the entire hotel community on maui, including jeff wagner, jerry gibson, and my dear friends, thank you for stepping up in our community needed to the most. thank you for your incredible work. as these heroes worked on the fire, state agencies, the form of education, health, human services, all begin immediately working alongside fema in our conti, with the red cross, provide meals, temporary housing, and new schools. as well as support services for the disaster relief program. this includes disaster recovery, medical and mental healthcare. concerned citizens and organizations, such as the white union foundation, the red cross, cmha, and so many others localizing the strides, bringing tens of millions of dollars to the effort. it poured in from all over the world. looking at these partners in the first two weeks after august 8th, helped put 8000 of artist's people into hotels and condos across maui. in a few short months, we have already dispersed over $100 million in housing assistance to those who were affected, and need it. disaster such as this one can take years to recover from. i'