{"id":2018037,"date":"2023-08-31T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-winfrey-and-dwayne-johnson-create-peoples-fund-of-maui-for-wildfire-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:43:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:43:47","slug":"oprah-winfrey-and-dwayne-johnson-create-peoples-fund-of-maui-for-wildfire-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-winfrey-and-dwayne-johnson-create-peoples-fund-of-maui-for-wildfire-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah and Dwayne Johnson launch &#8216;People&#8217;s Fund of Maui&#8217; to aid wildfire victims."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foprah-winfrey-and-dwayne-johnson-create-peoples-fund-of-maui-for-wildfire-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Television personality <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/oprah-winfrey\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oprah Winfrey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  and actor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dwayne-johnson\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dwayne \u201cThe \u2063Rock\u201d\u200c Johnson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-kennedy-jr-again-warns-of-the-authoritarian-surveillance-state-and-coup-to-overcome-world-democracies\/\" title=\"Robert Kennedy Jr. Again Warns of the Authoritarian Surveillance State and Coup to Overcome World Democracies\">joining forces<\/a> to support the victims of the devastating Maui wildfires. The fires, which claimed the \u200clives of at least \u200c115 people,\u200b have left\u2064 many\u2063 displaced and in need \u200dof assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-first-foreign-port-to-tote-us-commissioned-navy-warship\/\" title=\"Australia becomes first foreign port for US Navy warship.\">remarkable display<\/a> of generosity, Winfrey and Johnson have launched the People\u2019s\u2064 Fund of Maui\u200d by donating a combined $10 million to kickstart the initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eifoundation.org\/peoples-fund-of-maui\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oprah-winfrey-and-dwayne-johnson-create-peoples-fund-of-maui-for-wildfire-victims\/\" title=\"Oprah and Dwayne Johnson launch 'People's Fund of Maui' to aid wildfire victims.\">provide direct financial aid<\/a> to those\u200b affected\u2064 by \u2062the fire. Every adult resident who was displaced \u200cin the\u2063 affected areas of \u2062Lahaina and Kula is eligible to receive $1200 \u2063per month to help them through the recovery process. To apply for\u2063 assistance, individuals can visit PeoplesFundofMaui.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winfrey expressed her commitment to supporting the community, \u2063stating, \u201cI\u200b have been meeting with people throughout the community that were impacted by the fires \u200bover\u200c the last few weeks, asking \u2063what they most needed and how I could be of service. The main thing I\u2019ve been hearing\u2062 is their\u200c concern about how\u2064 to \u2064move forward under the immense financial burden.\u201d\u200d She \u200cadded, \u201cThe community has come \u2064together in so many wonderful\u2062 ways, and \u200bmy intention\u2063 is to support those impacted as they\u2064 determine what rebuilding looks like for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Johnson also\u2062 emphasized the resilience\u2064 of \u2064the \u2063people of Maui,\u2063 saying, \u201cAs people around \u2062the world watched the \u200bcatastrophic\u200b loss and devastation \u200bcaused by the Maui wildfires, they also witnessed the great spirit and resilience of our Polynesian\u200c culture and the tremendous strength of the \u2064people of Maui. Even in the most difficult of times, the \u2063people of Maui come\u200d together,\u2064 and\u200d we rise \u2014 that\u2019s what makes us stronger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To spread\u2062 the \u200cword about the fund and provide more details, \u200bWinfrey\u2064 and\u200d Johnson shared a\u2062 joint video on Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cwm-qn6L02z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View\u200c this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cwm-qn6L02z\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Oprah (@oprah)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Government \u200cofficials in Maui have attributed the fire to mismanagement by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-says-texas-residents-with-utility-bill-spikes-should-be-protected\/\" title=\"Abbott Says Texas Residents With Utility Bill Spikes Should Be Protected\">utility company<\/a>. Maui County filed \u200ca lawsuit against the\u200c Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) on August 24, accusing them \u2062of\u200c \u201cintentional and malicious\u201d mismanagement\u200b of power\u200d lines. The fires have resulted in\u200b an estimated $5.5 billion in damages for Maui County.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Television personality Oprah Winfrey and actor Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson are establishing the People\u2019s Fund of Maui, a relief fund for victims of the recent devastating wildfires. With a joint donation of $10, they aim to support those affected by the tragedy that claimed 115 lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2018038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}