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"The Fairview Friends Foundation has graciously offered to help with some of Samantha's medical bills by setting up a fund dedicated to her. It is gratifying to know that people from our great school are so willing to pitch in and help."
Joe and Pete Benedetti

 

(Great piece posted at www.boefoundation.org)

 

As the fires raged through Boulder Colorado, and the officially titled “fourmile fire” left a hellish footprint across the foothills west of Boulder Colorado and across the lives of the 160+ families that lost everything, it became painfully obvious that, at times, we certainly are at the mercy of fate. What started with a volunteer firefighter burning brush in a fire pit at his mountain home northwest of Boulder, culminated in the largest fire in Colorado history. Over 170 structures were destroyedover a 4-day period, and the number of homes lost as of this writing has reached 169. Modest homes and mansions alike, the fourmile fire reduced each to nothing more than a gray scar at the end of a long driveway.  As the days unfold and the stories begin to circulate, it’s clear that a great many of the families that lost everything didn’t evenhave a chance to grab a toothbrush – let alone their family photo albums or a change of clothes. One of many organizations jumping at the chance to help was Boedecker Foundation grantee, The Fairview Friends Foundation.

Partnering with The Calgary Bible Church and Evolve Technologies, The FFF ultimately collected dozens of boxes and bags of clothing at multiple locations in Boulder and Denver, with little more than a word-of-mouth and Facebook campaign. The spirit of their tagline “we do good things” was never more evident than when this writer watched as Becky Hookanson – Founder and President – took the better part of the this past Monday to deliver all excess clothing to the ARC in central Denver. It seems that the clothing drives (there were multiple in the Boulder/Denver area) were so successful that there was a huge excess of usable goods.

Kudos to the TEAM at The Fairview Friends Foundation. It’s almost cliché to talk about people “coming together” in times of emergency and crisis. Truth be told, it’s probably folks like Becky and the fine people over at The Fairview Friends Foundation that you’ve been talking about all along.

But there's no cliché here....they just “do good things”