As we are all aware, Washoe County is in a State of Emergency due to the Davis fire. Our emergency response teams have been working around the clock to fight this fire and provide the much-needed services. United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra has established the Davis Creek Fire Emergency Assistance Fund. The funds will be allocated to agencies identified by UWNNS as assisting with the response and recovery efforts. This will be done through their pre-existing allocations process .Please see their message below.
Just a heads up that we are spinning up the Davis Creek Fire Emergency Assistance Fund which is a fundraising tool we make available to our communities when a state of emergency is declared. I want to be clear that this is not meant to be in the way of any other efforts…we will not take any administrative fees out of funds and they will go to organizations helping with response and recovery efforts moving forward. As you know, this is a rapidly evolving emergency so we appreciate your patience if anything we have listed needs to be fixed.
Please note: this is a page that we are actively updating…if you have an update we need to put on there, send them to me at your convenience.
If the disaster transitions to a large-scale effort, we will create a webpage that lists information for people who need help or want to provide assistance…using the same link.
Details on the fund:
UWNNS will not deduct an administrative fee from the gifts.
Funds will be allocated to agencies that UWNNS has identified as assisting with response and recovery efforts using our pre-existing allocations process.
Volunteers on our Community Impact Committee and Board of Directors will have final oversight of our allocations efforts.
Funded partners will typically be 501c3 Nonprofits that we already work with and we can also allocate to Government-affiliated organizations.
Our main goal is to stay out of the way of those doing the work on the ground.
This is not meant to take the place of any other fundraising, volunteering or in-kind donation efforts.
We only seek to enhance efforts currently underway by raising funds from our donor-base and helping to pivot volunteers and in-kind gifts to the agencies working with affected households.
Please note, at this time, volunteers and in-kind gifts have not been requested of UWNNS…we will wait and see if those resources are needed.
In essence, our job is to “have their backs”.
Who we’ve talked to so far:
Community Foundation of Northern Nevada – our partners in the funding-space. Eaton and team have already organized other funders to get ready for a funding push (wow!) and utilize our EAF page as part of that effort. THANK YOU CFNN TEAM! – https://nevadafund.org/
American Red Cross Northern Nevada Chapter – Tiandra and her team have been on the ground responding to the disaster and have been operating the shelter at Washoe County Senior Center (wow!) this whole time. I’ve connected with her in regards to timing of their next phase of recovery efforts in partnership with the County and will be ready once needs are ascertained. – https://www.redcross.org/local/nevada/about-us/locations/Northern-Nevada.html
Foodbank of Northern Nevada – Nicole and team are connecting with regional partners to assess needs. – https://fbnn.org/
FISH – is preparing / ready to assist clients with food / shelter / vouchers. – https://www.nvfish.com/
Nevada Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: As per our membership on the VOAD, we primarily serve in a Fundraising / Allocations and Community Connection capacity during disasters…we are just getting started now before VOAD decides on a full activation. – https://www.nvvoad.org/
