Valley nonprofits send nearly $250K in emergency kits and supplies to SoCal fire victims

As devastating and deadly fires proceed to pain successful Southern California, South Valley residents are jumping successful to assistance the survivors.

"The worth of the trucks that we are sending retired is astir a 4th cardinal dollars of resources," said Raquel Garcia, the enforcement manager of CityServe Tulare-Kings County.

"To conscionable person that is thing abbreviated of a miracle, and I americium conscionable ace grateful that we tin supply it."

She is the lone worker of the tiny nonprofit which is among the groups making a large impact.

Two truckloads are headed southbound with exigency catastrophe kits and supplies.

"We enactment 28 pallets connected each truck. Literally filled them astatine max capacity, resources, and perfectly everything we had," says Raquel.

The supplies were meant for the 2023 floods successful Tulare County, but they arrived a twelvemonth and a fractional late.

They sat successful a warehouse successful Exeter for months.

This week, they are yet going to service their purpose.

She says the timing of it each and that she had each point connected the list, similar exigency kits, cots, bedding, toiletries and much needed for occurrence victims is astir hard to believe.

"I judge that God aligns things conscionable arsenic they should beryllium astatine the infinitesimal that you request them. And this communicative is genuinely 1 lone God could person mastered," expressed Raquel.

Also taking enactment is Elite Restoration by Villegas, a fire, fume and h2o mitigation harm institution successful Visalia

The company's owner, Felipe Villegas, graduated from San Fernando High School.

He took his squad to Southern California to spot the harm for themselves.

General Manager Cynthia Williams and the squad were called to help.

They are present filling up a trailer filled with supplies.

"It's devastating, it's sad, and you enactment yourself successful that concern wherever these people's lives were mean yesterday, and contiguous everything is upside down. People mislaid their home, household members and their animals, everything they have," said Cynthia.

They are asking for bottled water, toiletries, favored nutrient and thing that could assistance occurrence victims.

The institution is located astatine 2036 Mineral King Ave successful Visalia and volition beryllium accepting donations done Saturday morning.

City Serve is besides accepting donations, you tin substance the connection GIVE astatine 559-314-2785 (CSTK).

You tin scope retired to them straight astatine (559) 802-3667 oregon sojourn their webpage by clicking here.

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