All services and advice below are free, unless otherwise stated. Thanks to our many partners, including and not limited to County of Ventura departments, Ventura County Farm Bureau, USDA/ Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service for sharing many of these resources.
Alerts/Emergency Updates
211 Now Disaster updates and archives: Disasters Archives - 211Now - Sponsored by Interface Family and Children Services.
VC Alert - Ready Ventura County - Sponsored by Ventura County Sheriff. Requires registration.
VC Emergency – Sponsored by Ventura County Sheriff’s Offices – Emergency Service
How to Help
Cash donations
- Firefighters, their families, and communities they serve: Disaster Relief Donation Page – Sponsored by California Fire Foundation.
- Food Share of Ventura County: Donate - Food Share of Ventura County
- Humane Society, Camarillo & Ojai: https://www.hsvc.org/donate
- Interface Children and Family Services: Ways to Give | Interface Children & Family Services
- Local Love Project: Gift cards for victims: Facebook
- Mesa School District – Somis affected families relief fund: Mesa Union School Parent-Faculty Organization - Mountain Fire Donations for the Mesa Community
- N-95 face mask underwriting for families and farmworkers: Ventura County Fire: Homes Destroyed and Mass Evacuations provided by Direct Relief. Donate to Direct Relief
- Ventura County Wildfire Relief and Recovery Fund: Make a Donation - Ventura County Community Foundation – Sponsored by Ventura County Community Foundation
In-kind donations
- Avenue Thrift, 222 N Ventura Av., Ventura, or call them for a pick-up at 805-667-8855. Donations for Mountain Fire victims will be shared through the Boys and Girls Club.
Volunteering
- Food Share: 805-983-7100
- Humane Society, Camarillo & Ojai: HSVC
- United Way Mountain Fire Assistance Center: https://www.volunteerventuracounty.org
- Upper Ojai Relief for Mountain Fire Assistance: Upper Ojai Relief | Ventura CA | Facebook