ʻAʻole i manaʻo nā kamaʻāina ʻo Elyria ʻo Kody lāua ʻo Tina e lilo i mau mākua hānai i ka wā ʻōpio.
"Ua hele mākou mai kahi kāne ʻōpio i ko mākou mau makahiki he 20 a ʻaʻohe hoa noho, a hiki i ke kuleana," wahi a Tina me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka lawe ʻana i nā moʻopuna a kāna kāne.
ʻOiai ua hoʻonui ʻia ko lāua mau puʻuwai me ko lāua ʻohana, ua ʻike nā kāne i ke ola a paʻa i ke kālā. Me ka ʻae ʻana mai ka makua o nā keikikāne, ua koi ʻo Kody iā lākou i kāna hoʻihoʻi ʻauhau no ʻelua makahiki me ka ʻole o ka pilikia.
Akā, i ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ka IRS e hoʻoponopono, paʻakikī ka ʻohana e hāʻawi i nā hōʻike e mālama ʻia nā keikikāne. Ma ke alo o $10,000 i nā ʻauhau hope, ua ʻōlelo aku ʻo Kody i ke Kokua Kānāwai, kahi i kōkua ai ʻo ACT 2 i loko o ka hale manawaleʻa ʻo John Kirn i nā kāne e ʻike a loaʻa nā palapala e pono ai lākou.
"He mea ʻino ia, akā maikaʻi kā mākou loio. Ua kōkua nui ʻo ia iā mākou, e kāhea ana iā mākou i kēlā me kēia pule e hōʻano hou iā mākou, "wahi a Tina. "A i kēia manawa ua ʻike mākou i nā palapala e pono ai mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana."
Ma ke ʻano he makua hānai iā ia iho, mālama ʻo Kirn i kāna mau mea kūʻai pro bono i ka mahalo nui. "He poʻe mahalo nui lākou," wahi a Kirn. "ʻO ka pilikia ma ka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka ʻaha i ka mālama, pono lākou e hoʻokumu i ka mālama ʻana iā lākou, a alakaʻi mākou iā lākou ma ke kaʻina hana."
I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, ua kōkua ʻo Kirn i nā kāne e loaʻa a hoʻouna i nā palapala e pono ai lākou no ka IRS. Ua loaʻa pū iā lākou kekahi wahi mālamalama ʻē aʻe i ko lākou ola. "ʻO ka helu ʻekolu, ʻo ke keiki muli loa," wahi a Kirn.
Me ka Legal Aid a me ke alakaʻi ʻana, ua loaʻa i ka ʻohana ka lono ʻaʻole lākou i ʻaiʻē i ka ʻaiʻē nui. A ʻoiai ua hui hou ʻia nā moʻopuna mua a Kody me ko lāua makua ola, aia ka male i ka pae hope loa o ka lilo ʻana i mau mākua mau loa a me kahi home palekana a paʻa i ke keiki muli loa a Kody.
Mahalo nui iā Cleveland Foundation's Encore Prize a me ka Legal Services Corporation ʻO Pro Bono Ka Waihona Hou no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka papahana manawaleʻa ACT 2 a Legal Aid no nā loio i hoʻomaha ʻia a ʻoihana hope.