The wildfire season is hitting Northern California particularly hard right now and showing no signs of letting up any time soon. Many people have been forced to evacuate their home, and many of the rest of us are wondering what we can do. Here are just a few suggestions for how you can reach out a helping hand:
- American Red Cross: You may support ARC disaster relief efforts at https://www.redcross.org/donate/
- Wildland Firefighters Foundation: Providing support to the men and women who protect our land, providing resources and support to families of injured and fallen wildland firefighters at https://wffoundation.org/
- CDP California Wildfires Recovery Fund: The Center for Disaster Philanthropy supports victims of wildfires. For more, just click here https://disasterphilanthropy.org/issue-insight/wildfires/
- California Fire Foundation: Providing emotional and financial assistance to families of fallen firefighters, firefighters, and the communities they protect may done at https://www.cafirefoundation.org/
- GoFundMe: There is a GoFundMe hub page at https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/california-wildfires for the hundreds of fundraisers launched to help those affected by the devastating fires.
- Red Rover Evacuee Animal Resources: Evacuees needing help with their animals will find a variety of resource at https://redrover.org/2020/08/20/fireresources/
- The Real Cowboy: This group is dedicated to helping wildfire victims with livestock. You may connect via the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/270203390408097/
- The Salvation Army: Donations here https://sacramento.salvationarmy.org/sacramento_metro/help-disaster-survivors can help ensure disaster victims have basic needs met.
- World Central Kitchen: This organization is helping to feed firefighters and wildfire victims. Click to https://donate.wck.org/give/236738/#!/donation/checkout to help them with a donation.
- The CFF California Firefighters Benevolent Fund: This fund managed by the California Fire Foundation at https://cpf.salsalabs.org/benevolent-fund-donate/index.html provides help to firefighters displaced or otherwise affected by fire or natural disaster.
- Sacramento Region Community Foundation: Going to https://lccf.org/disaster-relief-funds/ allows you to see a list of community foundations responding to the wildfires and donate to them.