{"id":3072,"date":"2021-08-19T14:34:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/?p=3072"},"modified":"2021-08-19T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:34:51","slug":"fire-relief-center-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/fire-relief-center-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"El Fire Relief Center est\u00e1 cerrando, \u00a1pero el apoyo a los sobrevivientes del incendio contin\u00faa!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-2px|auto||auto||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243;]<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, August 18, 2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONTACT:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elib Crist Dwyer, (541) 292-3417, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:elib@rogueactioncenter.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elib@rogueactioncenter.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Phoenix Fire Relief Site Closing on Saturday, August 21<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>[Phoenix, OR]<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8212; <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After almost a year since the Obenchain and Almeda Fires, the Phoenix Fire Relief Center at the Shoppes at Exit 24 will be closing its doors on Saturday, August 21 at 6PM. The Phoenix Fire Relief Center was started immediately after the Almeda fire by Phoenix-Talent School District teachers. In late-September, coordination of this project was transferred to Rogue Climate, Rogue Action Center, and Southern Oregon Health Equity Coalition who were running other fire support centers across the valley at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Fire Relief Center is closing but this is not an end to Rogue Climate\u2019s commitment to our neighbors who survived the fire. We will continue to support fire survivors, organize to bring our neighbors home, take action on climate change, and build communities that are more resilient to disasters,\u201d said <\/span><b>Blanca Gutierrez, Bilingual Organizer at Rogue Climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThis incredible community effort is an example of what can happen in the Rogue Valley to respond to climate disasters and other crises.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fire Relief Center has made a big impact on the lives of fire survivors in the Rogue Valley, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported 450 to 800 households every week with food and supplies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community members donated over $100,000 worth of supplies to fire survivors. Additional supply donations were made by Rogue Valley Relief Fund, Grassroots Action Project, ACCESS, Relief Angels, Ashland Emergency Food Bank, Cascade Relief Team, and many others.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volunteers worked over 10,000 hours to keep the Fire Center running.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connected fire survivors to the Jackson County Community Long Term Recovery Group (jccltrg.org) and Disaster Case Managers for additional guidance through the recovery process moving forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built connections between fire survivors, as a meeting place to find each other or share resources, tips for recovery, and emotional support.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financially supported fire survivors getting back on their feet through visa gift cards, emergency shelter and rent support through Rogue Climate and SO Health-e, and support applying for grants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt has been amazing to watch the community come together to support each other at this hard time. None of this work would be possible without the hundreds of volunteers, donors, and organizations who committed to showing up for their community,\u201d said <\/span><b>Elib Crist Dwyer, Housing Justice Organizer at the Rogue Action Center. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe know there are still hundreds of fire survivors looking for housing in our valley and the Rogue Action Center is committed to working with our community to bring all of our neighbors home to housing they can afford.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis past year has challenged the community in many ways &#8211; the fires, the pandemic, the ongoing impacts of systemic racism, and the stress effects for families trying to find housing are heavy,\u201d said <\/span><b>Michelle Glass, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at SO Health-E.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWe\u2019ve been able to reach many more community members through the Fire Relief Center to assist people back into stable housing and ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines, both of which are important for community health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free lunch and dinner for fire survivors provided by Rogue Food Unites will continue to be served at the Shoppes at Exit 24 through August 31. Starting Wednesday, September 1, meals will be served every day at the 1st Phoenix Presbyterian Church (2nd &amp; Church St) instead of at the Shoppes at 24.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rogue Climate and the Rogue Action Center will be hosting a \u201cFire Survivor Supply Pop-Up\u201d at Living Waters Church in Medford in early October. More details to come soon on Rogue Climate\u2019s website <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/event\/fire-survivor-supplies-pop-up\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fire survivors who need support can reach out to the Jackson County Community Long-term Recovery Group at recover@jccltrg.org or jccltrg.org\/contact to be connected to a Disaster Case Manager for guidance in the recovery process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Thursday, August 18, 2021 CONTACT:Elib Crist Dwyer, (541) 292-3417, elib@rogueactioncenter.org\u00a0 Phoenix Fire Relief Site Closing on Saturday, August 21 [Phoenix, OR] &#8212; After almost a year since the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","category-success-stories"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3072"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3086,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3072\/revisions\/3086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}