{"id":114068,"date":"2020-03-20T08:25:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=114068"},"modified":"2020-08-07T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:05:45","slug":"coaches-mahalo-offer-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/20\/coaches-mahalo-offer-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaches say mahalo, offer support during COVID-19 situation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_114079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114079\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-athletics-coaches.jpg\" alt=\"laura beeman and michele nagamine in action\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-athletics-coaches.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-athletics-coaches-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-athletics-coaches-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from left) Laura Beeman and Michele Nagamine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/\">Athletics Department<\/a> head coaches are showing support via Twitter to thank or reach out to anyone in need during the COVID-19 health crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michele Nagamine<\/strong>, women\u2019s soccer head coach, posted a message from her team captain offering to run errands for anyone at risk of contracting COVID-19. Nagamine, also known as &lsquo;Coach Bud,&rsquo; used hashtags &#35;raisedright, &#35;thereshope and &#35;proudcoach.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Got this text from my team capt:<br \/>\n&ldquo;Hi Coach Bud! If you know anyone who\u2019s elderly or has health issues, I would be happy to run errands for them or do anything they might feel uncomfortable doing during this pandemic!&rdquo; Smiling face with halo&#x1f44f;&#x1f3fc;RainbowGreen heart&#x1f919;&#x1f3fc; &#35;raisedright &#35;thereshope &#35;proudcoach <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Michele Nagamine (@michelebud) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MicheleBud\/status\/1240341765946658816\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Beeman<\/strong> posted three messages thanking Duke&#8217;s Waikiki and Side Street Inn for their support of the women\u2019s basketball program and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Athletics. The women\u2019s basketball head coach used the hashtag &#35;alohacantbestopped.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@DukesWaikiki<br \/>\n day #1 of takeout! Hours of takeout are 11am-9pm. If you are in Waikiki stop by and support! Mahalo @DukesWaikiki for the many pre and post game meals they have provided our program. It\u2019s our turn to support you!! &#35;alohacantbestopped <\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Beeman (@LauraBeeman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBeeman\/status\/1240429176554811392\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@DukesWaikiki<br \/>\n mahalo for the pre &#38; post game meals you donate to our program. It\u2019s our turn to support you! If you are in Waikiki<br \/>\n@DukesWaikiki<br \/>\n is open for takeout\/delivery from 11a-9p. &#35;alohacantbestopped<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Beeman (@LauraBeeman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBeeman\/status\/1240438539633848320\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@sidestreetinn<br \/>\n mahalo for always supporting our<br \/>\n@HawaiiWBB<br \/>\n and<br \/>\n@HawaiiAthletics<br \/>\n programs. It\u2019s our turn to support you! Dinner tonight will he picked up curbside. Kalbi beef, fried rice and more.  Everyone stay safe &#38; keep supporting our local eateries. &#35;alohacantbestopped<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Beeman (@LauraBeeman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBeeman\/status\/1240490368635813888\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Marc Arakaki<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michele Nagamine and Laura Beeman reached out via Twitter to show their support during the COVID-19 health crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[82,1411,1416,9,550],"class_list":["post-114068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114068"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115012,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114068\/revisions\/115012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}