In the year after the Marshall Fire, communities in Boulder County and beyond came together to support one another through the heartbreak and find hope among the ashes.
It was more than just neighbors helping neighbors, or friends helping friends. It became strangers comforting strangers, sharing their homes, clothing and food. It was children collecting toys to give to their classmates who lost everything just a few days after Christmas. It was local businesses and nonprofits working around the clock so displaced residents had a place to eat, rest and recover.
Hundreds of Marshall Fire victims attend holiday extravaganza Denver7 Gives donates $300,000 to A Precious Child to help Marshall Fire victims with housing needs A teacher who lost everything in the Marshall Fire had to start the new school year from scratch. Natascha Ambrose, a teacher at Eagle Ridge Academy in Brighton, and her family lived in the Sagamore neighborhood and escaped with a little more than the clothes on their backs.
Thanks to our generous Denver7 Gives Viewers and Amazon, $40,000 worth of essential items were donated to the nonprofit A Precious Child in Broomfield in April. Denver7 Give's team stocked up the nonprofit's warehouse full of clothing, shoes, toys, home goods, toiletries and much more. Honstein, a musician, was at home at the time and said the fire approached so quickly, he only had time to grab his glasses and wallet.
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Following the fire, one of the biggest obstacles for the family was transportation. The wildfire burned three of their cars and damaged the fourth. So Denver7 Gives wanted to help, and took the Reids shopping to help furnish their new, temporary apartment. Denver7 Gives provides storage for Superior family following Marshall Fire Denver7 Gives directly helps Marshall Fire victims Richard Daley and Eddy Miscles
Marian made a post on their neighborhood website, encouraging others to participate in"Farrah's Challenge" and fill a backpack. She was shocked by the outpouring of support for the idea. She sought help through a Facebook post and the community offered veils, decorations, shoes and wedding rings. Cousins Dana Stevens Kogler and Stephanie Clark lived just a few blocks apart in the Sagamore neighborhood. Both of their families barely made it out of their homes in time before their homes burned to the ground.
The Cullen family lost everything they owned in the Marshall Fire — their home was one of hundreds burned in Boulder County's Sagamore neighborhood.Thanks to the donations of Denver7 Gives viewers, we passed out $100 Target gift cards to help meet the immediate needs of five Sagamore neighborhood families who met to grieve their loss.
A Colorado chorus debuted an original song that was dedicated to people affected by the Marshall Fire. In July, a family finally got to thank the couple that let them stay in their summer home while they were in Florida at the time of the fire. The sessions range in different age groups and different types of trauma. There are also therapists, like Krista Reinhardt, there to help people talk through what they're feeling.
Colorado nonprofit helping Marshall Fire victims find their rhythm again Community rallies behind Marshall Fire victim who lost everything Santiago Saenz and his family, of Boulder County, went on a trip to Argentina in December 2021 and never imagined a wildfire would destroy their home and all of their belongings by the time they returned.
Louisville architect Christian Dino, who lost his home in the Marshall Fire, is determined to rebuild his neighborhood and community one home at a time. One organization tried to bring some elements of home to those displaced to help them regain some semblance of the comforts that were lost in the blaze. Kate Coslett started Operation Hotel Sanity to deliver those comforts in person.
Meryl Suissa, administrator of the Boulder Fire and Surrounding Areas Victims Distribution Page, launched the grass-roots group to find out what fire victims need and get it to them directly. Ross put the logo on a sticker and posted it on Facebook. He was surprised by the number of people who wanted to purchase one.
The marketplace this weekend — founded hard by the Abbey Collection, a division of Compass Realty, and a group of realtors, lenders and others who make their living off real estate — was an opportunity to come together to give back where there is no real estate left. Libby Latham, along with her parents, collected stuffed animals for children who lost theirs, and families were able to pick them up in Louisville in mid-January.
The Arapahoe County Quilters, formed in 1986, are using their nearly four decades of experience and resources to collect and assemble quilts for the estimated 1,000 victims of the Marshall Fire. “These reunifications have been so touching. People are just so grateful to have their animal back," she said."They've lost everything, and to have your animal, your pet, with you is such a comfort for people."
“I don't know where I'd be without my pets," said Angela Hacker, a local veterinary technician."I have severe depression... My cats, my dogs, they keep me going. They're the reason I get out of bed. I became a vet tech because animals have done so much for me that I wanted to give back to them somehow."
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