After Sunday’s fire displaced at least 37 Mission District residents, Ellen from the McCoppin Hub Neighborhood Association writes to let us know:
The San Francisco Friends School at 250 Valencia St is hosting a quick
donation drive [Tuesday] through Friday in their lobby from 8am-6pm daily.
Top requested items are new/gently-used clothing for adults and kids,
toiletries, blankets. (Housewares and other items may be part of a
future drive at another location when the immediate needs have been
met.)SF Friends School is also hosting a Neighborhood Meeting to discuss
what is needed and co-ordinate efforts on Thursday May 10th, 5-6pm. A
Red Cross Representative will attend. All community members and other
aid organizations are welcome. Please join to show your support and
brainstorm what we can do next.
[photo by nancymancias]
Now that’s a worthy donation recipient.
This building appears to have 5 units total yet there were 37 people displaced in the fire. Therefore, some of these units, which can’t have more than a couple bedrooms each, must have contained 8 residents. I’m as sad about how they lived before the fire.
I count at least 10 units in the primary building, and some units in the neighboring building were also destroyed. I live right around the corner in a similarly-sized 3-floor building and every single unit comfortably accommodates 3 residents, so I doubt they were living in a very cramped way.
Fantastic, about the immediate-needs drive to help the displaced ones out! So glad someone is pulling something together to help. I just told my husband about the drive and we’ll see what we can donate in the way of clothes etc.
Let this also remind the apartment-dwellers that we should all have renter’s insurance. It’s usually pretty cheap, and you’d be surprised how expensive it can be if you have to replace EVERYTHING you own.
(BTW — ’cause I know how you guys are! — this is not a diss on the donation fund. I donated, and even if you have insurance there are plenty of out-of-pocket costs — not the least of which will likely be paying a higher rent at your new place, if you manage to find one.)
Yeah, I heard a rumor that Four Farrel and Locanda are going to help out the displaced residents by donating the money they received from Mission residents for their insurance deductibles.
Any truth?
I have a big bag of clothes left over from the Fair Oaks Street Fair yesterday that I’d like to donate. Any idea if they are still accepting clothing donations?