Hi everyone. I am Julie Zeplowitz Friedman and I live on the East Coast with the majority of the rest of my family, aside from my amazing cousins located in LA. As everyone is aware, the fires in LA are horrendous, but they take on a completely different meaning when your own family loses everything. As many of you know, my wonderful cousins (Amy, Rob, Benjamin, Evan, Noah, and furry ones Levi and Morgan) live in the Pacific Palisades and have lost everything. Our family on the East Coast feels helpless, terrified, and in shock. They literally lost every single thing, from toothpaste to pictures of their children and our grandparents and great-grandparents.

I am starting this fund to try to help in any way as they go through the unimaginable task of figuring out what to do next. I thank you wholeheartedly in advance for any help you can provide and for keeping them in your thoughts and prayers.