LA Fire response

While no one community can help every person affected by a tragedy like the LA Fires, we will seek to understand the needs, evaluate the resources we have available as a church, and strategically partner the best ways we know how.  We’re focusing our compassion efforts in Alta Dena by partnering with Victory Bible Church, located just one block from the Eaton Fire zone. Victory Bible Church is uniquely positioned to serve, channeling resources directly to affected families and supporting neighboring churches that have lost their buildings.

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HOW WE'VE HELPED SO FAR.....

Because of the continuous generosity of Eastsiders, we responded rapidly with a significant contribution to meet the needs of Victory Bible Church and the community of Pasadena. 

  • These funds will be used to provide gift cards for groceries, clothing, and other personal items, as well as hotel vouchers for families who have been displaced and are seeking the next steps. 
  • Over 60 volunteers have been mobilized to serve in Pasadena to date
  • Eastsiders assembled 200 home cleaning buckets for impacted homes.
  • Eastsiders have generously donated additional gift cards for families impacted. 
  • Eastsiders have fulfilled 130 personalized wish lists for families that have lost everything.
  • We’ve helped Jackson Elementary (the only school still functioning in Alta Dena post-fires). In addition to having many families in crisis due to fires, the school has also taken on extra students. JHM and Kidside students assembled Valentines for all 600+ students, and HSM is creating gifts to encourage staff. On top of this, because of Eastside’s generosity, we’ve been able to provide lunch for the teachers and provided books to help process the trauma from the fire, a stuffy to each student, and more!

Thank you to all who have served or contributed so far! Together, we’re making a tangible difference right here in our community. Learn more about how Eastside unleashes compassion at eastside.com/local.

Ways To Help

Because of your amazing generosity, you have already done so much and allowed Eastside to respond quickly and intentionally! Thank you! If you want to get involved, here are some practical ways you can help. 

prayer

  • All the communities who have been impacted by this devastating catastrophe, that hope would be instilled and resources and relief would be provided. 
  • The firefighters as they are risking their lives to help contain these fires and keep communities safe
  • The 12 churches that have burned down
  • The 12 Pastors who have lost their homes in the fire
  • The thousands of families who have lost everything in the fire
  • Victory Bible Church and their leadership as they work to serve their community, including some of their own people.

Ash Out/Mud Out Training + Workdays

Eastside, along with a network of churches, is working with an organization, On Mission, an approved organization that will be helping with the Ash Out/Mud Out process alongside homeowners whose homes have been lost in the LA fires. The goal is that when the authorities open up access to burned homes, volunteers are paired with the home owner to go and help them sift through the rubble to find any keepsakes before the rubble is cleared out.

VOLUNTEER

Join us as we serve Victory Bible Church and others in Pasadena to deliver supplies, support our neighbors, and rebuild hope.

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