
Help my best friend&family recover from the Palisades fire
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my name is Helena Thordal-Christensen and I grew up in LA. My best friend of almost 20 years, Angelica Kechichian, and her mom and aunt lost their home in the Palisades fire. Angelica was born in LA and has lived in the Palisades her whole life. She grew up with a single mom, a trained concert pianist now teacher, and her aunt. She’s been living with her mom and aunt to help support them financially and together they built and designed their home that has been destroyed. I’m so happy they are okay, including their sweet chihuahua puppies Freddie and Archie, but they lost everything. All their clothes, paintings, piano, photos, furniture have been destroyed, nothing was left. There were so many sentimental pieces that have been lost like her grandma’s paintings, bags, and jewelry that were collected throughout her grandma’s life. Items that I know meant so much to her and would remind her of her beloved grandma. Angelica was only able to leave with one outfit, her passport, grandma’s necklace, and her family. Angelica has dedicated her career and life to helping others. When her mom got cancer she was only a kid and took care of her until she went into remission. She is now a certified nurse and has been working nightshift the past year to support her family but is struggling to work right now with the trauma of the fires. All her scrubs were destroyed in the fires as well. This beautiful and courageous Armenian family of strong, independent women inspire me everyday and need your help to bounce back. They need to buy even the simplest stuff like clothes to even start to put the pieces together. Any small donation will help and would mean the world to them. Thank you so much ❤️
Organizer and beneficiary
Helena Thordal-Christensen
Organizer
Los Angeles, CA
Angelica Kechichian
Beneficiary