8-Year-Old's Central Park Lemonade Stand Raises Money to Help Friend Who Lost Home in Maui Wildfires

Julian Lin and his boat guide Ryan.Photo:Go Fund Me

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Ryan’s uncle went missing “after he went back to his house and tried to save it,” according to the GoFundMe page.

The money raised through the lemonade stand and GoFundMe will go to three separate causes: Ryan and his family, Maui United Way and the Maui Humane Society.

On Sunday, Lin’s mother announced that $2,408.50 of the funds raised has already been donated to “intended causes.”

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The funds will help Ryan’s family pay their mortgage, he added.

The Maui wildfires arethe deadliestthe U.S. has seen in more than 100 years, with at least 96 dead. More people have died in the recent fire than in the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead, according to data from theNational Fire Protection Association(NFPA).

source: people.com