SENATOR MAILE SHIMABUKURO 2023 HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE
Ka‘ena - Makahā - Waiʻanae - Nānākuli - Mā‘ili - Ko Olina
SEPTEMBER 2023
LATEST COMMUNITY UPDATES
In the midst of the catastrophic conflagration in Lahaina, Maui, the Legislature sent out a call to the people of O’ahu to bring food, clothes, and a variety of supplies. Nobody could have expected the most incredible outpouring of pure aloha. Beginning on the morning of Friday, August 11, a truly tremendous amount of cars began lining up curbside to drop off donations which were then quickly sorted by hundreds of legislators, staff members, and also volunteers at ground-level and then stored all those supplies along hallways, conference rooms, and in both capitol chambers !! Ongoing and diligent efforts have been focused on sorting and transporting the supplies to the most needy quickly. UPDATE: The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has opened up its 300,000 sqft Hakuone Warehouse as a central distribution hub to expedite and ship out all the priority needs. (It does not receive direct public donations)
We have now completed the full transfer of the donation supplies to the OHA storage facility for MAUI. Keep them in your prayers.
https://hawaiiancouncil.org/helpmaui