Kauai United Way's Participating Agencies can be roughly divided into five categories. One of these categories is Disaster Recovery and Emergency Services. The percentage of dollars devoted to each can be found in our Annual Report (located in About Kauai United Way).
Mobile Canteen Trailer is being used to deliver hotmeals to the parks and beaches where the folks are. The canteen trailer is also equipped and ready for use in the event there is a disaster.
Many volunteers lend a hand to feed hundreds of families during The Salvation Army's annual Thanksgiving dinner.
Not many weeks pass by without familiar, poignant images appearing on television or the newspaper of dazed disaster victims receiving the compassionate attention of relief workers. It is a hallmark of civilization that human beings organize to anticipate the enormous needs catastrophes create and are able to respond successfully with coordinated assistance. People helping desperate people: it's dramatic, so it's no wonder that social services receive the most public attention in the aftermath of emergencies.
Everyone who lived through Kauai's time of greatest need, Hurricane Iniki in 1992, remembers the swift and invaluable help provided by the Kauai Branch of the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army of Kauai. They were on the scene immediately, ensuring that Kauai people received the means to get by throughout the recovery. It's comforting to know that these fine organizations are always available to help when the need arises.
When someone's house burns down, it's not considered a disaster on par with Iniki -- but if it was your house, it certainly qualifies as a personal calamity! The Kauai Branch of the Red Cross is also on hand to help in the event of such personal cataclysms. In addition, they're out in our community regularly providing CPR and water safety training, preventing future tragedies. Similarly, the Salvation Army of Kauai is hard at work in our community every day helping people overcome their individual disasters and reassemble their lives.
Disaster Recovery & Emergency Services may be especially dramatic examples of the vital social service work you support when you give to Kauai United Way, but, in a way, they are much like the many other programs we support. Collectively they represent the Kauai community reaching out to help those in need, helping them to lead as independent, productive, well-adjusted lives as they can... and that makes life on Kauai better for everyone!
Bruce Fehring, Father, Father-in-law and Grandfather of some of those lost in the Ka Loko dam tragedy. Kauai Hospice
A Participating Agency
"We extend our sincere mahalo to those who have surrounded us with their blessings, support and understanding. We especially appreciate the dilligence and determination of all those who continue to search for the missing, and the kind of assistance of the personnel at Kauai Hospice, for which we will be forever grateful."
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