He Hopena i kahi au, a me ka nānā ʻana i ko mākou mau makahiki e hiki mai ana

Na Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena, The Ocean Foundation

Me ka huikau o ke kaumaha a me ka haʻaheo ke haʻi aku nei au ua ʻae au i ka haʻalele ʻana o ko mākou noho hoʻokumu, ʻo Wolcott Henry mai ka Papa o The Ocean Foundation.

ʻOiai he 11 mau makahiki ua hoʻokomo ʻo Wolcott i kēia hui ma ke ʻano he poʻo hoʻokumu o ke kōmike aʻoaʻo kumu mua a laila ʻo ka Papa Hoʻokele, ua ʻae ʻo ia e noho no kā mākou makahiki 10th anniversary a ʻike i ka The Ocean Foundation i kāna mau makahiki ʻelua. Mahalo nui mākou no kāna mau makahiki lawelawe a me kona makemake e ʻike i ka makahiki 10th Anniversary. Mahalo nui mākou i kāna mālama ʻana i ka hanana ma New York i ka mahina o Nowemapa i hala a me kāna lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he haku o nā hana ma ka hanana ma Wakinekona.

ʻO ka mea nui aʻe, mahalo mākou iā Wolcott Henry no kāna ʻeono manaʻo e pili ana i ka pono o ke kaiāulu e hana like ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka moana. E like me kāna i hana ai me nā papahana ʻē aʻe e like me ka DC Marines Community a me ka CGBD Marine Conservation Program, ua ʻike ʻo Wolcott Henry i ka pono o kahi ʻano hana kālā pane a me nā ʻano like ʻole e kākoʻo i ka poʻe e hana ikaika nei no ko mākou moana a nā kaiāulu e hilinaʻi nei iā lākou. ʻO ka Ocean Foundation ka hopena o ia ʻike. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona manawa a me kāna mau kiʻi kupaianaha ma ka inoa o ka hana a mākou e hana nei - e hoʻolohe i nā kiʻi hou ma kā mākou pūnaewele i hoʻonui ʻia. Ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hānai ʻana i nā papahana e like me Marine Photobank, Kauka Moana, a ʻO Blue Legacy International, i kēia manawa i hoʻopau ʻia. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā ala he nui e hiki ai i ka Ocean Foundation ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka kūleʻa philanthropic no nā mea hāʻawi. Ua hāʻawi lokomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna ʻike me nā mea āpau mai nā limahana a i ka Papa Kūkākūkā.

Mai ka hapaha mua o ka miliona dala ma ke kapikala hana, ua ulu ka Ocean Foundation i 15 mau manawa ma mua o ka loaʻa kālā; lilo i mea kākoʻo kālā kiʻekiʻe no nā hanana o nā papahana i mālama ʻia, hānai ʻia, a hoʻomaka; Ua loaʻa iā ia nā helu kiʻekiʻe mai Guidestar a me Charity Navigator, a ua hoʻopuka i nā hopena mālama mālama ʻia no nā honu kai, nā ʻaʻa koʻa, nā lau nahele, nā kohola, nā lawaiʻa, a me nā mea ola moana ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua. Mahalo mākou iā Wolcott a me nā papa āna i noho ai (The Henry Foundation and The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation) no ko lākou lokomaikaʻi i kona manawa, kā lākou kumu waiwai, a me kā lākou kākoʻo i kā mākou papahana hoʻokipa a me ka Ocean Leadership Fund.

Ke hoʻokipa nei ka Papa o The Ocean Foundation i nā lālā hou e pani i kona poʻe kahiko, a hoʻonui i ka Papa Kūkākūkā e hoʻonui i ka ʻike ma ka tap, mahalo wau ʻaʻole e nalowale ka naʻauao a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o Wolcott Henry a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hope o ka Foundation e pili ana i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia mai ka wā i hala. Loaʻa i ka Wool kahi kālā hāʻawi aʻoaʻo ma The Ocean Foundation, a e hoʻomau ʻo ia i mea hāʻawi a me ke kākāʻōlelo iā mākou.

E ʻoluʻolu e hui pū me aʻu i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā Wolcott, ka Luna Hoʻokele Emeritus i kēia manawa, no kāna ʻike, kāna mau makahiki o ka lawelawe ʻana, a me nā makana he nui āna i kau ai ma ka inoa o ko kākou moana honua.