Woolsey Fire Donations

I received the following email from Los Angeles City Councilman Bob Blumenfield. If anyone is affected by the Woolsey Fire, it may be a help to you.

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Armand -- The Woolsey Fire has continued to rage and our brave firefighters are doing everything they can to contain the fire and protect homes and lives. My team has been working closely with aid organizations and first responders on the ground to stay up-to-date with the status of the fire, and provide whatever is needed for those who had to evacuate their homes and for our firefighters and police who are on the front lines. When we alerted our community that I was opening our District Office as a temporary drop off and distribution center for donations, I didn’t know just how many folks would come. Over the last three days, our office has welcomed hundreds and hundreds of generous people who came from as far away as Fullerton, Marina Del Rey, Santa Clarita, and Simi Valley, as well as just down the street in my district. They brought thousands of donations and volunteered their time to help sort, organize and dispatch supplies to people and animals in need. Together we have collected tens of thousands of pounds of animal food, pallets upon pallets of diapers, hygiene products, energy bars, water and so much more. Thanks to many of your efforts, emergency shelters have what they need and we have successfully stocked and organized our emergency warehouses with additional supplies to meet the needs that develop over these next few days and weeks. For now, please stay safe. Red flag parking regulations will continue to be in effect. We will be regularly posting updates on my social media pages and so too will LAFD. Please do not bring us more donations at this time as we are at full capacity and have shifted our work towards organizing and shipping off supplies. If you would like to be of help, we have great partners looking for people to donate funds rather than goods to help out with the evacuation and recovery processes. This includes, LAFD Foundation Red Cross Los Angeles The Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation Salvation Army California Wildfire Relief Fund United Way of Greater LA Disaster Relief Fund In recognition of Veterans Day, our office will be officially closed tomorrow, 11/12 and will reopen Tuesday, 11/13. My team and I will still be monitoring the shelters and doing other critical follow ups. I know this is a trying time and many of us are exhausted after these last few days, but we have never been stronger as a community. I am immensely proud of the community and honored to be your Councilmember. If my staff or I can be of help to you during this fire emergency or any time, please don’t hesitate to call my District Office at (818) 774-4330. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield http://blumenfield.lacity.org/