Deere & Hui e hāʻawi kālā kālā $1 miliona e kākoʻo iā Habitat Hammers Back, kahi hana hoʻolaʻa lōʻihi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Habitat for Humanity International e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono a kūkulu hou ʻana i nā kaiāulu i luku ʻia e Hurricanes Harvey, Irma a me Maria.
"He mau makahiki o ka Habitat for Humanity i ke kōkua ʻana i nā ʻohana e kūkulu hou ma hope o nā pōʻino, e hāʻawi ana i nā hoʻoikaika lōʻihi a hoʻomau e kōkua i nā poʻe a me nā kaiāulu e hoʻōla hou," wahi a Samuel R. Allen, ka luna a me ka Luna Nui o Deere & Company. "ʻO Deere a me kāna mau limahana, nā mea kūʻai aku, a me nā mea kūʻai aku ua hoʻomau a hoʻomau i kēia mau hana."
ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana he $1 miliona i ka Habitat Hammers Back kahi hana ʻē aʻe i ka pane ʻana a Deere a me kāna Foundation i nā pōʻino ʻino, me:
- He $500,000 ka haʻawina makahiki a ka John Deere Foundation i ka American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program e kōkua ana i nā lako o ke Keʻa ʻulaʻula ma mua o ke kūlana, nā hale hoʻomalu, mālama i nā kaʻa a me nā mea hana manawaleʻa, no laila hiki ke hoʻomaka koke ka pane.
- ʻO nā haʻawina pilikino o nā limahana ma mua o $ 100,000 i ke Keʻa ʻulaʻula, nā waihona meaʻai kūloko, a me nā hui kōkua ʻē aʻe - ka huina i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e ka John Deere Foundation.
- ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaumaha e nā ʻoihana ʻoihana a John Deere a me nā mea kūʻai aku e kōkua i nā hana hoʻōla.
ʻO ka pane pōʻino ʻekolu o ka Habitat e kālele ana i ka hoʻomaha koke, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kaiāulu a me ka hoʻōla lōʻihi. Aia ka hui i kāna manawa pane koke - me nā loiloi pōʻino a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe - ma Texas, Florida a me ka Caribbean. E paipai a hoʻonohonoho ʻo Deere i nā kānaka a me nā hui o nā limahana e kākoʻo i nā hana hoʻōla ma o ka papahana manawaleʻa limahana o ka hui.
Ua pane aku ʻo Habitat i nā pōʻino mai ka makahiki 1997 a hiki i kēia lā ua kōkua ʻoi aku ma mua o 230,000 ʻohana ma 52 mau ʻāina ma o kāna hana pane pōʻino. Ma hope o ka Hurricane Katrina, ua kūkulu nā hui Habitat ma ke kahakai ʻo Gulf Coast ma mua o 6,000 mau hale a wehe i nā ʻōpala a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,500 mau hale e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana. Ua kau pū ʻo Habitat i nā pane iā Superstorm Sandy, nā puahiohio ma ka Hema a me Midwest, a me nā ōlaʻi a me nā ʻino ma waho.