A California college student has just completed a 100-mile walk across the Bay Area to raise money for family members affected by the deadly Maui wildfires.
John Marc Bautista, 21, walked from Menlo Park to San Francisco.
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He said he has family members living in Maui and most of them lost their homes and jobs in the fire.
“This walk is to raise awareness for the Lahaina fires, I have 15 family members who were directly affected, they all live on Maui, most of them in Lahaina, and they’ve had their homes burned down. So I decided to walk 100 miles to raise money for them,” he said.
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Bautista created a GoFundMe page with all donations going directly to help his family. So far, he has raised almost $57,000. He's hoping to make it to $75,000.