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Red Deer house fire that spread across the block relief - the Sunrise district
After the house fire that spread across the block, families in the Sunrise district need clean water, roofing materials and bedding.
🇨🇦 Red Deer, Alberta, Canada5,230 views
The house fire that spread across the block hit the Sunrise district on 20 August. My home was one of 75 damaged, and 7 families are still in temporary shelter at the sports club.
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 $5,050 goes:
• Roofing sheets and timber: $2,150
• Clean water and purification supplies: $670
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $630
• Food parcels for displaced families: $780
• Tools and labor for repairs: $820
If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
- Elias
Updates from Elias
Thank you all. We're at 53% now ($2,656). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
Thank you all. We're at 27% now ($1,340). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Eliane Isabela Machado 🇧🇷 · $48
“Blessings. My brother told me about this one. - Petrópolis”
- Lukas Uwe Wolff 🇩🇪 · $15
- Johan B. Mthembu 🇿🇦 · $25
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $57
- Magdalena Karolina Pawłowski 🇵🇱 · $50
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $100
- Brandon C. Barnett 🇺🇸 · $5
- Fitri Bunga Sihombing 🇮🇩 · $50
- Zofia Weronika Zawadzki 🇵🇱 · $50
- Stella S. Pearson 🇺🇸 · $50
- Hugo E. Ortiz 🇲🇽 · $100
“Thought of Elias all day after reading this. - León”
- Zhe Xiang Wu 🇨🇦 · $75
- Angel A. Dizon 🇵🇭 · $20
“Wish I could do more. Thought of Elias all day after reading this. - Taguig”
- Nina Jacobs 🇳🇱 · $75
- Anonymous 🇷🇺 · $50
- Ezekiel M. Smith 🇬🇧 · $54.50
“Thinking of you. Only $55 but hope it helps. - Birmingham”
- Emanuele Dario Rinaldi 🇮🇹 · $20
“Good luck. I'm in Lecce, thinking of you.”
- Vivian Holmes 🇺🇸 · $5
- Enes Aksoy 🇩🇪 · $20
- Gerardo J. Villalobos 🇦🇷 · $25
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Thinking of you and your family, Elias. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Take care
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Vadodara
Wishing you peace, Elias. Great idea, hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Sydney this morning. God bless!
Praying for you, Elias. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.
thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Augsburg.
Thanks for sharing this, Elias. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Red Deer.
thanks for sharing this. Your post was clear and honest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless
You're not alone. Shared this with my family. Don't give up
Sending strength, Elias. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
You're not alone, Elias. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Winston-Salem.
Hope things get better soon. More neighborhoods should do this. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from San Diego.
Sending strength, Elias. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.
Thanks for sharing this, Elias. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Red Deer.
so sorry you're going through this, Elias. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings
Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. Love from Québec.
Thinking of you. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Red Deer.
Hope this works out for you. Love from Tema.
Take care, Elias. Looking forward to the next update. Blessings
Hope it all works out. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 34 people at work. Greetings from Guadalajara
Thinking of you and your family. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Corpus Christi but we're thinking of you. All the best.
best of luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Red Deer.
Keep going, Elias. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Red Deer.
Sending good thoughts, Elias. Your post was clear and honest
wishing you the best, Elias. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.
Best of luck, Elias. Hope you get there. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings
Hope it all works out, Elias. Hope this works out for you. Don't give up
Rooting for you, Elias. Shared this with my family. Blessings.
Praying for you, Elias. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless.
Thinking of you and your family, Elias. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best!
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Tucson!
hope things get better soon, Elias. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Iloilo City
hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in San Francisco donated after I showed her your page.
You're not alone, Elias. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes