Colorado for Hawai‘i — Flood Relief from Colorado’s Climate Community

In March 2026, back-to-back Kona Low storms devastated O‘ahu and Maui. This is the worst flooding Hawai‘i has seen in over two decades.

Streets turned into rivers. Entire neighborhoods were submerged overnight. More than 115,000 people lost power. Hundreds of families lost their homes, many of them generational and irreplaceable. Thousands were forced to evacuate with little to nothing. Farmers lost entire harvests with no crop insurance to fall back on.

The total damage is expected to exceed $1 billion. The need is immediate.

We are Colorado’s climate community - scientists, builders, advocates, entrepreneurs, investors, and people who care deeply about the planet and the people on it. And this week we’re all coming together for Colorado Climate Week. There will be 90+ events. Thousands of people. A shared commitment to climate solutions - and to climate resilience.

With so many of us together this week, it felt like a good moment to do something.

Our goal: $25,000 this week. If each of us gave even a small amount, we could get there quickly. Across 90+ events, it doesn’t take much per person to make a meaningful impact. And every dollar goes directly to people who need it right now.

We’re directing all funds to the Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s Stronger Hawai‘i Fund - activated specifically for this disaster, with a proven track record of getting resources to those who need them most.

We talk a lot about climate solutions, but climate resilience is part of the work now too. Kona lows are a known Hawai’i weather pattern - but storms like these are becoming more intense, bringing heavier rainfall and more destructive flooding. Communities are being asked to absorb more, more often.

This is the other side of the work now too. We can’t stop the storms, but we can help people rebuild.

Please donate what you can. Share this with your network. Let’s reach $25k this week.

With love from Colorado

About the Organizer

I’m Jacqueline Hall, and I started this fund because I believe we give more when we give together.

I’m part of Colorado’s climate community and attending Colorado Climate Week - an annual gathering of people working on climate solutions across the state. When the Hawai‘i floods hit, I wanted to create one place where our community could show up collectively - because that’s more powerful, and because it tells Hawai‘i that they are not alone.

This is also personal.

Hawai‘i, and island communities more broadly, are among the first to feel the real impacts of climate change. And Maiven Energy, the company I founded, has been deeply supported by the community there.

The community we’ve been lucky enough to get to know include some of the most innovative, generous, and grounded people I know. The Aloha spirit is real, you see it in how people care for each other.

Right now, Hawai’i needs that same care in return.

I am not affiliated with any organization running this campaign. I am an individual who cares and wanted to make it easy for others to take action.

100% of funds raised will be donated directly to the Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s Stronger Hawai‘i Fund, a disaster relief fund activated specifically for the March 2026 flooding.

The Hawai‘i Community Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) with decades of experience directing resources to communities across the islands.

I will post a public update once all funds are transferred, including a receipt.