Helping survivors of the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA

We distributed over $200,000 in support and goods to survivors of the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County. We are a 100% volunteer nonprofit organization. When the Camp Fire started we started  raising funds and directly assisting survivors of the Butte Camp Fire.  We are grateful for our donors, North Valley Community Foundation, Global Giving, United Way, and Good360 who have all trusted us with distributing much needed funds and goods directly to those in need. Our goal since the beginning has always been to help survivors in tangible ways, taking into account their unique situation. 

We began distributing funds days after the fires began, and haven’t stopped since. We received $120,000 in grant funds from North Valley Community Foundation to facilitate our Camp Fire work. The funds have come as five different grants, as NVCF saw the work we were doing and wanted to continue funding it. We also received a $20,000 grant from Global Giving to continue our work. 

We assembled 150 Welcome Home Kits full of home essentials for Camp Fire survivors, over 200 Cold Weather Kits, we purchased a used car for a family, replaced tools for several contractors, paid thousands of dollars in rent, fulfilled Amazon Wishlists for multiple families, distributed food and gas gift cards, purchased laptops for students and professionals, provided relocation assistance to many families, set-up an apartment with all furniture and essentials needed, helped with car repairs, bought new mattresses and other home goods, provided a large amount of propane, purchased a 2500 water tank for a man living off the grid in Paradise, contributed to the construction of Tiny Homes, helped purchase a food truck for business owners who lost theirs in the fire, set-up a home office for a mobile worker, paid taxes on new home, paid professional fees to get survivors back to work, provided swamp coolers, AC units, fans, and ice chests for survivors living in RV’s, distributed 50 Kitchen Essential Kits with new kitchen items, maintained a free store in Chico and a free furniture store in Colusa for survivors – and more.