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Maui donations collected at Everett Grocery Outlet

Volunteers with King's Cathedral Maui help unload a donation of supplies on August 10, 2023 in Kahului, Hawaii. Dozens of people were killed and thousands displaced after a wind-driven wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina on Tuesday. King's Cathedral Maui is providing food and shelter for displaced families. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images /Getty Images)

EVERETT, Wash. — Donations for Maui were collected until 4 p.m. Sunday at the Grocery Outlet on Everett Mall Way and Evergreen Way.

Darla Matias says she will be delivering the donations to Seattle to be put on a freight and flown to Maui.

Matias says she will deliver to the CFI location.

Items needed are:

  • Water
  • First Aid kits
  • Hygiene products
  • Disinfecting wipes
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Laundry detergent
  • Diapers
  • Towels
  • Blankets
  • Nonperishable foods
  • Baby formula
  • Sleeping pads/bags
  • Air mattresses
  • Tents
  • Chairs
  • Portable charges
  • Flashlights/Headlamps
  • Batteries
  • Masks
  • Gloves
  • Saline eye drops
  • Wide gauze wraps

“I cannot say how proud I am to not only be Hawaiian, but to see our people, family, friends, and visitors desperate to rally together to help our Maui people,” said Matias. “We have all been affected somehow.”

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