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Please share!

Civil Beat: answering FAQ and where Maui residents can go for help:

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/08/maui-fires-your-questions-answered/

Further context on the fires:

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/08/naka-nathaniel-here-are-the-deeper-truths-about-maui/

EDIT: this is why we need to help: there are still bodies to be found while capitalists try to buy the burned land they lay in.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/maui-lahaina-fire-indigenous-1.6939560

Per Senator Mazzie Hirono below, apply for FEMA assistance here:
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4724

From the third link, CBA piece on genocide of Hawaiian culture in Maui: Keʻeaumoku Kapu has been handing out water, clothes, and emergency supplies to families in need out of the Walgreens parking lot in Lahaina, Maui. He said it is a way to keep himself occupied while he grieves the losses of his community. "I'm afraid we're not going to recover from this," said Kapu, speaking to CBC from his cellphone at the distribution centre Monday. Kapu is a Kanaka Maoli (a Hawaiian word for their Indigenous people) community leader in Lahaina, and head of the Nā ʻAikāne o Maui Cultural Center — which was destroyed by the fire that ripped through Lahaina. While members of the community are still grappling with their immediate needs and the death toll from the fire is still being counted, Kapu said he is "frantic" to make sure he is included in the conversations that are happening about what is next for Lahaina. "I'm hoping that we can get over this hurdle, but at the same time the fear of being erased ..." said Kapu. "Because our island is now turned into a cheaper commodity because there's nothing more important to save here, you have people coming in willing to buy burned-out places." Maui land grabs Kapu said his family and other members of his community have been contacted by realtors asking to buy their burned-up property.

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Please read the links in the post above for context; the auction is still going strong; from a humble $5K goal, we are now close to $75K raised for local relief, with over 320 items for auction.

Please check it out, bid to help people who've lost everything in the , and share to increase the reach:

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

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Good morning, @romancelandia! There are just over two days left in the auction--over 380 items,from books and swag to zoom consults with everyone from Beverly Jenkins to Courtney Milan, and crafty items galore!

From a humble first goal of $5K, can we raise a $100K in the time left?

Go forth and bid for a good cause!

(please boost for a wider reach)

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

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Via Tessa Dare (on twitter):
"Do you love stickers? Been watching bids on items soar out of your price range? Author Lucy Eden designed ADORABLE 3” vinyl stickers as a buy-it-now gift for giving to the cause. $10 donation for one design, $15 for 2, and $30 for the full keepsake 4-pack."

Can we get to $100K by Monday? (Please boost for wider reach)

The stickers:
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden

The full auction:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

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Hey there, @romancelandia, there are just about 30 hours left in the auction--over 400 items up for grabs, just over $100K raised for people who've lost everything.

Go forth, be kind, help someone out.

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

If your budget needs something less rich that some of the hot items, here's an alternative: buy now 3" stickers!

https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden

As always, please share for wider reach--how much can this community raise for people in need?

Four three inch stickers over a background of palm and fern fronds in shades of green. The designs are: the silhouette of Maui in pink, with pink flowers and the hashtag on white across it; a heart with concentric rainbow hearts, with "romance for maui" in pink balloon font letters with black outline; a stack of three books, maroon, purple and pink, with the words romance, for, and Maui in the spines in balloon font in matching shades of the same color; and a pink book with flowers and romance for Maui in the same balloon font with black edging and two darker pink flowers across the front cover.

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@romancelandia Just over 22 hours left on the auction!

There are over 400 items to bid on, and we are sitting at just under $104K--from an initial humble goal of $5K!

Go forth, bid, do good!
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

Example of items to bid on:
Sarah Kapit's signed books bundle:
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111641/auctions/148492/auction_items/4728419

Tessa Dare and Lucy Eden Stickers:
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden

Zoom session with Ms Beverly Jenkins!!!
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden

Please boost for wider reach.

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@romancelandia Just six hours left in the auction!

From a humble original goal of $5K, the total right now is just over $110K.

A whopping 410 items are up for grabs; all monies raised go directly to the organizations listed on the auction's main page:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

GO, ROMANCELANDIA, GO!

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412 items up for auction
$12, 337 raised for charity so far
Three hours to go

Go forth, help someone in need.

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

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::ringing bell:: Last call, LAST CALL!

ends in twenty minutes, LAST CALL!

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

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@romancelandia WE ARE ON EXTENDED BIDDING

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

EXTENDED BIDDING IS ON!

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

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Author Lucy Eden started with a handful of offerings to auction, and a humble goal of $5,000

In a week, offered over 400 items and services, and raised almost $136,000 for Maui residents.

Thank you.

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update from author Lucy Eden: from a starting goal of $5K, to confirmed donations of $170K (so far).

If you are waiting to be contacted, please check your spam/junk folders for email from [email protected]

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