“If the people donating are OK with it,” Herrera added, “we will accept items and donate (them) to women’s shelters, Salvation Army or our own community organizations.” “These will be the last two containers,” he said, “because Maui is overwhelmed and that’s a beautiful thing. 14, with volunteers busy loading up more containers, Gary Herrera, president of ILWU Local 13, called an impromptu meeting - and announced they needed to call it quits. “In response to this ongoing crisis, our (labor union) Locals are organizing an emergency response to help deliver critical aid to these communities in desperate need of support. We are asking our Union family to pull together and give whatever you can in terms of donations or volunteering time toward providing this assistance.” “Our brothers and sisters on the island of Maui and elsewhere in Hawaii are facing the devastating consequences of raging fires,” Middleton wrote.
harbor Commissioner Diane Middleton brought a strong and needed response. Those were among much-needed emergency supplies.Īn email sent out to the Harbor Area community late Friday by L.A. Folks streamed to the Wilmington site with baby food and supplies, toiletries, sleeping bags, pillows, bedding, bed mats, clothing, towels, sandals and basic home necessities. Word went out before the weekend that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 13, was taking goods that would be sent via shipping containers to the stricken island.
Now, donation efforts are being brought together to focus on specific organizations in light of expediency and practicality. The response has been swift and generous on the mainland to get relief supplies quickly to Maui following a devastating wildfire that has killed nearly 100 people, with the death tolld likely to continue rising.
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