Help Jeff and Dot Find Their Way Home Eaton Fire Altadena

Hello everyone,

We are Dot and Jeff. We are sharing our story and asking for your help to get us back on our feet. We lost home and our livelihood in the Eaton Wildfire that started January 7th 2025 in Altadena.

Our lives halted when the Eaton wildfire erupted destroying over 6,000 homes in our community including our home and everything in it. We are one of many who lost so much.

It breaks our hearts and we feel the pain of our community's loss especially those whose lives were lost in this disaster. This has become overwhelming for so many including us.

We lived in a beautiful, yet modest home in Altadena, CA for the past 23 years, where we first met mountain biking and have been building our lives together there ever since. It was our rock and rolled with us every step of the way..

Over the years we followed our passions to develop our livelihood, Jeff in his skills of creation art and engineering in his family made him a skilled handyman in our community and beyond as well the best technical director building cyclocross (bicycle race) courses across the USA. He is the organizer of our household and cares for our furry children=2 cats and 2 dogs.

Dot followed her passion for bicycling, racing, advocating its benefits, organizing events for all ages and abilities, bicycle safety education including ebike and e-scooters, hosted pop up bike park and youth smcycling.

Just a few weeks ago in December, hosted hundreds of youth bike safety skills park at Loma Alta Park in Altadena at Snow Day Winter Wonderland in December. It was so inspiring to see so many happy families coming together in our town.

We need your help to get our livelihood back and help us find our way forward on this unknown road to recovery.

It is a daunting process ahead. We are navigating the best we can.

My husband Jeff and I are hard working people that is what we know.

We are rooted in the Altadena community and truly appreciate your help getting us through this overwhelming time.

Much aloha,

Dot and Jeff