ʻO ke kinipōpō hīnaʻi a me nā pā pāʻani nui a he nui ma Buckfield Playfield, aia ma ka puʻuwai o Ocho Rios i Jamaica, i loaʻa i kahi helehelena nui a me nā hana hou e lawelawe maikaʻi ai i nā kamaʻāina ma ka pā o St. Ann. Ma hope o kahi hoʻouku kālā US $ 50,000 mai ka ʻO Sandal Foundation, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kikowaena ma mua o ka manawa.
He wahi palekana ke kikowaena no nā ʻōpio e hoʻolilo i ko lākou manawa a me kahi kikowaena nui no ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā pāʻani aloha, nā hoʻokūkū haʻuki, a me nā hanana leʻaleʻa. Hoʻonani ka hana hou i kēia manawa i kahi basketball hou hou a me ka pā multipurpose me nā pono netball e pili pū ana, nā mea nānā hou i kūkulu hou ʻia, kau ʻia nā kukui e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hanana i ka pō a me ka palekana, ka pā, a me nā mural kala e hoʻonaninani i kahi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Sandals Foundation, ʻo Karen Zacca, ua hoʻomaka ka papahana ma 2019 a he hana aloha ia e pili ana me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka Foundation i ke kūkulu kaiāulu a me ke komo ʻana i ka poʻe ʻōpio ma o nā haʻuki.
"ʻO nā ākea e paipai i nā haʻuki e hui pū i nā kamaʻāina e pāʻani, kūkulu i nā pilina, hoʻomohala i nā mākau no ke ola a pau, a he mea nui i ke olakino o kahi kaiāulu. Ma waho o kēlā me kēia ʻohana pili, kōkua mai ko mākou mau kaiaulu iā mākou i kahi ʻano o ka lilo ʻana, a e hāʻawi mau ka Sandals Foundation i ka mea nui i ka hana ʻana i nā wahi palekana no kā mākou mau kaiāulu e ulu pono ai. "
ʻO ka luna pili lehulehu ma Sandals Ocho Rios Resort, ʻo Lyndsay Isaacs, nāna i hoʻohui i nā loiloi i ʻōlelo ʻia ua hōʻoia ka hui e hoʻohana i nā mākau o nā mea hana a me nā limahana kūloko e hana i nā hana hou.
"Pono nā papahana e lawelawe i ke kaiāulu e hoʻohana i nā lawelawe o ke kaiāulu. E like me ka hiki, hiki i ka Foundation hoʻokumu i nā loea kūloko e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻano o ka ʻona i ka hana hoʻomohala a e kōkua hoʻi i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ola o ka poʻe e hana nei. "
ʻO nā mural he nui, i hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma waena o ka papa haʻuki, ua kiʻi ʻia e ka mea pena kiʻi ʻāina ʻo Zara a pena ʻia e nā malihini a Sandals Resorts a me nā lālā o ka hui i manawaleʻa i ka wā o nā hana hoʻolaha ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka coronavirus.
"He hana ʻohana kēia na mākou, a ʻo ka Sandals Foundation ke kaʻa e hiki ai i kā mākou mau malihini kipa, nā lālā o ka hui, nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi, a me nā hoa ke loaʻa ka manawa kūpono e lawelawe ai i nā kaiāulu kahi e hana ai mākou. Nui koʻu hauʻoli i ka hopena o kēia papahana a ʻaʻohe oʻu kanalua e hoʻohana maikaʻi ka poʻe o St. Ann iā ia. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dehalo Sappleton, he kanaka haʻuki basketball ʻo Ocho Rios, na nā ʻaha i hana hou ʻia e kōkua i nā kime kūloko e loaʻa i kā lākou mau ʻeha ma ko lākou ʻāina.
“Mahalo nui ʻia kēia ʻano makana, a e mālama mākou iā ia e like me kā mākou ia. No Ocho Rios kekahi mau poʻokela poʻokela akamai loa, a hele pinepine mākou i Kingston a me Montego Bay e hana i ko mākou inoa. Hāʻawi kēia ʻaha hou i kēia manawa i ka manawa kūpono e hana ai i ko mākou inoa i ko mākou kūlanakauhale. "
A ʻo Kurt Dale, ka luna haʻuki no ka pālisa o St. Ann me ka Institute of Sports, i ʻōlelo ʻia e kōkua nā mea hana hou i nā netballers i hoʻoulu i ko lākou mākau a hoʻomohala i ka pae o ke komo ʻana i ka haʻuki.
"Ua ʻike mākou a hiki i ka 50% o ka poʻe makemake ʻole e hoʻonui i ko lākou mākau i ka kinipōpō, no ka mea ʻaʻohe o lākou pono e pāʻani ai. Pono kekahi mau kaikamahine e huakaʻi i kahi mamao loa e hiki ai ke pāʻani, akā me ka loaʻa koke o nā ʻaha e like me kēia, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ko lākou hele ʻana a komo. ”
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “This is a family affair for us, and the Sandals Foundation is the vehicle through which our resort guests, team members, travel agents, and partners get an opportunity to serve the communities in which we operate.
- A number of the girls have to travel a long distance to be able to play, but with courts like this readily available, it will be much easier for them to go out and participate.
- Director of Operations at the Sandals Foundation, Karen Zacca, says the project commenced in 2019 and has been a labor of love aligned with the Foundation's commitment to community development and engaging youth through sports.
