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<div>On September 4th 2026, Jessica, Paul and their family lost their home in a devastating electrical fire.
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<div>In a matter of minutes, the home shared by Jessica, her husband Paul, their son, and her husband’s elderly parents was gone. Her husband suffered minor burns during the fire and, heartbreakingly, their beloved golden retriever, Apa, did not survive :(
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<div>Five members of one family are now suddenly without a home, grieving an unimaginable loss and facing the overwhelming task of rebuilding their lives from the ground up.
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<div>If you know Jessica and Paul you know the kind of people we are asking you to help.
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<div>I have rarely known a family with stronger values or kinder hearts. They are outstanding parents and deeply loving. The kind to show up with a smile and a hand before it is needed.
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<div>We are starting this fundraiser to alleviate the enormous financial weight of this tragedy and give the family time to process grieve.
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<div>The funds raised will help with the immediate needs.
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<div> The large goal reflects a large loss.
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<div>If you are able to contribute, no amount is too small.
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<div>A beach is made up with small grains of sand, and every grain counts!
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<div>Please help us surround this family with the same generosity, kindness, and care that they have given so freely to others.
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<div>Mahalo Nui
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Rebuilding Life After the Fire for Jessica & Paul's Family

<div>Aloha All,
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<div>On Wednesday our sweet Lucy girl was hit by a car. By some miracle, Lucy escaped with just a severely broken leg. Doctor’s assured us it can be repaired, but she will need an orthopedic surgeon to perform the surgery, and they’re only located on Oahu. 
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<div>We appreciate any donation, it will directly fund travel and surgery costs.
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<div>mahalo
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Lucy’s Surgery

<div>With heavy hearts I am deeply saddened to hear about the tragic passing of Alohilani and Chevis child. Losing a loved one is an incredibly difficult experience, and my heart goes out to the entire family as they navigate this unimaginable loss.
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<div>During this challenging time, it is important to come together as a community and extend our support. Funeral costs can place a significant financial burden on families, especially when unexpected. If you are able to, I encourage you to consider making a donation towards the funeral expenses. Your contribution, no matter the amount, can make a difference in helping alleviate some of the financial strain and allow the family to focus on grieving and healing.
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<div>In addition to financial support, it is crucial to offer emotional support to Lani, Chevy, and all the family members affected by this tragic loss. Reach out to them, express your deepest condolences, and let them know that you are there for them. Offer your presence, a listening ear, or any practical assistance they may need. Grief can be an isolating experience, and your support can provide comfort during these difficult times.
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<div>Let us stand together as a compassionate community to support Lani, Chevy, and their family in their time of need. By extending our support in various ways, we can help them navigate through this devastating loss and begin the healing process.
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Kia'i

<div>Aloha everyone
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<div>As you may have seen, there was a devastated fire that hit Lahaina. Our family, coach Pedro, Rafa, Alana, and Mila have lost our home, business material, surfboards, 2 cars, and all our belongings.
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<div>We are together and safe with our cat right now in a temporary location here in the island…but the future is uncertain for us at this time. We will need to start everything over from zero. 
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<div>As hard as it is, we have to ask for help right now and for the next weeks, or maybe months. 
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<div>Thank you to anyone who can contribute, anything is appreciated.
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<div>Much love ❤️
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<div>Pedro, Rafa, Alana, and Mila
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Help coach Pedro’s family after devastating fire

My brother and sister-in-law Mark and Dixie Alexander’s property and home flooded yesterday (3/8/21) due to the torrential rains and in Haiku, HI. Mark and his son Shawn were home when they saw a massive flood of water approaching. They grabbed what they could and evacuated to the community center.<br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293656886905_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293656886905_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />Mark and Dixie are still unable to go to their house, but the physical loss so far includes: Toyota Tacoma truck, ATV buggy, refrigerator, freezers, tools, equipment, storage sheds, chickens, riding lawn mower, furniture, clothing and belongings that were washed away in the flood. There is severe structural damage to the house, garage, chicken coups and gazebo.  <br /><br />Mark found out this morning that they do not have flood insurance so we are starting a Go Fund Me page to try to help them get back on their feet. <br /><br />My brother is one of the most humble, giving people around. He works as a delivery driver at Lowes and has a side business selling chicken eggs and chickens. He is the first to help anyone in need, and I am devastated for him to have lost what he has worked so hard for all his life. <br /><br />The money raised will go to replacing items lost, rebuilding structures, cleaning and starting over again. <br /><br />Mahalo for your kokua, thoughts and prayers for Mark and his family. <br /><br /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293831538193_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293831538193_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293849726766_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293849726766_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293873643567_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293873643567_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293363292775_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293363292775_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293381241328_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293381241328_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293403518072_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293403518072_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293423103792_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293423103792_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_161529343897952_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_161529343897952_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_161529346185246_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_161529346185246_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293478293377_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293478293377_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" /><img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/55178906_1615293508237620_r.jpeg" alt="55178906_1615293508237620_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />

Mark and Dixie Flood Relief

<img src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/29247564_15243567080_r.jpeg" alt="29247564_15243567080_r.jpeg" width="100%" media_type="3" />My name is Angela Nelson and I'm organizing this group of awesome Maui photographers to raise money for Kaua'i!<br /><br />We have chosen Malama Kaua'i as the beneficiary for our funds. They work directly with affected communities and will use the funds to help those who have lost their homes during the flooding a few weeks ago.<br /><br />On May 14, Kristy Copperfield and myself (Angela Nelson) will head over to Kaua'i and hand deliver the check to Malama Kaua'i.<br /><br />Thank you everyone for your support!<br /><br />----------<br /><br />We are a collective group of 20 Maui photographers and videographers aiming to support those in Hanalei and Ha'ena that have been affected by the storm that hit Kaua'i last weekend, April 13-15. <br /><br />People have lost everything and even though we are an island away, we are banding together to help the community of Hanalei.<br /><br />Funds will be donated to a non-profit (Malama Kaua'i) directly benefiting the community. <br /><br />On April 29 will will be holding Mini-Sessions around the island of Maui with ALL proceeds going to the cause. <br /><br />We have set up this Go Fund Me as a way for our clients to donate directly to the cause instead of going through our own businesses.<br /><br />We are grateful for your support at this time. It takes a village and if there's one thing we know living in Hawai'i is that we are all family!

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Aloha ~<br /><br />We would like to express our continual gratitude to all of our friends and family who have supported us along the way. It has been a pretty hard journey.<br /><br />For those that do not know, Naia, our 2 year old daughter, has a severe and rare form of epilepsy known as Migrating Partial Seizures of Infancy (MPSI). She is on the lighter end of the spectrum of this disorder, for which we are grateful (no feeding tubes, no oxygen tanks, no weeks to months at a time in a hospital repeatedly, and sheʻs made it past 2 years, which is huge). That said, life for Naia is not easy. Her seizures literally rob her of physical and mental development – they take so much from her and give nothing back. She cannot sit, crawl, walk or talk and her vision is impaired. Her seizures hit in waves, weʻll have some lighter months and then some more intense ones. The number of seizures and the intensity of her seizures vary greatly. Looking at the trends over time, the severity of her seizures have become less (knock on a fat piece of wood). <br /><br />Sadly, though her seizure intensity has decreased, she is plagued with some sort of gastric/stomach pain, or cerebral irritation; we and no specialist we have taken her to, know what or why - but she will be screaming in pain for days and nights on end. To the point where her voice is hoarse. To the point where we cannot believe she doesn’t pass out from exhaustion. To the point of where we are close to loosing our own minds as NOTHING will soothe her. <br /><br />When we take her to the drs, they say “our heart breaks for you” – thatʻs it. Thatʻs all they have to offer us at this point. Our neurologist can only suggest new medications – none of which have worked in the past, and which took us 6 horrible months to wean her off of. Donʻt get me wrong, we love our dr.ʻs. We know they care. They just have nothing left to offer. Weʻve done all their tests, weʻve tried the various medications taking the chance of what the horrible side effects may do. Weʻve gone beyond them, to more eastern influenced medicine. Weʻve seen cranial sacral therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapist, chiropractors, Hawaiian Huli Opu practiioners, tried ayurvedic diets, CBD oils, gluten-free, diary-free, low fod map diets …weʻve even gone to a psychic. Nothing has helped. Nothing. It is exhausting. And devastating. These past 8 months weʻve stopped trying so hard to find answers. We were tired of so much disappointment. Of thinking this might be it! (and when I say it! I mean something to improve her life a little, to advance her progress a little – not an end all cure all). But something has to give. She lives her life in so much pain. And it breaks our hearts every day that there is nothing we can do to help her.<br /><br />If this is news to you and you are a friend, itʻs because we try to paint a different picture on social media and when we are out in the community. You may hear us respond to the question of “How is Naia?” With “Good days, bad days”…and today is a good day or today is not so great. Thatʻs about all we can give because when we start to tell the whole story either we break down or we have found the listener is not able to hold our truth. We have seen friendships drift away and that is a different type of heartbreak. We have also seen them grow stronger and we are ever more thankful for that.<br /><br />We have been humbled by this experience to say the least. We have been striped raw and undone only to pick up the pieces and put them back together, as best we can, knowing that it will all be undone again in a matter of time. I donʻt mean to sound dramatic here…I am trying to be honest. Itʻs important for you to know this background so that you can understand why we are seeking treatments in Ecuador and asking for your help to get us there.<br /><br />We learned about Ecuador from one of Samʻs co-workers. Her best friend in Florida has a 2-year-old son with a similar condition to Naia and they went to this clinic to seek treatments. We have talked extensively with this family about the clinic and the treatments, where they have seen some great improvements for their son. This clinic flies a bit under the radar – they do not advertise. Though some might find this questionable, we find it reassuring in a sense that we feel we arenʻt being “convinced or sold” on a promising new treatment – we are learning about this clinic from other parents who have taken their kids with similar neurological disorders and have seen tangible improvements.<br /><br />Typical treatments are for about 1 month. If it doesn’t work, there are no harmful side effects. And even if we get just a little out of this, if Naia can learn to better communicate through the use of her hands, sounds, eye contact – anything – that would be better than where we are now. Sheʻs in there, sheʻs smart &amp; sweet and she knows what she wants and needs. She just needs to a little help to be able to communicate with us. We arenʻt looking to these treatments as the savior to Naiaʻs problems, but rather, hoping it can be stepping stone to advance her development or reduce her seizures if even just a little. We are tired of watching our drs here shrug their shoulders while Naia remains in pain and progress is minimal.<br /><br />The treatment is complex – but in basic form it looks to balance Alpha, Beta, Theta and Delta wave forms in the brain while also breaking down scar tissue. They do EEGs and brain mapping to assess where Naiaʻs neurological functions and dysfunctions are. There are two doctors at the clinic who have been working on these treatments for over 30 years. One is a Bioneurophysiologist and the other is an Otolaryngologist. The clinic is located in Guayaquil Ecuador and our appointment is set for July 10, 2017.<br /><br />If youʻd like to learn more about the treatments, contact us directly and we will happily share what we know. Why this clinic is in Ecudador, we do not know, but we will be happy to tell you when we come back.<br /><br />The cost of the trip is around 20,000k. This will help us cover food, hotel, airfare and the treatments. We have to fly all three of us out (mom, dad, Naia – sheʻs 2 now so we have to buy her a tix) and we also are hoping to bring a good friend who is a native Spanish speaker to help us navigate and communicate with the drʻs and people there (I speak high school level Spanish, Sam speaks none).<br /><br />After reflecting on the road weʻve been down – and where we and Naia are today, we have to at least try.<br /><br />We truly appreciate any help you can give to support us on this journey. As always, we are cautiously optimistic. Thank you for reading our story and potentially helping Naia.<br /><br />Mahalo,<br /><br />Sam, Sonya, and Naia

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