A Helping Hand for Mari
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Mari Banchio is a kind and generous person who urgently needs a little kindness and generosity of her own right now. She returned to her home town of Paradise in early 2018 to start a new life with her partner, Jason, and Colton (8),and Maddox (4). Jason served his country for 10 years as a Marine and is an Iraq vet.
On Nov 8th fire tore through Paradise and they had to literally flee for their lives. This a New York Times account ‘Hell on Earth’: The First 12 Hours of California’s Deadliest Wildfire "The fire accelerates, consuming the equivalent of a football field every second, according to Cal Fire."
Their home and all their belongings were lost to the fire. So were the kids schools, their church, their whole community. It's hard to imagine how it must feel to go through that. Mari said the day after "Yesterday was pure survival mode, today it is hitting us pretty hard......".
We can never replace what they have already lost. Our goal is 10K because we simply hope to give them a helping hand to get through the immediate aftermath. That amount will help them replace some of the critical items and meet the basics of daily life for a short period of time - shelter, bedding, food, toiletries, warm clothes for themselves and the kids, and so on .,. Many of Mari's friends want to help, so we have intitated this GoFundMe as a quick, easy, and transparent way to lend a helping hand.
$5 will buy a meal for the boys, $25 a pair of shoes, $50 a warm jacket, $100 a night in a hotel. The temperatures are already very chilly at night and the rains will be here any day.
Every penny of funds raised here* will go directly to help Mari, Jason, Colton, and Maddox. Everyone has different circumstances and connections to them but every single donation is a precious message of love and support. I know your money is hard earned, and many of you are already donating elsewhere. Whatever you can spare will be most gratefully received. Thank you.
Regardless of whether you are able to donate, if you could share this as widely as possible it would be a great help.
Many thanks for taking the time to read their story.
* This site prefills a tip amount with 15%. You can remove (or change if you prefer) that by selecting 'Other' , which seems acceptable to me for a disaster related contribution.
On Nov 8th fire tore through Paradise and they had to literally flee for their lives. This a New York Times account ‘Hell on Earth’: The First 12 Hours of California’s Deadliest Wildfire "The fire accelerates, consuming the equivalent of a football field every second, according to Cal Fire."
Their home and all their belongings were lost to the fire. So were the kids schools, their church, their whole community. It's hard to imagine how it must feel to go through that. Mari said the day after "Yesterday was pure survival mode, today it is hitting us pretty hard......".
We can never replace what they have already lost. Our goal is 10K because we simply hope to give them a helping hand to get through the immediate aftermath. That amount will help them replace some of the critical items and meet the basics of daily life for a short period of time - shelter, bedding, food, toiletries, warm clothes for themselves and the kids, and so on .,. Many of Mari's friends want to help, so we have intitated this GoFundMe as a quick, easy, and transparent way to lend a helping hand.
$5 will buy a meal for the boys, $25 a pair of shoes, $50 a warm jacket, $100 a night in a hotel. The temperatures are already very chilly at night and the rains will be here any day.
Every penny of funds raised here* will go directly to help Mari, Jason, Colton, and Maddox. Everyone has different circumstances and connections to them but every single donation is a precious message of love and support. I know your money is hard earned, and many of you are already donating elsewhere. Whatever you can spare will be most gratefully received. Thank you.
Regardless of whether you are able to donate, if you could share this as widely as possible it would be a great help.
Many thanks for taking the time to read their story.
* This site prefills a tip amount with 15%. You can remove (or change if you prefer) that by selecting 'Other' , which seems acceptable to me for a disaster related contribution.
Organizer and beneficiary
Phil Quinlan
Organizer
Mari Banchio
Beneficiary