The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has a list of resources to support those affected by the tragic ongoing wildfires in Southern California. We're just posting their "Donations" information, but more information is provided at the link for local LA residents, including emergency shelters, food resources, rebuilding and recovery resources, health (including mental health) support, and animal evacuation centers. Contrary to the impression left by some news reporting, the vast majority of the affected population are not the rich and famous, but people who've lost everything and who are likely going to get screwed by their insurance company (if they had insurance at all). Please consider helping out if you can.
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California Fire Foundation Wildfire & Disaster Relief Fund: The California Fire Foundation works with local fire agencies and community-based organizations to provide ongoing, mid- and long-term support to California communities affected by natural disasters like wildfires. The organization, which provides direct support to victims, is beginning to support those impacted by the Palisades Fire.
https://www.cafirefoundation.org/what-we-do/for-communities/disaster-relief
World Central Kitchen World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit global food relief organization founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, is already on the ground in Southern California to aid first responders and evacuees.
California Community Foundation: The California Community Foundation has been working to strengthen Los Angeles County since 1915. The organization's Wildfire Recovery Fund targets the most underserved and hard-to-reach communities in the region, with the goal of helping provide long-term recovery relief.
https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/
CAL FIRE Benevolent Foundation: CAL FIRE Benevolent Foundation provides financial aid to firefighters and their families in case of injury or loss of life. The organization also helps support burn victims and their families, along with research focused on firefighter health and safety.
https://calfire.foundation/donations/
California Fire Foundation: The California Fire Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides critical support to surviving families of fallen firefighters, firefighters, and the communities they serve. Your tax-deductible donation will help them provide aid to victims of wildfires or other natural disasters through their Wildfire & Disaster Relief programs.
https://cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterrelief/index.html
Dream Center: This L.A.-based charitable organization is offering emergency shelter to those evacuated in the Palisades and Eaton Canyon Fires.
Dream Center donation for fires website: https://dcf.dreamcenter.org/relief
Friends in Deed: Donate to Friends in Deed, a nonprofit providing services for the homeless, as it opens its Bad Weather Shelter amid the fires.
Friends in Deed donation website: https://friendsindeedpas.org/donate-to-friends-in-deed/
Direct Relief: Donate to Direct Relief’s California Fire Relief, which provides N-95 masks, medicine, and resources to health-care agencies and first responders in areas affected by wildfires.
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/california-wildfires/
The California Community Fund has a recovery fund dedicated to helping victims of wildfires. You can donate here.
https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/
American Red Cross: Donate to the Wildfire Relief Fund at the American Red Cross. If you’re located in the Los Angeles area and can offer temporary foster care to dogs displaced by the wildfires, sign up at the Canine Rescue Club. Los Angeles Emergency Management Department
(Photo: Josh Edelson, AFP))
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