📣 The deadline has been extended! Applications to join the Eaton Fire Collaborative Long-Term Recovery Board are now open through Friday, May 29th at 6PM.
8 seats are available! We’re looking for collaborative leaders from diverse sectors, backgrounds, and lived experiences to help guide the future of Eaton Fire recovery across Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, and surrounding communities.
Voting will be held June 15th–22nd.
🔗 Link to EFC Board Application in bio to apply.
In the wake of the Eaton Canyon fire, the Eaton Fire Collaborative is stepping up with coordinated support, trusted information, and a long-term plan for recovery.
We are here to serve.
We are here to rebuild.
And we’re going to do it together.
Learn more here:
AFTER THE FIRE
A Survivor-to-Survivor Recovery Conversation
The Eaton Fire Collaborative is honored to welcome the After the Fire team to the Collaboratory on Tuesday, May 19, from 1:30–3:00 PM.
This special gathering was intentionally shaped around the topics and resources our community requested most after the last session.
Join us for practical guidance, recovery insights, and survivor-centered support on:
• Insurance navigation & recovery lessons
• Disaster taxes & financial guidance
• Individual financial counseling
• Mental health & emotional recovery
• Long-term rebuilding best practices
Featuring:
• Jennifer Gray Thompson, MPA — CEO, After the Fire USA
• Dr. Adrienne Heinz — Mental Health & Trauma Recovery
• Lori Gay — NHSLA
• National CPA disaster tax trainer & recovery expert
• Kate Bulger — MMI Financial Counseling
📍 Eaton Fire Collaborative Collaboratory
540 W. Woodbury Rd., Altadena, CA
After the Fire USA works nationwide to help communities recover, rebuild, and reimagine after wildfire disasters through survivor-centered recovery support and cross-sector collaboration.
All survivors, community members, and recovery partners are welcome.
You are not alone.
The Eaton Fire Collaborative Board application is now open.
The Eaton Fire Collaborative is a member-based collaborative supporting long-term wildfire recovery across Altadena, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, and surrounding communities.
Housed within EFC is the Long-Term Recovery Group, a coordinated recovery structure aligning nonprofits, government agencies, philanthropy, faith leaders, wellness providers, grassroots organizations, rebuild professionals, volunteers, and community partners to support survivor-centered long-term recovery.
Through 13 active recovery committees, the LTRG helps coordinate services, improve communication, strengthen collaboration, and support survivors navigating recovery.
The EFC Board helps guide the governance, oversight, and long-term strategic direction of this collaborative work.
We are seeking leaders from across sectors, communities, and lived experiences who are committed to collaborative recovery efforts.
Applications close Friday, May 29th, 6 pm. Voting: June 15th-22nd.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/4wrA7wp
Today, the Eaton Fire Collaborative Advocacy Committee joined community leaders and advocates in calling for greater transparency around state funding allocations connected to fire recovery efforts.
As the Long-Term Recovery Group, the EFC serves as a liaison between the community, government agencies, funders, and recovery partners. We are committed to bringing forward on-the-ground community insights and are happy to serve as a collaborative partner and consultant in helping guide equitable and effective funding distribution.
Recovery decisions are strongest when survivor voices and real-time community needs are part of the conversation. #Altadena #eatonfire #lafires
Neighbors helping neighbors. That’s what this has always been about. 💛
We’re honored to share that the Long-Term Recovery Group of the Eaton Fire Collaborative was recognized at the @lahumanrelations 49th John Anson Ford Human Relations Awards as the Supervisorial District 5 honoree. This award is a reflection of the incredible people who have poured their hearts into ensuring every survivor has a path to full and equitable recovery.
Thank you to Supervisor @kathrynbarger , @lacountybos , and everyone who continues to stand with the Eaton Fire community. We are grateful and we keep going. 🏔️🌹
#EatonFire #JAFAwards #HumanRelations #CommunityRecovery #EatonFireCollaborative
The Eaton Fire Collaborative Board application is now open.
The EFC Board helps guide the governance, oversight, and long-term strategic direction of the region’s wildfire recovery effort.
We are seeking leaders from across sectors, communities, and lived experiences who are committed to collaborative, survivor-centered recovery.
All eligible applicants will appear on the ballot distributed to EFC membership.
Apply here by Friday, May 22nd.
Application: https://bit.ly/EFCBoard
@eatonfirecollaborative is doing incredible work, continuing to support Eaton Fire Survivors. Thank you to Apollo Global Management, and Disney VoluntEARS for joining us in a day of service, and for donating so many much needed items for the store and family wellness space. Thank you @terbeaudesign for designing a beautiful mural for the main room. @civicsoulorg is a proud partner among over 200 organizations working together with the Eaton Fire Collaborative.
Altadena Revealed is back this month ✨📚 Featuring a conversation between two friends and celebrated Altadena authors. Michelle Huneven will be joined by Michele Zack to discuss her most recent book Bug Hollow and why Altadena is such fertile ground for a novelist.
Join us for an evening of good company, conversation, and refreshments hosted at the @eatonfirecollaborative .
Friday, May 29th 7-9pm! Register link in bio 🔗
#thefoothillcatalog #altadenarevealed
"I am certain we all inhaled lots of toxic substances."
Sarai, an Eaton Fire survivor in Sierra Madre, shared her story with us. When the fire happened, she and her husband came home with their toddler and two dogs — because so little information was known at the time. They left when the headaches started. When their eyes burned. When the smell wouldn't go away.
They cleaned their home. They got it tested. It came back okay.
A year later, they found ash sitting in a garage they rarely use. They got it tested. Lead at high levels. Positive for arsenic. Positive for beryllium.
"It makes me wonder who else might have toxic ash in corners of their garages or homes."
Her home tested okay, but she still found contamination a year later in a corner she almost didn't check. How many families haven't checked those corners? How many people are living with toxic ash that was never found, because remediation protocols don’t require thorough testing before or after cleanup?
"It honestly leaves me feeling like we shouldn't live around here anymore."
No family should feel that way in their own home. AB 1642 establishes mandatory, science-based testing standards so that families have real information, not just hope, about whether their home is safe.
We need your support! Add your name in support of AB 1642 today → www.efru.la/ab1642
Not everything after a disaster is visible.
Stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, feeling disconnected from your routine or yourself, recovery affects mental health too.
Places like The Collaboratory are creating spaces where people can ask questions, find support, and take real next steps without having to figure everything out alone.
Healing is part of rebuilding too. 🧡
#Altadena #Pasadena #EatonFire #WildfireRecovery #MentalHealthAwareness
