{"id":7126,"date":"2020-10-22T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T15:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:38:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T15:38:21","slug":"relief-fund-set-up-to-help-the-victims-of-wildfires-recover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/relief-fund-set-up-to-help-the-victims-of-wildfires-recover\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief Fund Set Up To Help The Victims of Wildfires Recover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wildfires are raging across the western USA, and people desperately need help to recover from the outcomes. Homes and businesses have been destroyed, people have lost almost everything, and municipalities, cities, and state (and federal) governments have been scrambling to try and help somehow<\/a>. And meanwhile, this is all going down in the middle of a global pandemic, where everyone is already struggling. Firefighters have been deployed to try and stop the fires themselves, and U.S citizens all over the country have donated to try and help with relief. And now, Community Foundation Boulder County<\/a>, a foundation that has always focused on filling the gap to meet immediate needs, has set up a Fires Relief Fund<\/a>, “to support individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations affected by the Cal-wood and Lefthand Canyon Fires<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Western USA, this year has been a record-breaking fire-season, with four wildfires having sparked the weekend of October 17th, in Colorado and Utah. According to the National Fire Interagency Center, here are some statistics on what’s been going on: <\/p>\n\n\n\n