VCCF’s Mountain Fire Update on Community Support

Dear Ventura County Community Foundation Family,

Tonight, county and city officials are hosting a community meeting to inform residents affected by the Mountain Fire about the opening of the Local Assistance Center in Camarillo. Thanks to your generous support, we are honored to share that to-date $93,500 has been granted to help individuals and families most affected by the wildfire, along with an additional $10,000 dedicated to covering costs associated with emergency animal evacuations.

Your community foundation has also been able to grant $50,000 from one of our donor’s funds to support the American Red Cross of Ventura County in their wildfire relief efforts over this past week. We are immensely grateful to them and to the thousands of first responders who have worked tirelessly in service to Ventura County.

Your community foundation is also helping to raise funds to support farmworkers who experienced loss of work and other hardships associated with the fires. To learn more, please contact Kinsey Cohen at kcohen@vccf.org?.

Thank you for supporting your fellow neighbors during this time. We couldn’t be more proud and more grateful for our community.

With compassion and determination,

Vanessa

Vanessa Bechtel, VCCF President & CEO