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Grassroots hubs, food banks and teams mobilize to deliver supplies and services to evacuees
Summary
Volunteer-run Venice Helping Hub, local food pantries and Los Angeles sports organizations joined council offices and nonprofits to distribute goods, meals and services to wildfire evacuees across the region.
Grassroots volunteers, council offices and sports organizations are operating distribution hubs and meal sites to deliver goods and services to families displaced or affected by the wildfires.
At the Venice Helping Hub, organizers described a volunteer-run redistribution center at 606 Venice Boulevard that is coordinating deliveries to evacuees. A hub organizer said: "We have a huge WhatsApp group, which is now 900 volunteers strong. We have 350 drivers on standby all…
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