Wildfire victims left with nothing get hope from donated RVs
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The residency
Clutching a bag full of duct tape and snacks, Woody Faircloth climbs aboard a motorhome complete with carpet and drapes. At his side, his 9-year-old daughter, Luna, quizzes a family who has just donated the recreational vehicle, appropriately called Residency. In the distance, above hills dotted with sagebrush, smoke billows from the second-largest wildfire in California history.
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Donating RVs
Father and daughter drive west an hour where they deliver the 35-foot (11-meter) RV to its new owner _ a volunteer firefighter who lost his home in August when the Dixie Fire leveled most of historic downtown Greenville, a tiny Northern California mountain town dating to the gold rush era.
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Wildfire victims
The vehicle is the 95th that Faircloth has delivered to wildfire victims. Run entirely on volunteer efforts and donated RVs, the nonprofit EmergencyRV.org fills a gap for victims who often wait months for emergency housing, Faircloth said.
``We're grassroots; we can move a lot faster than that. It's people helping people. . We can get there almost immediately,'' he said.
``We're grassroots; we can move a lot faster than that. It's people helping people. . We can get there almost immediately,'' he said.
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Hard to fight
And Faircloth has a long list of people who need help. Thousands of wildfires have burned in California and the U.S. West this year as a historic drought makes the flames harder to fight.
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Embracing the new home
His mission began Thanksgiving week in 2018. Recently divorced and home in Denver with Luna, then 6, Faircloth watched news coverage of a man fleeing in an RV as the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century _ the Camp Fire _ burned his California home. Despite losing his house, the man was grateful to have the RV to call home for Thanksgiving. That struck Faircloth.