From thefield.
Notes from the ground, written when it happened. Disasters, homes, meals, cleanups and the people we met along the way.
Meet Ty, the mechanic who won’t take a dime
He fixes people’s cars for free. Then he fixed a van we’re giving to an uncle with no ride.
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Meet Ty, the mechanic who won’t take a dime
He fixes people’s cars for free. Then he fixed a van we’re giving to an uncle with no ride.
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Kauaʻi after Lowell, driveway by driveway
We just got back from Kauaʻi. Here’s what we saw, who still needs help, and what to do if you were hit.
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Kaʻū is tough. Give them some love.
Hurricane Lala never made landfall. It didn’t have to. Notes from our first weeks on the ground in Kaʻū.
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Clearing the river into Kaiaka Bay
With Team Rubicon, landowners and volunteers, we cleared several hundred yards of choked waterway.
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A night for North Shore business owners
Insurance, marketing and moving forward with hope after the floods.
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They grabbed their kids and swam
Oʻahu’s worst flooding in more than 20 years, and the families who lost everything overnight.
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Kokokahi Gymnastics is open again
No lift-gate trucks anywhere. Then Aloha Junkman showed up late at night.
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Standing with She Works in the Philippines
With Made in Hope, we supported trafficking survivors building their own businesses.
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Umbrellas and ponchos before the rain
When the weather shifted, we bought rain gear for friends living on the street.
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Three full garbage trucks
With Aloha Junkman and Trash Cleanup Hawaiʻi, we filled three trucks in one cleanup.
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Free haircuts on the North Shore
A barber, a church parking lot and a little bit of dignity.
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15 bikes for the keiki
Christmas at Hui Mahiʻai ʻĀina, and why a bike matters more than you think.
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100+ bags off Paʻakea Road
Two days on the Westside, and a lot of rubbish that won’t end up in the ocean.
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Houseless no more: we broke ground
Five years after a handful of tents, Aunty Blanche broke ground on real homes for 300+ people.
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24 solar panels for a Lahaina church
The Bride Church rebuilt after the fire. Now it has power that keeps it serving.
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We made a huge dent at Kailua Beach
Families, keiki and a lot of trash bags on a Saturday morning in Kailua.
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Another tiny home for Aunty Blanche
Because of your generosity, one more person gets a door that locks.
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Every Tuesday is Trash Tuesday
We started a weekly reminder. You don’t need us. You need a bag.
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Feeding 300, Chinatown to Nānākuli
A day on the road with Aunty Blanche, and why a hot meal is only the first step.
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Town to the Westside: 500+ meals
Meals, clothes and toiletries from town all the way out to the Westside.
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A tiny home for U-Turn for Christ Oʻahu
A family’s gift bought a home for the pastor of Oʻahu’s first U-Turn for Christ campus.
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Patty & Roger feed Kailua’s homeless
We sat down with a couple who’ve been quietly feeding people in Kailua.
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$10,000 in gift cards for Lahaina
The first Christmas after the fire, you made sure Lahaina families weren’t forgotten.
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An Oʻahu family gave us a truck for Maui
A 2008 F-350 went on the boat to Lahaina. Here’s what it’s done since.
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A tight squeeze up the driveway
How small homes, given free, kept displaced Maui families in their own neighborhoods.
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500 meals and a stop at Twinkles
We teamed up with Aunty Blanche’s crew and handed out 500 meals across the island.
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Air purifiers on the boat to Lahaina
Kūpuna near the burn zone didn’t lose their homes. They were still breathing the smoke.
1 min read →Lahaina burned. Oʻahu showed up.
Two days after the fire, Aunty Blanche’s farm in Waimānalo became a drop-off point for Maui. Here’s what happened next.
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70 volunteers and one road in ʻEwa
Our second Saturday cleanup at White Plains, and the bigger reason we were out there.
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Groceries for a mom of five on Mother’s Day
You gave. We filled the carts. Then we cried in the driveway.
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The storm flipped the foodbank
Heavy winds turned a 40-foot container upside down. That container feeds 600 people a month.
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Aloha, Aunty Paula
Thirteen years homeless, then a thriving plant business. When setbacks came for it, our family came alongside her.
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