The mega-producer and media mogul purchased and passed out necessities like pillows and shampoo, which she purchased at Costco and Walmart, at the War Memorial Stadium evacuation center.
“It’s a little overwhelming, you know,” Winfrey said, taking a long pause. “But I’m really so pleased to have so many people, you know, supporting, and people are just bringing what they can and doing what they can.”
She went on to share that she had made more than one trip to the center and to major stores to help gather and distribute supplies for evacuees. “I came earlier, just to see what people needed, and then went shopping because often you make donations of clothes or whatever, and it’s not really what people need,” she said. “I actually went to Walmart and Costco and got pillows, shampoo, diapers, sheets, pillowcases.
This is not the first time Winfrey has shown support for those on the island amid local wildfires. In 2019, fires swept across 10,000 acres of land, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from parts of central Maui. Winfrey
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