Everyone who buys a lei at the Hawaii General Store, up until the Live Aloha Festival, the store will give these profits to Maui Strong, owner Gail Stringer, a former Honolulu resident, said. The fundraiser will continue until Sept. 10.
“I think it was the quickness that it all happened that floored most of us. The feeling of impossibility. How could Hawaii just burn so fast?” Gail Stringer, a former Honolulu resident who ownsThe number of lives lost, the amount of property and history destroyed are still not fully known.
“I just find myself just crying. We are hugging a lot of people,” she said. “A lot of people have been walking in just shell-shocked and they don’t know what to do with it.” The atmosphere inside the store on NE 45th Street feels almost balmy — even for rainy Seattle — with fragrant leis, ukuleles, traditional clothing for sale, and Hawaiian music playing in the background.“I really wanted to create a place where people could come and feel a sense of aloha,” Stringer explained.“Anytime anyone comes into this store to buy a lei they are giving it to somebody, whether it’s for a memorial service, or a birthday, or a graduation.
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