāmili ʻi Maui naʻe uesia ʻe he vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi he ʻaho 8 ʻo ʻAokosi 2023.

Ke kamata 'a e feinga ko 'eni, 'e poupou'i 'e he kautaha vakapuna 'Alaska ha vakapuna totongi makehe ma'ae ngaahi famili 'o Maui 'oku uesia ke nau 'a'ahi ki Disneyland mei Siulai 11-14, 2024. Ko e nofo 'i he hotele ki he fononga ki Disneyland 'oku 'oatu ia 'e he Marriott International pea 'oku tokoni 'a e Disneyland Resort ke malava 'a e 'a'ahi ko 'eni. Hili e vakapuna charter makehe, 'e foaki 'e he Alaska Airlines 'o a'u ki he tikite 'e 180 'o e folau takai (tatau mo e vakapuna 'e taha) 'i he mahina mei 'Aokosi 2024 ki Tisema 2025. 'E 'oatu 'e he me'a ni 'a e ngaahi faingamalie ki he kakai 'o Maui 'oku laka hake he 3,000 kuo uesia ke nau fai ha fononga 'i ha feitu'u pe 'oku nau conveniw.

“ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻa e malava ke fefonongaʻakí ki he kakai ʻo Hauaiʻí —ʻoku fakafehokotaki kimautolu ʻe he fefonongaʻakí. Kuo hokohoko atu ʻene ʻomi kiate au ʻa e faingamālie ke u fononga ki Maui ʻo loto mamahi mo e kau hao ʻi he vela ʻo e vaotaá mo ʻoatu ha poupou kiate kinautolu,” ko e lau ia ʻa Kōvana Josh Green, MD “Ka ʻoku fekauʻaki ʻa e polokalama Maui CARE Flights mo e meʻa lahi ange ʻi he fefonongaʻakí —ʻoku fekauʻaki ia mo e fakamoʻuí. ʻI hono ʻoange ki hotau ngaahi fāmili ne uesia ʻe he vela ʻo e vaotaá ha ngaahi faingamālie ke nau fehokotaki fiefia ʻo fakafou ʻi he ngaahi aʻusia vahevahe ko ʻení, ʻoku tau fakatupulaki ai ʻa e fakaakeaké mo e loto-toʻá. Ko e fokotuʻutuʻu ko ʻení, ʻa ia naʻe malava ʻe he nima-homo ʻa e Kautaha Vakapuna ʻAlaska mo ʻemau ngaahi hoa ngāué, ʻokú ne fakafotunga ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻaloha mo ʻemau tukupā ke poupouʻi ʻa e moʻui lelei ʻa homau koló.”

“ʻE ʻoange ʻe he meʻaʻofa ko ʻeni ʻo e fefonongaʻakí ki heʻetau kau hao moʻuí, ʻa ia kuo nau foua ha ngaahi meʻa lahi, ha faingamālie ke nau toe fetuʻutaki mo e ngaahi ʻofaʻangá, sio ki ha ngaahi feituʻu foʻou mo faʻu fakataha ha ngaahi manatu foʻou,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí ko Richard Bissen. “Ko e nima-homo ʻa e Kautaha Vakapuna ʻAlaska mo e ngaahi hoa ngāué ko ha sīpinga fakaʻofoʻofa ia ʻo e manavaʻofa ʻoku fie maʻu ʻe hotau kakai ʻi heʻenau kei fakaakeake mei he fakaʻauha ʻo e vela ʻo e vaotaá.”

“Ko e tuʻumālie ʻa e komiunitī ʻo Mauí talu mei he vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi he taʻu kuo ʻosí, naʻe fakalotolahi moʻoni ia,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Lahi ʻo e Kautaha Vakapuna ʻAlaska ko Peni Minikusí. “ʻOku mau fakatōkilalo kotoa ʻi he Kautaha Vakapuna ʻAlaska ke hokohoko atu ʻemau poupou ki he kakai ʻo Mauí ʻaki ʻa e polokalama foʻou ko ʻeni ʻa e Maui CARE Flights. ʻOku fekauʻaki kotoa ʻa ʻAlasika mo e kakaí mo e tokangaʻí, pea ʻoku mau ʻiloʻi ʻe lava ʻe he fefonongaʻakí ʻo ʻomi ha mālōlō mei he faingataʻaʻia fakaʻatamai ʻo e fakaakeaké. ʻOku mau ʻamanaki ʻe ʻomi ʻe he meʻaʻofa ko ʻeni ʻo e puná ha feituʻu ngingila ki he ngaahi fāmili ʻo Mauí ʻi heʻenau folau ʻi hono toe langa ʻo e komiunitī taʻealafakakaukauʻi ko ʻení.”

“ʻOku fakatātaaʻi ʻe he polokalama ʻa e Kautaha Vakapuna ʻAlaska ʻa e laumālie ʻo e ʻaloha, ko ha konga mahuʻinga ʻo hono fakahoko ʻo e pisinisí ʻi Hauaiʻí,” ko e lau ia ʻa Kūhiō Lewis, ko e ʻŌfisa Pule ʻo e Fakataha Alēlea ki he Fakalakalaka ʻo e Kau Tuʻufonua ʻo Hauaiʻí (CNHA). “ʻOku vēkeveke ʻa e CNHA ke tokoni ki hono ʻomi ʻo e fakanonga mo e fiefia ki ha komiunitī ʻoku nau tuʻumālie ʻa ia kuo nau fehangahangai mo ha ngaahi faingataʻa lahi.”

Ko e CNHA te ne pule'i 'a e founga 'o e intake. ʻE lava ʻe he niʻihi fakafoʻituitui mo e ngaahi fāmili ʻoku nau fie ʻilo ki aí ʻo fakafonu ha foomu kole nounou ʻi he ʻinitanetí ʻi he www.helpingmaui.org pe ʻi he Senitā Maʻuʻanga Tokoni ʻa e CNHA ʻi Kākoʻo Maui. ‘E fiema’u ke ‘omai ‘e he kau tohi kole ‘enau fika tokoni ‘a e FEMA mo e tu’asila kimu’a pea toki vela ‘a e vao. Ko kinautolu ‘oku ‘ikai ke nau ma’u ha fika tokoni ‘a e FEMA ‘e lava ke nau fakamo’oni’i ‘a e taau ‘o fakafou ‘i ha ngaahi founga kehe.