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From: Allison Hanley
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 8:51 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Testimony in Support of Contingency Relief Funds
Dear council members,
I'm writing to express my support for the Contingency Relief Funds resolution earmarking $1,500 to Malama 0
Puna to support events and activities hosted by the Kea'au Middle PTSA.
As a board member of the KM-PTSA, we are so appreciative of the council's support to help our school provide
opportunities for our students! Puna council members are astutely aware that our school communities are in
desperate need of positive recreational opportunities for our youth. Many of our students live in very rural
areas that preclude them from easily accessing events beyond the Puna area. We'd like to envision that our
school serves as a hub for our students, their families and the greater community to connect with each other,
as seen by our recent Halloween Haunt event that brought many more families than just Kea'au Middle School
together. Your monetary support buys items that make those events more exciting to attend and easier to host
which more efficiently builds that community at the school level that we're striving for. And we appreciate
Malama 0 Puna for helping to build the capacity of our community by supporting these council contingency
relief funds going to the PTSA.
Though I cannot make the meeting in person I wanted to submit testimony in favor of these gracious funds.
Thank you to all involved in making this happen, and happy holidays to everyone.
CD
Mahalo, .-
Allison Hanley `=''
Keaau Middle School PTSA Vice President
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