The wireless company said customers with Maui addresses who don't have the company's unlimited talk, text and data upgrade are getting it free through Aug. More equipment was expected to arrive later in the day, T-Mobile said, and it would be used to help restore service along the West Maui coastline.

It also said it has flown more than 11,000 people who left the island and transported workers and volunteers from the American Red Cross, World Central Kitchen and Airlink, a nonprofit group that provides free flights to disaster response groups.Īlso today, T-Mobile announced it set up portable satellite dishes in Kaanapali and Haleakala to temporarily restore service in those areas. United Airlines said today it and its customers have donated nearly half a million dollars and 43 million award miles to aid and disaster relief organizations focused on Maui. 'We need to centralize locations where donations are going to so we can more properly distribute them to the community,' Abraham said. Officials hope the reorganized effort will ensure donations do not go unused. Key nonprofit groups were identified as participants in the distribution effort: They include the Hawaii Community Foundation, the Maui United Way and the Hawaii Food Bank. So far, officials said, residents were asking for nonperishable protein food products, bottled water, hand-washing stations, tents and battery-based chargers for electronic devices.Īs part of the effort to better coordinate donations, a central drop-off location was being moved from the War Memorial Complex in Wailuku to the Sears building in Kahului, officials said. It will be able to weigh in about what goods they most need, they said. The website Maui Nui Strong will serve as a voice for survivors, officials announced. Some of the frustration you’re hearing is because of the lack of coordinated effort.' Sylvia Luke said at a news conference today announcing a new, coordinated effort to coordinate donations: 'There has been such an outpouring of support from around the world.

Maui was getting 60 to 70 shipping containers filled with donations every day, making sorting and distributing to those most in need a difficult task, Laksmi Abraham of the Maui County mayor's office said. State and local officials acknowledged minor backups and bottlenecks as the world responds to the Hawaii fires with tons of donated goods.

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