Foundation for California Community Colleges: Wildfire and Disaster Relief Fund
Supporting our communities affected by natural disasters.
Our community college students, faculty, and staff are already being impacted by California’s devastating wildfire season, which has burned more acres in the state this year than in the previous two combined.
How Your Gift Helps
Your generous donation provides emergency relief during these difficult times and support for recovering and rebuilding. Past recipients of donors’ support have used the funds to cover their disaster-related needs, including relocation expenses, replacing laptops, and buying supplies, transportation, clothes, and food that were lost or destroyed during evacuations.
Hubs of Recovery and Local Support
Our California community colleges serve as the heart and hub for communities throughout our state. They play a critical role in disaster response and recovery, serving as evacuation centers, information hubs, deployment sites, helipads, and providers of first responders. And, in a local crisis, they are in a unique position to get aid to those in need. FoundationCCC established this fundraising effort to support community colleges throughout the state when their students, faculty, and staff are impacted by natural disasters. It launched with an inaugural gift by Evergreen Valley College in 2017, and we have since partnered with local colleges to distribute more than $200,000 through this effort.