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Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, Inc. Receives $5 Million Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant to Help End Homelessness for Families in Maui County Fund grants $123.45 million to 40 nonprofits across the U.S. to move the needle on re-housing and supporting families experiencing homelessness WAILUKU, Hawaii – (November 22, 2022): Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, Inc., Maui’s largest homeless shelter provider, today announced that it has received a $5 million dollar grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund—the largest private gift in the organization’s history. Launched in 2018 by Amazon founder Jeff… Read More »

2022 EXECUTIVE REPORT Aloha Beloved Community, We are convinced that the origin of the word “resilience” stems from families and individuals who have endured homelessness. The families, children, and single adults in our shelters are the strongest and most resilient people you will ever meet. They have gone through stressors and trauma that most of us will never experience, but they know how to survive. Most advanced through 2021 working towards their goals even as the COVID pandemic ensued with hell-bent force. When a family or single adult leaves the shelter to move into permanent housing, we give them the … Read More »

Read printed version of Newsletter Directors Report Aloha friends, Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, Inc. has been serving the homeless and under-served in Maui County community for over 30 years, but like many, the last year and a half has been one of the most challenging times in our history. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our important work to break the cycle of homelessness did not ease up. Homelessness doesn’t take a  timeout or stop when there’s a pandemic. On a monthly basis, on average, we receive 216 (Wailuku shelter) and 122 (Lahaina shelter) calls… Read More »

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, Inc., a shelter for homeless individuals on Maui, received two substantial donations totaling $25,000 from Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust to assist with their mission of breaking the cycle of homelessness on Maui. The funds will be used for client assistance with bus passes, work clothing and household items, as well as development of a Culinary Arts Job Training program, and miscellaneous operational expenses. “The ongoing generosity of Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort’s Charitable Trust has provided us with much needed funding during these difficult times. Their partnership is an amazing statement on their… Read More »

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, Inc., a shelter for homeless individuals on Maui, extended appreciation and gratitude to Amazon Founder and Executive Chair Jeff Bezos for his recent personal donation. It’s the latest in a growing list of Maui nonprofits identified as recipients of “personal donations” from the e-commerce executive. Monetary donations of unspecified amounts were also gifted by Jeff Bezos to Habitat for Humanity Maui, the Mālama Family Recovery Center, the Hawaiʻi Land Trust, the Friends of the Children’s Justice Center and The Maui Farm. The funds will be used to create a new job-training program, providing training in the culinary arena… Read More »

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, Inc. is proud to have been selected as the upcoming beneficiary of the Ohana Fuels ‘Fuel Up. Do Good’ program. Ohana Fuels partners with nonprofit organizations that serve the need of the local community and donates a portion of every gallon of gasoline purchased at all the Ohana Fuels stations in that community. During the months of July through September, 2016 a portion of all sales al all Maui Ohana fuels locations will be donated to Ka Hale A Ke Ola, Homeless Resource Centers, Inc. Monique Yamashita, CEO, states, “We highly encourage… Read More »