I have an immense amount of compassion and empathy for anyone who has suffered a loss due to the Southern California wildfires. And although I am sorry to hear of any Hollywood celebrities going through this trauma, they have a lot more resources than the average person.
I am already seeing GoFundMe campaigns and other fundraisers attempting to help entertainment industry people who have lost their homes or other personal property this week. And one thing I can do is highlight those efforts and try to get them as much attention as possible.
Here are the ones I've seen so far. Let me know if there are any I have missed and I suspect we'll see many more in the coming days.
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Warren Hsu Leonard has written on How to Get Away With Murder, Looking For Alaska, Marvel's Runaways, and Dexter: New Blood.
From their GoFundMe page: "The fire started dangerously close to their property, and he, Winnie, and Cole lost everything. Warren didn’t even have time to grab his wallet. He literally escaped with only the clothes on his back."
If you would like to contribute to his GoFundMe campaign, please click this link.
Jordan Eric Mitchell is a BG painter, illustrator and photographer whose clients have included Warner Bros, the Cartoon Network, Netflix, PBS, NBC, NYT, etc.
Not only was his childhood home in Altadena destroyed by the wildfire, his father and brother also lost their lives.
Click here if you would like to contribute to his GoFundMe campaign.
Dave Wasson is the cartoon genius behind The Cuphead Show, Time Squad, The Buzz on Maggie, some of your favorite Mickey Mouse shorts and loads of award winning commercials, shorts and movie title sequences.
Dave’s Altadena home was completely destroyed by the Eaton Canyon fire.
Click this link if you would like to contribute to his GoFundMe campaign.
Anthony Chun is an animation artist known for Solar Opposites, Rick and Morty, The Batman, King of the Hill, and Bob’s Burgers. Like many families, Anthony and his family with two daughters lost everything in the wildfire.
To donate to his GoFundMe campaign, click this link.
Actor Tyler Wolfe and his wife Elaine Loh lost their home and car from the Eaton Canyon/Altadena fires.
If you would like to donate to their GoFundMe campaign, please click here.
AC Bradley is a writer who was most recently the head writer on the Disney+ series What If? Ashley, her sister Cailin, and Ashley’s three-year-old daughter, Adelia lost their home and all of their personal possessions in the Eaton fire.
If you would like to help them out, here is the link to their GoFundMe campaign.
Cameron is the costume designer on Wizards Beyond Waverly Place and her husband John is a screenwriter. Their home was a rental, so not only did they lose all of their possessions, they are left without a place to rebuild.
If you'd like to donate to their campaign, please click here.
From the GoFundMe page:
Click here if you would to donate to this campaign.
Lynn Sternberger has written for a number of television series, including Home Economics, Bluff City Law, The Bold Type and Heartbeat.
You can donate to her GoFundMe campaign at this link.
John-Paul Nickel is a TV writer/producer who has worked on such shows as Warehouse 13, The Ark, National Treasure: Edge Of History and Lincoln Rhyme: The Bone Collector and Jennifer May Nickel is a costume designer who worked on Gotham Knights, Legacies and Containment. They lost their home in the Eaton Fire in Altadena and friends have started a GoFundMe campaign to help out.
You can donate to their campaign at this link.
Todd Avery is a freelance camera technician and he and his family lost their home in the Eaton Fire in Altadena.
To donate to their campaign, you can click this link.
Ivan, his wife and both adult kids all work in the entertainment and fashion industry in LA. Their Altadena home was completely destroyed in the wildfires.
To donate to their campaign, please click on this link.
Ben Meckler is a writer who has worked on Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Die Hart, Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts and many other projects. He and his wife Kirby lost their home and all of its contents in the Eaton fire.
If you'd like to donate to this campaign, you can click this link.