Our hearts go out to those who are waking up this morning without a home to return to because of the wildfires that swept through portions of Boulder County yesterday. Here’s a list of ways you can support residents and businesses impacted by the wildfires:
Donate
Community Foundation Boulder County has created a Boulder County Wildfire Fund to support needs as they emerge. Click here to learn more and donate.
Marshall Fire Gift Card Drive from the City of Edgewater
The generosity in this time of crisis has been incredible. Donation centers are at maximum capacity with donated items. What those impacted most need now are funds to begin to rebuild their lives. The City of Edgewater is teaming up with Arvada and the Arvada Chamber of Commerce to collect gift cards to help families purchase items they are in need of.
Cards in need are those that help people replace items lost, such as hardware stores, home good stores, clothing stores, and grocery stores.
Thank you in advance for all of your generosity and help, Edgewater!
This drive will run for the next two weeks, until Friday, January 14th.
Gift Card Drop Sites:
- Edgewater Civic Center at 1800 N Harlan
- Arvada Chamber of Commerce at 7305 Grandview Ave.
- Arvada United Methodist Church at 6750 Carr Street
You may take gift card donations to any of these locations during business hours, 9:00-4:00 M-F.
Support Those Moving to the 80214 Area
Edgewater Collective is working with Highlands United Methodist Church to support a couple who lost everything in the wildfires. They have moved into the apartment at Edgewater Community Church where our office is located. Our hope is to continue supporting this family and others that might move to our area.
*UPDATE: The couple that was staying at Edgewater Community Church has found housing closer to Louisville. Thank you to all who supported them while they were in Edgewater.
Volunteer
Sign up here to volunteer to support the recovery efforts.
We’ll add to this list as we hear about more ways to support these communities.
Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.
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