Inā ʻoe i hana ma ka honua nonprofit no nā makahiki he ʻumi e like me aʻu, maʻa ʻoe i ka mālama kālā i kēlā me kēia pae o ke ala. Ke hana nui nei ʻoe i ka loaʻa kālā no ka holo ʻana i kāu mau papahana, lilo ia i ke kaʻina hana maʻamau e ʻimi ai i nā makana maikaʻi loa, e mālama i nā kālā e like me ka hiki. ʻAʻole pono e ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manawa e kūʻai ai i nā lako waho a me nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe o ka laina.

Mahalo, ʻ .lelo Hoʻolāʻau ʻĀpana Pūnaewele ke hoʻololi nei ia ma o ka Polokalamu Kākoʻo Kūʻai ʻo The Ocean Foundation. Hāʻawi ʻo Columbia Sportswear i nā kaukani kālā o nā mea hou i nā papahana The Ocean Foundation i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e kōkua ana iā mākou e hoʻokō i kā mākou mau misionari! Nā mea hoʻohui moana ʻo ia ka mea laki i loaʻa mai i nā ʻano mea like ʻole o Columbia Sportswear - nā ʻaʻahu, nā ʻeke ʻeke, nā kāmaʻa, nā pāpale, nā ukana, a me nā mea hou aku - e kōkua i kā mākou hui ma ke kula, e hana ana i hoʻonaʻauao, hoʻoulu, a hoʻohui i nā keiki kula pono ʻole me ke kai. No kahi papahana liʻiliʻi e like me Ocean Connectors, kahi mākou e ʻimi ai i kēlā me kēia makahiki e kiʻi i nā lako e pono ai mākou, ua hoʻololi kēia haʻawina i kā mākou hana ma US a me Mexico. ʻO nā huahana kiʻekiʻe a lōʻihi i hana ʻia e Columbia Sportswear he kūpono ia no kā mākou huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi koholā, huakaʻi kayak, a me ka papahana hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka noho ʻana, kahi e hoʻoikaika ai kā mākou hui i nā mea e lawe i nā keiki i waho a hauʻoli e pili ana i ka mālama kai. Ma ke ʻano he mea maʻa i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai aku i nā lako a me nā mea nui like ʻole, akā ua hoʻokomo ʻo Columbia Sportswear i kā lākou huahana i loko o kā mākou hiki ʻana ma o ka hui pū ʻana me The Ocean Foundation.

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ʻO kahi mea nui i ka hui Ocean Connectors ka pale ʻana i ka lā a, e like me ka nui o ka papahana The Ocean Foundation, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā mākou i loko, ma, a i ʻole ma lalo o ka wai. ʻO ka pule i hala iho nei ua alakaʻi au i kahi hui ʻewalu poʻe ma kā mākou Kaapuni Eco Honu Kai, e komo ana i ka holo kayak hapalua lā i loko o ka Chula Vista Wildlife Refuge o San Diego Bay, kahi e ho'āʻo ai mākou e ʻike i nā honu kai ʻōmaʻomaʻo he 60 e noho nei i ko mākou wahi. Hāʻawi ka papahana Ocean Connectors Eco Tour i nā kālā e kākoʻo i kā mākou papahana hoʻonaʻauao manuahi no nā ʻōpio hemahema. Ua ʻaʻahu au i koʻu mau kāmaʻa wai Columbia ma luna o ka waʻa, lawe au i kaʻu ʻeke poʻohiwi Columbia, a hoʻokomo i koʻu pāpale Columbia, ʻo ia mau mea a pau i hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ai iaʻu e alakaʻi i kā mākou mau malihini i kahi huakaʻi kayak hoʻohiwahiwa.

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Mahalo iā Columbia Sportswear, palekana kā mākou hui mai ka lā, ka makani, a me ka ua. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻohi kālā no ka uhi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai koʻikoʻi o kā mākou hana - nā mea e like me nā nūpepa ʻepekema wai wai, nā mea kanu maoli, uku no nā lālā o kā mākou hui, a me nā uku komo i nā aquarium kūloko. Haʻaheo mākou i ka ʻaʻahu ʻana i nā kāhiko ʻo Columbia Sportswear ma ke kula, a e hoʻolaha i ka ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o kēia hui aloha i ka pāʻani no nā papahana o The Ocean Foundation.