Camp Fire Facebook pages - the evacuees need SO MUCH help

[GregD]

While the Camp Fire has been extinguished, it may be months before people are allowed to re-enter the area and to gain access to their homes - assuming their home even stands at this point.

I'm about 2 hours north of Chico/Paradise. We have been battered with rain in the past week or so, and snow is due Friday evening.

Here is the weather forecast for Chico:
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USCA0211:1:US

I cannot imagine what it is like for those in tents.

In case you have not closely followed this, the following numbers should put things into perspective. These are stats from CalFire as of Nov 24.

Structures Destroyed:
13,954 homes
514 commercial (includes at least 2 schools and a hospital)

Acres Burned: 153,336
240 Square Miles

Deaths: 84
Missing: 605

Residents Displaced: Around 52,000




If you don't know about the following pages, these are where fire status was reported and where evacuees are looking for help.

Camp Fire Butte County Resource Group #CampFire
https://www.facebook.com/groups/251365328889228/

Evacuee Needs & Donations/Offers To Help
https://www.facebook.com/groups/188615105350138/

CAMP FIRE - Information & Updates (Paradise, CA)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2134335143278417/

Camp Fire Evacuees Staying in Redding/Shasta County
https://www.facebook.com/groups/803890836625742/

Paradise Fire Adopt a Family
https://www.facebook.com/groups/paradisefireadoptafamily/


In that last one (probably also in the others) is a post where folks are invited to post links to "gofundme" or "amazon shopping wish lists".

As the weather cools and the rains fall, there are people who need something as simple as a jacket or a carport-style tent into which they can huddle and get out of the weather.

If you can spare a couple bucks, and help these folks, they desperately need it.

[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[BigmanPigman]

2. It is already cold there...they need A LOT of everything!

Thanks for posting.

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. Another k&r

Thanks for sharing the links.

[Sanity Claws]

4. Some of us don't do Facebook

do you know of other ways to give?

[GregD]

5. I will ask

I'm in direct contact with someone who lost their home. They may know.

[NotASurfer]

9. A couple options that aren't FB

Enloe Hospital - Donate

https://www.enloe.org/enloe-foundation/enloe-foundation/

Enloe is accepting donations to help provide medical care



Camp Fire Relief Fund - Donate

https://www.goldenvalley.bank/Community-Foundation.aspx

Golden Valley Bank accepting donations for funds supported by local companies like Lundberg Farms and Sierra Nevada Brewery


Donate - North Valley Animal Disaster Group

https://www.nvadg.org/donate

Thousands of pets receiving emergency shelter, food, and medical care


Among other worthy charities and emergency care organizations - there have been good suggestions in other threads!

Checks, PayPal, text message, whatever you are comfortable with

And thank you in advance for helping

[Sanity Claws]

10. Thank you for the list

[GregD]

6. kick

Hope that folks will help drive this to the greatest page for visibility.

There is so much news about 45 and Mueller, Russia, and everything else. Please help the folks who have lost their homes.

[NotASurfer]

7. Thank you

for keeping these people visible

when the thing in the Oval Office just sneers and twists the knife

[ismnotwasm]

8. K&R

[Duppers]

11. K & R

More more donations.

[diva77]

12. Thanks for post; also appreciate the non-facebook links

[Hekate]

13. KnR