Lahaina wildfire relief for the McNamee’s
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Hello everyone my name is Grace & I am fundraising for my parents Jen & Randy Mcnamee. On August 8th my parents were impacted immensely by the wildfires that tore through Lahaina and burnt their house to the ground. My parents lived in south Lahaina on Front st, with our two loving sweet yellow labradors Molly & Dakota. They are mom and daughter ages 9 & 5.
My mom ran a wonderful business from home supplying families in need with baby items which is what brought her to Lahaina. She was previously living in Makawao but moved to Lahaina due to how well her business was doing on the west side. The morning the fires broke out my mom was doing business in Kahului trying to get baby seats to a visiting family. Before she had left she was debating whether or not to go because of the winds but didn’t want to leave a family in need. They were only anticipating to be gone for 1 hour.
After the delivery they started to make their way back as the fires broke out on the opposite end of town. They were trying to rush home, but when they reached the Maui ocean center they were met with road closures and traffic making it impossible to get home. They had to sleep on the side of the road & our dogs were home all alone. They were trying to get ahold of neighbors to grab the dogs before evacuating but there was no luck due to cell towers being down. We are really hoping that they got rescued and made it out safely but we will not know until everything is okay to return too.
We still have gotten no word whether or not they are safe and are trying to remain hopeful. My siblings and I have grown up with these dogs and we have had them both since they were tiny babies.
My parents lost everything, clothes, medicine, food, pictures, and so much more.
100% of the money raised will be going towards my parents to aid them with the rescue of our dogs, medicine, clothing, food, and basic essentials they need. We are not asking for a lot just whatever anyone can help us with. Thank you all & Mahalo.
My mom ran a wonderful business from home supplying families in need with baby items which is what brought her to Lahaina. She was previously living in Makawao but moved to Lahaina due to how well her business was doing on the west side. The morning the fires broke out my mom was doing business in Kahului trying to get baby seats to a visiting family. Before she had left she was debating whether or not to go because of the winds but didn’t want to leave a family in need. They were only anticipating to be gone for 1 hour.
After the delivery they started to make their way back as the fires broke out on the opposite end of town. They were trying to rush home, but when they reached the Maui ocean center they were met with road closures and traffic making it impossible to get home. They had to sleep on the side of the road & our dogs were home all alone. They were trying to get ahold of neighbors to grab the dogs before evacuating but there was no luck due to cell towers being down. We are really hoping that they got rescued and made it out safely but we will not know until everything is okay to return too.
We still have gotten no word whether or not they are safe and are trying to remain hopeful. My siblings and I have grown up with these dogs and we have had them both since they were tiny babies.
My parents lost everything, clothes, medicine, food, pictures, and so much more.
100% of the money raised will be going towards my parents to aid them with the rescue of our dogs, medicine, clothing, food, and basic essentials they need. We are not asking for a lot just whatever anyone can help us with. Thank you all & Mahalo.
Organizer and beneficiary
Grace Music
Organizer
Lahaina, HI
Jennifer Mcnamee
Beneficiary