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Rebuilding after the wildfire: the Eastgate settlement needs your help

Neighbors in the Eastgate settlement are rebuilding after the wildfire; every contribution goes to materials and supplies.

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Patricia G. Reyes
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Fresno
The wildfire hit the Eastgate settlement on 14 June. My home was one of 18 damaged, and 5 families are still in temporary shelter at the local school gym. The first few days we shared what little we had. Now the cleanup has started, but we've no money for materials and winter or the rainy season is coming. Schools in the area have been closed, and the clinic lost its cold storage for vaccines. We're a small community of working families who have never asked for help before. We have formed a volunteer committee, and I'm the treasurer, so I'll post receipts for everything we buy. Funds go to building materials, water purification supplies, bedding, and food for families still in shelters. Where the $9,200 goes: • Food parcels for displaced families: $2,250 • Tools and labor for repairs: $1,400 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $960 • Roofing sheets and timber: $4,590 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Patricia
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Patricia

  1. Update from Fresno: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 27% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Tarun H. Khanna 🇮🇳 · $200

    “Be well. My father told me about this one. - New Delhi”

  • Cláudia Márcia Coelho 🇧🇷 · $200
  • Emilia B. Bowers 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $100
  • João Raimundo Lopes 🇧🇷 · $100

    “Thinking of you. Saw your post and had to give. - Ribeirão Preto”

  • Savannah L. Wright 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Stefan Herrmann 🇩🇪 · $100

    “Be well. Thought of Patricia all day after reading this.”

  • Gabriel J. Vargas 🇲🇽 · $100

    “Blessings. Saw your post and had to give. - Zapopan”

  • Cristian P. Hernández 🇨🇴 · $100
  • Lia Citra Hidayat 🇮🇩 · $100

    “Rooting for you. Gave what I could this week. - Semarang”

  • Suren D. Coetzee 🇿🇦 · $100
  • Mousumi Sharmin Parvez 🇧🇩 · $100

    “Thought of Patricia all day after reading this. - Dhaka”

  • Aaron L. Jackson 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Angela C. Guerrero 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Amna Aleena Orakzai 🇵🇰 · $78

    “Hope things get better. Gave what I could this week. - Peshawar”

  • Lauren S. Vargas 🇺🇸 · $77.50

    “Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Fort Worth”

  • Edilene Kelly Pinto 🇧🇷 · $75.50

    “Rooting for you. I'm in Guarulhos, thinking of you.”

  • Aubree B. Martin 🇬🇧 · $75

    “Be well - Derry”

  • Vivian Gonzalez 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Bea C. Aquino 🇨🇦 · $75

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  • Hatem Ghassan Cherif

    Keep going, Patricia. Hope you get there.

    • Philipp David MayerPhoto verified

      Sending strength, Patricia. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.

      • Babu Rafiq Alam

        So sorry you're going through this, Patricia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Los Angeles.

        • Anand K. Krishnamurthy

          Hang in there. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Paarl.

          • Subramanian C. KurupAddress verified

            So sorry you're going through this, Patricia. Hope you get there. Blessings.

            • Erlangga Dimas Tampubolon

              Hope it all works out. Shared this with my family. After 28 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Fresno.

              $6,000 raised of $9,200

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