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Recenlty the Maui Hotel & Lodging Association delivered 16,800 pounds of rice throughout Maui, Molokai, and Lanai for the Thanksgiving holiday.
This year's "Rice for the Holidays" event started Nov. 18 where MHLA partnered with Triology Excursions for the 30th annual "Turkey & Rice Holiday Gifting."
MHLA boarded Trilogy's charter and helped to deliver 850 turkey and rice bags to the Lanai community at the Lanai Rec Center.
In 2008, MHLA began contributing 5-pound rice bags to families at the event and since then, the holiday gifting expanded to include other partnerships throughout the visitor industy, according to a news release. Every year, following the Lanai distributions, Young Brothers and Molokai Island Foundation distribute rice to the Molokai community while Feed My Sheep and Hana-Resort distribute rice on Maui.
"Being able to partner with our members to bring holiday cheer to our county is such a joy," says Lisa Paulson, executive director of MHLA. "This event really shows how our industry cares about the community."
In December, MHLA is sponsoring the nonprofit, Maui Nui Resource Council, through another Trilogy Excursion event, the "Blue 'Aina Reef Clean-Up." in addition to the annual Na Kupuna appreciation event. For more information on how to support events like these, visit the MHLA website, https://mauihla.org/.