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The California-Nevada Conference, through the Conference Disaster Fund, has distributed $2,000 to United Christian Parish in Lakeport for use in response to the fire disaster. 
 
During one of the recent fires, a homeless encampment burned. The homeless persons lost the few possessions they owned.  The church has assisted homeless individuals with large backpacks, emergency blankets, water bottles, and other basic necessities.  The church's thrift shop has also distributed clothes.
 
The church is also providing a place for donated clothes to be stored and distributed. The social hall is set up as a "fire store," where fire victims can shop for free. Volunteers are working five to six hours a day to sort items, and to help the shoppers find what they need. 
 
The United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) has provided a $10,000 grant to the California-Nevada Conference for response to the fires.  Some of these funds will be used for emergency gas vouchers.
 
For churches wishing to donate through the California-Nevada Conference for immediate relief for the fires, and immediate needs of future disasters, make checks payable to "California-Nevada Annual Conference," and write "CN Disaster Response" in the memo line.  Churches can add their donation in with their tithing form and annotate in the area as "other designated giving."  Mail checks to the Conference Center, P.O. Box 980250, West Sacramento, CA 95698-0250. 

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Fallen firefighter was United Methodist

WENATCHEE, Wash. - One of three firefighters who died battling a 30-acre blaze was a United Methodist. Richard “Rick” Wheeler, 31, had moved to Wenatchee with his wife about a year ago, and both were members of First United Methodist Church, said the Rev. Joanne Coleman Campbell, pastor of the church. Rick Steigmeyer reported the story for The Wenatchee World newspaper.
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Fallen firefighter's mother is United Methodist pastor

CHICAGO - Andrew Zajac, 26, one of the three firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service killed in Washington state, was the son of the Rev. Mary Zajac, senior pastor at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church in St. Charles, Illinois, and her husband, Jim Zajac, reports the Chicago Tribune. Andrew Zajac, Tom Zbyszewski, 20, and Richard Wheeler, 31, were killed and four others injured when flames overtook their crew last week. Wheeler was a member of First United Methodist Church in Wenatchee, Washington.
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