Here are a list of local fire relief services to which you can contribute from afar. Please contact them directly, and please keep donations local, to benefit those actually in need. Thanks! - Linda Jensby et. al. Help for animals/pets • The Norris-Penrose Events Center, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Road, 635-1101, is accepting horses from the fire, according to the Red Cross. • The Humane Society of Pikes Peak Region, 610 Abbot Lane, 473-1741, is accepting cats, dogs and other “small critters” from the evacuated area only. • Palmer Ridge High School, a Red Cross evacuation site, 19255 Frontage Road, Monument, is accepting pets of those staying there. • Rampart Kennels, 5977 Templeton Gap, 591-0066, is providing free board for dogs and cats of families affected by the fire. • The Elbert County Fairgrounds, 95 Ute Ave., Kiowa, (303) 621-3152, is accepting large animals. • Woodmen Kennels, 740 Dublin Road, 598-4154, is accepting both small and large animals of fire evacuees Wednesday from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The kennels cannot, however, take cattle or horses. • Aavondale Pet Care Center, 17140 Jones Road, Peyton, 683-4617, and neighboring acreages are taking all types of animals, including reptiles, birds, goats and horses. GIVE HELP Concerned community members can help those affected by the fire in the following ways. • Those wishing to donate nonperishable food items like canned and boxed meals, soups, cereals and snack items to victims of the fires in Colorado Springs and Canon City can bring them to either area Care and Share Food Bank Facility on Wednesday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.: 2605 Preamble Point, Colorado Springs, 528-1247; or 100 Greenhorn Drive, Pueblo, 296-6995. Donors are asked not to bring water or sports drinks because those can be easily obtained by the truckload through corporate partners, said Shannon Coker, community relations director for the nonprofit. • To donate $10 to Care and Share, text “donate” to 41010. The donation will appear on your next phone bill. Or you can make a donation online at careandshare.org. Indicate that the donation is for “fire response.” • To make a donation of any amount to the Pikes Peak Community Foundation’s Emergency Relief Fund, launched Tuesday to benefit nonprofits providing local disaster relief, visit ppcf.org/products/emergency-relief. The fund is modeled off of last year’s Waldo Canyon Firefighters Fund but will have more flexibility, according to the website. • Battle Bumms, a local organization that provides cloth-diaper starter sets to military families in needs, is collecting diapers, wipes, bottles, infant formula, personal hygiene products, blankets, clothes, toys, nonperishable food items and pet food at 1302 Osgood Road from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. each day “until everyone can return home and the fire is out.” For updates, visit facebook/BattleBumms. • Those wishing to donate to the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region’s emergency support fund, which helps families and their animals during natural disasters, can do so at hsppr.org/disasterdonation. Funds can be designated for the Black Forest fire via drop-down box on the donation form.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:24:11 +0000