No acknowledgment
On Nov. 15, I wrote several person checks — a couple donations checks.
On Dec. 3. I received a thank you letter from Habitat for Humanity, based in Americus, Georgia, acknowledging receipt of monetary donation.
The other check I wrote was to The Food Basket, Hawaii Island’s Food Bank.
A couple years ago I gave a monetary donation to the same food basket, and both times I received nothing to date. I’m writing this letter to indicate that if you expect acknowledgment of your gift, then don’t make any contribution to the The Food Basket.
Bob Akamine
Hilo
Mahalo for route
Mahalo and kudos to whoever thought of a Mauna Loa lava-viewing route along Old Saddle Road in Pohakuloa Training Area.
What an elegant way to safely see Mauna Loa’s magnificent show away from the 60 mph traffic on Saddle Road.
Many agencies must have cooperated to bring this off. Thanks, everybody.
Jane Field
Volcano
‘Sacrifice and assistance’
On Nov. 24 as Thanksgiving meals were being prepared around the island, many areas lost power due to the substantial winds blowing that day.
Our power was out for approximately seven hours, which resulted in challenges to prepare a meal for 10 people.
However, I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of the Hawaiian Electric employees who worked so diligently to restore power.
While our Thanksgiving meal required some creativity for us to complete, many of the Hawaiian Electric staff were away from their homes for most of the day.
Thank you for your sacrifice and assistance.
Roger Guenette
Pahoa
Great care
I have to agree with Crawford Gonsalves (Your Views, Tribune-Herald) about the care that Dr. Jesse Maag gives his patients.
My husband and I had him at Kaiser when he worked there, and when he moved to the VA clinic, my husband had him there. My husband was 100% disabled with the VA, and Dr. Maag and his two nurses took great care of him there until he passed away in August 2020.
Great job, Dr. Maag and hopefully wherever you are going they appreciate you as much as I did.
Barbara Daraling
Hawaiian Paradise Park