Laird Hamilton Backs Maui Wildfire Relief Effort

We've been following the Maui wildfires since they broke out on the island in late July.

The Hawaii community at large, including waterman Kai Lenny, Archie Kalepa, and John John Florence, have come together to help it recover.

Today, big wave surfer Laird Hamilton used his social media presence to ask the public to help too.

Hamilton captioned the post above:

"Thinking about everyone on Maui. if you’d like to donate to help those impacted, pls head to the link in my bio. We are going to stand behind them for the years to come."

The Maui Wildfire Relief Effort Pledge page provides the details below:

"Maui and the Hawaiian islands are a place of community, a place of Ohana ('family'), and a place that many of us have called home. We've come together to help Maui during its darkest hour and are committed to doing all that we can to help with the ongoing disaster relief and the longer-term, rebuilding of an island that we all love.

"Donations can be made to individual organizations, or evenly split between 4 nonprofits that are actively helping families with their essential needs (i.e. food, shelter, etc.), displaced pets, and have all been selected because they are local and actively working on the relief effort.

"All donations will be tax-deductible and you'll receive a tax receipt once you've donated."

• Maui Humane Society - The Humane Society is adding capacity to help with the huge influx of displaced animals on the island.

• Maui Strong - Set-up by the Hawaii Community Foundation, this fund will provide community resilience with resources for disaster preparedness.

• Maui Food Bank - With every $1 donated, the Maui Food Bank can provide 4 meals to the hungry living in our island community.

• Boys & Girls Club of Maui - The Boys & Girls Club of Maui is helping families and kids impacted by the wildfires.

• Merriman's Fund - Started by Merriman's restaurants, the Fund is feeding 7,000 people per day right now and needs donations.

• Period Abundance Project - The organization is working with Lahaina community leader Audrie Green to help the women of Lahaina.

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