A Penticton man91裸聊视频檚 grassroots efforts to provide aid for those displaced by the of wildfires ravaging the province is gaining momentum, with a truckload of supplies already sent out.
The 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� on Facebook was set up by Allan Love in Penticton, but it91裸聊视频檚 quickly-growing member base is spread across B.C., all looking to provide some help to by the more than 220 wildfires in the province.
Quickly reaching 100 members just hours after the group91裸聊视频檚 formation on Saturday, there are now 550 members offering a hand in various ways.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 an old forestry firefighter, myself, so I know the hardships that the people will be going through, as I91裸聊视频檝e been on the fighting end of it,91裸聊视频� Love said. 91裸聊视频淚 know how much it could actually suck. I just want to give anyone who needs help as much help as I can possibly give them whether it91裸聊视频檚 through myself or through proxy.91裸聊视频�
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If Love isn91裸聊视频檛 able to provide the help that an evacuee is needing, he said hopefully one of the 550 91裸聊视频� and growing 91裸聊视频� members of his group will be able to.
Love said clothing, food and shelter make up the bulk of what the group is offering, with numerous members offering to make room in their homes for the evacuees.
91裸聊视频淚, myself, am even willing to put up a couple of people inside my house, I can put up a couple more people inside my camper, and I91裸聊视频榲e got lots of room for RVs or tents for camping,91裸聊视频� Love said. 91裸聊视频淚 can help out even some of them, myself, with food and whatnot, too.91裸聊视频�
Love has set his garage up at 101 Nelson Street as an ad hoc donation centre, clearing space to hold items earmarked for evacuees, with the closest donation centres set up in the Lower Mainland and in Kamloops.
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91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e even got three truckloads coming down later just from Kelowna area,91裸聊视频� Love said, adding that he91裸聊视频檚 been in touch with groups like the Salvation Army.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 working with different organizations to get transport from my place up to the Kamloops centres, to the (Emergency Social Services) there, and then it91裸聊视频檒l get distributed from there to Prince George, or wherever else is requiring whatever.91裸聊视频�
About a pickup load has already been sent out from Love91裸聊视频檚 place in Penticton up to Kamloops, which he said is a good start so far.
91裸聊视频淐onsidering I91裸聊视频檝e only actually opened up my garage since (Monday),91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淏asic things that we91裸聊视频檙e asking for is personal hygiene products right now, a lot of that stuff is always the most overlooked. Of course, water91裸聊视频檚 always great to have, too, but other groups that are from Alberta, they91裸聊视频檙e sending mass amounts of fluids.91裸聊视频�
Love said he91裸聊视频檚 also seeing requests for clothing, with many evacuated in early days having cycled through all of their clean clothes. Members in the group span across the province, with Facebook profiles showing up from the coast, up to Lillooet and as far out as Calgary.
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That, Love said, will help to spread group91裸聊视频檚 ability to provide help wherever it91裸聊视频檚 needed, especially with most of the fires in the Cariboo region 91裸聊视频� far away from Love91裸聊视频檚 home in Penticton. The group has also managed to help house several people, pointing to a woman named Mia, who came to the area with her boyfriend and their baby.
91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e set up completely with everything that they need in Kamloops, so I91裸聊视频檓 quite thrilled with that,91裸聊视频� he said, adding that people have found housing through the group up and down the Okanagan Valley.
But the giving spirit hasn91裸聊视频檛 ended with those with space to spare 91裸聊视频� Love pointed to one man who offered to help out however he can, despite himself being an evacuee.
Love said he91裸聊视频檚 offered a helping hand to others in need before, but never anything on this scale.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 winging it, doing what I can,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚t sucks to be down, so I may as well do what I can to make their life better and easier.91裸聊视频�
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