Several dangerous and relentless wildfires have now erupted across the state of California, burning through buildings, threatening animal life, and forcing thousands of residents from their homes. Air quality has become a concern as well, as the flames continue to blaze and parch the land. California Governor, Jerry Brown, has also declared this situation to be an emergency as more homes continue to burn.
At our age, we cannot imagine that we are starting with nothing, and starting all over again. But like I said, we have each other, we have our life.
Some of the individuals we spoke to had lost seemingly everything – their home, treasured objects from their childhood, and their peace of mind as they are suddenly immersed in chaos and uncertainty. However, there is an undeniable truth in this: whenever we face times of distress, there will always be others who will help light the way forward. As one care recipient succinctly put, the world may be large, but we are all one family.
The one thing about the fire that I’ve realized is that people reach out from all over. I’ve had friends that I haven’t talked to in 40 years call.
We don’t need a lot of clothes, we don’t have places to put it right now. We don’t need crates of food, because we don’t have places to put it. But this is very helpful.
We will continue to provide aid to more families impacted by these devastating wildfires, and steadily guide residents on the road to recovery.
The ashes were coming, and they were falling like rain… and it was orange outside.
Stefanie expressed gratefulness at the fact that everyone from her community made it through the fire unharmed, and that they would all bravely take the path before them one step at a time.
It can be a little tough, you know, going through something like this. But with so many helping hands, it’s made it doable… And [we] really appreciate that.
We aim to provide further compassionate care, and help shoulder the weight of distress alongside those impacted.
