August 28, 2023

Mother of UK medical student housing several displaced people in Maui

Lexington, KY. (WKYT) - We have continued coverage from the Hawaii wildfires that left more than a hundred dead and thousands still missing. On Thursday, we talked to a UK Medical student from Lahaina, Alexander Muto. He and his wife are going around Lexington asking area businesses for donations for the island disaster relief.
August 28, 2023

Lexington couple helping with Maui fire victims

The wildfire in Maui is now ranked as the deadliest in the past 100 years. With at least 111 people killed and hundreds still missing. A Lexington couple who moved here from Hawaii earlier this year is motivated to lend a hand. Even though they're four thousand miles from their hometown.  "i'm scared to go because I'm just imagining that we won't be able to see what was once considered home" Kristen Muto said.
August 28, 2023

Medical duo bringing Kentucky support to the island of Maui and beyond

Lexiginton, KY. - Families are still seeking food, shelter and other emergency resources after days of heavey smoke and debris from wildfires in Maui Hawaii, and beyond. Kristen Muto and her husband Alexander are calling Lexington their new temporary home away from home as a medical duo from Hawaii.
August 18, 2023

Couple raising money from Lexington businesses to support wildfire-ravaged Hawaii

As of Monday evening, 111 people are dead, with thousands missing. A couple from the island who just moved to lexington a few months ago is collecting donations from area businesses to the community back home. The couple moved to the Bluegrass a few months ago for UK’s medical school, and now their attention is pulled four thousand miles away to Hawaii.
June 16, 2021

Molokai Youth to Attend Global Leadership Summit

Youths from throughout Maui County had the privilege of attending the Global Youth Leadership Summit July 19-25.  This prestigious international conference is hosted by the Anthony Robbins Foundation and is held at University of California San Diego campus. The group is part of the Hawaii Leaders Core (HLC) whose mission is to “empower youth for a brighter tomorrow.”
June 16, 2021

Ready to ignite: A pathway to creating a strong generation of leaders

Have you ever stumbled upon something so life-changing that you had to share it with everyone you know? That’s what happened to Alexander Muto five years ago. The then-16-year-old flew to San Diego with a friend to attend the Tony Robbins Global Youth Leadership Summit, a four-day leadership development program for youths ages 14 to 17. There, the two teens, along with more than 300 students from 27 countries, absorbed the empowering messages of the summit’s keynote speakers (including Robbins himself) and took part in discussions, games and exercises designed to help them identify their individual strengths, set personal goals and make a commitment to community service.
June 16, 2021

Leading others to dream on campus and off

WHILE MANY first-years enter college expecting accomplishment and success, Hawaii native, Alexander Muto, already holds a few notches in his belt. He’s the CEO of his own non-profit, a contributing author in a bestselling book on Amazon, and has spoken about his experiences internationally. All of that, before the age of eighteen.
June 16, 2021

Hawaii Leaders Core to host Alaka‘i Youth Leadership Academy

WEST MAUI – For the past five years, the Ignite A Life (IAI) nonprofit dba Hawaii Leaders Core (HLC) has been opening doors for the youth of our island community, sponsoring attendance at various renowned youth leadership summits across the globe, including San Diego, United Kingdom and Australia Their success rate with the students of the HLC has been stellar, so practiced, that the beneficial organization is hosting the first-ever Alaka’i Youth Leadership Academy (AYLA) this summer on June 18-24 at the Maui Beach Hotel.
12