Ke hakakā nei nā kānaka a me nā kaiāulu me nā hopena koʻikoʻi o Covid-19, Luna Nui o Vail Resorts, ʻo Rob Katz, a me kāna wahine, ʻo Elana Amsterdam, ka mea kākau a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻo Elana's Pantry, i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha i kahi hāʻawi kālā ma mua o $ 2.5 miliona e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo koke no nā mea ʻelua. Nā Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Vail nā limahana a me nā kūlanakauhale mauna kahi e hana ai ka Hui.

E hāʻawi ʻo Katz i $ 1.5 miliona i nā hāʻawi kōkua pilikia koke e pōmaikaʻi ai ma mua o ka ʻumi mau hui kūloko e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi ma Eagle, Summit a me Gunnison county ma Colo.; Park City, Utah; Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Whistler, BC; Veremona; Stevens Pass, Holoi.; a me Jackson Hole, Wyo (home o Grand Teton Lodge Company).

Hāʻawi ʻia kahi $ 1 miliona hou e Katz e hana i kahi kālā hou i loko o ka Vail Resorts 'Epic Promise Employee Foundation, e kōkua ana i nā limahana o ka Hui e pane aku i nā hemahema hikiʻole ke ʻike ʻia, me nā hanana olakino. E kōkua kēia kālā i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pono no ke kōkua ma muli o nā hopena o COVID-19, e hōʻoia ana i ka Foundation i nā kumuwaiwai e hoʻoponopono ai i kēia pilikia.

"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanaʻo i kahi manawa ʻē aʻe i koʻu ola ʻana i hoʻopilikia nui i ko mākou ola - i kā mākou hana, i ko mākou olakino a me ko mākou kaiāulu," wahi a Katz. "I loko o kēia manawa paʻakikī paʻakikī, ʻelua o kā mākou mau mea nui, a e hoʻomau ʻia, ke olakino a me ka maikaʻi o kā mākou limahana a me nā kaiāulu mauna. ʻO ka mea e hoʻokalakupua ai ko mākou mau hale hoʻokipa ma kahi o lākou a me nā poʻe hoihoi e noho ana ma laila. Ke hoʻokele nei mākou i kēia kūlana, pono mākou e hoʻomau i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā mākou limahana a me ka ikaika o ko mākou kaiāulu, e hāʻawi ana i ka hui ʻana i ka wā e pono ai.

"Ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei mākou i ko mākou kaiāulu holoʻokoʻa no ka piʻi ʻana i ka pā e hoʻihoʻi," wahi a Susie Davis, ka luna o ka hopena o ke kaiāulu, ʻo Eagle Valley Community Foundation. "Ke ʻike nei ka mākeke kaiāulu i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka noi no ka meaʻai. Ua hōʻike hou ʻo Rob Katz lāua ʻo Elana Amsterdam ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi. Ua hōʻike ʻia ko lākou hopohopo no ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia i kēia manawa paʻa ʻole, a me ko lākou mālama pono ʻana i kēia kaiāulu, ma o kēia kākoʻo. Me kēia haʻawina, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka meaʻai olakino ma ke ʻano palekana i ko mākou ʻohana kūloko.

"Ua hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ʻo COVID-19 i ko mākou kūlanakauhale mauna liʻiliʻi," wahi a Lori Pyne, ka luna hoʻokele interim, Whistler Community Services Society. “Mahalo nui ka Hui Hui Pūʻulu Kaiāulu Whistler i kēia haʻawina mai Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust. ʻO kā mākou kumu hoʻohālike kālā he ʻoihana kaiapili, ka mea maʻamau e hāʻawi kālā i ka 75% o kā mākou lawelawe kaiāulu, a ua koi ʻia mākou e pani i kēia mau hale kūʻai e like me ke aupuni pekelala a me kā mākou mau loea lapaʻau. ʻO nā haʻawina e like me kēia e kōkua e hōʻoia i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka noi no kā mākou lawelawe pono o ka Foodbank a me kā mākou Outreach Services, a mākou e manaʻo nei e lele i nā mahina e hiki mai ana.

E hāʻawi ʻia ka haʻawina ma o ka Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust, i hoʻokumu ʻia e kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu mauna, me ka nānā mua ʻana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka stigma o ka maʻi noʻonoʻo a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke komo ʻana i ka mālama olakino noʻonoʻo a me ke ʻano. Mai ka makahiki 2016, ua hāʻawi ka Trust ma luna o $ 10 miliona ka huina, me ka aneane $6.5 miliona i nā hāʻawi olakino noʻonoʻo a me ke ʻano, i nā kaiāulu kahi e hana ai ʻo Vail Resorts.

ʻO nā mea i loaʻa i ka Katz Amsterdam Charitable Trust COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grants e komo pū ana:

Ke Kahi o Colorado:

E kōkua iā Colorado i kēia manawa: $250,000 no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā waiwai ʻole ma Colorado e hāʻawi nei i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi i kēia wā pilikia olakino

ʻEle County, Colorado:

ʻO Eagle Valley Community Foundation: $200,000 no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pono kumu a me nā lawelawe panakō meaʻai kelepona e kōkua i nā lālā o ke kaiāulu ma ke kalana

Kalana ʻo Summit, Colorado:

Kikowaena Punawai Kuwaena Ohana: $100,000 no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka waihona meaʻai mobile a me ka hoʻokele olakino noʻonoʻo a me ka lawelawe kaiāulu
ʻO ka Summit Foundation: $100,000 i ka Summit County Cares Fund e kākoʻo i nā waiwai ʻole e lawelawe ana i ka poʻe nāwaliwali loa a hāʻawi i nā kumuwaiwai koʻikoʻi i nā lālā o ke kaiāulu.

ʻO Crest Butte, Kolaka:

Ka Hui Kaiāulu o ke awāwa ʻo Gunnison: $50,000 i ka Foundation's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Efforts e kākoʻo ana i nā waiwai ʻole e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi i ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia.

Kalana ʻo Summit, ʻUta:

Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Park City: $200,000 e kākoʻo i ka Community Response Fund e hāʻawi i nā kumuwaiwai i nā hui kaiaulu olakino a me nā lawelawe kanaka e lawelawe ana i nā poʻe nāwaliwali i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.

South Lake Tahoe, Kaleponi:

ʻO ka El Dorado Community Foundation: $150,000 i ka Foundation's Coronavirus Relief Fund e kākoʻo i nā ʻohana nele a me nā waiwai ʻole e hāʻawi i nā pono kumu koʻikoʻi a me nā lawelawe kaiāulu ʻē aʻe i ke kaiāulu.

North Lake Tahoe/Truckee, Kaleponi:

Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation: $100,000 i ka Foundation's COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund e kākoʻo ana i nā waiwai ʻole a puni ka ʻāina e lawelawe i nā pono koʻikoʻi o ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka coronavirus.

ʻO Whistler, British Columbia:

Kaiāulu Whistler Nā lawelawe kaiāulu: $100,000 CAD no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka waihona meaʻai mobile a ka hui, nā lawelawe olakino noʻonoʻo a me nā hana hoʻolaha ʻoihana.
ʻO ka Whistler Blackcomb Foundation: $100,000 CAD i ka waihona kōkua COVID o ka Foundation e kākoʻo i nā waiwai ʻole ma waena o ke ala Sea-to-Sky i ko lākou hālāwai ʻana i nā pono koʻikoʻi o nā lālā kaiāulu.

Hawaii:

Vermont Community Foundation: $150,000 e kākoʻo i kekahi mau mea waiwai ʻole ma ʻekolu mau kaiāulu e hāʻawi ana i nā lawelawe meaʻai, nā pono kumu a me nā lawelawe kaiāulu koʻikoʻi i nā lālā o ke kaiāulu.

Stevens Pass, Wasinetona:

Hoʻoponopono i ke awāwa luna: $50,000 no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka papahana panakō meaʻai a ka hui a me nā lawelawe kaiāulu koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe i ka poʻe nele

Jackson, Wyoming (Grand Teton Lodge Company):

Ka Hui Kaiāulu o Jackson Hole: $50,000 i ka Community Emergency Response Fund no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā waiwai ʻole kūloko e kōkua ana i ka poʻe i hoʻopilikia pololei ʻia e COVID-19.

Nā Kaiāulu Hale Hōkele ʻo Vail

Epic Promise Employee Foundation: $1 miliona e hoʻokumu i kahi kālā hou e hāʻawi i ke kōkua hou aku i nā limahana Vail Resorts ma muli o nā hopena o COVID-19.