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Tampa wildfire relief - the Millbrook neighborhood
The wildfire damaged 37 homes in the Millbrook neighborhood. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.
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The wildfire hit the Millbrook neighborhood on 12 September. My home was one of 37 damaged, and 4 families are still in temporary shelter at a mosque and church hall.
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 $4,700 goes:
• Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $520
• Food parcels for displaced families: $2,100
• Tools and labor for repairs: $2,080
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Gerardo
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- Valentina F. Valdez 🇪🇸 · $25
- Rohan C. Kulkarni 🇮🇳 · $10
- Maria F. Tomas 🇵🇭 · $15
“Sending love. Hope the December deadline works out. - Pasig”
- Nikhil F. Bhatia 🇺🇸 · $5
“Thought of Gerardo all day after reading this. - Oakland”
- Felix Florian Bergmann 🇩🇪 · $20
“Take care of yourselves - Dresden”
- Jepkoech Aisha Kipchoge 🇹🇿 · $10
- Sumaiya Mousumi Sen 🇧🇩 · $5
- Anthony J. Washington 🇬🇧 · $50
- Hesti Wulan Siregar 🇮🇩 · $5
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $100
- Micah D. Jimenez 🇺🇸 · $25
- Abubakar Segun Idowu 🇳🇬 · $10
- Talha Faisal Raza 🇵🇰 · $5
- Alejandra A. Duarte 🇺🇸 · $30
“Thought of Gerardo all day after reading this. - Albany”
- Pavel Asif Mukherjee 🇧🇩 · $15
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
“Hang in there. Shared with friends too. - Mangaluru”
- Karanja Kiprop Mollel 🇺🇬 · $5
- Helena Hanna Lewandowski 🇵🇱 · $10
- Sheila G. Torres 🇵🇭 · $20
- Chamari Ruwini Nanayakkara 🇱🇰 · $35
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Wishing you the best, Gerardo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care.
You're not alone. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Tampa.
Take care, Gerardo. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Best of luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. God bless.
hope things get better soon. More neighborhoods should do this. I hope December is when things finally get easier. All the best
Thinking of you, Gerardo. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Sending love. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Nagpur so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Tampa.
Thanks for sharing this, Gerardo. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Tampa.
sending strength. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Birmingham this morning. Take care
Thanks for sharing this, Gerardo. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Put this on a community board in Monterrey this morning. Thinking of Tampa.
Hang in there, Gerardo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Ibadan donated after I showed her your page.
Hope things get better soon, Gerardo. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.
Sending strength. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Pretoria.
Good luck, Gerardo. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best.
Wishing you the best. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
good luck, Gerardo. Shared this with my family.
Thinking of you. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Polokwane.
Thinking of you and your family, Gerardo. Looking forward to the next update. Please keep us posted. All the best.
Hang in there, Gerardo. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer
Sending love, Gerardo. Looking forward to the next update. Please keep us posted
Thinking of you and your family, Gerardo. Looking forward to the next update. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Hồ Chí Minh City.
Hope it all works out, Gerardo. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Tiruchirappalli
thanks for sharing this, Gerardo. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings