Residents at Greenridge Place made bracelets Thursday with traditional Hawaiian puka shells and beads that they plan to sell to raise money for Maui fire recovery efforts.
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Some Colorado senior citizens with dementia wanted to do their part to help the people of Maui whose lives have been upended by the wildfires there.
"You know they read about what's going on in the world, and they still want to be able to help even if they do have memory issues, they still want to assist in any way that they can," Brooke Kelly, the life engagement director at Greenridge Place, said. Colorado senior citizens make puka shell bracelets for people of Maui impacted by wildfires Maui County officials on Thursday released the names of 388 people who are still missing, the New York Times reported.
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