Dear Friends,
Thank you for all your concerns about our well-being. We have escaped unscathed and grow more grateful everyday for our blessings. Neither of us has been evacuated from our homes, and our hearts truly go out to all those who were displaced or lost their homes as a result of the
We have been contacted by many of our charitable friends about what we can do to help. We would love nothing more than to launch a campaign to help all the families that have lost their homes and the ½ million plus families that have been evacuated. However, we feel that immediate relief efforts would be better utilized by joining those that are already going on.
If you would like to donate money, you can donate to the Salvation Army (be sure to specify the San Diego wildfires - all money will stay within San Diego), or to the American Red Cross.
In addition, www.volunteersandiego.com is working with
We have unique talents and we CAN use them to help!
Together with It's About Time... Scrapbooks and More in Murrieta, CA, Pink Pineapple Scrapbooks in Vista, CA, and Diva Craft Lounge Radio Show based in downtown San Diego, we will plan a Scrapbook Royalty event in the near future to directly benefit the families whose homes were destroyed. How are we going to help them? The best way we know how. We will crop their photos as a group and help them rebuild their memories. We can also help them replace scrapbooking supplies that were lost. We will get this planned as soon as we can and when it does, we will make a difference in these families' lives the best way we know how, by replacing something that the insurance companies can't! We are brainstorming a way to help them collect photos from their families and friends and get them printed. If this sounds like an event you would like to be a part of, keep reading our emails and we will be sure and keep you posted. For now, we hope you are all safe and our prayers to you all.
--Melanie
