Help Dedee & Oro rebuild Lake Goddess Herb Farm

Oro and Dedee Starcher recently suffered a terrible loss due to the 25 Mile Fire in Chelan, WA that started on August 15, 2021. They were only able to quickly gather a few belongings and their dog Sydney before escaping the danger. Unfortunately, their camping trailer and herb trailer were destroyed by the fire. Friends and neighbors have driven by confirming that the trailers were burned, but Dedee and Oro have not been able to return to the land due to road closures and continued evacuation mandates. Once the roads open back up, they will be able to return and assess the damage.

In the meantime, we are hoping to raise enough money to enable Dedee and Oro to replace any immediate needs and eventually rebuild what they lost. Dedee and Oro have both been working tirelessly on Dedee's new business Lake Goddess Herb Farm and they had just moved her newly renovated herb trailer up to the farm a week and half prior to the fire. They had just began harvesting and drying the herbs from the garden and now she will now have to completely start over.

They have poured so much heart and soul into caring for the beautiful land that they hope will one day be their permanent home. They had just recently installed new irrigation lines for the flourishing garden that the neighborhood community had spent hours and hours tending to. Our intentions are to help these two replenish what was lost and give them a stable foundation to began rebuilding their sacred land and business.

They still have their home in downtown Chelan, so they are not without a roof over their heads. They had been splitting their time between the house in town and the farm. Dedee had also just left her job to focus her time and effort on Lake Goddess Herb Farm. This is a huge setback, but it will not stop them from continuing with their dream to one day be able to provide beautiful herbs from that land for their beloved community.