If you want to help those devastated by the fires, you need to be smart with your money.
Tom Stephens with the Better Business Bureau of Northeast Florida said cash donations are best when donating to victims in Hawaii.
“Be sure to give money to established organizations. Organizations that have boots on the ground right now. You don’t want to give money to someone who’s planning to do something three months from now,” Stephens said. “You don’t wanna give money to someone who’s says, ‘Oh I’m gonna set up a fund to help these people, give me your money.’”
Trustworthy organizations proving disaster relief in Hawaii right now are the Maui Strong Fund, the American Red Cross of Hawaii, Aloha United Way, the Maui Food Bank, and the Maui Humane Society.“Especially online you have to be careful. Instead of American Red Cross of Hawaii, a website might say Hawaii American Red Cross and it could be an entirely different site set up by a scammer.”
If you want to donate through a crowdsourcing website like GoFundMe, make sure you know the organizer personally. Be weary of anyone rushing you to make a donation, asking you to donate with cash, gift card or on Cash App or Venmo. Stephen says to look for specifics about how your donation will be used.Donations to the Red Cross are providing shelter, food and emotional support to victims of the Maui fires.
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