Fire assistance

I am ONLY giving this to our TW family. It will go directly to their hands. As of right now, I only know of one confirmed loss. That’s @Whitebutler. If anyone has info on others, please share!!

 

Bump for helping a fellow member

 

After reading some posts and getting some messages, I want to be clear. All monies donated via PayPal go directly to our TW family members. None of it is being donated to charitable organizations. If you choose to make a donation to an organization, great!!

TW family helped us when we lost our home last year. I want to make sure our TW family is taken care of and Im paying it forward!

 

TW, YOU did this!! Thank you ever so much!! Thank you for taking care of our truck-loving family!

 

The agency I work for works closely with the fairgrounds throughout the state. This is an update from California Department of Food and AG's Fairs and Expositions branch:

. Butte County Fair– (Gridley, CA): ACTIVE Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· The fairgrounds is housing 281 large animals (goats, sheep, horses, cows, llamas) and another 114 small animals

· Red Cross onsite but need additional staff to open another building

· 148 Evacuees in buildings (per OES), ~20 tents and ~40 RVs on site per fair staff (unofficial)

2. 3rd DAA – Silver Dollar Fair (Chico, CA): ACTIVE Fire Camp

· Cal Fire is onsite

· City Fire from around state

· Forrest Service

· Military Personnel

· Close to 5,000 Emergency Personnel, at capacity

3. 13th DAA – Yuba-Sutter Fair (Yuba City, CA): ACTIVE Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

• • • • Open as evacuation center. 132 People inside, another 66 in RVs, 55 dogs, all other small animals moved off-site

4. 31st DAA – Ventura County Fair (Ventura, CA): ACTIVE Animal Shelter At Capacity per Incident Update

• • • • Currently housing 152 animals total, no breakdown by size/type.
      • County Animal Control caring for animals.
      • Cannot take people

5. 42nd DAA – Glenn County Fair (Orland, CA): ACTIVE Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter- FULL per Incident Update

• • • • Glenn County Health Services caring for 65 evacuees on sight with another 54 tents on grounds, no count but lot of pets, and 5 RVs
      • Fair CEO states that shelter is not full but are no longer accepting more evacuees. Plans are to slowly close this shelter.

6. 19th DAA – Santa Barbara County Fair (Santa Barbara, CA): ACTIVE Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· Currently housing 13 horses

7. 50th DAA – Antelope Valley Fair (Lancaster, CA): ACTIVE Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· Currently housing 9 cattle

8. Plumas-Sierra County Fair (Quincy, CA): ACTIVE Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· Currently 7 evacuees and 13 dogs/cats on site


9. 30th DAA - Tehama District Fair (Red Bluff, CA): STANDBY Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· Capacity for 2,000 people, 20 stall/30 pens/2 barns for animals, up to 100 RVs w/water and power

10. 44th DAA - Colusa County Fair (Colusa, CA): STANDBY Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· Capacity for 3,000 people, 20 stall/2 fenced arenas for animals, up to 80 RVs and 56 acres of open ground

11. Placer County Fair (Roseville, CA): STANDBY Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· Capacity for 2,100 people, none for animals, 500+ car parking lot

12. 17th DAA - Nevada County Fair (Grass Valley, CA): STANDBY Evacuation Center, Animal Shelter

· Capacity for 800 people, 40 horse stalls for animals


STANDBY

39th DAA – Calaveras County Fair (Angels Camp, CA): STANDBY PG&E Staging Area

Cal Expo (Sacramento, CA): STANDBY for Red Cross Support Center – Waiting for Mission Task from OES to Support Red Cross

 

More ways to give:

Im handling the personal donations to our TW family. You can mail me gift cards. Even partially used ones are acceptable!

Have credit card points you can exchange for gift cards or e-gift cards? I’ll handle them, or if you need an email for a recipient, message me and I’ll get you @Whitebutler email addy.

You can donate via my paypal email address merritt.wj@gmail.com

Have that coin jar sitting around collecting your pocket change? Take it to a Coinstar -usually found in grocery stores- and cash it in for FREE when you opt for an e-gift card. (They typically have Amazon, Home Depot, restaurants, etc). You can snail mail them to me and I’ll include them with other mailings. Find a kiosk near you and what ecards are available before you even leave the sofa. https://www.coinstar.com/findakiosk

 

Items still needed and a place to take them

 

Paradise Rotary.
Paradise Rotary Foundation, can't get much closer. You'll have to look them up, my tablet doesn't paste. Easy search.
Duane

 

In the mail today. Took my change jar to a Coinstar machine and got that done and found a giftcard that I forgot about.

 

If you need to get out of the smoke, but will be cooler than the valley, the Red Cross has set up at the Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds in Quincy. No rat race or hectic action here. Don't know if they have FEMA reps here though.
Susanville radio raised almost $59,000 yesterday to be sent to the Paradise Rotary Foundation.
Duane

 

@Cuffs awesome of you to arrange this.

@Whitebutler sent $100 to Cuffs for you, wish I could help more.

 

I'm assuming you got the paypal i sent?

 

Message me the name it was sent under.

 

I assume that you're still taking donations?

 

Yessir!

 

Last call. If you’d like to make a monetary donation, please do so by this Friday, December 14th.


See post 1 above for info.