Generous but useless donations flood wildfire evacuation centers. Here's what to send
When evacuation centers aiding California residents fleeing the rapacious Camp Fire put out a call for donations, people responded. And responded, and responded, and responded.
Now center coordinators are asking donors to stop sending supplies, reported The Redding Record-Searchlight.
“We have buildings full of stuff,” said Kathy Ingvoldsen at the Butte County Fairgrounds, according to the publication. “In four hours, we filled up a 5,000-square-foot building full of clothes. They’re stacked up on tables five feet high.”
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