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Fund Raising (Updated November 12th 2007)
The Modjeska Canyon fire department is a volunteer fire department with limited funds. They did an amazing job saving our homes!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
We will be taking donations for the Modjeksa Canyon Fire Dept. during the plant drive. 100% of the money will go the fire department.
Cooks corner has raised 7K for the Modjeska Fire dept. They were also a rest area for people during the fire!!
November 17th after the plant drive there is a benifit concert for the fire releif fund. Find out more here.
Check back for more fundraising events, or let me know about them.Volunteers
Danny & April are putting people in touch with volunteers who need help with clean up and other activities. If you would like to volunteer or are in need of volunteers please contact : danny_april@hotmail.com
Wildlife
The wild life has definitely been distributed, the birds patterns are funky, and they seem a bit confused. We found two rattle snakes in two days. For the first time ever, I was actually afraid of walking around at night. I wonder where all the Mountain Lions are. A lot of creatures are moving into the Canyon for the only water around. Keep a eye out. It is nice to see the Deer in they yard.
Sand Bagging
El Toro building materials will be donating 3000 sand bags along with the sand. We have a number of volunteers that will be helping fill them on the 17th.
Thank you..
The fire departments and volunteers from around the country that saved the canyon.
Waste Management was kind enough to offer us a large container for debris removal at no charge. Thank you Waste Management.
Danny & April for providing us with volunteers to help clean up the debris from our loss.
Sil-Mod Propane for taking care of our propane during the fire storm.
OC Register for the great coverage that was provided during the fires. Except for the part where they took a picture of my garage with the car in front of it and said "Garage lost but BMW saved". The quote should have been "Garage lost but house was saved".
Everyone at the fire station who is helping in so many different ways. It was our children's first time back to the Canyon tonight and it was great for them (and us).
Everyone who is helping spread the word about the plant drive & fund raiser.
AT&T for providing cell service while all communication is down. Once things return to normal, I hope my cell phone does not work again back here.
Cal-Fire for having a good website during the fire storm.
My brother Kevin for helping with all the media.
All my friends and family who are passing the word.
All the people who have shown so much support (both inside and outside the canyon).
Our parents for watching the kids and animals while we deal with the cleanup and rebuilding efforts of our home.
My lovely wife Shannon who I couldn't do anything without.
Gene Corona for helping me get my sprinklers back on and taming the water geyser that was shooting 5 feet high.
Paster Larry and other churches for coming and help rake leaves and clean up the debris! Thank you so much, our children will appreciate it when they come home.
SoCal Trail Riders for linking to us, we look forward to seeing all the riders. Still smokey out canyon.
David @Canyon life for supporting what we are doing and all they do for the canyons.
Bonnie Smith for helping get the word out and all the other projects she is working on to help get things back to normal around here (maybe even better then normal).
We received a e-mail from a person in San Diego. Janie & Jack was nice enough to give them a 20% fire victim discount. They lost everything in their fires and we able to get their kids in some clothes.
Kevin for getting us a banner for the plant drive.
All the firefighters who continue to work two weeks after the fire (double shifts). These people are amazing.
Sheri McNeil for passing the word at work.
Lori Melville for getting the word out.
Owen & Kris for being great neighbors and being supportive.
Ben Melville and Wayne Collins for helping us build my gate so I can get our puppies home. We miss them so much. My invisible fence around the place was toast.
Billy Brown & Karl Hingel for getting the word out in Laguna Beach.
Darrin Ginsberg for helping me remove all the ash and cleanup, and letting us stay at his place for a couple of nights.
Barry Havlik for getting up all the resource information at the community center.
Dave for helping me remove the big stuff from the garage debris. Dave was so proud of the garage he built (rightfully so). This must have been hard for him to clean it up. He would stop and just stare at the rubble. Well build another one Dave!!
Marcus Nemeth for all his help keeping me notified about things and offering all the help I needed.
Norm Haven for getting the word out in San Clemente. Thanks Norm!
Solange Montoya for going above and beyond!!
Joy Pallan for participating and helping spread the word.
Scott Holt for helping me with my taxes and getting the word out in Laguna beach.
Silverado is back home, thank you everyone who is responsible for getting them back. I miss the tacos at the Cafe! We need to help the Cafe, they haven't had customers for 3 weeks.. That hurts.
Allegrahb.com for doing the flyers, stickers, and banners. Thanks Ray Chaow. I'm a customer for life!
AIG and California Fair Plan for keeping the ball moving so we can get back to normal.
The City of Orange & the Inter-Canyon League for providing resources to help prevent issues with flooding. Thanks for all your help!!
The Inter-Canyon League for everything they do for the canyon's.
The $1 Million dollar donation to the Inter-Canyon League by ??. This is one huge step in getting people back in their homes!!!! Thank you, whoever you are!!
Like to thank someone? Let me know..
Not Cool..
Embassy Suites in Irvine for not providing discounts to the people displaced by the fire. Charging a late checkout when we found out we could get back to our house.
We've setup a convenient and easy to find location in Modjeska Canyon to drop off your donated plants.
If you are a nursery and would like to participate based on the plant requirements please let me know.
For a list of other nurseries in your area, please enter your zip code below.
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Want to donate something else? Want to know more about the Modjeska fire and rehabilitation? Below are some helpful links
Contact?
If you have any questions,or would like to be notified when the website is updated, or are interested in helping with the various efforts please contact me at marty.weel@gmail.com or 949.433.7467
