Kim Victoria & Tom Watson "Camp Fire" Relief

In the first photo you see what used to be the rubber stamp shop.

We are:  Highlander Graphics & Celtic Stamps, T.E. (Tom) Watson and Kim Victoria who are now displaced / evacuated from home, shop, business due to the Camp Fire that destroyed the city of Paradise. We had to bug out suddenly Thursday morning November 8, having only enough time to save the cats, our main computers, and a few clothes. In the ensuing days we also found out how dangerously close we came to losing our lives due to the speed of the fire. My brother was preparing himself to die as the flames surrounded him in his vehicle and he barely escaped.

Our address was:  2384 Tokay Court, Paradise CA 95969
We were the residents of this address that is now destroyed by fire.

We will spend all funds received to rebuild our home-based businesses so that we can earn an income again. We also need to continue to pay our obligations, including normal monthly bills.

As self employed business people we have no means to earn income at this point, and are not eligible for unemployment due to being self employed. Our insurance did come through for us, so we will be able to relocate.  Most of Tom's clients were also displaced by the fire and had their homes destroyed. We have no means to earn income at this time. We are emotionally recovering; it has taken awhile for me to be able to get this fund started as I've had inconsistent access to the internet, and I've simply been too shook up to work on it.

At this moment we are officially homeless, yet we've been blessed with places to stay with friends & family.

All of T.E.Watson's children's books inventory and supplies were totally destroyed, All of Kim Victoria's paintings, art supplies, studio, and Highlander Celtic Stamps business was totally destroyed.

Our businesses are:
www.TEWatsonOnline.com 
Tom Watson, The Mac Doctor, local Butte County service professional
www.KimVictoria.com
www.HighlanderCelticStamps.com
www.Etsy.com/shop/highlanderstamps
www.etsy.com/shop/kimvictoriaartist
www.dailypaintworks.com/kimvictoriaartist




THANK YOU for what ever you want to do to help us put our life back together.

We know we will be able to get another house and home, the tougher part is rebuilding our businesses with all those children's books lost, art supplies and art, and, of course, the rubber stamps company.
We are still figuring it all out and will share what we are able to do as we do it.
A place to live
Clothes
Cat food (the Humane Society has helped us out a LOT - Thank you for all who donated)
ALL the stuff people need to live, but things like furniture and kitchen will be covered somewhat by insurance, yet with no place to live we cannot think about big stuff like that yet.
Some computer equipment, hardware and software for our businesses
Get T.E.s children's books reprinted
Get Kim Victoria art supplies replaced
Replace our recording equipment so we can start our business again
Out library of books, etc. was completely destroyed, too
We will have to work on this list
We swear all this to be the truth.
We promise to  save all receipts and records and will be totally transparent as to our progress.

You may follow us on Facebook as we transition into this new phase of our life:  
www.Facebook.com/TEWatsonAuthor
www.Facebook.com/TomWatson
www.Facebook.com/KimVictoriaArtist
www.Facebook.com/KimVictoria
www.Facebook.com/HighlanderCelticStamps

THANK YOU ! ! !