Help Emily's Family After Devastating Eaton Fire

Hello all, my name is Madeleine Seeley. My dear friend Emily and her family lost their home to the Eaton fire in Altadena, CA, during the night of January 8th, 2025. The Eaton fire is one of the many wildfires currently ravaging the Los Angeles area, due to extremely high winds and very low humidity. The Eaton fire started around 6:30pm, and by 7:30pm, Emily and her family were evacuating. 15 hours later, on the morning of the 9th, they found out that their home had been burned to the ground. Their home is in the picture above.

In the blink of an eye, Emily and her family lost everything. They had just moved into their beautiful Altadena home a few months ago, shortly after they made the wonderful discovery that Emily was pregnant. She is now due to give birth any day now, and has no home, no belongings, nothing for the baby, nothing for the two beautiful children she already has, who are also devastated to have lost their home. Everything Emily and her partner Jesse carefully picked out for the baby is now gone, and they are daunted at the reality of having to start over.

Emily and I know each other from completing our Master's program together here in Los Angeles - we became quite close, and I want to do everything in my power to help her. I hope you will join me in this effort, however you can. Emily, her two kids, her loving partner Jesse, and their soon-to-arrive newborn, could use any help you can give. Their futures are now extremely uncertain, and I hope we can come together to help alleviate some of their uncertainty and overwhelm. Any contribution, no matter how small, would be deeply appreciated by Emily and her family. If you are unable to donate, please keep Emily and her family in your thoughts, and share this page to help spread the word. Thank you so much.