{"id":137549,"date":"2025-07-25T09:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/137549\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:53:21","slug":"nhls-seattle-kraken-march-31-game-to-benefit-maui-economic-opportunity-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/137549\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL\u2019s Seattle Kraken March 31 game to benefit Maui Economic Opportunity : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The National Hockey League\u2019s Seattle Kraken will be donating funds to Maui Economic Opportunity and the nonprofit agency\u2019s efforts to support families impacted by the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfires at their March 31, 2025 game against the Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n

The team will donate $5 of each AANHPI ticket purchased to MEO. The special ticket offer is specifically for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Night, which celebrates the contributions and accomplishments of those groups\u2019 communities. The Night is presented by PitchBook.<\/p>\n

For those interested in attending the game at Climate Pledge Arena, Guile Chong of the Kraken said tickets are priced for accessibility and will be between $45.46 to $65.46. The ticket price includes a\u00a0limited-edition T-shirt, designed by Pacific Islander artist Toka Valu. They can be\u00a0purchased at\u00a0https:\/\/fevo-enterprise.com\/event\/Aanhpinight2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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So how did an NHL team choose the nonprofit MEO as the beneficiary? The answer is Chong and his manager, Emele Chaddock, who both have Hawai\u2018i connections.<\/p>\n

Chong, who is a group sales representative for the Kraken, grew up in Kalihi on Oahu and attended Punahou School. After graduating with a degree from Northern Arizona University, he began working in sales \u2013 which led him to Maui. He switched gears to sports management after the COVID-19 pandemic, earning a master\u2019s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle.<\/p>\n

In July 2024, Chong joined the Kraken, lured by the team\u2019s commitment to growing the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After the tragic and deadly wildfires, the team was interested in helping families impacted. Chong turned to friends he made on Maui during his sales days for an organization assisting families impacted by the wildfires.<\/p>\n

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MEO has been providing housing, utility, vehicle, appliance, clothing, school supply and employment assistance to those impacted by the wildfires. The 60-year-old nonprofit also recently closed a program that offered grants up to $10,000 to small businesses struggling due to the wildfires.<\/p>\n

In the days after the tragedy, MEO placed residents at evacuation centers into vacation rentals, drove visitors and residents out of Lahaina, helped individuals with document recovery, and offered referrals and assistance to the hundreds who called MEO for help.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are so honored to be selected for a donation by the Seattle Kraken, certainly one we were not expecting,\u201d said MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe. \u201cWe are still learning about the game of hockey, but we are certainly big fans of the Seattle Kraken.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Seattle Kraken are in their fourth season and are the NHL\u2019s 32nd team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seattle Kraken Photo The National Hockey League\u2019s Seattle Kraken will be donating funds to Maui Economic Opportunity and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[24275,24276,2925,24277,24278,5,4188,24279,24280,24281,24282,24283,24284,4,24285,2686,234,24286,5318,24287],"class_list":{"0":"post-137549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-kraken","8":"tag-aanhpi","9":"tag-asian-american-native-hawaiian-and-pacific-islander","10":"tag-climate-pledge-arena","11":"tag-emele-chaddock","12":"tag-guile-chong","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-kraken","15":"tag-kraken-maui","16":"tag-lahaina-wildfire","17":"tag-maui-economic-opportunity","18":"tag-maui-wildfire","19":"tag-meo","20":"tag-national-hokey-league","21":"tag-nhl","22":"tag-pitchbook","23":"tag-seattle","24":"tag-seattle-kraken","25":"tag-seattle-kraken-maui","26":"tag-seattlekraken","27":"tag-toka-valu"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/114913267128986014","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}