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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...
Noozhawk: Santa Ynez Resident’s Maui Rescue Mission Serves Homeless Population with Plans to Expand
Recent wildfires in Maui have destroyed 3,000 homes and businesses, making an already serious homelessness problem worse. Maui Rescue Mission has been serving the unhoused community in Maui for seven years and hopes to bring on more staff to...
Honolulu Civil Beat: Where Did Lahaina’s Homeless Population Go?
"Before the wildfire, Sean Brown and Ben Henrie would park their colorful hygiene trailer outside Lahaina Baptist Church for four hours each week, providing shower and laundry facilities for dozens of homeless people. After the historic town that had been their most...
KITV4: Volunteer steps up to aid Lahaina fire victims whose homes were spared
"...Kanani Adolpho...helped get the shower from non-profit Maui Rescue Mission parked in the area for the first time Wednesday... Maui Rescue Mission is still deciding when to make the shower available. They typically serve the homeless – but are offering the trailer...
Honolulu Civil Beat: Lahaina Fire Survivors Struggle To Put Lives Back Together
"...Scott Hansen, executive director of Maui Rescue Mission, has more short-term consideration in mind. At the Lahaina Gateway shopping center, Hansen stood outside a small trailer housing a shower and laundry, holding the door closed for someone bathing inside. He’s...
CBS News: Here’s how to help Hawaii during the devastating Maui wildfires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-r5irf8Jj0 Organizations are working to provide supplies, shelter and medical care to those affected by the deadly fires on Hawaii's island of Maui. Lauren Wittel, a communications consultant with the Maui Rescue Mission, explains how...
CNN: Hyperlocal nonprofit says it cannot access west of Maui right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynYEMQU8xg WATCH FULL INTERVIEW HERE. "Maui Rescue Mission is not able to access western Maui because it is 'completely cut off from communication and power,' according to Lauren Henrie, a communications consultant for the hyperlocal...
Lahaina News: Volunteers help the homeless and needy at community hub in Lahaina
There’s a hub in Lahaina, where a corps of hands have joined together for the good of us all. The gathering place is at 520 Wainee St., in the parking lot next to Lahaina Baptist Church. It’s a flurry of activity, a resource center for the West Side needy, with hot...
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