Dear , 

Thank you to everyone who came out Tuesday night for what was a supportive evening of friendship and prayer for all those impacted from the fires. It was so nice to have an open forum to discuss all the issues surrounding the fires, and the steps to rebuild our communities and to support all those who are displaced and processing the trauma of this experience. Thank you for so generously opening your hearts and for Pastor Rob’s beautiful prayer circle, and we appreciate the donations which have already been dropped off.

Please help our member Marty Vero if you have the means to do so - he lost everything he owned in the fire:

https://www.givesendgo.com/helpmarty

We have compiled some resources for you or any of your friends or family that may need this information in the two attached files found at the bottom of this email. 

In the FileResourcesWMLA file you will find resources for: 
Shelters /  Discounted or Free Temporary Housing / Local Relator / Where to House Animals / What and Where to. Donate ./ Insurance Inquiries / Tax Relief / Staying Healthy / Free Dinners at the Fig Ranch / Health and Mental Health /  Palisades Mail / Air Quality / Other Disaster Resources 

We've updated the resources file for those of you who came to the meeting. 

In the Legal_Resources file you will find information regarding:
FEMA / Small Business Association / IRS / Replacing ID's 

Latest additions:

Cafe Gratitude is offering $5 Gratitude Bowls for those who were affected by the fires. 

Cleaning Toxic Ash

If you have ash on your car or around your house, it's highly toxic - you don't want to breathe it in! 
Here is how you can remove it safely: 

Safety Precautions and Ash Exposure Prevention

We look forward to seeing you on February 4th with our speaker on Regenerative Healing. 

What Matters LA Facebook Group

We created a new invitation-only private facebook group. While we are not entirely happy with this option given Facebook's regressive policies, at this time it is the easiest way that you can view our events and related community events in an organized way, and we can all  keep track of and organize information for you to share your thoughts and events. If you want to join, please click here. This is a time-sensitive link - it will expire after 20 hours. We will update the link with each of our emails.