Please Help Sam and Margaret
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So this happened. Last week, my husband's home town, Vici, Oklahoma, was evacuated because of the Rhea megafire (PBS: Wildfires are spreading across Oklahoma. Here’s what you need to know, InciWeb - Rhea Fire). Thursday night (04/12), several of his relatives' homes in Dewey County burned to the ground.
His elderly grandparents, Sam and Margaret Branson, are among those who have lost nearly everything. It all happened really fast. Sam and Margaret only got a few minutes warning that they needed to leave. They were able to grab a box of important documents and their medications, and that is about all. All of their family photos and keepsakes are gone. They have worked hard all of their lives for what they had and now their house has been completely destroyed and they are living in a travel trailer in their burned up yard (see Updates for photos of their property after the fire).
Please help them get through the next few months by making a small donation. Every little bit helps, so please donate even if you can only spare a few dollars. If all you can spare right now are thoughts and prayers, we understand and thank you.
There are many families in need, so please consider donating to multiple funds if you can afford to (see Please Help Travis and My Cousin Lost Her Home Woodward and also KFOR: How to help wildfire victims in western Oklahoma).
All funds collected by this campaign will be donated directly to Sam and Margaret Branson to help with their living expenses while they try to rebuild some of what they have lost.
Photo: Sam (center right) and Margaret (center left) with their two sons Ryan (far left) and Robyn (far right).
His elderly grandparents, Sam and Margaret Branson, are among those who have lost nearly everything. It all happened really fast. Sam and Margaret only got a few minutes warning that they needed to leave. They were able to grab a box of important documents and their medications, and that is about all. All of their family photos and keepsakes are gone. They have worked hard all of their lives for what they had and now their house has been completely destroyed and they are living in a travel trailer in their burned up yard (see Updates for photos of their property after the fire).
Please help them get through the next few months by making a small donation. Every little bit helps, so please donate even if you can only spare a few dollars. If all you can spare right now are thoughts and prayers, we understand and thank you.
There are many families in need, so please consider donating to multiple funds if you can afford to (see Please Help Travis and My Cousin Lost Her Home Woodward and also KFOR: How to help wildfire victims in western Oklahoma).
All funds collected by this campaign will be donated directly to Sam and Margaret Branson to help with their living expenses while they try to rebuild some of what they have lost.
Photo: Sam (center right) and Margaret (center left) with their two sons Ryan (far left) and Robyn (far right).
Fundraising team: Coy and Megan (2)
Megan Pennington Branson
Organizer
Fairbanks, AK
Sam Branson
Beneficiary
Coy Branson
Team member
