How to help:

Donate money:  Colorado Gives / Community Foundation
Volunteer: Colorado Responds

Provide housing
Airbnb Open Homes
BC United
Community organizing

Donate stuff
Sister Carmen (655 Aspen Ridge Dr)
Currently accepting:

• Food (no-prep, easy-to-eat items only)
• Sleeping bags in good condition
• $100 gift cards to Walmart, Target, Costco, local restaurants
• Money (sistercarmen.org)

Child care, home goods, clothing and kids stuff can be offered via this community organizing spreadsheet, run by private citizens.

Officials also encourage donations to local nonprofit thrift stores.

Jones + Co is collecting large furniture (beds, mattresses, living room furniture, desks, etc.)
Email Paulina Schiliro: paulina@shopjonesandco.com

Pets
Provide shelter for large animals
Report lost or found pets

How to get help

Disaster Assistance Center (1755 S. Public Road)
9 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week

For those who lost homes or were displaced

Available services:

• Consultation on property loss and filing claims for assistance
• Gift cards for replacement of food and transportation costs
• Information about short- and long-term housing
• Help with vital records
• Referrals to emergency shelter
• Food assistance
• Mental health services
• COVID-19 tests
• Transportation vouchers
• Referrals for personal finance planning

Housing
List of available rentals (BARHA)
List of available rooms (BC United)
List of available rooms (Community organizing)

Thisle Communities is offering 12-month leases on rent-restricted rentals, regardless of income, to fire victims at affordable rates. Contact Jessica Kronfuss: 720.696.6304 or jkronfuss@thistle.us.

PMP Realty in Longmont is offering some rentals, including assistance with first month’s rent. Email karen@pmprealty.com or gary@pmprealty.com.

Lyons is offering RV spots at Laverne Johnson Park. Contact Victoria Simonsen, vsimonsen@townoflyons.com.

Loss of housing
How to deal with insurance if you lost housing, as compiled by Boulder Reporting Lab. Those without insurance are eligible for assistance from FEMA. Learn more.

Request a free sifter

Hotels
Adventure Lodge (91 Four Mile Canyon Drive) is offering free rooms. Call 303-444-0882.
List of discounted hotel rooms (Boulder)
List of discounted hotel rooms (Denver metro)

Questions/nonemergency issues 
Boulder County Call Center: 303-413-7730
Victim Advocate Line: 303-441-3856
Disability and Disaster Hotline: 800-626-4959 (call or text)

Lost documents
Rep. Joe Neguse’s office is assisting with replacement of lost social security cards and passports, as well as help accessing FEMA disaster assistance generally. Call 303.334.1045
Full list of federal resources

Food
List of restaurants offering free meals to displaced families and first responders

Harvest of Hope Pantry (4830 Pearl St) is offering food to all affected by the fire.
Call: 303.625.6250

Unemployment
Those whose places of work were impacted can file an emergency unemployment insurance claim.
cdle.colorado.gov/unemployment

Business resources
northwestchamberalliance.com/wildfire

Mental health

From the American Counseling Association

• Allow yourself to feel
• Practice self-care
• Eat well, exercise, maintain normal sleep routine
• Recognize that you (and others) need extra support
• Lower expectation of what you “should” be doing
• Talk about it: With friends, family, your therapist
• Lean into community support
• Don’t isolate
• Focus on what you are grateful for despite the loss

More tips, including explaining fires to children: boco.org/WildfireMentalHealth

Jewish Family Services Boulder County Crisis Counseling
(funding for five individual or family sessions)

Colorado Crises Services: 1-844-492-8255 or test TALK to 38255

Mental Health Partners
Call 303-443-8500 to schedule and appointment of visit the Walk-In clinic: 3180 Airport Road. (Closed Mondays) Community Health Workers are available for virtual services on Facebook or via mhpcolorado.org.

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