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Maui Now: One year since Maui wildfires humanitarian organization continues to give back
Humanitarian aid organization, World Vision returns to West Maui this week to host several distribution drives for families affected by last year’s wildfires. Days after the wildfires struck, World Vision was on the ground in Lahaina working with local...
The Maui News: Rotary D5000 fire relief effort provides funds for Maui Rescue Mission mobile units
KAHULUI–The Rotary Club of Kihei Wailea has successfully secured a $21,000 grant from the Rotary D5000 Foundation Maui Fires Relief Fund to support the Maui Rescue Mission (MRM) mobile units, according to a press release. The first unit has been deployed to different...
Maui Now: Rotary Club of Kīhei Wailea secures $21,000 grant for Maui Rescue Mission mobile units
The Rotary Club of Kīhei Wailea has received a $21,000 grant from the Rotary D5000 Foundation Maui Fires Relief Fund to support Maui Rescue Mission mobile units, according to an announcement. The first unit has been deployed to different locations weekly, offering...
Maui Now: Rotary D5000 Foundation, Maui Fires Relief Fund offers laundry service at Puʻuhonua o Nēnē shelter
The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset successfully secured a $7,200 grant from the Rotary D5000 Foundation Maui Fires Relief Fund to provide six months of laundry service for the Puʻuhonua o Nēnē shelter in Central Maui. With approximately 140 residents currently residing...
Hawaii Community Foundation: Meeting Maui Residents Where They Are
Using mobile hygiene units as an entry point, Maui Rescue Mission connects with unhoused people on their terms. When Maui resident “Charles” lost work as a contractor nearly a decade ago, he assumed he’d easily get back on his feet. (We are using a pseudonym to...
KLOVE Radio: LOCAL Closer Look Interview: Maui Rescue Mission
Jeanice Lee talks to Scott Hansen, Executive Director of Maui Rescue Mission. Hansen shares how they mobilized during the Lahaina fire and how they continue to serve those who need assistance. They are a mobile outreach that serves the homeless 5 days a week by...
KITV: Non-profit organization in need of volunteers to help Maui’s houseless fire survivors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIyQNPX3r-w LAHAINA, Hawaii (Island News) -- The non-profit group Maui Rescue Mission (MRM) offers a mobile shower for the island's houseless population, among other services. Nowadays the group is trying to help more of Maui’s...
New York Times (Opinion): Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell
"...'A lot of the people we deal with don’t have connections with family,' said Scott Hansen, the executive director of the Maui Rescue Mission, a group that works with unhoused people and has helped lead efforts to find some who disappeared in the fires. 'There’s no...
KEYT: Central Coast non-profit organization Maui Rescue Mission raises funds to help the growing population of the unhoused
https://youtu.be/dcYgOcsXo5A The Maui Rescue Mission is raising funds to help the growing homeless population and those still not found in Maui after the recent deadly wildfires. Brian Nelson and his business partner, John Savage, began their mobile rescue project...
KITV4: Efforts continue to identify remains from Maui fires, including homeless
"...Nonprofit organization, Maui Rescue Mission helps with mobile trailers providing laundry and showers to homeless residents across the island. They created a list of individuals still unaccounted for from the homeless community. Over 30 names on the list have yet...
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