OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR -- NEWS RELEASE -- MAUI WILDFIRE SURVIVORS SUCCESSFULLY MOVED FROM SHELTERS INTO HOTELS, TIMESHARES AND AIRBNB UNITS

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"We want to thank our partners at the American Red Cross, FEMA, the hotel industry and Airbnb, for stepping up during this unprecedented tragedy. Only together can we rise up, recover and bring healing to the Lāhainā community.

I would also like to express my gratitude to the West Maui properties who are housing hundreds of their team members and their families. These hotels and timeshares have generously opened up their properties without hesitation. I especially want to thank the Royal Lāhainā Resort for being the first hotel to step up to the plate and offer housing for those displaced from the wildfires.

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For our residents of Lāhainā, Kula and other fire-ravaged areas of Maui, recovery is going to take a great deal of time and patience. We are so very grateful for the support of President Biden and many other federal agencies who have stepped in to help them, just as we have seen the entire Hawaiʻi community send food, supplies and other tangible reflections of their aloha to help their ʻohana on the Valley isle. We ask for a focus on continued monetary donations to trusted, legitimate nonprofit organizations who are presently serving our Maui residents."

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