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We lost everything in the wildfire: help the Greenfield neighborhood start over

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

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Ezra Pruitt
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Anaheim
The wildfire hit the Greenfield neighborhood on 9 August. My home was one of 40 damaged, and 13 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 $8,950 goes: • Roofing sheets and timber: $4,550 • Clean water and purification supplies: $1,100 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $1,050 • Food parcels for displaced families: $1,500 • Tools and labor for repairs: $750 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Ezra
#disaster-relief#rebuild#community#disaster

Updates from Ezra

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($3,372 in total) the plan for bedding, blankets and mattresses is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 25% now ($2,259). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for roofing sheets and timber is now scheduled.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 16% now ($1,404). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Tek Deepak Newar 🇳🇵 · $20

    “Praying for you. My cousin told me about this one. - Kathmandu”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇬 · $13.50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Héctor G. Sánchez 🇲🇽 · $10

    “All the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Zapopan”

  • Stephanie T. Sims 🇬🇧 · $20

    “Praying for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Dundee”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $10

    “Praying for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Maringá”

  • Jack G. Holloway 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Anonymous 🇳🇵 · $50
  • Wiktor Dariusz Głowacki 🇬🇧 · $20
  • Duygu Hatice Çiftçi 🇹🇷 · $5

    “Good luck. Thought of Ezra all day after reading this.”

  • Maria Preda 🇷🇴 · $50

    “From my family to yours. Small amount but sent with love. - București”

  • Aparecida Viviane Figueiredo 🇧🇷 · $5
  • Hossain Shafiq Karim 🇧🇩 · $77
  • Odhiambo Waweru Lyimo 🇰🇪 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $5
  • Mateo C. Gilbert 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Rosa G. Sandoval 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Cris J. Cruz 🇵🇭 · $5
  • Krishnan K. Gounder 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Songül Duygu Avcı 🇹🇷 · $10

    “Rooting for you. Thought of Ezra all day after reading this.”

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  • Owen H. Thomas

    Sending good thoughts, Ezra. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings.

    • Sade Yetunde Okoro

      hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor in Lagos donated after I showed her your page.

      • Adeline Adams

        Good luck, Ezra. It takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings.

        • Njoroge Salim Odhiambo

          Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Lagos.

          • Myra N. Luthra

            sending good thoughts. Great idea, hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.

            $5,799 raised of $8,950

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