People for Educational Equality, Inc.

On August 8, 2023, LahainaTown on our beautiful island of Maui was burned to the ground. Thousands of people lost their homes and at least 100 people lost their lives. We decided that we would help as many of the keiki (children) to get through the trauma of losing homes, schools, family and friends. The children are the future of our island and we want to keep them here. Our program is established to distribute funds every month to 100+ children and their families, through the end of the 2023-2024 school year. We want to provide peace of mind that they will not be forgotten so that they may focus on their physical and emotional recovery and what they do best- just being kids! We are working with schools, counselors and people we know to identify those children and families most in need and then verify each family in person.

We had another GoFundMe where we quickly set up and raised over $20,000. Weʻve currently identified 30 children and have started making monthly distributions. While we know we could get many more, we need more funds to support more children. We have kids whose ages range from 1 to 21. 84% have lost their home; 19% have lost an immediate family member or close friend. Many of the children are from generational families who have lost everything - their jobs, homes and cars.

We want to support many more children and have recently aligned with a local non-profit organization: PFEE - People for Educational Equality located in Lahaina in order to get larger donations.

As always, we'll maintain open and transparent communication with our valued supporters. We have established a dedicated Facebook Group where we can share updates, stories of impact, and the outcomes of our collective efforts.

We are Aloha Group Maui a real estate team serving Maui.

Aloha Group Team Members include: ʻLahaina Leeʻ and Barbara Potts, Cheri Miller, Keri Nicholson, Myra Plant, Anthony Freda, Suni Novotny, Courtney Stice, Kathy Becklin, Heather Zidell, Magdalena Odonnell, Sarah Twitchell, Stephanie Kirkham and Tony Brown. We are a real estate team of Keller Williams Realty Maui. Our office was destroyed in the fire. We are grateful daily that we all survived the fires though some lost their homes.

The Lahaina Strong logo was created by Mike Reich, a local Maui artist.

Mahalo to PFEE for supporting us and agreeing to fiscally sponsor this effort making your donation tax-deductible.

If you prefer to send a check: Please make it out to PFEE and mail to: PFEE, 1215 S Kihei Rd Suite O-333; Kihei, HI 96753. Please write Maui Keiki Fire Relief Fund in the memo.