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SHARE!
Fire Disaster
Support Groups

SHARE! is hosting Disaster Support Groups in-person and online. These free meetings aim to provide a safe, compassionate space for individuals to process their experiences and emotions during these difficult times. Join a meeting on Zoom or attend at either of our Downtown Los Angeles or Culver City, CA locations.

Fire Disaster Support Groups Information

Meetings Information

In-Person Meetings

SHARE! remains open with all regularly scheduled Self-Help Support Groups online and at the Culver City and Downtown Los Angeles locations.

​SHARE! Culver City:
6666 Green Valley Circle
Culver City, CA 90230

Phone: (310) 305-8878

​SHARE! Downtown:
425 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Phone: (213) 213-0100

Free Meeting Space

SHARE! Culver City is offering free meeting spaces for in-person and hybrid self-help support groups that have lost their spaces to the LA County fires. For available meeting times, contact Suzy Herbert at suzy@shareselfhelp.org or call (626) 559-9768. Additional meeting space will be available in our Downtown LA office the week of January 19. Contact Suzy to see if our outreach team can bring a group to your location.

Additional Resources

Project Angel Food

Wildfire Relief: Free Meals

 

Are you from Altadena or Pacific Palisades and lost your home? Are you displaced, getting settled, or in the process of recovery? Do you need additional support?


We are offering:

  • Free nutritious meals for 3 months

  • Made fresh in our Los Angeles kitchen, delivered frozen

  • Weekly deliveries to your location 

  • 7 meals per week

  • Service throughout Los Angeles County


Deliveries made in person, hand-to-hand on an assigned day based on your location. You'll need access to a freezer and a microwave or oven. Our kitchen is not allergen free. 

 

Contact Us:

Relief Funds

LA CITY & LA COUNTY: Applications Now Open! LA Region Small Business and Worker Relief Funds!

 

The Relief Funds will have two grant options available: 

  • Small Business Relief Fund: Provides direct cash assistance grants ranging from $2,000 to $25,000 for businesses and nonprofits that experienced structural damage, equipment/inventory loss, or revenue loss. 

  • Worker Relief Fund: Provides $2,000 in direct cash assistance grants to workers who lost employment or income due to the wildfires. 


How to Apply:

  • Directly on the DEO website by clicking here.

  • Or, Contact SMBEA and they can help you through the process.


FOR QUESTIONS OR HELP WITH GETTING RESOURCES, CALL THEM AT (310) 310-8066 OR EMAIL INFO@SMBEA.ORG.  

​YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS ALONE.

Managing Emotional Distress

  • Allow yourself time to adjust and process emotions.

  • Seek support from counselors or support groups if needed.

  • Limit news exposure to reduce stress.

  • Maintain regular routines like meals, exercise, and enjoyable activities.

  • Focus on positive aspects of life and practice gratitude.

  • Avoid major decisions during high-stress periods.

  • Volunteer to help others and foster a sense of purpose.

  • Be gentle with yourself and accept your emotions as part of healing.

  • Practice healthy habits like eating well, exercising, and resting adequately.

  • Avoid alcohol and drugs to manage emotional distress effectively.

     

Mental Health & Addiction Support Groups

  • SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline:

    • Call 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746.

  • 988 Life Line — If you need to talk, Life Line is here.

    • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline:

      • Call 988  

      • Text 988    

      • Chat  

      • Deaf/HoH

  • SHARE! Self-Help Support Groups: Meetings available in Culver City, Downtown Los Angeles, and online. There are 100+ 12-step and various other meetings available daily. 

Strategies For Maintaining Sobriety

  • Stay in touch with your sponsor or recovery friends.

  • Join virtual meetings hosted by groups like Alcoholics Anonymous.

  • Use recovery literature and daily affirmations to stay grounded.

  • Incorporate prayer, meditation, or journaling into your routine.

  • Practice mindfulness with apps like Calm or Headspace.

  • Engage in enjoyable activities to recharge.

  • Access therapy through telehealth services or local counseling options.

Emergency Resources & Assistance

Evacuation Centers

  • Westwood Recreation Center 1350 S Sepulveda Blvd. Westwood (accepts small animals

  • Pasadena Convention Center 300 E Green St. Pasadena

  • El Camino Real Charter High School 5440 Valley Circle Blvd. Woodland Hills

  • Pierce College 6201 Winnetka Ave. Woodland Hills (accepts large animals)
     

Shelter & Housing

Food, Water, & Supplies

  • World Central Kitchen: Distributes meals to those affected.

  • The LA Regional Food Bank a part of ENLA and is reaching out to their network of more than 600 partner agencies to assess their needs, and if they are in an evacuation area, if they continue to operate.  The Food Bank is accepting financial donations and food donations at their two distribution centers from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, located at: 1734 East 41st Street; Los Angeles, California 90058 –and– 2300 Pellissier Place; Industry, CA 90601. The Food Bank continues to accept volunteers. For more information, go to LAFoodBank.org/volunteer.

  • World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team is in Southern California to support first responders and families impacted by wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Their teams and partners have mobilized across the region to provide nourishing meals to people in need. Click here to sign up to volunteer or learn more.

  • Help people get connected to food and supplies via No Res Gourmet. There are 3 Ways You Can Volunteer – Help us cook, package, and distribute meals. Donate Funds – 100% of donations go directly to fire relief and are tax-deductible. Drop-Off Supplies – Bring essential food, prep items, and care supplies to our drop-off location. Click here for more details and lists of items needed.

  • YMCA is currently accepting donations. For more info visit ymcala.org.

  • Project Angel Food is seeking immediate volunteers for both delivery and in the kitchen over the next several days. Contact Volunteers@angelfood.org to get started.

  • Donations being accepted at Thrive Collective, 2905 Stanford Ave. Marina Del Rey. Mickey fine Pharmacy is open to help people affected by the fires who evacuated without their medication call Mickey Fine Pharmacy. 310-271-6123

  • Pasadena Community Job Center is looking for volunteers – call 626-440-0112 for details and before bringing donations. You can also get updates on Instagram @daylabornetwork. Supplies available between 10am-6pm. All activities at 500 N. Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA.

  • Christy’s Foundation will need volunteers to come and help  give groceries, food on the go and essentials to families Monday 1/13 through Thursday 1/16 between 10am-2pm. Location is on the first floor in the Northridge Mall. Visit them on the web to connect but they’re ready for people to just show up.

  • Flintridge Retreat Center is asking folks to volunteer your time or drop off needed items (Water, children and adult diapers, baby bottles, deodorant, toothbrush, toothpaste, packed snacks, gift cards for food) at 236 W Mountain Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103. Contact 626-314-4256 kinginme2020@gmail.com with questions.

  • La Canada Congregational Church is collecting feminine hygiene products, masks, new (packaged) socks/underwear, children’s games and books, luggage. They need help receiving donations: Monday-Friday, 8am to 1030am; help distributing donations Monday-Friday, 2:30pm to 5pm. Click here to express interest in helping.

  • La Canada Congregational Church is collecting feminine hygiene products, masks, new (packaged) socks/underwear, children’s games and books, luggage. They need help receiving donations: Monday-Friday, 8am to 1030am; help distributing donations Monday-Friday, 2:30pm to 5pm. Click here to express interest in helping.
     

Family Support

  • National Emergency Child Care Network provides free emergency child care to families impacted by the wildfires. Emergency Child Care Volunteers deploy to a family’s home, to a disaster shelter, or a pop-up childcare center at a work space to provide immediate child care when all schools and childcare shut down due to a disaster. Volunteers must be 18+, have reliable transportation, pass a background check and attend a 2-hour training. Click here to express your interest in assisting.

  • KAUSE is a small non-profit looking for shoes of all sizes for kids impacted by the fires. Contact KAUSE directly for drop off at 424-248-7475 or by email kause-losangeles@hotmail.com.

  • BreastfeedLA is committed to ensuring that parents have the resources and knowledge they need to care for their little ones. Donate unused/new lactation supplies, diapers, wipes, new car seats, menstrual products. Also looking for volunteers. Click here to express your interest in assisting/donating.

  • Salvation Army: Distributes clothing and essentials.
     

Clothing & Essential Supplies

  • Baby2Baby: Provides diapers, clothing, and hygiene products.

  • Salvation Army: Distributes clothing and essentials.
     

Day Center & Resource Center

  • Vintage Faith Foursquare Church – 12688 W Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90066

  • Salvation Army: Distributes clothing and essentials.
     

Animal Sheltering

  • Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control: Offers emergency shelter for pets and large animals.

  • Provide resources to the Pasadena Humane Society and help animals impacted by the fires. While monetary donations are their most immediate need, they also need crates, water and food dishes, food, leashes, blankets which can be dropped at a bin in front of their office at 361 S. Raymond Ave.Pasadena, CA 91105. Additionally people who can foster for at least one week, especially large dogs should contact foster@pasadenahumane.org.

  • Offer temporary foster care for dogs displaced by the fires. You can apply to temporarily house an affected dog by filling out an online form to assist the Canine Rescue Club,  a network of caregivers who foster dogs awaiting their forever home.

  • Best Friends Animal Society looking for volunteers to help foster animals. For more information, contact Best Friends at FosterLA@bestfriends.org.

  • Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center is in dire need of an oxygen concentrator and funds to buy necessary medical supplies for burn victims and husbandry for exotic animals they don’t typically see. They also want people to know that if you find injured wildlife text a photo with as much information as possible to their wildlife hotline: 626- 344-1129; Monetary donations are also being accepted at this link.

  • Vet Hospital –housing animals that need to be evacuated. Email drannieawc@gmail.com.
     

Additional Support

Please consider donating by using the Donate button (credit/debit cards accepted).

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Your donation helps bring thousands into recovery, housing, jobs, and a better life.

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