Support CATESOLers displaced

by the LA wildfires.

 

Experts agree that the best approach

to providing support for recovery

efforts is giving dollars, not large bags

of miscellaneous items. 

 

Brea Burkholz, a spokesperson for

Direct Relief, a California-based

nonprofit, suggests that people assist

specific families in need: “If you can

make a direct connection to a family

who is in need, that is a much better

approach, because you know exactly

who it’s going to and there’s a place for it.”

(Lavietes, 2025)

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With your help, CATESOL and the CATESOL Education Foundation (CEF) plan to do just that.

 

Please see the following message from Song Hong, CATESOL President, and Susan Gaer, CEF President:

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Dear Members:

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On behalf of the CATESOL and the CATESOL Education Foundation leadership, we are writing to show our support for the people who have been displaced by the devastating fires in LA county. We want to help provide the resources our members need in this crisis.  

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To those affected, all we can say is that we are grateful you are safe. But we can also help by gathering donations to assist you. Please let us know if you have been displaced by emailing us at catesol@catesol.org.

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To those of you looking for a way to help those in need, please consider donating to CATESOL's Disaster Relief Fund.  The CATESOL Education Foundation (CEF) will ensure that all proceeds go directly to the  families/individuals CATESOL is sponsoring. 

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We cannot replace what people have lost, but we can help people regain a sense of belonging and show our members that they are not alone.

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Sincerely,
Song Hong, CATESOL President
Susan Gaer, CEF President
on behalf of CATESOL and the CATESOL Education Foundation

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