All across the Bay Area right now, fundraising efforts are continuing to pop up in the wake of last week’s devastating wildfire in Lahaina. Maui natives Lea Lundblad and Madi McGain have been busy helping prepare hundreds of spam musubis for a relief fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday.
"Watching our community on the ground take care of each other, that has been a huge inspiration for us to come here and do something," said Madi McGain, co-organizer ofTheir immediate family is safe, but some of their relatives and friends are among the more than 100 who didn’t make it out of Lahaina. For those who did survive, their homes, and businesses are now completely gone.
"A lot of us have a personal connection with Hawaii, some of us have family," said union worker Beau Logo. "We’ll be receiving ten dogs, two puppies and 11 kittens, and we’re really excited to welcome them," Lisa Bloch of Marin Humane.
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