Hiki ke paʻakikī ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāu mau mea kahiko i kahi hale kūʻai lole kahiko, akā ʻo ka manaʻo, e loaʻa i kāu mau mea kahi ola lua. Ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana, e hoʻoili ʻia i ka mea nona hou. Akā pehea ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ai i kēia mau mea no ka hoʻohana hou ʻana?
ʻO 26 Valencia ma Kapalakiko he hale kūʻai haʻahaʻa ʻekolu papahele i hana ʻia ma mua he hale hana kāmaʻa kahiko. I kēia manawa ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hāʻawi palena ʻole i ka Salvation Army ma ʻaneʻi, a i loko ua like ia me ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi.
"I kēia manawa, aia mākou ma kahi hoʻoiho ukana," wahi a Cindy Engler, ka luna hoʻopili lehulehu no The Salvation Army, iaʻu. Ua ʻike mākou i nā kaʻa ukana piha i nā ʻeke ʻōpala, nā pahu, nā kukui, nā holoholona hoʻopihapiha hele hewa - e hele mau ana nā mea a ua walaʻau ka wahi.
“ʻO kēia ka hana mua,” wahi āna. "Ua lawe ʻia mai ke kaʻa a laila hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma muli o ka ʻāpana o ka hale e hele aku nei no ka hoʻokaʻawale hou ʻana."
Ua iho māua ʻo Engler i lalo i loko o ka hohonu o kēia hale kūʻai nui ʻekolu papahele. Ma nā wahi a pau āu e hele ai, hoʻokaʻawale kekahi i nā makana i loko o nā haneli o nā mīkini palaki. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ka hale kūʻai kona ʻano ponoʻī: aia kahi hale waihona puke o ʻelima mau lumi me nā papa puke he 20 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, kahi e hoʻomoʻa ʻia ai nā moena i loko o ka umu nui e hōʻoia i ka palekana no ke kūʻai hou ʻana, a me kahi e mālama ai i nā mea pono.
Ua hele ʻo Engler ma mua o kekahi o nā kaʻa. "Nā kiʻi paʻi, nā mea pāʻani palupalu, nā hīnaʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ka mea e hana nei ma ʻaneʻi," wahi āna.
"Ua hiki mai paha i nehinei," wahi a Engler i ko mākou hala ʻana i nā kānaka e ʻimi ana i nā puʻu lole.
"I ke kakahiaka nei ua hoʻokaʻawale mākou iā lākou no nā papa o ka lā ʻapōpō," wahi a Engler, "hana mākou i 12,000 mau lole i ka lā."
Hoʻokomo ʻia nā lole hiki ʻole ke kūʻai ʻia i loko o nā balers. ʻO ka Baler kahi mīkini paʻi nui e wili ana i nā lole āpau i hiki ʻole ke kūʻai ʻia i loko o nā cubes nui e like me ka moena. Nānā ʻo Engler i ke kaumaha o kekahi o nā ʻeke: "ʻO ke kaumaha o kēia he 1,118 paona."
A laila e kūʻai ʻia aku ka bale i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, nāna paha e hoʻohana no nā mea e like me ke hoʻopiha ʻana i nā kāpeti.
"No laila, ʻoiai nā mea i haehae ʻia a hōʻino ʻia he ola ko lākou," wahi a Engler iaʻu. "Hoʻoikaika mākou i kekahi mau mea e hele i kahi mamao loa. Mahalo mākou i kēlā me kēia hāʻawi."
Ke hoʻomau nei ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka hale, ua like ia me kahi labyrinth. Aia kahi lumi kuke, kahi halepule, a ua haʻi mai ʻo Engler iaʻu he kahua bowling ma mua. Ua kani koke ka bele - ʻo ka manawa ʻaina ahiahi ia.
ʻAʻole wale ia he hale kūʻai, he hale nō hoʻi. ʻO ka hana hale kūʻai he ʻāpana ia o ka papahana hoʻōla lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka waiʻona o ka Salvation Army. Noho, hana a loaʻa i nā mea komo ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma ʻaneʻi no ʻeono mahina. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Engler iaʻu he 112 mau kāne e ʻai ana i ʻekolu mau ʻai i ka lā.
He manuahi ka papahana a kālā ʻia e nā loaʻa kālā o ka hale kūʻai ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia lālā kahi hana manawa piha, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pilikino a me ka hui, a ʻo kahi hapa nui o ia mea ka ʻuhane. Kuhikuhi ka Salvation Army i ka 501c3 a wehewehe iā ia iho ʻo "ka ʻāpana evangelical o ka Universal Christian Church".
"ʻAʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nui i nā mea i hana ʻia i ka wā ma mua," wahi āna. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka wā e hiki mai ana a hana i kāu mau pahuhopu. Pono wau e loaʻa ke Akua i loko o koʻu ola, pono wau e aʻo hou pehea e hana ai, a ua aʻo mai kēia wahi iaʻu i kēlā."
Ke hele nei au ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui a hiki i ka hale kūʻai. ʻO nā mea a kekahi kanaka i lilo i kēia manawa, me he mea lā naʻu ia. Ua nānā au i loko o nā ʻāʻī a loaʻa iaʻu kahi piano kahiko ma ka ʻoihana lako. ʻO ka hope loa, ma Cookware, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi pā maikaʻi loa no $1.39. Ua hoʻoholo wau e kūʻai.
Ua hele kēia pā ma nā lima he nui ma mua o kona hiki ʻana i loko o kaʻu ʻeke. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo he pūʻali koa. ʻO wai ka mea ʻike, inā ʻaʻole au e uhaʻi iā ia, e hiki hou mai ana paha ʻo ia ma ʻaneʻi.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-21-2023