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Wildfire in Sherbrooke: help the Hillcrest neighborhood rebuild

The wildfire damaged 65 homes in the Hillcrest neighborhood. We're raising funds for repairs, supplies and temporary shelter.

🇨🇦 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada1,969 views
Ezekiel R. Brewer
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Sherbrooke
The wildfire hit the Hillcrest neighborhood on 30 May. My home was one of 65 damaged, and 6 families are still in temporary shelter at the community 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. We buy supplies locally and in bulk, so the money goes further. Receipts and photos will be posted in updates. Where the $6,250 goes: • Clean water and purification supplies: $790 • Bedding, blankets and mattresses: $600 • Food parcels for displaced families: $940 • Roofing sheets and timber: $3,920 I hope life is good to you.
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Updates from Ezekiel

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,055 in total) the plan for clean water and purification supplies is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Sherbrooke: I made the first payment toward bedding, blankets and mattresses. We're at 13% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Update from Sherbrooke: I met with the suppliers and confirmed the amounts. We're at 6% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Quang Lộc Ha

    Hope you get there. Greetings from Rawalpindi

    • Chidi Chidi Ekwueme

      Keep going, Ezekiel. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.

      • Leo H. Macaraeg

        keep going. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out.

        • Kiprop Wafula Mbwambo

          sending love. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Riyadh

          • Sem Jacobs

            Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Lafayette.

            • Carter M. Haynes

              you're not alone, Ezekiel. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

              $1,688.50 raised of $6,250

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