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Oregon is better prepared to respond to wildfires thanks to local foundation collaboration

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After scorching fires swept from southern Oregon to the Willamette Valley to the coast just after Labor Day 2020, the Oregon Community Foundation got a call from then-Gov. Kate Brown. State and federal resources would help survivors rebuild, but it would take time for all of the dollars to arrive. And government aid would not be enough, nor sufficiently flexible, to match the immense need.

Meanwhile, individuals and organizations all over Oregon and the nation were eager to help. But no single entity…

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Shelby Oppel Wood

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