After Maui Wildfire Destroys His Home and Business, DU Graduate Raises Funds for Lahaina Community
When Cole Millington (BA ’19) heard that his friend Avery Donovan was headed to Hawaii to live with his uncle and work a summer job, he asked if he could tag along. But what began as an adventure working as a dive guide and surf coach took root as a deep appreciation for Maui and for nature—and offered an opportunity to out into motion an entrepreneurial spirit fostered at the University of Denver. Millington settled in Lahaina, a town of more than 12,000 on Maui’s west coast. Even after friends returned to the mainland and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic—when unemployment peaked at 8...