From Beyoncé to Jamie Lee Curtis, celebrities are stepping up to aid in the aftermath of the California wildfires! Even A-listers like Paris Hilton, who lost her home in one of the blazes, have offered help.
However, since January 7, fires across Los Angeles have killed dozens. Additionally, it has forced thousands from their homes and destroyed structures like schools and businesses.
According to CNN, the fight against the California wildfires is not over either. Dangerous winds in L.A. are predicted to continue until midafternoon and early evening.
This means they pose a threat to fires that are still burning and could potentially start others.
Community will likely be the main ingredient in rebuilding Los Angeles. Celebrities aside, the following is a list of the organizations accepting support for those impacted.
California Wildfires: Resources For The Kids
Baby2Baby: This national nonprofit provides infant and child supplies, including diapers, formula, and food. It’s accepting monetary donations to deliver goods to shelters, childcare centers, schools, and low-income housing sites.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Malibu: The organization offers free counseling, case management, and resource referrals for area families. It’s collecting donations to provide emergency grants, and when its facilities can safely reopen, it will create an emergency relief distribution center.
Project Camp: The Los Angeles-based organization runs trauma-informed pop-up day camps for children displaced or out of school due to natural disasters. It’s setting up multiple sites to help families impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires and is accepting monetary donations and volunteers to staff the camps.
For Those Displaced From Home
GiveDirectly: The cash-relief organization is raising money to give one-time cash payments of $3-to-$4,000 to people living in impacted zip codes who qualify for federal assistance programs like SNAP benefits. The group recently deployed a similar program for people impacted by Hurricane Helene.
Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) and bstrong: In partnership with Bethenny Frankel’s bstrong disaster relief fund, GEM is distributing cash cards to evacuated residents to help with immediate needs like accommodation, gas and food. The organizations are accepting cash donations.
GoFundMe.org: The crowdfunding platform’s nonprofit arm will use its Wildfire Recovery Fund to give $1,000 emergency grants to verified households that have lost homes, loved ones, or property.
Instacart: The food delivery platform’s Community Carts platform allows you to choose a YMCA to support and to buy directly from its list of needed items.
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: The food bank is supporting a network of more than 600 partner agencies to make sure impacted households are fed. It’s accepting cash donations, food donations at two sites, and volunteers.
California Fire Foundation: The foundation is supporting both firefighters responding to the Los Angeles fires as well as people affected.
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation: It is raising funds to supply its first responders with tools and supplies.
Watch Duty: The nonprofit service provides real-time updates on wildfire activity, evacuations, shelters and more via its free app. The organization relies on donations and a team of 200 volunteers, gathering and vetting information from radio scanners and official sources, to do its work.
Inclusive Action for the City: The L.A. organization is collecting donations for its cash assistance program, which gives $500 to outdoor workers such as street vendors and landscapers living in the impacted areas who may have lost their jobs due to the fires.
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Its ‘We Care: Domestic Worker Relief Fund’ will support on-the-ground organizations helping domestic workers impacted by this disaster. Aid will include emergency financial assistance, basic supplies, and long-term recovery support.
Pasadena Humane Society: The animal rescue has taken in hundreds of animals due to evacuations, including some with burns and injuries. Its officers are also on the ground, finding animals that need help. It is accepting monetary donations as well as purchasing goods from its Amazon wishlist.
American Humane Society: Its emergency rescue team is transporting shelter animals to locations in Washington and Oregon to make space for displaced pets. It’s accepting monetary donations.
