Kuleana Auhau

I ka wā i kāhea aku ai ʻo “Lois” i ka AUW's 211 Helpline, ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo ia e loaʻa ana ke kōkua. "Ua manaʻo wau ʻo ka manawa wale nō e hiki ai iā mākou ke kelepona no ka meaʻai a i ʻole ka hale hoʻomaha, akā ʻike wau i kahi pepa a manaʻo wau e hoʻāʻo." He pane maʻamau kēia, akā ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,000 mau kumuwaiwai i loaʻa ma o ka AUW 211 Helpline e uhi ana i kahi ākea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kelepona ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻimi i kahi mea iā ʻoe iho.

Ua kāhea ʻo Lois i ke kōkua me kāna ʻauhau. "ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kahi e hele ai i kēia makahiki," wahi āna. Me ka liʻiliʻi o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka liʻiliʻi o nā kumuwaiwai, pono ʻo ia e ʻimi i ke kōkua. Ua hiki i ka AUW 211 Specialist ke kuhikuhi iā Lois i nā keʻena ʻauhau manuahi a me nā kumuwaiwai. VITA, i ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo Voluntary Ihele mai Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tkoʻi lipi Assistance, loaʻa no nā kamaʻāina Hawaiʻi kūpono. Ua hāʻawi ka Specialist i ka ʻike kikoʻī no Lanakila MP Senior Center i hiki ai i ka mea kelepona. Loaʻa nā ʻike hou aku ma www.hawaiitaxhelp.org a i ʻole ma ke kelepona ʻana i ka laina kōkua 211 o AUW mai nā wahi a pau o ka mokuʻāina.