{"id":183875,"date":"2023-09-21T14:05:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T00:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=183875"},"modified":"2023-09-22T09:54:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T19:54:04","slug":"hawaii-bowl-maui-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/21\/hawaii-bowl-maui-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"EasyPost Hawai\u02bbi Bowl, Hawai\u02bbi Bowl Foundation and partners help Maui public schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-wildfire-hawaii-bowl.jpeg\" alt=\"Hawai&#699;i Bowl logo and football field \" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-183877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-wildfire-hawaii-bowl.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-wildfire-hawaii-bowl-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/maui-wildfire-hawaii-bowl-130x73.jpeg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In response to the unprecedented wildfires that ravaged the island of Maui, the <a href=\"https:\/\/espnevents.com\/hawaii-bowl\/\">EasyPost <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Bowl<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiibowlfoundation.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Bowl Foundation<\/a> in partnership with the College Football Playoff Foundation and the Mountain West are rallying to support the affected Maui public schools through the <a href=\"https:\/\/pshf.org\">Public Schools of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The four organizations will donate $65,000 to aid Maui teachers and public schools on the Valley Isle. The group is also encouraging the community to join this vital effort by matching donations to the fund.<\/p>\n<h2>Join the relief effort<\/h2>\n<p>Individuals and organizations willing to contribute to this worthwhile cause can make their donations through the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online at <a href=\"https:\/\/pshf.org\/donations-page\/\">https:\/\/pshf.org\/donations-page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By mailing a check, payable to the Public Schools of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Foundation to: <abbr>P.O.<\/abbr> Box 4148, Honolulu, <abbr>HI<\/abbr> 96812<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All contributions received between now and October 15 will be designated exclusively for the recovery and rebuilding efforts of Maui public schools affected by the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\">More on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/10\/how-to-help-maui-ohana-affected-by-wildfires\/\">help Maui <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span><\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/maui-wildfires\/\">Maui wildfires<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our hearts go out to all of those affected by the fires,&rdquo; said Executive Director of the College Football Playoff Foundation Britton Banowsky. &ldquo;And we are happy to support the teachers and students in Lahaina as they begin the arduous task of rebuilding their schools. We know it will be a difficult challenge, but we also know they are strong and their resiliency will prevail. We will be here for them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Mountain West family was heartbroken by the fires in Maui and the devastation to Lahaina Town and surrounding communities,&rdquo; said Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. &ldquo;We understand there is a long road ahead to recovery, and we hope these funds will provide immediate support and assistance to teachers and students in Lahaina as they start anew.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For more details, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiibowlfoundation.org\/maui\">TheHawaiiBowlFoundation.org\/Maui<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A relief effort has begun to help Maui public schools and teachers with a $65,000 donation.<\/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":[58,1597,9,550],"class_list":["post-183875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-maui-wildfires","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183875","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=183875"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183985,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183875\/revisions\/183985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}