{"id":183535,"date":"2023-09-15T08:49:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T18:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=183535"},"modified":"2023-09-21T11:36:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:36:17","slug":"uh-athletes-support-maui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/15\/uh-athletes-support-maui\/","title":{"rendered":"东精影业<\/abbr> student athletes support Maui fire relief efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student athletes with Mayor Richard Bissen and Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa student athletes flew to Maui on September 13 to lend their support to donation distribution centers, assisting with sorting and preparing critical items and supplies to be distributed to those affected by the Maui fires. The visit was a showcase of aloha and solidarity from M\u0101noa to Maui.<\/p>\n

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Student athletes provide support at the distribution centers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The group, comprising more than 50 students, including members of 东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s baseball, football, softball and women\u2019s water polo teams, brought a significant morale boost to volunteers and community members at the sites they visited: Kahului Distribution Center, Kahana Gateway Distribution Center and the Napili Park Community Hub.<\/p>\n

The athletes were greeted by Mayor Richard Bissen, a graduate of 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bissen said, “This is very special. Four of the players on the baseball team are from Maui\u2026so this gives them the opportunity to come home to give back to their community.” <\/p>\n

More on how to help Maui ʻohana<\/span><\/a> and the Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For athletes from Maui, volunteering to support community members affected by the fires held particular significance. Karsyn Pupunu, a junior wide receiver on the Rainbow Warriors football team from Lahaina, was moved by the unity he witnessed. <\/p>\n

“People over here in the community are very strong, very loving. Everyone is family-oriented over here, and that plays a significant role in what we see today and what\u2019s going on,” said Pupunu.<\/p>\n

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, who helped organize the visit, expressed her enthusiasm about the athletes’ visit to Maui. <\/p>\n

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“When the 50 plus athletes arrived at the Kahului distribution site, the volunteers—one of them said they had chicken skin and it was such a morale boost to have this infusion of young energy,” said Luke.<\/p>\n

The teams concluded their Maui visit with a tour of the Napili Park Community Hub, engaging with community members and volunteers to discuss recovery, support and resiliency following the devastating fires.<\/p>\n

The influx of the student-athlete volunteers led to reduced wait times for those collecting supplies and increased efficiency at the distribution sites. Volunteers are still needed at both the Kahului and Kahana Gateway donation distribution centers.<\/p>\n

For more information on volunteering or donating needed items, visit www.mauinuistrong.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rainbow Warriors stand united with Maui, volunteering at donation distribution centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1597,9,550,68],"class_list":["post-183535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-maui-wildfires","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183535"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183893,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183535\/revisions\/183893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}