URGENT: MAUI FACING "APOCALYPTIC" WILDFIRES. WE ARE DEPLOYING IMMEDIATELY. GO HERE TO HELP AND SEE BELOW. --Gary

A videographer is calling the wildfires that have hit Maui "apocalyptic," noting that people are "jumping in the ocean to escape the flames."

Reports indicate that local fire departments and hospitals have been overwhelmed. And with the fire being fueled by winds from Hurricane Dora hundreds of miles offshore, officials don't know where the fires will strike next.

+ + We are deploying NOW!

This is an unprecedented and catastrophic emergency for the island of Maui and the state of Hawaii. Mercy Chefs is DEPLOYING IMMEDIATELY to help bring meals to victims and emergency workers.

Our team has already connected with a church on the ground and will be providing food and resources IMMEDIATELY to help in the next 24 hours. We have chefs and support staff arranging transportation as I write -- some are flying out THIS EVENING.

I need your help. This is an enormous disaster that will present very difficult logistical challenges (and costs).

I need hundreds of friends to stand with us IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS as we get resources and staff to the very front lines of this crisis. Can I count on you? Go here to help rush relief to Maui wildfire victims:

Just $50 helps provide 14 meals during disaster deployments. If you can contribute $70, you'll help feed 20 people; $105 feeds 30 people. Perhaps the Lord has blessed you, and you can sponsor 100 meals ($350), 200 meals ($700), or even 350 meals ($1,000).

Every gift will help.

Please do what you can...

AND PRAY!

I'll have more details shortly.

God bless,

Gary LeBlanc, Mercy Chefs