Where to Find and Give Help

Pastor Edd Breeden from Bonny Doon Church is working with the San Jose Presbyterian Church to share our communities needs.  Santa Cruz Convergence Church is also collecting our needs and coordinating with other churches in the area to meet them.

Meals for People Impacted by CZU Fire

Coffee, lunch and dinner are being distributed from Bonny Doon Church Monday through Friday last week and this week. 

Billy Graham's Church was at Felton Presbyterian Church earlier this week to offer prayers.

Santa Cruz County Recovery Resource Center (RRC)

Kaiser Permanente Arena, has opened as the Santa Cruz County Recovery Resource Center (RRC) for victims affected by the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. Representatives from numerous agencies will be on hand to answer questions about disaster assistance programs and other support to help families. FEMA, CalOES, and numerous federal, state and local agencies and nonprofits will be located at the RCC.

What: Recovery Resource Center 

When: 11 a.m.-7:00 p.m., daily 

Where: Kaiser Permanente Arena, 140 Front St., Santa Cruz

Neighbors have reported that trained volunteers from the  Presbyterian Church are offering to help people go through ashes on their property to look for precious remains.  They have a booth at the resource center.

To Contribute Financially 

Our Bonny Doon Church is has two funds for fire relief we are accepting donations to provide fire relief assistance to our Bonny Doon community as well as accepting donations for the church members in our church impacted by the fire  and has received disaster relief from the Presbyterian Disaster Relief Fund.

Bonny Doon School Superintendent and a handful of local families have coordinated with the Santa Cruz County Foundation to be their fiscal sponsor for a Bonny Doon Fire Relief Fund.  Their intentions are to manage the distribution of funds through neighborhood captains.

https://www.bonnydoonfirerelief.org/

Peer-to-Peer Fire Relief

Many individuals who are providing immediate aide to people who have remained in Bonny Doon to feed animals and fight the fire are accepting help through their personal Venmo accounts.  These individuals are providing fuel, water and food.  Much of the help was offered at the airport.  If you have provided that help and not been reimbursed or if you are wanting to reimburse those who paid for supplies out of their own pockets and haven't been reimbursed up please reach out to suecannon@gmail.com