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 help with the expected increase in homelessness.
Maui Rescue Mission was co-founded by Santa Ynez resident Brian Nelson, who designed the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, which provides 200 unhoused men and women with shelter each night. When he found out that Maui County has the highest number of homeless people per capita, he decided along with his business partner, John Savage, to try to help. They visited Maui 30 times in three years and interviewed homeless people to find out what they needed. READ FULL STORY HERE.
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