Learn how Rotary members are jumping in to help the victims of the LA wildfires. Members have been helping displaced people in their communities with paperwork for insurance and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, lending spare bedrooms and providing money, clothes, food, and listening ears. But there’s a bigger, longer-term picture, says Connell. His club is working with the Santa Monica club, which includes leaders from crucial frontline assistance organizations like the YMCA, Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Clubs, and Meals on Wheels, to focus on fire relief and “what families are going to actually need when they are given access to their properties.”
The two clubs have partnered on a “safe search” project to provide ash sifters and protective wear to families returning to their homes to go through the ruins. Home Depot has donated 150 sifters to the two clubs, and they have applied for a grant from the District 5280 Wildfire Disaster Relief Fund to buy protective kits of goggles, body suits, gloves, and booties.
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Edmonton Christmas Bureau and its partners prepared Holiday food hampers for 2000 families this Holiday season. Club President Marilyn and her husband Len Chanasyk were among the 900+ volunteers on Saturday Dec. 21 morning to load the cars driving the hampers to the needy families. A very efficient process of 4 driving lanes with 7 pick up stations in each line helped move along the cars quickly to receive their frozen turkey or fish hampers including bags of vegetables and fruit. 
Olesia is a Ukrainian newcomer who fled the war and was hosted by member Marilyn Mucha. She has a masters in Psychology and works as an Executive recruiter at Gallagher's. 
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