Jennifer Holmes
813.384.8367
jennifer@joyous-journeys.com
Built on a Foundation of Charitable Giving
Travel with the agency that cares
Doorway Into Light, on the Hawaiian Island of Maui, is our featured non-profit for the month of September.
They are currently fundraising to provide free funeral, burial, ocean body burial and cremation services to those Lahaina families who have lost someone in the fire. Their aim is to remove any financial stress for families facing this part of their story. So far they have raised over $30,000 toward the goal of $100,000+.
Since 2006, Doorway Into Light has been presenting educational programs and trainings in Hawaii, for families and professionals in the field, as well as actively engaged in direct, volunteer support of dying people, their families, their caregivers and those grieving.
In 2012, Doorway Into Light became Hawaii's only non-profit, certified "green" funeral home. They offer green burial as well as ocean body burial. Their funeral home is re-inventing and transforming the ‘business of dying’ and returning it to sacred service. They provide options for end-of-life care that are holistic, sustainable, community and family based and spiritually inclusive. Their larger mission is to provide their services at no cost to all of Maui's homeless population and their veterans.
If you are visiting Maui, please stop by the Open House in Haiku every Saturday from 10am-2pm. It's a great way to learn more about the program and see how they are transforming what a funeral home is, how it acts, and what peoples' experiences are; removing it from being a profit-driven business and returning it to sacred service.
If you're interested in reading more, please visit their website at https://www.doorwayintolight.org/.
If you'd like to donate directly you may use the following link: https://doorwayintolight.org/donate.
If you'd like to support the organization in other ways, you can find out more at https://www.doorwayintolight.org/education/our-wish-list.
When you travel with Joyous Journeys you are automatically giving back because 20% of the base planning fee is donated to a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Each month we will feature a different organization.
February 2023: American Heart Association
March 2023: National Kidney Foundation
April 2023: Clearwater Marine Aquarium
May 2023: Everyday Blessings, Inc.
June 2023: Delanie's Lemonade Stand
July 2023: Mission Blue
August 2023: Keeler Gardens
September 2023: Doorway Into Light
October 2023: Doorway Into Light