After the Lahaina wildfire in Maui, local parents are struggling to cope and explain the situation to their children.
To offer support, Project:Camp, a nonprofit, has launched a free day camp at the Maui YMCA for children ages six to 16, providing them a sense of normalcy and positivity.
Project:Camp cofounder Ozzie Baronsays they aim to foster resilience in affected communities and emphasize the importance of optimism and a sense of belonging for the children.
After the devastating wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Uber announced initiatives to support the affected community.
They pledged $500-thousand to the Hawai’i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund, and added a donation button on their app, promising to match the first $500-thousand of user donations.
They’re also offering free rides to shelters for evacuees, financial support for local drivers, and say they're committed to helping rebuild and restore the community.
The devastating wildfires in Maui have impacted hundreds of pregnant women and new moms, making them desperate for medical care and supplies.
To address this urgent need, the nonprofit Pacific Birth Collective has been delivering essentials via jet ski and boat, and Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii has dispatched a mobile clinic van offering free services.
Although these organizations are receiving support now, they say the recovery effort will take years and they’ll continue to need the world’s help.
In response to the recent devastating wildfires in Maui, some significant help is coming in from Chicago.
Yesterday, the Northern Illinois Food Bank sent out 41 pallets of dry goods in partnership with ALDI and Feeding America.
Then United Airlines sent a plane from Chicago's O'Hare airport headed to Maui with 24-thousand pounds of supplies, and the plane will return to the mainland with passengers who’ve been stranded on the island since the fires began.
After a trip to Maui earlier this year, eight-year-old Julian Lin from New York City learned that a friend he made there, Ryan, lost his home in the recent wildfires.
Julian set up a lemonade stand in Central Park and launched a crowdfund, raising over $7-thousand, which will be shared between Ryan, Maui United Way, and the Maui Humane Society.
Julian is an aspiring entrepreneur whose mantra is “Make Money, Do Good,” and he believes deeply in generosity, saying, "Generosity to me is like breathing."
In the wake of the Old Lahaina wildfires, culinary professionals and volunteers from Hawaii and around the world have come together to help victims and emergency workers.
Celebrity chef Lee Anne Wong, whose popular Lahaina restaurant was destroyed, teamed up with Maui chef Sheldon Simeon to prepare meals and urged other chefs, farmers, and vendors to contribute.
Additionally, restaurants from other islands pledged support and the Southern Smoke Foundation offered emergency relief for food and beverage workers affected by the disaster.
We recently told you that former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has a new solo album coming even though he’s battling cancer. Well, the rocker has let us in on how he has all the energy.
Following the devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, professional golfer Collin Morikawa has pledged his support to the community.
The 26-year-old PGA champ took to Instagram to announce that he will donate $1,000 to the recovery effort for every birdie he makes during this season’s FedExCup Playoffs.
Although Morikawa was born in California, his grandfather once owned a restaurant in Lahaina, the town that suffered the most damage from the wildfires.
August 8this International Cat Day! This is the day we celebrate our feline friends! The International Fund Animal Welfare (IFAW) along with other animal rights groups founded the holiday in 2002 and we’ve had an official day to honor our cats ever since.
Today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day and Yelp is helping us celebrate with a new ranking of the best chocolate chip cookies in the country.
They analyzed all the reviews on their site and came up with the best spots in the U.S. for these sweet treats.
The best chocolate chip cookie can be found at Zenaida’s Cafe in Las Vegas, where they serve “ooey-gooey, warm chocolate chip cookies topped with a white chocolate glaze” for free when you get your bill.
Celine Dion’s sister, Claudette, has provided an update on the singer, saying their sister Linda has moved in to help, along with Celine's three sons René-Charles, Eddy, and Nelson
Claudette also says Celine is struggling to find medications that help her but that she's taking the advice of top researchers
Claudette adds that Celine is working to hopefully get back to performing in the future
As we previously reported, Celine, is battling Stiff Person Syndrome which affects muscles in the trunk and arms
In 2021, Sebastien Roure found a class ring at a World War II battlefield in France, and later discovered it belonged to U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Kuroda, a Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in 1944.
Roure reached out to Kuroda's family, who traveled to France to reclaim the ring and now proudly display it alongside Kuroda’s Medal of Honor at their family business in Hawaii.
This week, the Roure family visited the Kurodas in Hawaii, getting to see the ring again, meeting the family and getting a tour of the island as thanks for returning an important part of their family’s history.